The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor (Edinburgh Studies in Later Latin Literature)

Stover, Justin/ Woudhuysen, George

Edinburgh University Press（2025/02発売）

Edinburgh University Press（2025/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 552 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474492881
• DDC分類 937.007202

Full Description

This book rediscovers a lost history of the Roman Empire, written by Sextus Aurelius Victor in the middle of the fourth century A.D. Though little regarded today, Victor was the most famous historian of his day, read by Jerome and Ammianus, honoured with a statue by the pagan Emperor Julian, and a prestigious prefecture by the Christian Theodosius. Our rediscovery of the original scope and scale of his Historia revolutionises our understanding of the writing of history in late antiquity, with profound implications for the study of Roman history and the transmission of the Classics.

Contents

PART ONE. THE LOST HISTORIA

1. The Historian Victor
2. The Works Attributed to Victor
3. The Genre of Epitome
4. The Nature of Victor's History
5. Victor's Readers
Conclusion to Part 1. Two Editions of Victor's Historia
PART TWO. LATE ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY RECONSIDERED
6. Enmann and the Kaisergeschichte
7. Ausonius and Marius Maximus
8. The Historia Augusta
9. Ammianus Marcellinus and Nicomachus Flavianus
10. Greeks and Latins
Conclusion: Victor the Historian
Appendix. The Text of Victor
List of Works Cited
Maps of Victor's World
Index of Manuscripts Cited
Index of Sources
General Index