num_pages: 544
description: 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.
language: Latin
title: Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume III (The Two Valerians, the Two Gallieni, the Thirty Pretenders, the Deified Claudius, the Deified Aurelian, Tactitus, Pro )
titlecomplete: Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume III (The Two Valerians, the Two Gallieni, the Thirty Pretenders, the Deified Claudius, the Deified Aurelian, Tactitus, Pro )(Loeb Classical Library No. 263)
genres: Biography, Classics, History, Philosophy, Ancient History
ratings_count: 29
series: Historia Augusta
publisher: Harvard University Press