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Sam. Samuel
Ecclus. Ecclesiasticus
Chron. Chronicles
Bar. Baruch
Ps. Psalms
Matt. Matthew
Prov. Proverbs
Rom. Romans
Eccl. Ecclesiastes
Cor. Corinthians
S.of S. The Song of Songs
Gal. Galatians
Is. Isaiah
Eph. Ephesians
Jer. Jeremiah
Phil. Philippians
Lam. Lamentations
Col. Colossians
Ez. Ezekiel
Thess. Thessalonians
Dan. Daniel
Tim. Timothy
Hos. Hosea
Tit. Titus
Am. Amos
Hebr. Hebrews
Obad. Obadiah
Jas. James
Jon. Jonah
Pet. Peter
Mic. Micah
Jud. Jude
Nah. Nahum
Rev. Revelation
Hab. Habakkuk
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
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
