Bibliography
痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid
Essential for new first-year students arriving in Sept. 2026: Please read or re-read the Aeneid in English before the start of term (recommended edition: D. West 2003, Penguin Classics; but F. Ahl 2007 edition is also available and has excellent notes!). You might also begin reading Book 11 in Latin (using Scott McGill's 2020 Cambridge text and commentary)
Optional: Excellent starting points for critical interpretations are: Hardie 1998 (an introduction to the poem), the companions by Martindale (1997), Horsfall (2000), and Farrell and Putnam (2010), and the selection of essays collected in Harrison (1990), and Hardie (1999).
The following bibliography includes other important works on the Aeneid and on Sallust's BC, available in the University Library. A full module bibliography will be provided at the start of term 1
Cairns, F. (1989) 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Augustan Epic, Cambridge. [ebook]
Camps, W.A. (1969) An Introduction to 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid, London [printed resource]
Clausen, W.V. (1964) 鈥楢n interpretation of the Aeneid鈥�, HSCP 68: 139- 47.
Conte, G.B. (2007) The Poetry of Pathos: Studies in Epic, Oxford. [ebook]
*Farrell, J. and Putnam, M.C.J. (2010) (eds.) A Companion to Vergil鈥檚 Aeneid and its Tradition, Malden MA [ebook].
Farrell, J. (2021) Juno's Aeneid. A Battle for Heroic Identity, Princeton.
Hardie, P.R. (1986) 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid: Cosmos and Imperium, Oxford [printed resource]
* Hardie, P.R. (1998) Virgil, Oxford [printed resource]
* Hardie, P.R., ed. 1999. Virgil. Critical assessments of classical authors, vols 3-4, London (classic articles) [printed resource]
*Harrison, S.J. (ed.) (1990) Oxford readings in 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid, Oxford (classic articles)鈥╗printed resource]
*Horsfall, N. (2000) A Companion to the Study of Virgil, Leiden [ebook]
Johnson, W.R. (1979) Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil鈥檚 Aeneid, Berkeley [printed resource]
Kennedy, D. 'Augustan and anti-Augustan. Reflection on terms of reference.' In Powell, A. (ed.) Roman Poetry and Propaganda in the Age of Augustus, London.
Lovatt, H. (2013) The Epic Gaze. Vision, Gender and Narrative in Ancient Epic, Oxford.
Lyne, R.O.A.M. (1987) Further Voices in Vergil鈥檚 Aeneid, Oxford [printed resource]
*Martindale, C. (ed.) (1997) Cambridge Companion to Virgil, Cambridge [ebook]
O鈥橦ara, J.J. (1990) Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil鈥檚 Aeneid [printed resource]
Parry, A. (1963) 鈥楾he Two Voices of 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid鈥�, Arion 2, 66-80.
P枚schl, V. (1970) The Art of Vergil: Image and Symbol in the Aeneid, Ann Arbor [printed resource]
Quinn, K. (2006) 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid: A Critical Description, Bristol [printed resource]
Ross, D.O. (2007) 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid: A Reader鈥檚 Guide, Malden MA [ebook]
Thomas, R.F. (2001) Virgil and the Augustan Reception, Cambridge [ebook]
Thomas, R.F. and J. M. Ziolkowski (eds) (2014) The Virgil encyclopedia, 3 vols, Malden MA (bite-sized summaries of names, topics, authors, etc.)
Aeneid on jstor:
Virgil Aeneid Book 11
Alessio, M. (1993), Studies in Vergil: Aeneid Eleven: An Allegorical Approach, Laval.
Anderson, W.S. (1999), 鈥楢eneid 11: The Saddest Book鈥�, in C. Perkell (ed.), Reading Vergil鈥檚 Aeneid: An Interpretative Guide, Norman, 195–209.
Basson, W. P. (1984), 鈥榁ergil鈥檚 Mezentius: A Pivotal Personality鈥�, Acta Classica 27, 57–70.
鈥�. (1986), 鈥槼站卑稻北翕�檚 Camilla: A Paradoxical Character鈥�, Acta Classica 29, 57–6.
