Warmington taught at Bristol University, where he ultimately earned the position of Reader in Ancient History. He was a scholar with wide-ranging interests. His first book was The North African provinces from Diocletian to the Vandal Conquest. He became co-author of the 2nd edition of Henry Parker's A History of the Roman world from AD 138 to 337. Warmington's Carthage on the famous early enemy of the Roman Republic was perhaps his most widely-read book, with multiple editions and re-printings, as well as translations in French, German, Italian, and Hungarian. His book Nero: Reality and Legend also saw a broad reading public. His Suetonius’ Nero continues to serve as useful edition of the biography for upper-level Latin courses. In addition to his interest in the Roman Republic and Empire, he was also interested in the later Roman Empire. He published important articles on Ammianus Marcellinus and Constantine. He was also a generous and helpful guide to younger scholars. Warmington died on 27 April 2013.
Selected publications
Brian H. Warmington, The North African provinces from Diocletian to the Vandal Conquest.
Brian H. Warmington, "The Career of Romanus, Comes Africae," Byzantinische Zeitschrift 49: 55–66.
Brian H. Warmington, A History of the Roman world from AD 138 to 337, 2nd edition.
Brian H. Warmington, Nero: Reality and Legend.
Brian H. Warmington, Inscriptions of the Roman Empire, AD 14–117.
Brian H. Warmington, “Aspects of Constantinian Propaganda in the Panegyrici Latini,” Transactions of the American Philological Association 104, 371–84; reprinted in Roger Rees, ed., Latin Panegyric, pp. 335–348.
Brian H. Warmington, “Objectives and strategy in the Persian War of Constantius II,” Limes: Akten des XI Internationalen Limeskongresses, pp. 509–520.
Brian H. Warmington, Suetonius’ Nero .
Brian H. Warmington, "Ammianus Marcellinus and the Lies of Metrodorus," Classical Quarterly n.s. 31, pp. 464–468.
Brian H. Warmington, "The Sources of Some Constantinian Documents in Eusebius’ History and Life of Constantine," Studia Patristica 18, pp. 93–98.
Brian H. Warmington, "Did Athanasius Write History?," in Christopher Holdsworth and T.P. Wiseman, eds., The Inheritance of Historiography, 350–900, pp. 7–16.
Brian H. Warmington, “The Destruction of Carthage: A Retractatio” Classical Philology 83, pp. 308–310.
Brian H. Warmington, “Did Constantine have ‘Religious Advisers’?,” Studia Patristica 19, pp. 117–129.
Brian H. Warmington, “Some Constantinian References in Ammianus,” in J. W. Drijvers and D. Hunt, The Late Roman World and Its Historian: Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus, pp. 147–157.
