Freely Available: Where Did Sidonius Live?

John Collis kindly makes available his 2023 article ‘Where Did Sidonius Apollinaris Live?’ Download it here. It was announced on this website some time ago and appeared in March 2023. It can now be downloaded from this website. John Collis…

Onorato on Carm. 21

Marco Onorato wrote an interpretation of Carmen 21 De piscibus nocte captis, ‘Le tenebre e il lago. Il De piscibus nocte captis di Sidonio Apollinare e il ciclo di Avitaco’, in Orazio Portuese (ed.), Sagaci corde. Studi di filologia classica…

Where Did Sidonius Apollinaris Live?

A question intriguing as ever, addressed anew by John Collis, ‘Where did Sidonius Apollinaris live?’, in Martin Henig a.o., Villas, Sanctuaries and Settlement in the Romano-British Countryside: New Perspectives and Controversies. Upcoming January 2023. Announced here.

Avitacum Near Gergovia?

Graham Robb, in his travel account France: An Adventure History, London: Picador, 2022, revives the ancient theory of the Lake of Sarliève (south-east of Clermont, surmounted by Gergovia) as the location of Avitacum (part 1, ch. 2 ‘A Home in…