Becker, T. H. (1997), 鈥楢mbiguity and the Female Warrior: Vergil鈥檚 Camilla鈥�, Electronic Antiquity 4.1.
Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (2015) 'Does Aeneas violate the truce in Aeneid 11?' CQ 65: 704-13.
Casali, S. (2023) 'A misunderstood passage and an unnecessary deletionin Virgil Aen.11.399-409', Classical Philology 118.1: 114-25.
Dinter, M. (2005), 鈥楨pic and Epigram: Minor Heroes in 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid鈥�, Classical Quarterly 55.1, 153–69.
Egan, R. B. (1983), 鈥楢rms and Etymology in Aeneid 11鈥�, Vergilius 29, 19–26.
Fantham, E. (1999a), 鈥楩ighting Words: Turnus at Bay in the Latin Council (Aeneid 11.234–446)鈥�, American Journal of Philology 120, 259–80.
Fletcher, K.F.B. (2006) 'Vergil's Italian Diomedes' AJPH 127: 219-59
Fowler, D. P. (1987), 鈥榁irgil on Killing Virgins鈥�, in M. Whitby, P. Hardie, and M. Whitby (eds.), Homo Viator: Classical Essays for John Bramble, Bristol and Oak Partk, IL, 185–98.
Frantantuono, L. (2007a), Madness Unchained: A Reading of 痴颈谤驳颈濒鈥檚 Aeneid, Lanham.
鈥�. (2007b), 鈥槼站卑稻北翕�檚 Camilla鈥�, Athenaeum 95, 271–86.
鈥�. (2009), A Commentary on Virgil, Aeneid XI, Brussels.
Gransden, K.W. (1991) Virgil, Aeneid Book Xi, Cambridge.
Hardie, P.R. (1998), 鈥楩ame and Defamation in the Aeneid: the Council of Latins (Aen. 11.225–467)鈥�, in H.-P. Stahl (ed.), Vergil鈥檚 Aeneid: Augustan Epic and Political Context, London, 243–70.
Horsfall, N. (2003), Virgil, Aeneid 11: A Commentary, Leiden and Boston.
McAuley, M. (2016), Reproducing Rome. Motherhood in Virgil, Ovid, Seneca, and Statius, Oxford.
Mitchell, R.N. (1992) 'The violence of virginity in the Aeneid' Arethusa 24: 219-38.
Viparelli, V. (2008) 'Camilla, a queen undefeated, even in death' Vergilius 54: 9-23.
West, G. S. (1985), 鈥楥hloreus and Camilla鈥�, Vergilius 31, 22–29.
Xinyue, B. (2017), 鈥業mperatrix and bellatrix: Cicero鈥檚 Clodia and Vergil鈥檚 Camilla鈥�, in D. Campanile, F. Carl脿-Uhink, and M. Facella (eds.), TransAntiquity: Cross-Dressing and Transgender Dynamics in the Ancient World, London and New York, 164–78,
Sallust
厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 works are available in English in the 2016 edition of William W. Batstone, Oxford [available as e-book]. Levene 2010 and Kraus and Woodman 1997 are excellent starting points for an overview of the author. Syme 1964 is a classic.
Earl, D. C. (1961) The Political Thought of Sallust, Cambridge [in library]
*Feldherr, A. (2009) The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians, Cambridge [e-book]
Kapust, D. J. (2011) Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought: Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus, Cambridge [e-book]
*Kraus, C. S. and Woodman, A. J. (1997) Latin Historians, Oxford [printed resource]
* Levene, D. S. (2010) 鈥楽allust鈥� in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, vol. 6 (ed. M. Gagarine and E. Fantham), Oxford, pp. 200-202. [in library]
Mellor, R. (1999) The Roman Historians, London and New York, pp. 30-47 [e-book]
Poulsen, A.D. and J枚nssen, A. (eds.) (2021) Historiography of Rome and its Empire, Leiden.
*Syme, R. (1964) Sallust, Berkeley [in library]
厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Bellum Catilinae
Please read 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Bellum Catilinae with the recommended commentary of Ramsey (J.T. Ramsey, 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Bellum Catilinae, 2nd edition, Oxford 2007). We will discuss some of the following in class.
Baraz, Y. (2012) 'Otiose otium: The Status of intellectual activity in late Republican prefaces' Chapter one of Baraz 2012, A Written Republic, Princeton,
Batstone, W. W. (1986) 鈥�Incerta pro certis. An Interpretation of Sallust Bellum Catilinae 48.4.-49.4鈥�, Ramus 15, 105-21.
--- (1988) 鈥�Quantum ingenium possum. On 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 use of ingenium in Bellum Catilinae 53.6鈥�, CJ 83, 301-6 [e-journal]
--- (1988) 鈥楾he Antithesis of Virtue. 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Synkrisis and the Crisis of the Late Republic鈥�, ClAnt 7, 1-29 [e-journal]
--- (1988) 鈥業ntellectual Conflict and Mimesis in 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Bellum Catilinae,鈥� in J.W. Allison (ed.) Conflict, Antithesis, and the Ancient Historian, Columbus, OH, 112-32
--- (2010) 鈥楥atiline鈥檚 Speeches in 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Bellum Catilinae鈥� in D. H. Berry and A. Erskine (eds.) Forms and Function in Roman Oratory, Cambridge, 227-46
*--- (2010) 鈥榃ord at War: The Prequel鈥� in B. W. Breed, C. Damon and A. Rossi (2010) Citizens of Discord: Rome and its Civil Wars, Oxford, 47-51 [e-book]
Boyd, B. W. (1987) 鈥榁irtus effeminata and 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Semprionia鈥�, TAPA 117, 183-201
Cairns, F. 鈥楲entulus鈥� letter; Cicero In Catilinam 3.12, Sallust Bellum Catilinae 44.3-6鈥� Historia 61.1: 78-82
*Feldherr, A. (2012) 鈥樷��Magna mihi copia est memorandi鈥�: modes of historiography in the speeches of Caesar and Cato (Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 51-4)鈥�, in J. Grethlein and C.B. Krebs (eds.) Time and Narrative in Ancient Historiography, Cambridge, 95-112. [e-book]
*--- (2013) 鈥楩ree Spirits: Sallust and the Citation of Catiline鈥�, AJPh 134.1, 49-66.
* Gunderson, E. (2000) 鈥楾he history of the mind and the philosophy of history in 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 BC鈥� Ramus 29.2: 85-126.
*Krebs, C. B. (2008) 鈥楥atiline鈥檚 Ravaged Mind: 鈥�uastus animus鈥� (Sall. BC 5.5)鈥� in CQ 58.2, 682-6.
--- (2008) 鈥楾he Imagery of 鈥渢he Way鈥� in the proem to 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Bellum Catilinae (1-4), AJPh 129.4, 581-94.
--- (2008) 鈥樷��Hebescere uirtus鈥� (Sall. Cat. 12.1): metaphorical Ambiguity鈥�, HSPh 104, 231-6.
*Levene, D. S. (2000) 鈥槼Р贡舯舫懿醭兮�檚 Catiline and Cato the Censor鈥�, CQ 50, 170-91.
Leventi, M. (2023) 'Memoria and endings in Sallust's Bellum Catilinae' Phoenix 77.1: 43-60
*Marincola, J. (2010) 鈥楨ros and Empire: Vergil and the Historians on Civil War鈥� in C. S. Kraus, J. Marincola and C. B. R. Pelling (eds.) Ancient Historiography and its Contexts, Oxford, 183-204 [e-book]
MacKay, L.A. (1962) 鈥槼Р贡舯舫懿醭兮�檚 Catiline: Date and Purpose鈥�, Phoenix 16, 302-11.
Melchior, A. (2010) 鈥楥itizen as enemy in 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Bellum Catilinae鈥� in R.M.Rosen and I. Sluiter (eds.) Valuing Others in Classical Antiquity, Leiden, 391-415.
Muse, K. (2012) 鈥槼Р贡舯舫懿醭兮�檚 Imitation of Greek Models at Catiline 14.2-3鈥�, Mnemosyne 65, 40-61.
