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Historia Augusta / translated by David Magie ; revised by David Rohrbacher.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Loeb classical library ; 139-140.
- Loeb classical library ; 362.
- Loeb classical library ; LCL 139-140, 263
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Scriptores historiae Augustae.
- Emperors--Rome--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Emperors.
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Emperors--Rome.
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D--Sources.
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D--Biography.
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D--Historiography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Early works.
- History.
- Classical biography.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 volumes)
- Other Title:
- Digital Loeb.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2022.
- Language Note:
- Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
- Summary:
- "Despite a century of intensive scholarly interest, the nature and purpose of the Historia Augusta remain elusive. It is, however, an essential text for historians of the ancient world because it is the most detailed Latin source for the second and third centuries AD, and it often provides details beyond what we find in the Greek sources. In addition, it offers pleasure for the casual reader from its gossipy recounting of the passions, follies, and scandals of decadent emperors, and the noble and admirable deeds of the good ones. The work comes to us as a collection of thirty books which cover the lives of the Roman emperors from Hadrian (ruled 117-138) to Carinus (283-285). The lives roughly follow the model of the imperial biographer Suetonius. They offer not only a historical narrative of the important deeds of the subject's life, but also evidence of the emperor's character as revealed through habits or anecdotes. The author follows other imperial biographers like Plutarch in differentiating biography from history. Biography is traditionally more concerned with facts and accuracy, and less concerned with style and elegance"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- volume 1: Hadrian
- Aelius
- Antoninus Pius
- Marcus Antoninus the Philosopher
- Verus
- Avidius Cassius
- Commodus Antoninus
- Pertinax
- Didius Julianus
- Septimius Severus
- Pescennius Niger
- Clodius Albinus
- volume 2: Antoninus Caracalla
- Antoninus Geta
- Opelius Macrinus
- Antoninus Diadumenus
- Antoninus Heliogabalus (Elegabalus)
- Alexander Severus
- The two Maximini
- The three Gordians
- Maximus and Balbinus
- volume 3: The two Valerians
- The two Gallieni
- The Thirty Userpers
- The deified Claudius
- The deified Aurelian
- Tacitus
- Probus
- Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus
- Carus, Carinus and Numerian.
- Notes:
- Revision of a 3 volume work originally published 1921-1932. Rohrbacher has used some different Latin texts than the original, and made substantial revisions of the translation by Magie. He has also added additional notes.
- Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages xxxix-liii) and index.
- Online resource; title from volume 1 PDF title page (Harvard University Press, viewed April 13, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Historia Augusta.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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