Editions and Translations of Ancient Texts
Editions and translations of ancient texts Editions and translations of ancient texts
The standard Latin titles for works, together with details of modern critical editions, are provided here. English versions of the titles are given in brackets, as are details of translations of the texts, where available.
Altercatio Heracliani Altercatio Heracliani laici cum Germinio, episcopo Sirmiensi (The Dispute between Heraclianus the layman and Germinius, bishop of Sirmium) A. Hamman (ed.) (1958) Patrologiae Cursus Completus Series Latina, Supplementum I, Paris, 345–50.
(Translated in R. Flower (2013) Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective, Cambridge, 230–7.) Ambr. Ep. 77
Ambrose of Milan, Epistula 77 (Letter 77) M. Zelzer (ed.) (1982) Sancti Ambrosi Opera Pars X, Epistulae et Acta Tom. III:
Epistularum Liber Decimus, Epistulae extra Collectionem, Gesta Concili Aquileiensis, CSEL 82.3, Vienna, 126–40.
(Translated in J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz (2005) Ambrose of Milan: Political Letters and Speeches, Translated Texts for Historians vol. 43, Liverpool, 204–12.) Ath. Ad Ep. Aeg.
Athanasius of Alexandria, Epistula ad Episcopos Aegypti et Libyae (Letter to the Bishops of Egypt and Libya) K. Metzler (ed.) (1996–2000) Athanasius: Werke I.1, Berlin, 39–64.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892)
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St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters, Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene
Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 222–35.) Ath. Apol. c. Ar.
Athanasius of Alexandria, Apologia contra Arianos / Apologia Secunda (Defence against the Arians, or Second Defence) H. G. Opitz (ed.) (1935–41) Athanasius:
Werke II.1, Berlin, 87–168.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 100–147.) Ath. Apol. Const.
Athanasius of Alexandria, Apologia ad Constantium (Defence to Constantius) H. C. Brennecke, U. Heil and A. von Stockhausen (edd.) (2006) Athanasius:
Werke II.1, Berlin, 279–309.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 238–53.) Ath. De decretis Athanasius of Alexandria, De decretis Nicaenae synodi (On the Decisions of the Nicene Council) H. G. Opitz (ed.) (1935–41) Athanasius:
Werke II.1, Berlin, 1–45.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 150–72.) Ath. De fuga Athanasius of Alexandria, Apologia de fuga sua (Defence for his Flight) H. G. Opitz (ed.) (1935–41) Athanasius:
Werke II.1, Berlin, 68–86.
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(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 255–65.) Ath. De morte Arii Athanasius of Alexandria, Ad Serapionem de morte Arii (Letter to Serapion on the Death of Arius) H. G. Opitz (ed.) (1935–41) Athanasius Werke: II.1, Berlin, 178–80.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 564–6.) Ath. De synodis Athanasius of Alexandria, De synodis Arimini et Seleuciae (On the Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia) H. G. Opitz (ed.) (1935–41) Athanasius:
Werke II.1, Berlin, 231–78.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 451–80.) Ath. Ep. Enc.
Athanasius of Alexandria, Epistula Encyclica (Encyclical Epistle) H. G. Opitz (ed.) (1935–41) Athanasius:
Werke II.1, Berlin, 169–77.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 92–6.) Ath. Hist. Ar.
Athanasius of Alexandria, Historia Arianorum (History of the Arians) H. G. Opitz (ed.) (1935–41) Athanasius:
Werke II.1, Berlin, 183–230.
(Translated in this volume.)
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Ath. V. Ant.
Athanasius of Alexandria, Vita Antonii (Life of Antony) G. J. M. Bartelink (ed.) (1994) Athanase d'Alexandrie: Vie d'Antoine, Sources chrétiennes 400, Paris.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 195–221.) Augustine, De haeresibus Augustine of Hippo, De haeresibus ad Quodvultdeus liber unus (On Heresies, to Quodvultdeus) R. vander Plaetse and C. Beukers (edd.) (1969) De haeresibus, CCSL 46, Turnhout, 283–345.
(Translated in L. G. Müller (1956) The De Haeresibus of Saint Augustine, Washington D.C.) Collatio Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (Comparison of Mosaic and Roman Laws) R. M. Frakes (ed.) (2011) Compiling the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum in Late Antiquity, Oxford (with translation).
Cyprian, Ep.
Cyprian of Carthage, Epistulae (Letters) G. F. Diercks (ed.) (1994–96) Sancti Cypriani Episcopi Epistularium, 2 vols, CCSL 3B and 3C.
(Translated in G. W. Clarke (1984–9) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage, 4 vols, New York.) [Cypr.], De laude martyrii [Cyprian of Carthage], De laude martyrii
(On the Glory of Martyrdom) G. Hartel (ed.) (1871) S. Thasci Caecili Cypriani Opera Omnia, CSEL 3.3, 26–52.
(Translated in R. E. Wallis (1869) The Writings of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage,
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Vol. II, Containing the Remainder of the Treatises, together with the Writings of Novatian, Minucius Felix, etc., Ante-Nicene Christian Library, vol. XIII,
Edinburgh, 231–52.) Epiphanius, Panarion Epiphanius of Salamis, Panarion (Medicine Chest) K. Holl (ed.) (2013, 1980, 1985) Epiphanius, GCS, 3 vols, rev. by J. Dummer, C.-F. Collatz and M. Bergermann.
(Translated in F. Williams (2009–13) The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, 2nd edn, 2 vols, Leiden.) Eus. HE Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History)
T. Mommsen and E. Schwartz (edd.) (1999) Eusebius Werke. Band 2:
Kirchengeschichte, GCS n.f. 6.1–3, 2nd edn, rev. by F. Winkelmann.
(Translated in H. J. Lawlor and J. E. L. Oulton (1927–28) Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea: The Ecclesiastical History and the Martyrs of Palestine, 2 vols, London. See also Eusebius: The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine, tr. G. A. Williamson, rev.
A. Louth, London, 1989.) Eus. Mart. Pal.
Eusebius of Caesarea, Liber de martyribus Palaestinae (On the Martyrs of Palestine) G. Bardy (ed.) (1958) Eusèbe de Césarée:
Histoire ecclésiastique Livres VIII–X et les martyrs en Palestine, Sources chrétiennes 55, Paris, 121–74.
(Translated in H. J. Lawlor and J. E. L. Oulton (1927–28) Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea: The Ecclesiastical History and the Martyrs of Palestine,
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2 vols, London, I 327–400. See also P. Schaff and H. Wace (edd.) (1890) Eusebius: Church History, Life of Constantine the Great, and Oration in Praise of Constantine, Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 1, Oxford, 342–56.) Eus. VC Eusebius of Caesarea, De Vita Constantini (Life of Constantine) F. Winkelmann (ed.) (1975 [1991]) Eusebius Werke. Band 1, Teil 1: Über das Leben des Kaisers Konstantin, GCS, Berlin, rev. edn.
(Translated in Averil Cameron and S. G. Hall (1999) Eusebius: Life of Constantine, Oxford.) Eus. Verc. Ep.
Eusebius of Vercelli, Epistulae (Letters) V. Bulhart (ed.) (1957) Eusebii Vercellensis episcopi quae supersunt,
CCSL 9, 103–10.
(Translated in R. Flower (2013) Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective, Cambridge, 242–51.) Greg. Ilib. Tract. Orig.
Gregory of Elvira, Tractatus Origenis de libris Sanctarum Scripturarum (Origen's Discussion of the Books of Holy Scripture) V. Bulhart (ed.) (1967) Gregorii Iliberritani episcopi quae supersunt,
CCSL 69, 5–146.
Greg. Naz. Or. 4
Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio 4 (Speech 4) J. Bernardi (ed.) (1983) Grégoire de Nazianze: Discours 4–5, Contre Julien, Sources chrétiennes 309, Paris, 86–292.
(Translated in C. W. King (1888) Julian the Emperor, London, 1–85.) Hilary, Ad Const.
Hilary of Poitiers, Liber II ad Constantium (Address to Constantius)
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A. Feder (ed.) (1916) S. Hilarii Episcopi Pictaviensis Opera. Pars Quarta, CSEL 65, 197–205.
(Translated in L. R. Wickham (1997) Hilary of Poitiers: Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the FourthCentury Church, Translated Texts for Historians, vol. 25, Liverpool, 104–109.)
Hilary, Adu. Val. et Ursac.
Hilary of Poitiers, Aduersus Valentem et Ursacium/Collectanea Antiariana Parisina (Against Valens and Ursacius) A. Feder (ed.) (1916) S. Hilarii Episcopi
Pictaviensis Opera. Pars Quarta, CSEL 65, 43–193.
(Translated in L. R. Wickham (1997) Hilary of Poitiers: Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the FourthCentury Church, Translated Texts for Historians, vol. 25, Liverpool, 15–103.)
Hilary, Contra Auxentium Hilary of Poitiers, Contra Arianos uel Auxentium Mediolanensem (Against Auxentius) (sections 1–12) J.-P. Migne (ed.) (1845)
Sancti Hilarii Pictaviensis Episcopi Opera Omnia, vol. 2, PL 10, 610–18.
(sections 13–15) M. Durst (1998) 'Das Glaubensbekenntnis des Auxentius von Mailand: historischer Hintergrund – Textüberlieferung – Theologie – Edition',
JbAC 41, 118–68, at 161–3.
