Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta and beyond
By: Geoff W. Adams
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780739176382; 9780739176399
Subjects: Historiography; History; Public opinion; Scriptores historiae Augustae; History and criticism; Biography; Emperors
Description: "This book examines the biography of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. It seeks to further understand the author of the Historia Augusta alongside the reminiscences of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Geoff W. Adams arrives at this understanding through a study of a wide range of literary texts. Marcus Aurelius was a very important ruler of the Roman Empire, who has had an impact symbolically, philosophically, and historically upon how the Roman Empire has been envisioned. Adams achieves this end to bring a clearer understanding to his representation and to modern interpretations of his highly interpreted and romanticized representations in the ancient texts."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi and the Historia Augusta in its Biographical Context; title: Commentary on the Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi; title: Commentary on the Interpolation in the Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi; title: Marcus Aurelius' General Representation in the Historia Augusta; title: Marcus Aurelius in the Third and Fourth Centuries AD; title: Appendix: The Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi : the Text and a Translation.