Lives of the Later Caesars

by Anonymous

Paperback, 1978

Status

Available

Call number

937.070922

Tags

Penguin Classics, Penguin black 1, Ancient Rome, history

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Your library

Publication

Penguin Classics (1978), Paperback, 336 pages

Description

One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 117 to 284 AD. Written in the late fourth century by an anonymous author, it is an enigmatic combination of truth, invention and humour. This volume contains the first half of the History, and includes biographies of every emperor from Hadrian to Heliogabalus - among them the godlike Marcus Antonius and his grotesquely corrupt son Commodus. The History contains many fictitious (but highly entertaining) anecdotes about the depravity of the emperors, as the author blends historical fact and faked documents to present our most complete - albeit unreliable - account of the later Roman Caesars.… (more)

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LibraryThing member flmcgough
This source is as close to a tabloid as we have from the ancient world. It is anonymous, when it was written is much disputed, and some of the stories within are rather dubious. But, it is just about all that there is covering this period. Very useful, as long as you appreciate the problems with it
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LibraryThing member JVioland
Unless you are into Roman History, I wouldn't bother. Of questionable veracity and authorship.

Subjects

Emperors Rome Biography
Emperors Rome Biography Early works to 1800
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D

Language

English

Original language

Latin

Physical description

336 p.; 7.7 inches

ISBN

0140443088 / 9780140443080

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