Bąk on Aristocratic Upbringing

Out recently: Aneta Bąk, ‘Cele wychowania rzymskiego arystokraty w V wieku n.e. w świetle listów Sydoniusza Apollinarisa’ [Objectives of the education of a Roman aristocrat in the fifth century in the light of the letters of Sidonius Apollinaris], Res Gestae…

Roman Senatorial Aristocracy

Hendrik Wagner lays out the position of the senatorial aristocracy in Rome in the first half of the fifth century – the background against which to read Sidonius’ doings in Rome: Das spätantike Rom und die stadtrömische Senatsaristokratie (395–455 n.…

Marolla on Political Flexibility

Giulia Marolla has published ‘Il trasformismo dell’aristocrazia gallica nelle epistole di Sidonio Apollinare / Political Flexibility of the Gallic Aristocracy in Sidonius’ Letters’, eClassica 6 (2020) 59-71. Its motto is from the Gattopardo: Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga com’è, bisogna…