Historia Augusta Volume I Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

March Of The Emperors Historia Augusta Is A Biographical Work Roughly Following Model Imperial Biographer Suetonius (Lcl 31 38) And Covering Lives Roman From Hadrian (R 117–138) To Carinus 283–285) With Lacuna Between Gordians Valerians Although Comes Down Us As Collection Thirty Books Written By Six Different Authors It Now Generally Considered Be Creation Single Individual Writing Under Several Pseudonyms No Earlier Than Late Fourth Century Thoroughly Enigmatic Whose Origins Nature Purpose Remain Obscure Very Beginning Life Lost Any General Introduction That May Have Existed While Our Most Detailed Surviving Source For Second Third Centuries Often Providing Details Beyond Greek Accounts Not Trustworthy Historical Information: Too Many Are Anachronistic Unsupported Or Preposterous Contradicted Internally Better Sources Documents Speeches Acclamations Inscriptions Quotes Cites Entirely Fictional Nevertheless Has Its Attractions: Connoisseur Biography Author Provides Plenty Wordplay Puns Allusions Literary Games Mock-Scholarly Digressions Casual Reader He Offers Vivid Characterizations Both Good Bad This Revision Original Loeb Edition David Magie Text Translation Annotation Fully Current Modern Scholarship Σελίδες: 528 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1011 Διαστάσεις: 10 8X10 8Cm