Late Antique Historiography

On illustrious men

Title(s):
  • On illustrious men
  • De viris illustribus
    (De viris illustribus, On illustrious men)
Author:
Period covered:
5th-7th c.
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Biography (collective)
Remarks:
Two versions exist, a short (33 chapters) and a long one (46 chapters).
Edition - Translation:
  • C. Codoñer Merino (1964) El 'De viris illustribus' de Isidoro de Sevilla: Estudio y edición crítica, Salamanca.
  • A. Fear (1997) Lives of the Visigothic fathers (Translated texts for historians, 26). Liverpool.
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Bibliography:
  • (1995) Clavis patrum Latinorum (CPL) 1206
  • H. Koeppler (1936) 'De viris illustribus and Isidore of Seville'. The Journal of Theological Studies 37: 16-34.