Late Antique Historiography

History of Gaul

Title(s):
  • History of Gaul
Author:
Period covered:
At least 1st c. B.C.-1st c.
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
Remarks:
It is not clear from the references if Protadius actually wrote a history.
Edition - Translation:
  • P. Van Nuffelen, L. Van Hoof (2020) The fragmentary Latin histories of Late Antiquity (A.D. 300-650): Edition, translation and commentary. Cambridge.
Fragments:
  • Symmachus, Letter 4.18.5, 4.32.2, 4.36.2
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • A. Berger, J. Fontaine, P.L. Schmidt (2020) Handbuch der Lateinischen Literatur. Sechster Band: Die Literatur im Zeitalter des Theodosius. Erster Teil: Fachprosa, Dichtung, Kunstprosa. Munich: 599-600.
  • J.-P. Callu (1982) Symmaque: Correspondance. Volume Two: Books III-V (Collection des Universités de France). Paris.
  • Al. Cameron (2011) The last pagans of Rome. Oxford: 524.