The Historia Augusta
Its Date and Purpose
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9307852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman H Baynes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1928 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 166-171 |
| Publication date | 1928-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800029633 |
| OpenAlex | W2074352754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
My suggestion that the H.A. was written during the reign of the Emperor Julian and in his interest has had, on the whole, ‘a bad press.’ Reviewers who have not thought it necessary to support with argument their doubts or their rejection of the theory are in a strong position: they remain practically unassailable. ‘The theory seems on a priori grounds improbable:’ a historical student can only reply that so is human nature—distressingly improbable, as he knows to his cost. ‘After reading this book one puts it down “met een zekere onvoldaanheid:”’ what can an author do save express his regret for having caused Dr. Van de Weerd this discomfort? But two stalwart defenders of the conservative position—De Sanctis and Lécrivain’—have sustained with detailed argument their unqualified rejection of my theory; in their cases it is possible to attempt a rejoinder
Ancient history · Argument (complex analysis · Economics · Emperor · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Positive economics · Reading (process · Regret · Reign · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy
Classical Revivals and “Pagan” Art
The Livian Revival
Conclusion
The Frigidus
Forgery Beyond Deceit
Other Christian Verse Invectives
The “Pagan” Literary Revival
Pagan Scholarship
The Historia Augusta
The Poem Against the Pagans
From Constantius to Theodosius
The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus I
Correctors and Critics I
Pagan Writers
Pagans and Polytheists
Greek Texts and Latin Translation
The Real Circle of Symmachus
The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus II
Priests and Initiates
Macrobius and the “Pagan” Culture of his Age
Pagan Converts
Correctors and Critics II
The Augustan Vita Aureliani
The Authorship of the Historia Augusta
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 1929 - 2023 (95) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |