The Historia Augusta and Pagan Historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20066781 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A R Birley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 127-149 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Greek and Roman Historiography in Late Antiquity (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789047400189_005 |
| OpenAlex | W850670805 |
| ISBN | 9789047400189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Maximus' writings are known only from the Historia Augusta (HA): biographies of emperors, their heirs, and usurpers from Hadrian to the sons of Carus. The HA quotes Maximus' vitae of Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Pertinax, Severus, and Elagabalus. In the last decades of the fourth century there were two further-more substantial-pagan Latin historians: Virius Nicomachus Flavianus and Ammianus. Flavianus dedicated his Annales to Theodosius, whose quaestor and prefect he was, at the emperor's wish; and was called historicus disertissimus by the husband of his granddaughter. The chronology of Flavianus' career is debatable; but it is plausible that he became quaestor intra palatium after Theodosius' victory over Magnus Maximus in 388 and was invited to dedicate his Annales to the emperor soon afterwards. Ammianus probably used an existing history for his detailed account of these events: perhaps these Annales . Keywords: Ammianus; historia Augusta (HA); Pagan historiography; Theodosius; Virius Nicomachus Flavianus
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Chronology · Emperor · Historiography · Political science · Politics · Victory · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law
The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300–620)
Literary Sources on Constantine’s Time
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Plotina Augusta
History and Fantasy on Acholius, the Biographer
A Common Source for Jerome, Eutropius, Festus, Ammianus, and the Epitome de Caesaribus between 358 and 378, along with Further Thoughts on the Date and Nature of the Kaisergeschichte
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |