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050 00 $aDG274$b.S32 1976
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083 0 $aAncient Rome. Emperors, 96-222
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130 0 $aScriptores historiae Augustae.
245 10 $aLives of the later Caesars :$bthe first part of the Augustan history : with newly compiled Lives of Nerva and Trajan /$ctranslated and introduced by Anthony Birley.
264 1 $aHarmondsworth, England ;$aBaltimore :$bPenguin Books,$c1976.
300 $a336 pages :$billustrations ;$c18 cm
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490 1 $aPenguin classics
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 23-24) and index.
520 $aOne 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. Anthony Birley's translation conveys the eloquence of the original and his introduction considers the text's history. This volume also contains two Lives by Birley of Nerva and Trajan, bridging the gap between the conclusion of Suetonius' masterpiece The Twelve Caesars in 96 AD and the beginning of the Augustan History. -- from back cover.
505 00 $tMachine derived contents note: Lives of the Later Caesars Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Chronological table of emperors -- The Lives -- Nerva -- Trajan -- The Augustan History -- Hadrian -- Aelius -- Antoninus Pius -- Marcus Antoninus -- Verus -- Avidius Cassius -- Commodus Antoninus -- Pertinax -- Didius Julianus -- Severus -- Pescennius Niger -- Clodius Albinus -- Antoninus Caracallus -- Antoninus Geta -- Opilius Macrinus -- Diadumenus Antoninus -- Antoninus Heliogabalus -- Geneological tables (stemma) -- A. Trajan and Hadrian -- B. Antoninus Pius -- C. Marcus -- D. The children of Marcus -- E. Lucius Verus -- F. Septimius Severus -- Map of Italy, showing places names in the text -- Map of the Roman Empire, showing places named in the text -- Index.
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830 0 $aPenguin classics.
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