Bibliography on Late Antiquity: articles

This bibliography contains only articles on the theme of the imperial power in Late Antiquity and its succesor, the royal power of the barbarian kings. Its main purpose is only to provide a guide for further reading, and is not intended to be complete at any time. However, it will be updated periodically, and you may describe this page as being permanently under construction. If you have any comments, please let me know.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

ARTICLES ON LATE ANTIQUITY

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Alonso Nuñez, J. M., "Te Emperor Julians's Misopogon and the Conflict Between Christianity and Paganism", Ancient Society, 10, 1979, pp. 311-324.
Amory, P., "Names, ethnic identity, and community in fifth- and sixth-century Burgundy", Viator, 25, 1994, 1-30.
Arjava, A., "Paternal power in Late Antiquity", JRS, 88, 1998, 147-165.
Aujoulat, N., "Eusébie, Hélène et Julien", Byzantion, 53, 1983, pp. 78-103 (I); 421-452 (II).
Azarnoush, M., "La mort de Julien l'Apostat selon les sources iraniennes", Byzantion, 61, 1991, pp. 322-329.

B

Bach, E., Theodoric: romain ou barbare?, Byzantion, 25-27, 1935-1937, 413-420.
Bachrach, B.S., The Alans in Gaul, Traditio, 23, 1967, 476-489.
Barlow, J., Kinship, identity and fourth-century Franks, Historia, 45, 1996, 223-239.
Barnard, L. W., "The Emperor Cult and the Origins of the Iconoclastic Controversy", Byzantion, 43, 1973, pp. 13-29.
Barnard, L.W., Athanase et les empereurs Constantin et Constance, Politique et theologie, 1974, 127-143.
Barnard, L.W., Athanasius and the Roman State, Latomus, 36, 1977, 422-437.
Barnard, L.W., Athanasius and the emperor Jovian, Studia Patristica, 21, 1989, 384-389.
Barnea, Alexandru, "Le Bas-Danube entre paganisme et christianisme", în Gerda von Bülow, Alexandra Milèeva, edts., Der Limes an der Unteren Donau von Diokletian bis Heraklios, Sofia, 1999, pp. 295-300.
Barnes, T. D., "The Family and Career of Septimius Severus", Historia, XVI, 1, 1967, pp. 87-107.
Barnes, T.D., Lactantius and Constantine, JRS, 63, 1973, 29-46.
Barnes, T.D., Who were the nobility of the Roman empire?, Phoenix, 28, 1974, 444-449.
Barnes, T.D., Patricii under Valentinian III, Phoenix, 29, 1975, 155-170.
Barnes, T.D., Imperial campaigns, AD 285-311, Phoenix, 30, 1976, 174-193.
Barnes, T.D., Emperor and bishops, AD 324-344: some problems, AJAH, 3, 1978, 53-75.
Barnes, T. D., “The Conversion of Constatine”, Echos du Monde Classique/Classical Views, NS 4, 1985, 371-391.
Barnes, T. D., "Constantine and the Christians of Persia", JRS, 75, 1985, pp. 126-136.
Barnes, T.D., Emperors on the move, JRA, 2, 1989, 247-261.
Barnes, T. D.,Constantine, Athanasius, and the Christian Church,in S. N. Lieu, D. Montserrat, eds., Constantine. History, Historiography and Legend, London, New York, 1998, 7-20.
Barnes, T. D., "Ambrose and Gratian", în Antiquité tardive, 7, 1999, pp. 165-174.
Barnish, S.J.B., Transformation and survival in the western senatorial aristocracy, c. AD 400-700, PBSR, 65, 1988, 120-155.
Bartholomew, Ph., "Fifth-Century Facts", Britannia, XIII, 1982, pp. 261-270.
Bird, H. W., "The Roman Emperors: Eutropius' Perspective", AHB, 1, 6, 1987, 139-151.
Born, L.K., The perfect prince according to the Latin panegyrists, AJPH, 55, 1934, 20f.
Bowersock, G., From Emperor to Bishop: the self-conscious transformation of political power in the fourth-century AD, CPh, 81, 1986, 298-307.
Brauch, Th., "Themistius and the Emperor Julian", Byzantion, 63, 1993, pp. 79-115.
Brennan, B., Senators and social mobility in sixth-century Gaul, JMedHist, 11, 1985, 145-161.
Brown, P., Aspects of the christianization of the Roman aristocracy, JRS, 51, 1961, 1-11.
Brown, P., "The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity", JRS, 61, 1971, pp. 80-101.
Buck, David F., "Eunapius of Sardis and Theodosius the Great", Byzantion, 58, 1988, pp. 36-53.
Buck, D. F., "Some Distorsions in Eunapios' Account of Julian the Apostate", AHB, 4, 5, 1990, pp. 113-115.
Buck, D. F., "Eunapius on Julian's Acclamation as Augustus", AHB, 7, 2, 1993, pp. 73-80.
Buck, D. F., "The Reign of Aurelian in Eunapius' Histories", AHB, 9, 2, 1995, pp. 86-92.
Burgess, Richard W., "The Accession of Marcian in the Light of Chalcedonian Apologetic and Monophysite Polemic", Byz. Zeitschr., 86/87, 1993/1994, pp. 47-68.

