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One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 11
Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta and Beyond
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Authors: Geoffrey William Adams
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This book examines the biography of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. It seeks to further understand the author of the Historia Augusta alongside the reminisce
Late-Antique Studies in Memory of Alan Cameron
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The classicist and historian Alan Cameron (1938-2017) was one of the scholars who most contributed to the refoundation of late-antique studies. In this tribute
The Play of Allusion in the Historia Augusta
Language: en
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Authors: David Rohrbacher
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By turns outlandish, humorous, and scatological, the "Historia Augusta" is an eccentric compilation of biographies of the Roman emperors and usurpers of the sec