Kritische beiträge zu den Scriptores historiae augustae
Strassburg: in commission hei Karl J. Trübner, 1885. 4to, pp. 32; original blue-gray printed wrappers; text a touch toned, else near fine. Critical contributions to the Historia Augusta, "a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on the similar work of Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, it presents itself as a compilation of works by six different authors (collectively known as the Scriptores Historiae Augustae), written during the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine I and addressed to those emperors or other important personages in Ancient Rome" (Wikipedia). Item #61288
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