(Translated in R. Flower (2013) Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective, Cambridge, 252–60.) Hilary, De Synodis Hilary of Poitiers, De Synodis (On the Councils) J.-P. Migne (ed.) (1845) Sancti Hilarii Pictaviensis Episcopi Opera Omnia:
Tomus II, Patrologia Latina 10, Paris, 479–546.
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(Translated in W. Sanday (ed.) (1899) St.
Hilary of Poitiers: Select Works, Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 9, Oxford, 342–56.) Hilary, In Const.
Hilary of Poitiers, Liber In Constantium (Against Constantius) A. Rocher (ed.) (1987) Hilaire de Poitiers: Contre Constance, Sources chrétiennes 334, Paris.
(Translated in this volume.) Hilary, Liber I ad Constantium Hilary of Poitiers, 'Liber I ad
Constantium'/Appendix ad Collectanea Antiariana Parisina ('Book I to Constantius' – this is actually part of Hilary's Against Valens and Ursacius) A. Feder (ed.) (1916) S. Hilarii Episcopi
Pictaviensis Opera. Pars Quarta, CSEL 65, 181–7.
(Translated in L. R. Wickham (1997) Hilary of Poitiers: Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the FourthCentury Church, Translated Texts for Historians, vol. 25, Liverpool, 65–9.) Hippol. Haer.
Hippolytus of Rome, Refutatio omnium haeresium (Refutation of All Heresies) M. D. Litwa (ed.) (2016) Refutation of All Heresies, Atlanta, GA (with translation).
Historia acephala Historia acephala A. Martin (ed.) (1985) Histoire 'acephale' et index syriaque des lettres festales d'Athanase d'Alexandrie, Sources chrétiennes 317, Paris, 138–68.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 496–9.)
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Iren. Haer.
Irenaeus of Lyon, Adversus Haereses (Against the Heresies) Book 1: A Rousseau and L. Doutreleau (edd.) (1979) Irénée de Lyon: Contre les hérésies, Livre I, Sources chrétiennes 263–4, Paris.
(Book 1 translated in D. J. Unger (1992) St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies, Volume 1, rev. J. J. Dillon, Ancient Christian Writers 55, New York.)
Jerome, De uiris illustr.
Jerome, Liber de uiris illustribus (On Illustrious Men) W. Herding (ed.) (1879) Hieronymi De viris inlustribus liber. Accedit Gennadii
Catalogus virorum inlustrium, Leipzig.
(Translated in P. Schaff and H. Wace (edd.) (1892) Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, Rufinus: Historical Writings, etc., Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 3, Oxford, 359–84.) Jerome, Vita Hilarionis Jerome, Vita Hilarionis (Life of Hilarion)
E. M. Morales (ed.) (2007) Jérôme: Trois vies de moines (Paul, Malchus, Hilarion),
Sources chrétiennes 508, Paris, 212–98.
(Translated in C. White (1998) Early Christian Lives, London, 89–115.) Lact. Diu. Inst.
Lactantius, Diuinae Institutiones (Divine Institutes) Book 3: S. Brandt (ed.) (1890) L. Caeli Firmiani Lactanti opera omnia, Pars I: Divinae Institutiones et Epitome divinarum institutionum, CSEL 19.
Book 5: P. Monat (ed.) (1973) Lactance:
Institutions divines, Livre V, Sources chrétiennes 204–5, Paris.
Book 6: C. Ingremeau (ed.) (2007) Lactance: Institutions divines, Livre VI, Sources chrétiennes 509, Paris.
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(Translated in A. Bowen and P. Garnsey (2003) Lactantius: Divine Institutes, Translated Texts for Historians, vol. 40,
Liverpool.) Lact. Mort. pers.
Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum (On the Deaths of the Persecutors) J. L. Creed (ed.) (1984) Lactantius: De Mortibus Persecutorum, Oxford Early Christian Texts, Oxford (with translation).
Lucifer, De Ath. I Lucifer of Cagliari, Quia absentem nemo debet iudicare nec damnare sive De Athanasio Liber I (That No One Ought to Be Judged or Condemned While Absent, or Concerning Athanasius, Book I) G. F. Diercks (ed.) (1978) Luciferi Calaritani opera quae supersunt, CCSL 8, 3–75.
Lucifer, De Ath. II Lucifer of Cagliari, Quia absentem nemo debet iudicare nec damnare sive De Athanasio Liber II (That No One Ought to Be Judged or Condemned While Absent, or Concerning Athanasius, Book II) G. F. Diercks (ed.) (1978) Luciferi Calaritani opera quae supersunt,
CCSL 8, 77–132.
Lucifer, De non conu.