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Cameron, Al., Eunuchs in the 'Historia Augusta', Latomus, 24, 1965, 155-158.
Cameron, Al., Gratian's repudiation of the pontifical robe, JRS, 58, 1968, 96-102.
Cameron, Al., Theodosius the Great and the regency of Stilicho, Harvard Studies, 73, 1969, 247-280.
Cameron, Al., "Heresies and Factions", Byzantion, 44, 1974, pp. 92-120.
Cameron, Al., “The House of Anastasius”, GRBS, 19/3, 1978, 259-276.
Cameron, Al., “The Empress and the Poet: Paganism and Politics at the Court of Theodosius II”, Yale Classical Studies, XXVII: Late Greek Literature, eds. J. J. Winkler, G. Williams, Cambridge, 1982, 217-289.
Cameron, Av., Constantinus Christianus, JRS, 73, 1983, 184-190.
Cameron, Al., "Polynomy in Late Roman Aristocracy: the Case of Petronius Probus", JRS, 75, 1985, pp. 164-182.
Chastagnol, A., "L'Evolution politique du régne de Dioclétien (284-305)", Antiquité tardive, 2, 1994, pp. 23-31.
Chauvot, A., Remarques sur l'emploi de semibarbarus, in Rousselle, A., ed., Frontières terrestres, frontières célestes dans l'antiquité, Perpignan, 1995, pp. 255-271.

Chrysos, Evangelos K., "The Title βασιλευς in Early Byzantine International Relations", DOP, 32, 1978, pp. 29-75.
Clover, Frank M., "Toward an Understanding of Merobaudes' Panegyric I", Historia, XX. 2-3, 1971, pp. 354-367.
Clover, F. M., “Count Gainas and Count Sebastian”, AJAH, 4, 1979, 65-76.

Comºa, Maria, "Elemente 'barbare' în zona limes-ului Dunãrii inferioare în secolul al III-lea ºi al IV-lea", Pontica, 5, 1972, pp. 223-234.
Costa, E.A., The office of the castrensis sacri palatii in the IVth century, Byzantion, 42, 1972, 358-387.
Croke, B., Arbogast and the death of Valentinian III, Historia, 25, 1976, 235-244.
Curran, J., “Constantine and the Ancient Cults of Rome: the Legal Evidence”, Greece & Rome, 43.1, apr. 1996, 68-80.

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Daly, Lawrence J., "The Mandarin and the Barbarian: the Response of Themistius to the Gothic Challenge", Historia, XXI, 2, 1972, pp. 351-379.
Daly, L. J., "In a Borderland': Themistius' Ambivalence Toward Julian", Byz. Zeitschr., 73, 1980, pp. 1-11.
Davies, P.S., The origin and purpose of the persecution of 303 AD, JThS, ns 40, 1989, 66-94.
Decker, D. de, La politique religieuse de Maxence, Byzantion, 38, 1968, 472-562.
Demougeot, E., La theorie du pouvoir imperial au debut du Ve siecle, Melanges de la societe toulousaine d'etudes classiques, 1, 1946, 191-206.
Dumville, David N., "Sub-Roman Britain: History and Legend", History, NS 62, 1977, pp. 173-192.
Dupont, F., "En Germanie c'est-à-dire nulle part". Rhétorique de l'altérité et rhétorique de l'identité: l'aporie descriptive d'un tériitoire barbare dans la Germanie de Tacit, in A. Rousselle, ed., Frontières terrestres, frontières célestes dans l'antiquité, Perpignan, 1995, pp. 189-219.

