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Historia Augusta Papers

By Ronald Syme

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0198148534, 9780198148531
LCC
DG274.S333 S99 1983
Google Books ID
JF5oAAAAMAAJ
Open Library ID
OL3503595M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6682803 bytes)
Pages
244\244
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

This volume brings together fifteen studies written since 1972 on the notorious Historia Augusta. Syme advances the theory, supported by computer evidence, that the papers are the work of only one person, rather than six as they purport, and that they were written considerably later than the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine. He argues that, taken as a whole, the papers are a work of "fictional history" and constitute an elaborate and erudite hoax.

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