Lives of the later Caesars : the first part of the Augustan history : with newly compiled Lives of Nerva and Trajan
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Lives of the later Caesars : the first part of the Augustan history : with newly compiled Lives of Nerva and Trajan
（Penguin classics）
Penguin Books, 1976
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Bibliography: p. 23-24
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
Lives of the Later CaesarsIntroduction
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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