Swain, Simon (2013) Themistius, Julian and Greek political theory under Rome : texts, translations and studies of four key works. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107026575 (In Press)

Swain, Simon (2013) Economy, family, and society from Rome to Islam : a critical edition, English translation, and study of Bryson's 'Management of the Estate'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107025363 (In Press)

Swain, Simon (2009) Culture and nature in Philostratus. In: Bowie , Ewen and Elsner, Jas, (eds.) Philostratus. Greek culture in the Roman world . Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 33-46. ISBN 9780521827201

Swain, Simon (2008) Rufus of Ephesus: Melancholy and Society. In: Pormann, Peter E., (ed.) Rufus of Ephesus : on melancholy. Sapere : Scripta antiquitatis posterioris ad ethicam religionemque pertinentia : Schriften der späteren Antike zu ethischen und religiösen Fragen . Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck.

Swain, Simon (2008) Social stress and political pressure : on melancholy in context. In: Pormann, Peter E., (ed.) On melancholy / Rufus of Ephesus. Sapere (No.12). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 113-138. ISBN 9783161497605

Cooley, Alison (2007) Septimius Severus – the Augustan emperor. In: Swain, Simon and Harrison, S. J. and Elsner, Jaś, (eds.) Severan culture. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, pp. 381-393. ISBN 9780521859820