The Scriptores Historiae Augustae: Hadrian-Aelius-Antoninus Pius-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus-Lucius Verius-Avidius Cassius-Commodus-Pertinax-Di ius Julianus-Septimius Severus-Pescennius Niger-Clodius Albinus

Download or read book The Scriptores Historiae Augustae: Hadrian-Aelius-Antoninus Pius-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus-Lucius Verius-Avidius Cassius-Commodus-Pertinax-Di ius Julianus-Septimius Severus-Pescennius Niger-Clodius Albinus written by David Magie and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.