NOVELTY: Sirmond Travels to Rome

Gavin Kelly discovered a forgotten poem by Jacques Sirmond in a 1993 article. Sidonius’ editor Jacques Sirmond (1559-1651), when still a young man, was summoned to Rome by the general of the Jesuit order to serve as his secretary. He…

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.…