More importantly, B. attaches considerable importance to Hydatius' desire to save his soul given the impending end of the world, but it is not clear to me from the internal evidence that this was Hydatius' main preoccupation, and B.'s only other reference is to his own dissertation. Hydatius seems to me too much a man of the world for this attitude. These criticisms, however, are not meant to detract from the worthiness of the whole. This is clearly a significant contribution to research on Late Antiquity. The supporting material is clearly and explicitly laid out.
Chronological tables are clear considering the complicated subject.
An appendix discusses problems of ancient orthography and justifies the choices B. has made. His concordance of spelling variants will be very useful to anyone tracing pronunciation and orthographic shifts in Late Antiquity. Finally in a fourth appendix B. lays out the complete texts of the other lesser manuscripts of Hydatius, which allows the reader to cross-check if he or she has any doubts. It would be nice to see a geographical appendix where the numerous rivers a nd towns could be given their modern names, or to have the names given in the text of the translation itself. But there are already so many appendices and explanations that it would be invidious to complain.