Herodianus, born around 180 A. D., represents a very important witness for the historical reconstruction of his age. The last critical edition of this author dates back to 1922: it was published by K. Stavenhagen in the Teubner series. Since then there has not been any revision of Herodianus' text; so the edition of Lucarini is a real desideratum in the field of Classical Philology. He has made a new investigation on all the manuscripts which transmit Herodianus' work and he has taken into critical account all the secondary bibliography on it which appeared in the last decades.

Paulin of Pellas's work is an important witness about Gallie society in IV-V cent. A.D. This new edition by Lucarini, which replaces Brandes' edition (CSEL 1888), is based on a full revision of the tradition (especially, a new analysis of Bernensis 317). The editor proposes, too, new and numerouses conjectures.