The Scriptores Historiae Augustae: v. 3 (Loeb Classical Library) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Scriptores Historiae Augustae: v. 3 The "Historia Augusta" (or "Scriptores Historiae Augustae") is a series of biographies of Roman emperors, heirs, and claimants from Hadrian to Numerianus (117-284 CE) modeled on Suetonius' "Lives of the Caesars" (second century CE). Of uncertain reliability and authorship, it is now attributed by many authorities to one late fourth century CE author.
Full description- Publisher: LOEB
- Published: 01 January 1987
- Format: Hardback 539 pages
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- Categories: Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780674992900 ISBN 10: 0674992903
- Sales rank: 439,184
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Full description for The Scriptores Historiae Augustae: v. 3
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.