Lucifer of Cagliari, De non conueniendo cum haereticis (On Not Coming Together with Heretics) G. F. Diercks (ed.) (1978) Luciferi Calaritani opera quae supersunt,
CCSL 8, 165–92.
Lucifer, De non parc.
Lucifer of Cagliari, De non parcendo in Deum delinquentibus (On Not Sparing Those Who Commit Offences Against God) G. F. Diercks (ed.) (1978) Luciferi Calaritani opera quae supersunt,
CCSL 8, 195–261.
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Lucifer, De regibus Lucifer of Cagliari, De regibus apostaticis (On Apostate Kings) G. F. Diercks (ed.) (1978) Luciferi Calaritani opera quae supersunt,
CCSL 8, 135–61.
(Translated into Italian in V. Ugenti (ed.) (1980) Luciferi Calaritani: De regibus apostaticis et Moriundum esse pro dei filio, Lecce, 83–113.) Lucifer, Moriundum Lucifer of Cagliari, Moriundum esse pro dei filio (The Necessity of Dying for the Son of God) G. F. Diercks (ed.) (1978) Luciferi Calaritani opera quae supersunt, CCSL 8, 265–300.
(Translated in this volume.) Novat. De cibis iudaicis Novatian, De cibis iudaicis (On Jewish Foods) G. F. Diercks (ed.) (1972) Novatiani opera quae supersunt, CCSL 4, 89–101.
(Translated in R. E. Wallis (1869) The Writings of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Vol. II, Containing the Remainder of the Treatises, together with the Writings of Novatian, Minucius Felix, etc., Ante-Nicene Christian Library vol. XIII,
Edinburgh, 382–95.) Philostorgius, HE Philostorgius, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) J. Bidez (ed.) (1981) Philostorgius:
Kirchengeschichte, GCS, 3rd edn, rev. by F. Winkelmann.
(Translated in P. R. Amidon (2007) Philostorgius: Church History, Atlanta, Georgia.) Rufinus, HE Rufinus, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) (Books 10-11) E. Schwartz, T.
Mommsen and F. Winkelmann (edd.)
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(1999), Eusebius Werke, Band 2: Die Kirchengeschichte, 2nd edn, GCS n.f. 6, Berlin, 2.957–1040.
(Translated in P. R. Amidon (1997) The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia, Books 10 and 11, Oxford.) Soc. HE Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) G. C. Hansen (ed.) (1995) Sokrates:
Kirchengeschichte, GCS n.f. 1.
(Translated in P. Schaff and H. Wace (edd.) (1891) Socrates, Sozomenus:
Church Histories, Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 2, Oxford, 1–178.) Soz. HE Sozomen, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) G. C. Hansen (ed.) Sozomenos:
Kirchengeschichte, Fontes christiani 73, 4 vols, Turnhout, 2004.
(Translated in P. Schaff and H. Wace (edd.) (1891) Socrates, Sozomenus:
Church Histories, Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 2, Oxford, 239–427.) Sulpicius Severus, Chronicle Sulpicius Severus, Chronica (Chronicle) G. de Senneville-Grave (ed.) (1999) Sulpice Sévère: Chroniques, Sources chrétiennes 441, Paris.
(Translated in P. Schaff and H. Wace (edd.) (1894) Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian, Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 11, Oxford, 71–122.)
Sulpicius Severus, Vita Martini Sulpicius Severus, Vita Martini (Life of Martin) J. Fontaine (ed.) (1967–9) Sulpice Sévère:
Vie de Saint Martin, 3 vols, Sources chrétiennes 133–5, Paris.
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(Translated in C. White (1998) Early Christian Lives, London, 134–59. See also F. R. Hoare (1954) The Western Fathers, being the Lives of SS. Martin of Tours, Ambrose, Augustine of Hippo, Honoratus of Arles and Germanus of Auxerre, London, 10–44.) Theod. HE Theodoret, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) L. Parmentier and G. C. Hansen (edd.) (1998) Theodoret: Kirchengeschichte, GCS n.f. 5, 3rd edn, Berlin.
(Translated in P. Schaff and H. Wace (edd.) (1892) Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, Rufinus: Historical Writings, etc., Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 3, Oxford, 33–159.) Tomus ad Antiochenos Tomus ad Antiochenos (Synodal Statement to the Antiochenes) H. C. Brennecke, U. Heil and A. von Stockhausen (edd.) (2006) Athanasius:
Werke II.1, Berlin, 340–51.
(Translated in A. Robertson (ed.) (1892) St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters,
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 4, Oxford, 483–6.) Urk.
Urkunden zur Geschichte des arianischen Streites, 318–328 (Documents concerning the History of the Arian Conflict, 318–328) Lfrg. 1–2: H. G. Opitz (ed.) (1934) Athanasius: Werke III.1, Berlin.