The Third-Century Usurpation and Fourth-Century Burial of Aureolus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9675213 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig H Caldwell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 253-265 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8418 • E-ISSN: 1558-9234 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/clw.2018.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W2793191000 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
As a prominent cavalry commander and usurper during the reign of the emperor Gallienus, Aureolus was an important figure of the mid-third century ad, but many details of his failed revolt derive from the Lives of the Thirty Tyrants in the Historia Augusta . Instead of dismissing the account of his downfall and commemoration as historically unreliable, this article analyzes it within a fourth-century context of usurpation and civil war, and thus connects Aureolus’ burial to the contemporary world of the Historia Augusta
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology) · Emperor · Political science · Politics · Reign · Spanish Civil War · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law
The Play of Allusion in the Historia Augusta
Punishment after death
Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284
La damnatio memoriae au Bas-Empire à travers les textes, la législation et les inscriptions
Verses in the Historia Augusta
Principes cum Tyrannis
Citizens of Discord
Ammianus Marcellinus
The Last Pagans of Rome
Some Persons in the Historia Augusta
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |