Ireland and the Classical World

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations xi Introduction xiii   The Archaeology of Roman Material in Ireland Pre-Roman Material  First-Century Material  Second-Century Material  Third-Century Material  Fourth- and Early-Fifth-Century Material    Language      -  Latin Loan-Words in Early Irish  The Ogam Alphabet and the Latin Grammatical Tradition    Ancient Authors Rufius Festus Avienus  Sources for the Ora maritima          Diodorus Siculus  Julius Caesar  Strabo  Isidorus  Pomponius Mela  Pliny the Elder  Pseudo-Aristotle  Tacitus  Juvenal  Dionysius Periegetes  Ptolemy  Apuleius  Herodian  Solinus    Panegyric on Constantius Caesar  Maritime Itinerary of Antonius Augustus  Panegyric on Constantine Augustus  Nomina provinciarum omnium  Orphic Argonautica  Pacatus  Ammianus Marcellinus  Unattributed Work Historia Augusta  Pseudo-Hegesippus  Jerome  Prudentius  Symmachus  Servius  Claudian  Marcianus  Stobaeus  Orosius  Pseudo-Agathemerus  Stephanus of Byzantium    The Greek Alphabet  viii    Classical References to Ireland    The Names of Ireland  References  Index  ix THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...