Name: Lives of the Later Caesars: The First Part of the Augustan History, With Lives of Nerva and Trajan: The First Part of the Augustan History, With Newly Compiled Lives of Nerva and Trajan (Classics)
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Author: Anthony Birley
ISBN: 9780140443080

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Lives of the Later Caesars: The First Part of the Augustan History, With Lives of Nerva and Trajan: The First Part of the Augustan History, With Newly Compiled Lives of Nerva and Trajan (Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Anthony Birley

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Year

1976

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0140443088

ISBN13

9780140443080

Edition No.

Synopsis "Lives of the Later Caesars: The First Part of the Augustan History, With Lives of Nerva and Trajan: The First Part of the Augustan History, With Newly Compiled Lives of Nerva and Trajan (Classics) "

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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Anthony Birley

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Writer, archaeologist, and university professor, he is considered a world authority on Ancient History. He taught at the University of Manchester from 1974 to 1990, and at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf from 1990 to 2002, in addition to being a visiting professor at the University of Newcastle. A specialist in Roman Britain, he has written several studies on that era. However, his most recognized works are the biographies of three of the greatest Roman emperors: Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and Septimius Severus, all published by Gredos.

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