〔4〕Aristotle,The Poetics, translated by W. Hamlton Fyfe, Harvard University Press,1995.
〔5〕Polybius, The Rise of the Rome Empire,I.S.Kilvert, ed., Penguin Books, 1979.
〔6〕Plutarch,Moralia, Vol.11, Harvard University Press, 1965.
〔7〕The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions，Clyde Pharr，tran.，The Lawbook Exchange，Ltd，New Jersey，2001．
近现代著作
〔1〕Allen Johnson,Historian and historical evidence,New York, 1923.
〔2〕A.Lintott,Imperium Romanum: Politics and Administration, London and New York, 1993.