Grégoire Novel about Avitus
Christophe Grégoire wrote a novel about Avitus: Avitus, l’empereur oublié, Clermont-Ferrand: De Borée. View catalogue entry
Your Research Companion
Your Research Companion
Novel At the Ruin of the World
Gavin Kelly signals a work of historical fiction: At the Ruin of the World, by John Henry Clay (London, 2015), heavily based on Sidonius, covering events from Vicus Helena in 448 down to Avitus’ defeat, with Ecdicius as the lead…
Majorian’s Memoir
Philippe Jamet (–> Wikipedia), in his novel Le coucher du Tibre (Paris: Cylibris, 2000), imagines that Majorian wrote a visionary memoir, addressed to Sidonius Apollinaris and intended to perpetuate Rome’s grandeur in a new world. (Thanks go to Prof. Étienne…
