[1.] Details of Augustine's early life come for the
most part from his Confessions. On all biographical points, the
reader should consult P. Brown, Augustine of Hippo
(London, 1967) for documentation and further information.
[2.] See H.-I. Marrou, Saint Augustin et la fin
de la culture antique (Paris, 1948).
[3.] See H. Hagendahl, Augustine and the Latin
Classics (Göteborg, 1967).
[4.] Our knowledge of Manicheism is in a state of
flux; best is S.N.C. Lieu, Manicheism (Manchester:
Manchester University Press, 1985) for the state of affairs in
Africa see now F. Decret, L'Afrique manichéenne
(Paris: Études augustiniennes, 1978). A
recently-discovered Greek life of Mani himself is offering
exciting new light; see A. Henrichs, "The Cologne Mani Codex
Reconsidered," Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
83(1979): 339-367; and L. Koenen, Illinois Classical
Studies 3(1978): 154-195; the text itself is published by
Henrichs and Koenen, Der Kölner Mani-Kodex: über
das Werden seines Leibes (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag,
1988) and translated by R. Cameron and A.J. Dewey (Missoula MT:
Scholars Press, 1979).
[5.] Symmachus is more famous as the last public
spokesman of paganism in the western Roman empire: J. Matthews,
Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court, A.D. 364-425
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975) 12-17, 205-210.
[6.] Matthews, op. cit. 56-87.
[7.] There has been much debate about the
composition of the dialogues; see J. O'Meara, "The historicity of
the early dialogues of Saint Augustine," Vigiliae
Christianae 5(1951): 150-178.
[8.] Augustine's life as bishop is well portrayed in
F. Van Der Meer, Augustine the Bishop (London, 1961).
[9.] See W.H.C. Frend, The Donatist Church
(Oxford, 1952).
[10.] P. Brown, "Saint Augustine's attitude to
religious coercion," Journal of Roman Studies 54(1964):
107-116; R.A. Markus, Saeculum (Cambridge, 1970; second
ed., 1988) 133-153.
[11.] G. de Plinval, Pélage: ses
écrits, sa vie et sa réforme (Lausanne, 1943).