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H. W. Bird, Sextus Aurelius Victor. A Historiographical Study
No full textWankenne Jules. H. W. Bird, Sextus Aurelius Victor. A Historiographical Study. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 55, 1986. pp. 468-469
Sextus Aurelius Victor: Liber de Caesaribus
No full textVery few historical data can be given concerning the life of Sextus Aurelius Victor.Only one definite reference to this Roman author by an ancient historian has been preserved.Ammianus Marcellinus tells us that Aurelius Victor was a model of temperance and that he was made consular governor of Pannonia Secunda by the Emperor Julianus in year 361 and afterwards prefect of the city.
That is the sum of the information we can glean from ancient sources.The remainder must be inferred from his writings.
This investigation hopes to reveal more about Sextus Aurelius Victor through his writings.
Some of the conclusions discovered by this investigation are:
1) Sextus Aurelius Victor was of African descent.
2) Appears he was not a Christian, although may have been converted.
3) His writings show a great love of learning and his disgust with the decline of moral values in Rome.
4) He was a man who believed nothing more renowned and worthy of praise than learning, human kindness, and virtue.
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The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor
No full textThis book rediscovers a lost history of the Roman Empire, written by Sextus Aurelius Victor (ca. 320-390) and demonstrates for the first time both the contemporary and lasting influence of his historical work. Though little regarded today, Victor is the best-attested historian of the later Roman Empire, read by Jerome and Ammianus, honoured with a statue by the pagan Emperor Julian and appointed to a prestigious prefecture by the Christian Theodosius. Through careful analysis of the ancient evidence, including newly discovered material, this book re-examines the two short imperial histories attributed to Victor in the manuscripts, known today as the Caesares and the Epitome de Caesaribus, and discusses a wide range of both canonical and neglected authors and texts, from Sallust and Tacitus to Eunapius and the Historia Augusta.By providing a new account of the original scope and scale of Victor’s Historia, this book revolutionises our understanding of the writing of history in late antiquity. Not only does it have profound implications for the transmission of Classical texts in the Middle Ages and the history of Classical scholarship, but it also solves some of the enduring mysteries of later Latin literature
The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor
Get PDFThis book rediscovers a lost history of the Roman Empire, written by Sextus Aurelius Victor (ca. 320-390) and demonstrates for the first time both the contemporary and lasting influence of his historical work. Though little regarded today, Victor is the best-attested historian of the later Roman Empire, read by Jerome and Ammianus, honoured with a statue by the pagan Emperor Julian and appointed to a prestigious prefecture by the Christian Theodosius. Through careful analysis of the ancient evidence, including newly discovered material, this book re-examines the two short imperial histories attributed to Victor in the manuscripts, known today as the Caesares and the Epitome de Caesaribus, and discusses a wide range of both canonical and neglected authors and texts, from Sallust and Tacitus to Eunapius and the Historia Augusta.By providing a new account of the original scope and scale of Victor’s Historia, this book revolutionises our understanding of the writing of history in late antiquity. Not only does it have profound implications for the transmission of Classical texts in the Middle Ages and the history of Classical scholarship, but it also solves some of the enduring mysteries of later Latin literature
Il ‘nuovo’ Aurelio Vittore e la storiografia tardoantica
No full textDiscussion of the book of Justin A. Stover and George Woudhuysen, The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor within the framework of late antique historiography
De viris illustribus
No full textDas Werk wird u.a. auch Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus und Cornelius Nepos zugeschrieben, aufgrund seiner Zugehörigkeit zum Corpus Aurelianum wird es aber traditionell zu den Schriften des Sextus Aurelius Victor gerechne
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