Late Antique Historiography

Biographies

Title(s):
  • Biographies
Author:
Period covered:
3rd c.?
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Biography (general)
Remarks:
The author is probably one of the fake names invented by the Historia Augusta. Cyrillus is said to have translated biographies from Greek into Latin.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Historia Augusta, Maximini duo 1.2
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • A. Chastagnol (1994) Histoire Auguste: Les empereurs romains des IIe et IIIe siècles. Paris.
  • F. Paschoud (2018) Histoire Auguste 4.1. Vies des deux Maximins, des trois Gordiens, de Maxime et Balbin. Collection des Universités de France. Paris: 46, 82-83.