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Edbrooke, R.O., The visit of Constantius II to Rome in 357 and its effect on the pagan Roman senatorial aristocracy, AJP, 97, 1976, 40-61.
Elton, H., "Illus and the Imperial Aristocracy under Zeno", Byzantion, 70, 2000, pp. 393-407.
Ensslin, W., Der Kaiser in der spatantike, Historische Zeitschrift, 177, 1954, 449-468.
Errington, R.M.,Constantine and the pagans, GRBS, 29, 1988, 309-318.
Evans, J. A. S., "The Legacy of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall: Gibbon's Influence on the Conceptions of Late Antiquity and the proto-Byzantine Empire", I, AHB, 12.4, 1998, pp. 120-133.

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Fowden, Garth, "Between Pagans and Christians", JRS, 78, 1988, pp. 173-182.
Fowden, G., "The Last Days of Constantine: Oppositional Versions and Their Influence", JRS, 84, 1994, pp. 146-170.
Frend, W.H.C., The monks and the survival of the East Roman Empire in the fifth-century, Past and Present, 54, 1972, 3-24.
Frend, W. H. C., "Pagans, Christians, and the 'Barbarian Conspiracy' of AD 367 in Roman Britain", Britannia, XXIII, 1992, pp. 121-131.

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Galletier, E., "La mort de Maximien d'après le panégirique de 310 et la vision de Constantin au temple d'Apollon", REA, 52, 1950, pp. 288-299.
Gaiffier, B. de, Palatins et eunuques dans quelques documents hagiographiques, Analecta Bollandiana, 75, 1957, 14-46.
Gascou, J., L'institution des bucellaires, Bulletin de l'Institut Francais de l'Archeologie Orientale, 72, 1976, 143-156.
Gilliard, F.D., The senators of sixth-century Gaul, Speculum, 54, 1979, 685-697
Greatrex, Geoffrey, Bardill, Jonathan, "Antiochus the Praepositus: A Persian Eunuch at the Court of Theodosius II", DOP, 50, 1996, pp. 171-196.
Gregoire, H., "La vision de Constantin <<liquidée>>", Byzantion, 14, 1939, pp. 341-351.
Grierson, Philip, "Six Late Roman Medallions in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection", DOP, 50, 1996, pp. 139-145.
Guillaud, R., "Les eunuques dans '"Empire byzantin. Etude du titulature et de prosopographie byzantines", R. Et. Bzy., 1, 1943, pp. 197-238.
Guillaud, R., "Vénalité et favoritisme a Byzance", R. Et. Byz., 10, 1952, pp. 35-46.

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Harries, J., “Pius Princeps” Theodosius II and Fifth-Century Constantinople", in Magdalino, P., ed., New Constantines. The Rhythm of Imperial Renewal in Byzantium, 4^th-13^th Centuries, Aldershot, 1994, 35-44.
Harrison, R. M., "The Emperor Zeno's Real Name", Byz. Zeitschr., 74, 1981, pp. 27-28.
Heather, P.J., Cassiodorus and the rise of the Amals: genealogy and the Goths under hun domination, JRS, 79, 1989, 103-128.
Heather, P., "New Men for New Constantines? Creating an Imperial Elite in the Eastern Mediterranean", in Magdalino, P., ed., New Constantines. The Rhythm of Imperial Renewal in Byzantium, 4^th-13^th Centuries, Aldershot, 1994, 11-33.
Heather, P.J., The Huns and the end of the Roman Empire in Western Europe, EHR, 110, 1995, 4-41.
Heather, P.J., Theoderic king of the Goths, Early Medieval Europe, 4.2, 1995, 145-173.
Hendy, M.F., From public to private: the western barbarian coinage as a mirror of the disintegration of late Roman state structures, Viator, 19, 1988.
Holum, K.G., Pulcheria's crusade AD 421-22 and the ideology of imperial victory, GRBS, 18.2, 1977, 153-172.
Honoré, Tony, "Scriptor Historiae Augustae", JRS, 77, 1987, pp. 156-176.
Hopkins, K., Eunuchs in politics in the Later Roman Empire, ProcCambPhilSoc, 189, 1963.

