Pat Southern
Encyclopedia
Patricia Southern is an English historian of classical Rome. Born in 1948 near Altrincham, Cheshire, she studied Ancient History and Archaeology with the Universities of London
and Newcastle upon Tyne
. She was the librarian of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1983 to 1996 and later at the library of the Newcastle upon Tyne Literary and Philosophical Society. 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 journal Britannia.
She has also written a history of her home town of Altrincham.
in The Face of Battle
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University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
and Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle University is a major research-intensive university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. It was established as a School of Medicine and Surgery in 1834 and became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne by an Act of Parliament in August 1963. Newcastle University is...
. She was the librarian of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1983 to 1996 and later at the library of the Newcastle upon Tyne Literary and Philosophical Society. 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 journal Britannia.
She has also written a history of her home town of Altrincham.
Karen Dixon
Southern's first two books The Roman Cavalry and The Late Roman Army were co-authored and illustrated by Karen Dixon. Dixon also illustrated several other books in the publisher's catalogue. Dixon's analysis of morale in the late Roman Army was well received and influenced the development of the study of military psychology in history pioneered by John KeeganJohn Keegan
Sir John Keegan OBE FRSL is a British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. He has published many works on the nature of combat between the 14th and 21st centuries concerning land, air, maritime, and intelligence warfare, as well as the psychology of battle.-Life and career:John...
in The Face of Battle
The Face of Battle
The Face of Battle is a 1976 non-fiction book on military history by the English military historian John Keegan. It deals first with the structure of historical writing about battles, the strengths and weaknesses of the "battle piece," and then with the structure of warfare in three time...
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Published Works
- Dixon, Karen & Southern, Pat The Roman Cavalry 1992, Batsford, London ISBN 0713463961
- Southern, Pat & Dixon, Karen The Late Roman Army 1996, Batsford, London ISBN 071347047X
- Southern, Pat Domitian: Tragic Tyrant 1997, Batsford ISBN 978-0415165259
- Southern, Pat Mark Antony 1998, Tempus ISBN 0752414062
- Southern, Pat Cleopatra 1998, Tempus ISBN 0752443364
- Southern, Pat The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine 2001, Routledge ISBN 0415239443
- Southern, Pat Augustus 2001, Routledge ISBN 0415258553
- Southern, Pat Julius Caesar 2001, Tempus ISBN 0752443941
- Southern, Pat Pompey the Great: Caesar's Friend and Foe 2003, The History Press ISBN 0752425218
- Southern, Pat The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History 2007, Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0195328783
- Southern, Pat Antony and Cleopatra 2009, The History Press ISBN 0752443836
- Southern, Pat Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire 753BC-AD476 2009, Amberly ISBN 1848681003
- Southern, Pat Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen 2009, Hambledon Continuum ISBN 978-1847250346
- Southern, Pat The Story of Altrincham 2008, Amberly ISBN 978-1848680807