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Patricia Southern (born 1948) is an English historian of classical Rome.
Early life
editBorn in 1948[1] nearAltrincham, Cheshire,[2] Southern studied Ancient History and Archaeology with the Universities ofLondon andNewcastle upon Tyne.
Career
editSouthern was the librarian of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1983 to 1996[3] and later at the library of the Newcastle upon Tyne Literary and Philosophical Society.[4] She has published 13 books on Roman history and archaeology and contributed numerous articles on Roman history to the BBC History website and the academic Roman studies journalBritannia.[5]
She has also written a history of her home town of Altrincham.
Southern's first two booksThe Roman Cavalry andThe Late Roman Army were co-authored and illustrated by Karen Dixon. Dixon also illustrated several other books in the publisher's catalogue.[6] Dixon's analysis of morale in the late Roman Army was well received[7] and influenced the development of the study of military psychology in history pioneered byJohn Keegan inThe Face of Battle.
Selected publications
edit- Dixon, Karen & Southern, PatThe Roman Cavalry 1992, Batsford, LondonISBN 0-7134-6396-1
- Southern, Pat."Comparative Frontier Studies", inScott, E. (ed)Theoretical Roman Archaeology: First Conference Proceedings, 1996, Aldershot, Avebury. pp.147–154.doi:10.16995/TRAC1991_147_154
- Southern, Pat & Dixon, KarenThe Late Roman Army 1996, Batsford, LondonISBN 0-7134-7047-X
- Southern, PatDomitian: Tragic Tyrant 1997, BatsfordISBN 978-0-415-16525-9
- Southern, PatMark Antony 1998, TempusISBN 0-7524-1406-2
- Southern, PatCleopatra 1998, TempusISBN 0-7524-4336-4
- Southern, PatThe Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine 2001, RoutledgeISBN 0-415-23944-3
- Southern, PatAugustus 2001, RoutledgeISBN 0-415-25855-3
- Southern, PatJulius Caesar 2001, TempusISBN 0-7524-4394-1
- Southern, PatPompey the Great: Caesar's Friend and Foe 2003, The History PressISBN 0-7524-2521-8
- Southern, PatThe Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History 2007, Oxford University PressISBN 978-0-19-532878-3
- Southern, PatAntony and Cleopatra 2009, The History PressISBN 0-7524-4383-6
- Southern, PatAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire 753BC-AD476 2009, AmberlyISBN 1-84868-100-3
- Southern, PatEmpress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen 2009, Hambledon ContinuumISBN 978-1-84725-034-6
- Southern, PatThe Story of Altrincham 2008, AmberlyISBN 978-1-84868-080-7
- Southern, PatRome's Empire: How the Romans Acquired and Lost Their Provinces 2023, Amberly
References
edit- ^Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
- ^About the Author in Southern, PatThe Story of Altrincham 2008
- ^"BBC - History - Ancient History in depth: Rome's Pivotal Emperors".
- ^About the Author in Southern, PatDomitian: Tragic Tyrant 1997
- ^About the Author in Southern, PatThe Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History 2007
- ^Underwood, Richard (1999)Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare Stroud, England: Tempus,ISBN 0-7524-1412-7. Stephenson, Ian, (1999)Roman Infantry Equipment Stroud, England: Tempus,ISBN 0-7524-1410-0. Stephenson, Ian, and Dixon, Karen (2003)Roman Cavalry Equipment Stroud, England: Tempus,ISBN 0-7524-1421-6. Stephenson, Ian (2006)Roman-Byzantine Infantry Equipment Stroud, England: Tempus,ISBN 0-7524-2886-1.
- ^Elton, Hugh (16 February 1997)."The Late Roman Army".Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved23 August 2021.