Montone on the Panegyric of Maiorianus

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 Sidonio Apollinare’, Salternum 29, issues 54-55 (2025) 65-104. Read in Academia

Montone on Ep. 5.17

Francesco Montone writes on ‘Riti sacri, giochi … e poesia: per un commento a Sid. Apoll. epist. 5.17’ in Vichiana 62 (2025) 65-81. See sample in Academia.

Montone on the Panegyric of Avitus

Adding another article to his series on Sidonius, Francesco Montone has written ‘L’imperatore Eparchio Avito (455-456) nel panegirico di Sidonio Apollinare’, Salternum 50-51 (2023) 43-71. Read here

Montone on Sidonius’ Health Lexicon

Francesco Montone writes on Sidonius’ health lexicon in ‘Alcuni specimina del lessico della salute nell’epistolario sidoniano, e intratestualità’, Vichiana 60 (2023) 71-86. Find a specimen in Academia. Abstract: Some Specimina of the Health Lexicon in Sidonius’ Correspondence, and Intratextuality. The…

Montone Reviews Hindermann

Francesco Montone reviews Judith Hindermann’s commentary of Book 2 of the Correspondence (Sidonius Apollinaris’ Letters, book 2: text, translation and commentary. Edinburgh studies in later Latin literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022) in BMCR 2023.11.28. ‘Il lavoro realizzato dalla studiosa…

Montone Reviews Giannotti

Just out: Francesco Montone, ‘Ripercorrendo la “Levigata Pagina” sidoniana. A proposito di Scrinia Arverna di F. Giannotti’, Vichiana 60 (2023) 87-92. First page here. Publisher here

How About Quintilian and Ennodius?

Just out: Marc van der Poel et al. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Quintilian. The chapter on Quintilian in Late Antiquity by Catherine Schneider mentions Sidonius in par. 16.2 (Carm. 2.191, 9.315-17, Ep. 5.10). Another recent publication marginally related to…

Montone on Rome’s Conquests

Francesco Montone studies the section of the Panegyric on Anthemius where goddess Roma sums up her former conquests: ‘Sidonio Apollinare e i suoi modelli: un mosaico letterario e le conquiste orientali di Roma’, Parole Rubate 23 (2021) 207-22. Free access…

Montone on the Art of Hunting

Recently out: Francesco Montone, ‘Imperatori romani a caccia. L’Ars venandi nei panegirici di Sidonio Apollinare’, Salternum 44-45 (2020) 79-100.