English historian of classical Rome (born 1948)
Patricia Southern (born 1948) is an English historian of classical Rome.
Born in 1948[ 1] nearAltrincham, Cheshire ,[ 2] Southern studied Ancient History and Archaeology with the Universities ofLondon andNewcastle upon Tyne .
Southern 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 ^ 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 .
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