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Kelly and Pelttari’s CHLLL Now Out

5 February 2026

Now available: Gavin Kelly and Aaron Pelttari (eds), The Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature, 2 vols, Cambridge: CUP, 2026. Contents: 1. Histories of later… Read more

Portal for the Selected Letters

3 February 2026

Sidonius Apollinaris: Selected Letters now has its own page in the ‘Publications’ section of the Propylaeum portal ‘Sidonius Apollinaris’, which carries on the sidonapol.org initiative.… Read more

John Learning and Power is Out

19 January 2026

Alison John’s Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul is published. It is available for purchase here. Read more

Sidonius Selected Letters is Out

19 January 2026

Joop van Waarden’s ‘Green & Yellow’ Sidonius Apollinaris: Selected Letters is published. There is a 20% discount on this title expiring 31 March, code JOOP2026.… Read more

Montone on the Panegyric of Maiorianus

16 January 2026

Francesco Montone introduces, translates and comments on the Panegyric of Majorian in ‘Un poeta, l’imperatore Maggioriano (457-461) … e la Campania: Il secondo panegirico di… Read more

From Sangallensis 190 to Canisius to Abbé Lespine

15 January 2026

Manuscript Périgord 43, in the French National Library, is a volume of notes by Abbé Lespine (1757-1831) towards a Vitae sanctorum Petragorici; on f. 31… Read more

Are the ‘Blue Rocks’ Rio and Antirrio?

12 January 2026

Early-modern and modern commentaries are typically found as part of editions of Sidonius’ work. There is, however, a separate manuscript series of notes towards a… Read more

Van Waarden Reviews Stähle

7 January 2026

Joop van Waarden reviews Ann-Kathrin Stähle, Quid poema frangat? Zur Poetik des Bruchs in den Carmina des Sidonius Apollinaris, Hermes-Einzelschriften 127, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag,… Read more

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