The initial modern collection of these fragmented pieces was
Catalecta veterum Poetarum (1573), created by
Scaliger. This was followed by the more extensive collection of
Pithoeus,
Epigrammata et Poemata e Codicibus et Lapidibus collecta (1590). Further additions, primarily from
inscriptions, were continually added. In 1759–1773, Burmann organized these into his anthology titled
Anthologia veterum Latinorum Epigrammatum et Poematum. After Burmann's demise, the editorial responsibilities fell to the philologist
Johann Christian Wernsdorf. This became the standard edition until 1869, when
Alexander Riese started a new and more critical
recension. In this revision, many pieces that were improperly included by Burmann were removed, and his classification system was replaced. It arranged the material according to the sources, starting with those derived from
manuscripts, followed by those obtained from
inscriptions. In 1982, an entirely new edition of the first part was published by
D. R. Shackleton Bailey. The second volume (in two parts) was released in 1895–1897, with the title
Carmina Epigraphica, edited by
Franz Bücheler. As the
Latin Anthology was formed by scholars with a primary focus on preserving as much material as they could find, it is significantly more diverse than the Greek Anthology. == References ==