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Ireland, Stanley, Atesogullari, Soner, “The Ancient Coins in Amasra Museum”, în R. Ashton, ed., Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey, Londra, 1996.

J

Jones, A.H.M., The constitutional position of Odoacer and Theoderic, JRS, 52, 1962, 1-11.

K

Kazanski, Michel, "Contribution à l'histoire de la défense de la frontière pontique au Bas-Empire", Travaux et Mémoires, 11, 1991, pp. 487-526.
Keenan, J.G., The names Flavius and Aurelius as status designations in Later Roman Egypt, ZPE, 11, 1973.
Krivushin, Ivan, "Socrates Scholasticus' Church History: Themes, Ideas, Heroes", în Byz. Forschungen, 23, 1996, pp. 95-107.

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Ladner, G.B., On Roman attitudes toward barbarians in Late Antiquity, Viator, 7, 1976, 1-26.
Lamma, P., Recenti studi su Teoderico, Convivium, 1951, 296-311.
Leadbetter, Bill, "Another Emperor Julian and the Accession of Diocletian", AHB, 8, 2, 1994, pp. 54-59.

Leadbetter, B., "The Illegitimacy of Constantine and the Birth of the Tetrarchy", in S. N. Lieu, D. Montserrat, eds., Constantine. History, Historiography and Legend, Londra, New York, 1998, 74-85.

Lecrivain, A., Les soldats prives au Bas-Empire, Melanges des Ecole Francaise de Rome, X, 1980, 267-283.
Leedom, J.W., Constantius II: three revisions, Byzantion, 48, 1978, 132-135.
LeGoff, J., Culture clericale et traditions folcloriques dans la civilisation merovingienne, Annales ESC, 22, 1967, 780-791.

M

Maas, Michael, "Roman History and Christian Ideology in Justinianic Reform Legislation", DOP, 40, 1986, pp. 17-31.
MacCormack, S.G., Change and continuity in Late Antiquity: the ceremony of adventus, Historia, 21, 1972, 721-752.
MacCormack, S. G., "Christ and Empire, Time and Ceremonial in Sixth Century Byzantium and Beyond", Byzantion, 52, 1982, pp. 287-309.
MacMullen, R., “Roman Bureaucratese”, Traditio, 18, 1962, 364-378.
Mango, C., Antique statuary and the Byzantine Beholder, DO Papers, 17, 1963, 36-58.
Mathisen, Ralph W., "Avitus, Italy and the East in A. D. 455-456", Byzantion, 51, 1981, pp. 232-247.
Mathisen, R., Patricians as diplomats in Late Antiquity, Byz. Zeitschr., 79, 1986, 35-49.
Matthews, J. F., "Olympiodorus of Thebes and the History of the West (A. D. 407-425)", JRS, 60, 1970, pp. 79-97.
Matthews, J. F., “Gallic Supporters of Theodosius”, Latomus, 30, 1971, 1073-1099.
Max, G.E., Political intrigue during the reigns of the Western Roman emperors Avitus and Majorian, Historia, 28, 1979, 225-237.
Max, G. E., "Procopius' Portrait of the Emperor Majorian: History and Historiography", Byz. Zeitschr., 74, 1981, pp. 1-6.
McCormick, M., "Odoacer, Emperor Zeno and the Rugian Victory Legation", Byzantion, 47, 1977, pp. 212-222.
Meulder, M., "Julien l'Apostat contre les Parthes: un guerrier impie", Byzantion, 61, 1991, pp. 458-495.
Millar, F., The Imperial Cult and the Persecutions, in Olivier Reverdin, ed., Le culte des souverains dans l'Empire Romain, Vandoeuvres-Genève, 1973, pp. 145-175.
Mitchell, St., "Maximinus and the Christians in A. D. 312: A New Latin Inscription", JRS, 78, 1988, pp. 105-124.
Moorhead, J., Theoderic, Zeno and Odovaker, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 77, 1984, 261-266.

