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’s Lives of the Caesars, 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.
Vol. 1: Hadrian, Aelius, Antonius Pius, Marcus Aurelius, L. Verus, Avidius Cassius, Commodus, Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Septimus Severus, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus.
Vol. 2: Caracalla, Geta, Opellius Macrinus, Diadumenianus, Elagabalus, Severus Alexander, the two Maximini, the three Gordians, Maximus and Balbinus.
Vol. 3: The two Valerians, the two Gallieni, the thirty Pretenders, the Deified Claudius, the deified Aurelian, Tacitus, Probus, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus, Carus, Carinus and Numerian.
Scriptores Historiae Augustae, 3 vol. / Loeb Classical Library
Loeb Classical Library 139/140/263, The Scriptores Historiae Augustae (Historia Augusta/Histoire auguste). In three volumes. Translated by David Magie.
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- Condition / Etat: very good, dust jacket with minor shelf wear / très bon état, minimes traces d'usures, petite tache.
- Volumes : 3 volumes.
- Binding / Reliure : original red titled cloth with fine dust jacket, cartonné avec jaquette.
- Format : In-16 / 17 x 11 cm.
- Pages : XXXVIII, 493. XXXVII, 485, 8. X, 529, 8 pp.
- Editor : Cambridge, Harvard University Press / London, Heinemann.
- Date : 1980 - 1991.
- Language / Langue: Latin and English on opposite pages / Bilingue latin et anglais.
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Condition | Used - Very Good |
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Language | United Kingdom |
Illustrated | No |
Publicaton Date | Jan 1, 1980 |
Year | 1980 |
Editor | Harvard University Press |
First edition | No |
Signed edition | No |
Signed binding | No |
Armorial binding | No |
Binding / Format | Hardcover |
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