Historia Augusta Vol 1 David Magie Loeb 139 1991 HC Roman History Classics Text

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Historia Augusta, Volume I, Loeb Classical Library No. 139 by David Magie, Hardcover, 1991The Historia Augusta is a biographical collection written by a single author under six pseudonyms that covers the lives of the Roman emperors from Hadrian (r. 117–138) to Carinus (r. 283–285). While it is our most detailed surviving source for this period, it has more value as an enigmatic work of literary fiction than as history. David Magie (1877–1960) was Professor of Classics at Princeton UniversityThis is the beautiful 1921 translation with a 1991 note on veracity Loeb editions side by side in Latin and English -

• Publisher: Loeb editions Harvard
• Year: 1991
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780674991545
• Condition: Very Good

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