City of God (Penguin Classics) (9 page)

Bell. Jud. – Bella Judaica

Jul. Obs. – Julius Obsequens (Latin epitomist, probably fourth century
A.D.
)

Prod. – Liber Prodigiorum

Justin (Latin epitomist, first or second century
A.D.
)

Epitome
(of the
Historiae Philippicae
of Trogus Pompeius,
fl
. under Augustus)

Justin Martyr (Greek Christian apologist,
A.D.
109–165)

Apol. – Apologia contra Gentiles

Dial. – Dialogus cum Tryphone Judaeo

Juv. – Juvenal (Roman satirist,
c
.
A.D.
250 –
c
. 320)

Saturae

Lact. – Lactantius (Latin rhetorician and Christian apologist,
c
.
A.D.
250–c. 320)

De Ira Dei

Div. Inst. – Divinae Institutions

Liv. – Livy (Roman historian, 59
B.C.
-A.D. 17)

Ab Urbe Condita
(references given without title)

Epit. – Epitome
(an abridgement of the above)

Perioch. – Periochae
(short abstracts of each book) (Of the 142 books of Livy’s History
of Rome
only thirty-five survive. The
Epitome
of twelve books has been recovered, and we have the
Periochae
of all but two of the books.)

Luc. – Lucan (Roman epic poet,
A.D.
39–65)

Phars. – Pharsalia

Lucr. – Lucretius (Roman philosophic poet,
c
. 99–c. 55
B.C.
)

De Rerum Natura

Macrob. – Macrobius Theodosius (Roman philosophic writer,
fl
.
c
.
A.D.
400)

Saturnalia

Martianus Capella (Latin allegorist, early fifth century
A.D.
)

De Nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae

Minucius Felix (Christian apologist, second or third century
A.D.
)

Octavius

Origen (Alexandrian biblical scholar and theologian,
c
.
A.D.
185–c. 254)

C. Cels. – Contra Celsum

In Gen. Hom. – In Genesin Homiliae

De Princ. – De Principiis (
)

Oros. – Orosius (Latin historian, early fifth century
A.D.
)

Historiae

Ovid (Roman elegiac poet, 43
B.C.–A.D.
18)

Fast. – Fasti

Met. – Metamorphoses

Paus. – Pausanias (Greek geographer,
fl
.
c
.
A.D
. 150)

Hellados Periêgêsis
(
Descriptio Graeciae
)

Pers. – Persius (Roman satirist,
A.D.
34–62)

Saturae

Pind. – Pindar (Greek lyric poet,
c
. 520–c. 440
B.C.
)

Nem. – Nemean Odes

Plat. – Plato (Greek philosopher,
c
. 427–348
B.C.
)

Apol. – Apologia Socratis

Crat. – Cratylus

Legg. – Leges

Phaed. – Phaedo

Phaedr. – Phaedrus

Prot. – Protagoras

Rp. – De Republica

Symp. – Symposium

Tim. – Timaeus

Plaut. – Plautus (Roman comic playwright,
c
. 254–184
B.C.
)

Amph. – Amphitruo

Plin. – Pliny the Elder (Roman natural historian,
A.D.
23–79)

Naturalis Historia

Plot. – Plotinus (Neoplatonist philosopher,
A.D.
205–270)

Enn. – Enneadcs

Plut. – Plutarch (Greek biographer and essayist,
c
.
A.D.
46–c. 120)

Ages. – Vitae Parallelae, Agesilaus

Alex. – Vitae Parallelae, Alexander

Caes. – Vitae Parallelae, Julius Caesar

C. Gracch. – Vitae Parallelae, Caius Gracchus

Cat. – Vitae Parallelae, Cato

De Fort. Rom. – De Fortuna Romanorum

Num. – Vitae Parallelae, Numa

Quaest. Rom. – Quaestiones Romanae

Pyrrh. – Vitae Parallelae, Pyrrhus

Sull. – Vitae Parallelae, Sulla

Sall. – Sallust (Roman historian, 86–35
B.C.
)

Cat. –
Catilina
(Bellum Catilinae)

Hist. – Historiae Fragmenta

Iug. – Jugurtha
(
Bellum Iugurthinum
)

Sen. – Seneca (Roman essayist c. 4
B.C.
-
A.D.
65)

Contr. – Controversiae

De Clem. – Dialogas de Clementia

De Ira – Dialogus de Ira

Ep. – Epistulae

Socr. – Socrates (Greek Church historian,
c
.
A.D.
380–450)

Historia Ecclesiastica

Soph. – Sophocles (Greek dramatist, 496–406
B.C.
).

Oed. Tyr. – Oedipus Tyrannus

Strab. – Strabo (Greek geographer,
c
. 64
B.C.
–
A.D.
10)

Geographica

Suet. – Suetonius (Roman biographer,
c
.
A.D.
70–c. 160)

De Vita Caesarum

Tac. – Tacitus (Roman historian,
c
.
A.D.
55–c. 115)

Hist. – Historiae

Ter. – Terence (Roman comic playwright,
c
. 195–159
B.C.
)

Ad. – Adelphi

Andr. – Andria

Eun. – Eunuchus

Terentian. – Terentianus Mauras (Latin grammarian and metrist, late second century
A.D.
)

De Metr. – De Litteris Syllabis et Metris Horatii

Tert. – Tertullian (African Church Father,
c
.
A.D.
160–c. 220)

Ad Nat. – Ad Nationes

Ap. – Apologia

De Res. Mort. – De Resurrectione Mortuorum

De Spect. – De Spectaculis

Thdt. – Theodoret (bishop, theologian, and historian,
c
.
A.D.
393–c. 458)

H.E. – Historia Ecclesiastica

Val. Max. – Valerius Maximus (Latin anecdotist,
fl
.
c
.
A.D.
30)

Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium Libri IX

Varro (Roman polymath, 116–27
B.C.
)

De Ling. Lat. – De Lingua Latina

De Re Rust. – De Re Rustica

Velleius Paterculus (Roman historian,
fl
.
c
.
A.D.
20)

Historiae Romanae

Virg. – Virgil (Roman epic, bucolic and didactic poet, 70–19
B.C.
)

Aen. – Aeneid

Eel. – Eclogae

Georg. – Georgica

Facsimile of the title page of the Ludovic Vives edition, 1522, of the City of God

(
The British Museum catalogue notes that the date in the colophon is misprinted
MDXII
)

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