Pag谩n, V. E. (2010) 鈥楩orestalling Violence in Sallust and Vergil鈥�, Mouseion (Canada) 10.1, 23-44 [e-journal]
Paul, G. M. (1985) 鈥槼Р贡舯舫懿醭兮�檚 Sempronia. The Portrait of a Lady鈥�, in PLLS 5, 9-22.
Pulz, E. (2025) 'How to live up to Sallust: Metaleptic rhetoric in the Bellum Catilinae' AJPH 146.1: 73-100.
Sklen谩r, R. (1998) 鈥楲a Republique des Signes: Caesar, Cato, and the Language of Sallustian Morality鈥�, TAPA 128, 205ff.
Wilkins, A. T. (1994) Villain or Hero: 厂补濒濒耻蝉迟鈥檚 Portrayal of Catiline, New York [in library]
Williams, K. (2000) 鈥楳anlius鈥� mandata: Sallust BC 33鈥� Classical Philology 95.2: 160-71.
Wiseman, T. P. (2010) 鈥楾he Two-Headed State: Hor Romans Explained Civil War鈥�, in B. W. Breed, C. Damon and A. Rossi (2010) Citizens of Discord: Rome and its Civil Wars, Oxford, 25-44 [e-book]
On Sallust and Virgil
Pag谩n. V.E. (2010) 鈥楩orestalling violence in Sallust and Virgil鈥�, Museion 101: 23-44.
Woodman, A.J. (2020) 鈥榁irgil and Sallust: Aeneid 10.354-79 and Bellum Catilinae 58-60鈥� CQ 72.2: 944-9.
On Catiline and the Conspiracy
Bradley, K. (1978) 鈥楽laves and the Conspiracy of Catiline鈥�, CP 73, 329-36.
*Harrison, I. (2008) 鈥楥atiline, Clodius, and Popular Politics at Rome during the 60s and 50s BCE鈥�, BICS 51, 95-118.
*Levick, B. (2015) Catiline, London [in library]
Negri, G. (1978) The Case of Catiline, Rome [e-book]
Phillips, E. J. (1976) 鈥楥atiline鈥檚 Conspiracy鈥�, Historia 25, 441-8
Seager, R. (1964) 鈥楾he First Catilinarian Conspiracy鈥� Historia 13, 338-47.
--- (1973) 鈥�Iusta Catilinae鈥�, Historia 22, 240-8.
Sumner, G. V. (1963) 鈥楾he Last Journey of L. Sergius Catilina鈥�, CP 58, 215-9.
Waters, K. H. (1970) 鈥楥icero, Sallust and Catiline鈥�, Historia 195-215.
On Cicero Catilinarians 1
Batstone, W. W. (1994) 鈥楥icero鈥檚 Construction of Consular Ethos in the First Catilinarian鈥� TAPA 124, 211-66.
Craig, C. (1993) 鈥楾hree Simple Questions for Teaching Cicero鈥檚 鈥淔irst Catilinarian鈥�, CJ 88, 255-67.
--- (2007) 鈥楽elf-Restraint, Invective, and Credibility in Cicero鈥檚 鈥楩irst Catilinarian Oration鈥�, AJPh 128.3, 335-9.
Dyck, A.R. (2008) Cicero Catilinarians, Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics, Cambridge.
Eagle, E. D. (1949) 鈥楥atiline and the 鈥淐oncordia Ordinum鈥�, Phoenix 3.1, 15-30.
Franzen, C. E. (2012-13) 鈥楤randing Catiline: Metaphorical Enslavement in the 鈥淔irst Catilinarian鈥� Oration鈥�, CW 106.3, 355-64.
Malcolm, D. A. (1979) 鈥樷�淨uo Usque Tandem鈥�?鈥� CQ 29.1, 219-20.
Van der Blom, H. (2010) Cicero鈥檚 Role Models: The political Strategy of a Newcomer, Oxford [e-book]
--- (2016) Oratory and Political Career in the late Roman Republic, Cambridge [e-book]