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Nicholson, O., "The Wild Man of the Tetrarchy: A Divine Companion for the Emperor Galerius", Byzantion, 54, 1984, pp. 253-275.
Nicholson, O., The 'pagan churches' of Maximinus Daia and Julian the Apostate, JEcclHist, 45, 1994, 1-10.
Novak, David M., "Constantine and the Senate: An Early Phase of the Christianization of the Roman Aristocracy", Ancient Society, 10, 1979, pp. 271-310.

O

Olariu, Cristian, "Visigoths and Romans during the Fourth Century. Assimilation, Resistance and Cultural Interferences", AUB, XLV, 1996, 31-36.
Olariu, C., Note privind sistemul de guvernare in Orientul roman tarziu, in T. Teoteoi, B. Murgescu, S. Solcan, eds., Fatetele istoriei. Existente, identitãti, dinamici. Omagiu academicianului Stefan Stefãnescu, Bucuresti, 2000, pp. 257-277.

Olariu, C., "Legitimacy and Usurpation in the Age of Zeno", Pomoerium, 4-5, 2000-2002 (http://www.pomoerium.com).

Ommeslaeghe, F. van, "Jean Chrysostome en conflit avec l'imperatrice Eudoxie. Le dossier et les origines d'une légende", Annalecta Bollandiana, 97, 1979, pp. 131-159.

P

Paschoud, Fr., "Zosime, 2, 29 et la version païenne de la conversion de Constantin", Historia, XX. 2-3, 1971, pp. 334-353.
Patoura, Sophie, "Le rôle historique des Balkans dans le processus de la chute de l'Empire romain d'Occident: les cas des chefs goths Alaric et Théodoric", Byzantinoslavica, LX, 2, 1999, pp. 367-373.
Pohlsander, H.A., Crispus: Brilliant career and tragic end, Historia, 33, 1984, 79-106.

R

Richardson, J. S., "Imperium Romanum: Empire and the Language of Power", JRS, 81, 1991, pp. 1-9.
Ridley, R. T., "Zosimus the Historian", Byz. Zeitschr., 65, 1972, pp. 277-302.
Ringrose, Kathryn M., "Eunuchs as Cultural Mediators", Byz. Forschungen, 23, 1996, pp. 75-93.
Rist, J.M., Hypatia, Phoenix, 19, 1965, 216ff.
Roders, B., Merobaudes and Maximus in Gaul, Historia, 30, 1981, 82-105.

S

Sansterre, J.-M., Eusebe de Cesaree et la naissance de la theorie 'Cesaropapiste', Byzantion, 42, 1972, 131-195, 532-594.
Sasel, J., The struggle between Magnentius and Constantius II for Italy and Illyricum, Ziva antika, 21, 1971, 205-216.
Scott, Roger D., "Malalas, the Secret History, and Justinian's Propaganda", DOP, 39, 1985, pp. 99-109.
Seston, W., Du comitatus de Diocletien aux comitatenses de Constantin, Historia, 4, 1955, 284-296.
Shelton, Kathleen J., "Usurper's Coins: The Case of Magnentius", Byz. Forschungen, 8, 1982, pp. 211-235.
Smith, R. E., "The Army Reforms of Septimius Severus", Historia, XXI, 3, 1972, pp. 481-500.
Smith, R. R. R., "Roman Portraits: Honours, Empresses, and Late Emperors", review article, JRS, 75, 1985, pp. 209-221.
Stanton, G. R., "Marcus Aurelius, Emperor and Philosopher", Historia, XVIII, 5, 1969, pp. 570-587.
Steuer, Heiko, "The Hierarchy of Alamannic Settlements in the Former Limes Region of South-Western Germany to AD 500", JEA, 2, 1, 1994, pp. 82-96.
Stevens, C. E., "Magnus Maximus in British History", Études Celtiques, III, 1938, pp. 86-93.
Storch, R. H., "The Trophy and the Cross: Pagan and Christian Symbolism in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries", Byzantion, 40, 1970, pp. 105-117.
Szidat, J., Die Usurpation des Eugenius, Historia, 28, 1979, 487-508.

