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Sextus Aurelius Victor - A Historiographical Study (Hardcover)
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Sextus Aurelius Victor - A Historiographical Study (Hardcover)
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Sextus Aurelius Victor was an imperial bureaucrat whose life
spanned most of the fourth century AD. Harry Bird describes how
Victor, a man of humble African origin, acquired by virtue of his
education and personal qualities a consular governorship in
Pannonia and the urban prefecture at Rome. Victor's short
historical monograph, the De Caesaribus, reveals his attitudes
towards education, culture, history and politics - attitudes which
probably reflect those of a considerable segment of fourth-century
society. We can therefore glimpse how the emperors, the senate, the
army and the bureaucracy were perceived, how the changing role of
Rome was regarded by many in the West, what was thought of certain
provinces and their inhabitants and what was considered to be the
raison d'etre of the writing of history. All these, together with
other minor topics, are explored in Harry Bird's thorough
investigation into Victor's life and work. This book will interest
students of late Latin literature and thought and those involved in
late imperial and early medieval history. It should also appeal to
scholars engaged in the study of the Historia Augusta, whether they
agree with its findings or not.
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