Galla, their oldest child who married Symmachus' friend Nicomachus Flavianus Quintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus, aristocrat See also Symmachi–Nicomachi diptych Quintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus, his son, who edited Aurelius' letters for publication Notes Further reading Q. Aurelii Symmachi quae supersunt, ed. by Otto Seeck (Berlin, 1883; reprinted Munich, 2001), . All surviving writings of Symmachus: letters, speeches and official reports, in the original Latin. This volume is Volume 6 of the series Monumenta Germaniae Historica. The letters are also published in a supplementary volume XIII in the Patrologia Latina. More recently, Symmaque: Lettres, ed. by Jean-Pierre Callu in four volumes (Paris, 1972–2002) published by Les Belles Lettres contains the letters of Symmachus in Latin with facing-page French translation. This has the fullest text and translation. R.H. Barrow, Prefect and Emperor; the Relationes of Symmachus, A.D. 384, with translation and notes by R.H. Barrow (parallel Latin text and English translation), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973. Richard Klein, Symmachus. Eine tragische Gestalt des ausgehenden Heidentums. Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft [Impulse der Forschung, Band 2]) 1971, . Richard Klein, Der Streit um den Victoriaaltar. Darmstadt (WBG [Texte zur Forschung Band 7]) 1972, . J.F. Matthews, "The Letters of Symmachus" in Latin Literature of the Fourth Century (edited by J.W. Binns), pp. 58–99. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974, discusses them. J.F. Matthews, Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court, AD 364-425. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. Jillian M. Mitchell, "The Case of the Strangled Saxons" (regarding a letter in which Symmachus complains that 29 gladiators strangled each other rather than fight at games held for Symmachus' son) Cristiana Sogno, Q. Aurelius Symmachus: A Political Biography. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006. External links Symmachus's letter on behalf of the Senate, petitioning the three emperors, at Medieval Sourcebook; Symmachus requests that the old religion be restored, and the Altar of Victory again erected in the Senate House. Ambrose, Epistle xvii and xviii 340s births 402 deaths Year of birth uncertain 4th-century Latin writers 4th-century Romans 5th-century Latin writers 4th-century Roman consuls Late-Roman-era pagans Imperial Roman consuls Imperial Roman praetors Latin letter writers Pagan restorations Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire Pontifices Roman governors of Africa Roman quaestors Quintus Urban prefects of Rome