T

Thomas, G. S. R., "L'Abdication de Dioclétien", Byzantion, 43, 1973, pp. 229-247.
Thomas, J. D., "The Date of the Revolt of L. Domitius Domitianus", ZPE, 22, 1976, pp. 253-279.
Thompson, E.A., The Isaurians under Theodosius II, Hermathena, 68, 1946, 20-31.
Thompson, E. A., "Zosimus on the End of Roman Britain", Antiquity, 30, 1956, pp. 163-166.
Thompson, E.A., The Visigoths from Fritigern to Euric, Historia, 12, 1963, 105-126.
Thompson, E.A., Patrician society, plebeian culture, JSocHist, 7, 1974, 402ff.
Thompson, E. A., "Britain, AD 406-410", Britannia, VIII, 1977, pp. 303-318.
Tritle, Lawrence A., "Whose Tool? Ammianus Marcellinus on the Emperor Valens", AHB, 8, 4, 1994, pp. 141-153.
Tsirpanlis, C. N., "John Lydus on the Imperial Administration", Byzantion, 44, 1974, pp. 479-501.
Twyman, B.L., Aetius and the aristocracy, Historia, 19, 1970, 480-503.

U

V

Valdenberg, Vladimir, "Discours politiques de Thémistius dans leur rapport avec l'antiquité", Byzantion, 1, 1924, pp. 557-580.
Van Dam, R., Emperors, bishops and friends in late antique Cappadocia, JTheolSt, n.s. 37, 1986, 53-76.
Van Dam, R., Images of St. Martin in Late Roman and Early Merovingian Gaul, Viator, 19, 1988.
Vanderspoel, John, "Julian and the Mithraic Bull", AHB, 12, 4, 1998, pp. 113-119.
Van Sickle, L.E., Conservatism and philosophical influence in the reign of Diocletian, CPh, 27, 1932.
Van Sickle, L.E., Changing bases of the Roman imperial power in the third century, Antiquite Classique, 8, 1939.
Veyne, P., Clientele et corruption au service de l'Etat: la venalite des offices dans le Bas-Empire romain, Annales ESC, 36.3, 1981, 339-360.

W

Wade, W.V., Carausius, restorer of Britain, Numismatic Chronicle, 12, 1953.
Wallace-Hadrill, A., The Emperor and his Virtues, Historia, 30, 1981, 298-323.
Wallace-Hadrill, A.N., Civilis Princeps: between citizen and king, JRS, 72, 1982, 32-48.
Ward, John H., "Vortigern and the End of Roman Britain", Britannia, III, 1972, pp. 277-289.
Wardman, A.E., Usurpers and internal conflicts in the fourth century AD, Historia, 33, 1984, 220-237.
Warren Bonfante, L., Emperor, God and Man in the IVth century: Julian the Apostate and Ammianus Marcellinus, Parola del Passato, 99, 1964, 401-427.
Welch, M. G., "Late Romans and Saxons in Sussex", Britannia, II, 1971, pp. 232-237.
Wheeler, Everett L., Constantine's Gothic Treaty of 332: A Reconsideration of Eusebius VC 4. 5-6, in M. Zahariade, Ioan I. C. Opris, ed., Studia Danubiana. Pars Romaniae. Series Symposia I. The Roman Frontier at the Lower Danube 4^th- 6^th Centuries. The Second International Symposium (Murighiol/Halmyris, 18-24 August 1996), Bucuresti, 1998.

Wilkes, J.J., The frontier of Noricum, JRA, 2, 1989, 347-352.
Wood, Ian, The End of Roman Britain: Continental Evidence and Paralels, în M. Lapidge, D. N. Dumville, eds., Gildas. New Approaches, Cambridge, 1984, pp. 1-22.
Wood, I., "The Fall of the Western Empire and the End of Roman Britain", Britannia, XVIII, 1987, pp. 251-262.
Wright, David H., "The True Face of Constantine the Great", DOP, 41, 1987, pp. 493-507.

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Y

Z

Zecchini, G., La politica degli Anicii nel V secolo, Congresso internazionale de studi Boeziana: Atti, Roma, 1981, 123-138.
Zuckerman, Constantine, "Cappadocian Fathers and the Goths", Travaux et Mémoires, 11, 1991, pp. 473-486.
Zuckerman, C., "L'Empire d'Orient et les Huns. Notes sur Priscus", Travaux et Mémoires, 12, 1994, pp. 159-182.

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