Historia Augusta, Volume I (Loeb Classical Library)
by David Magie
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Historia Augusta, Volume I (Loeb Classical Library) (Loeb Classical Library)
- People/Characters
- Hadrian; Marcus Aurelius; Septimius Severus
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 937.060922 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Empire 31 B.C.-476 A.D.
- LCC
- PA6156 .A4 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Roman literature Translations
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- Languages
- English, Latin
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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