Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume III (The Two Valerians, the Two Gallieni, the Thirty Pretenders, the Deified Claudius, the Deified Aurelian, Tactitus, Pro )(Loeb Classical Library No. 263)

Magie, David [Translator]

ISBN 10: 0674992903 / ISBN 13: 9780674992900

Published by Harvard University Press, 1932

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Damp stain to spine--not affecting pages; No dj; ex-library; Contents are tight and clean;

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume III (The Two Valerians, the Two Gallieni, the Thirty Pretenders, the Deified Claudius, the Deified Aurelian, Tactitus, Pro )(Loeb Classical Library No. 263)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1932
• Language: Latin
• ISBN 10: 0674992903
• ISBN 13: 9780674992900
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 12 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

David Magie (1877–1960) was Professor of Classics at Princeton University.