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Historia Augusta, Volume I

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
0674991540, 9780674991545
Open Library ID
OL7121060M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14410908 bytes)
Series
Loeb Classical Library 139
Pages
544\544
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Scriptores Historiae Augustae, or Historia Augusta, is a collection of biographies of Roman emperors, heirs, and claimants from Hadrian to Numerianus (117– 284 CE). The work, which is modeled on Suetonius, purports to be written by six different authors and quotes documents and public records extensively. Since we possess no continuous account of the emperors of the second and third centuries, the Historia Augusta has naturally attracted keen attention. In the last century it has also generated the gravest suspicions. Present opinion holds that the whole is the work of a single author (who lived in the time of Theodosius) and contains much that is plagiarism and even downright forgery. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the Historia Augusta is in three volumes.

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