Patricia Southern (born 1948) is an English historian of classical Rome.

Early life

Born in 1948 near Altrincham, Cheshire, Southern studied Ancient History and Archaeology with the Universities of

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Career

Southern 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

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. She has also written a history of her home town of Altrincham. 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.Underwood, Richard (1999) ''Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare'' Stroud, England: Tempus, . Stephenson, Ian, (1999) ''Roman Infantry Equipment'' Stroud, England: Tempus, . Stephenson, Ian, and Dixon, Karen (2003) ''Roman Cavalry Equipment'' Stroud, England: Tempus, . Stephenson, Ian (2006) ''Roman-Byzantine Infantry Equipment'' Stroud, England: Tempus, . 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

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Selected publications

* Dixon, Karen & Southern, Pat ''The Roman Cavalry'' 1992, Batsford, London * Southern, Pat
"Comparative Frontier Studies"
in Scott, E. (ed) '' Theoretical Roman Archaeology: First Conference Proceedings'', 1996, Aldershot, Avebury. pp. 147–154. * Southern, Pat & Dixon, Karen ''The Late Roman Army'' 1996, Batsford, London * Southern, Pat ''Domitian: Tragic Tyrant'' 1997, Batsford * Southern, Pat ''Mark Antony'' 1998, Tempus * Southern, Pat ''Cleopatra'' 1998, Tempus * Southern, Pat ''The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine'' 2001, Routledge * Southern, Pat ''Augustus'' 2001, Routledge * Southern, Pat ''Julius Caesar'' 2001, Tempus * Southern, Pat ''Pompey the Great: Caesar's Friend and Foe '' 2003, The History Press * Southern, Pat ''The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History'' 2007, Oxford University Press * Southern, Pat ''Antony and Cleopatra'' 2009, The History Press * Southern, Pat ''Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire 753BC-AD476'' 2009, Amberly * Southern, Pat ''Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen'' 2009, Hambledon Continuum * Southern, Pat ''The Story of Altrincham'' 2008, Amberly * Southern, Pat ''Rome's Empire: How the Romans Acquired and Lost Their Provinces'' 2023, Amberly

References

External links

''Rome's Pivotal Emperors'' by Pat Southern (BBC History website)

''Third Century Crisis of the Roman Empire'' by Pat Southern (BBC History website)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Southern, Pat 1948 births Living people English historians English librarians People from Altrincham