A. H. M. Jones

One of the most common modern criticisms of this work is its almost total reliance on literary and epigraphic primary sources, a methodology which mirrored Jones's own historiographical training.

Archaeological study of the period was in its infancy when Jones wrote, which limited the amount of material culture he could include in his research.

He was sometimes criticized for not fully acknowledging the work of other scholars in his own footnotes, a habit he was aware of and apologized for in the preface to his first book.

[3] In 1972, John Crook published posthumously Jones' draft of The Criminal Courts of the Roman Republic and Principate.

Late Antiquity scholars frequently refer to him, however, and his enormous contributions to the study of the period are widely acknowledged.