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LXX The Septuagint: the Greek Version of the Old Testament, produced in Alexandria in the second century
B.C.

Vulg. The Vulgate: the Latin version of the Bible (
editio vulgata
), compiled by St Jerome; completed
c
. 404. St Augustine’s Bible was one of the ‘Old Latin Versions’. The Old Testament in this was a translation of the Septuagint, which often differs widely from the Hebrew text. Some of the notable discrepancies are indicated in the notes to this translation by the addition of (LXX) after the reference.

B.
To Secular Authors

As a general rule references are given only by author’s name when only one work of that author is extant, e.g. Plin. = Pliny,
Naturalis Historia
.

Ambr. – Ambrose of Milan (bishop and theologian,
c
.
A.D.
339–c. 397)

De Virg. – De Virginibus ad Marcellinam Sororem

Ep. – Epistolae

Ammianus Marcellinus (Roman historian,
fi. c
.
A.D.
390)

Historiae

Apollod – Apollodorus (Greek mythologist,
fl
.
c
.140
B.C.
)

Bibliotheca
(spurious; first or second century
A.D.
)

Appian (Greek historian, fl.
c
.
A.D.
160)

De Bell. Civ. De Bello Civui

De Bell
. Mithr. – De Bello Mithridatico

Apul. – Apuleius (philosophical writer, and novelist, fl.
c
.
A.D.
150)

Apol. – Apologia Pro Se
(
De Magia
)

De Deo Socr. – De Deo Socratis

De Mund. – De Mundo

Met. – Metamorphoses
(
The Golden Ass
)

[Apul] – Pseudo–Apuleius

Asclep. – Asclepius

Arist. – Aristotle (Greek philosopher, 384–322
B.C.
)

De An. – De Anima

De Cael. – De Caelo

Eth. Nic.
–
Ethica Nicomachea

Met. – Metaphysica

Arnob. – Arnobius (Christian apologist,
fl
.
c
.
A.D.
300)

Adv. Gent.
–
Adversus Gentes
(or
Adversus Nationes
)

Arr. – Arrian (Greek historian,
c
.
A.D.
95–172)

Anab. – Anabasis
(of Alexander the Great)

Aug. – Augustine of Hippo (
A.D.
354–430)

Adv. Faust. Man. – Adversus Faustum Manichaeum Conf. – Confessiones

De Div. Quaest, ad Simplic. – De Diversis Quaestionibus ad Simplicanum

De Doctr. Christ. – De Doctrina Christiana

De Gen. ad Lit. – De Genesi ad Litteram

De Gen.
c
. Man. – De Genesi contra Manichaeos

De Haer. – De Haeresibus ad Quodvultdeum

De Nupt. et Conc. – De Nuptiis et Concupiscentia

De Pecc. Mer. et Rem. – De Peccatorum Meritis et Remissione (et de Baptismo Parvulorum
)

De Spir. et Lit. – De Spiritu et Littera

De Trin. – De Trinitate

De Ver. Rel. – De Vera Religione

Enarr. in Ps. – Enarrationes in Psalmos

Ep. – Epistolae

Exp. ex Ep. ad Rom. – Expositiones Quarundam Expositionum ex Epistola ad Romanos

Quaest. in Hept. – Quaestiones in Heptateuchum

Retract. – Retracttaiones

Serm. – Sermones

[Aurel. Vict.] – Pseudo-Aurelius Victor

Epit. – Epitome de Caesaribus
(wrongly assigned to Aurelius Victor, a fourth-century biographer of the emperors from Augustus to Constantine)

Cic. – Cicero (Roman orator and statesman, 106–43
B.C.
)

Acad. Post.
–
Academica Posteriora

Acad. Prior. – Academica Priora

Ad Fam. – Epistulae ad Familiares

De Am.
–
De Amicitia

De Div. – De Divinatione

De Fat. – De Fato

De Fin
. –
De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum

De Har. Resp. – De Haruspicum Responso

De Leg. – De Legibus

De Nat. Deor.
–
De Natura Deorum

De Off. – De Officiis

De Or. – De Oratore

De Rep. – De Republica

In Cat. – In Catilinam

In Verr
. –
In Verrem

Philip.
–
Orationes Philippicae

Pro Lig. –
Pro Ligarlo

Pro Rabir. – Pro Rabirio

Pro Scaur. – Pro Scauro

Tim. – Timaeus
(translated or adapted from Plato)

Tusc. Disp. – Tusculanae Disputationes

Claudian (Roman poet, fl.
c
.
A.D.
400)

Cons. Hon. III – De Tertio Consulatu Honorii Panegyricus

Clem. Al. – Clement of Alexandria (theologian,
c
.
A.D.
150–c. 215)

Strom. – Stromateis

Curtius Rufus (Latin historian, fl.
c
.
A.D.
59)

De Gest. Alex. – De Gestis Alexandri Magni

Cyprian of Carthage (bishop and theologian, d.
A.D.
258)

Ep. – Epistolae

Cyr. Al. – Cyril of Alexandria (patriarch and thelogian, d.
A.D.
444)

C. Jul. – Contra Julianum

Dem. – Demosthenes (Athenian orator and statesman, 383–322
B.C.
)

De Cor. – De Corona

Dio Cass. – Dio Cassius (Greek historian,
c
.
A.D.
150–235)

Historia Romana

Diod. Sic. – Diodorus Siculus (Greek historian,
fl.
c
. 40
B.C.
)

Bibliotheca Historica

Diog. Laert. – Diogenes Laertius (Greek biographer and doxographer,
c
.
A.D.
200–250)

De Clarorum Philosophorum Vitis…

Dion. Hal. – Dionysius of Halicaknassus (Greek literary critic and historian,
fl. c
. 25
B.C.
)

Ant. Rom. – Antiguitates Romanae

Epict. – Epictetus (Greek philosopher,
c
.
A.D
60–140)

Ench. – Enchiridion
(edited by Arrian)

Eur. – Euripides (Greek tragedian,
c
. 480–406
B.C.
)

Frag. – Fragmenta

Ion

Iph. T. – Iphigenia in Tauris

Euseb. – Eusebius of Caesarea (bishop and historian,
c
.
A.D.
260–c. 340)

Dem. Ev. – Demonstrato Evangelica

Praep. Ev. – Praeparatio Evangelica

Euseb–Hier.

Chronicon – The Chronicle of Eusebius, continued by Jerome

Eutrop. – Eutropius (Roman historian,
fl
.
c
.
A.D.
370)

Breviarium ab Urbe Condita

Flor. – Florus (Roman historian, fl.
c
.
A.D.
100)

Epit. – Epitome

Festus (Latin epitomist, second century
A.D.
)

De Verb. Sign. – De Verborum Significatu
(epitome of Verrius Flaccus, grammarian in reign of Augustus)

Gell. – Aulus Gellius (Roman essayist, fl.
c
.
A.D.
160)

Noctes Atticae

Hes. – Hesiod (Greek poet, probably eighth century
B.C.
)

Theog. – Theogonia

Hier. – Jerome (biblical scholar,
c
.
A.D.
347–420)

Comm. in Dan. – Commentarium in Danierem

Comm. in Ez. – Commentarium in Ezekielem

Ep. – Epistolae

Praef. in Is. – Praefatio in Isaiam

Praef. in Mal. – Praefatio in Malachiam

Quaest. Hebr. in Gen. – Questiones Hebraicae in Genesin

Hom. – Homer (Greek epic poet, probably ninth century
B.C.
)

Il. – Iliad

Od. – Odyssy

Hor. – Horace (Roman poet, 65–8
B.C.
)

Carm. – Carmina (Odes
)

Ep. – Epistulae

Epod. – Epodes

Joseph. – Josephus (Jewish historian,
A.D.
37–c. 100)

Ant. Jud. – Antiquitates Judaicae