Abstract
Historia Augusta is one of the most enigmatic literary sources of Late Antiquity. Although manuscripts suggests that it was written during the reign of Diocletian or Constantine the Great most modern historians believes that it is work of one author, who probably lived many decades later than he had described. Some of contemporary researchers think that Historia Augusta was written in the last decade of the fourth century. They claim that speech delivered by Maecius Faltonius Nicomachus in the senate in the live of Tacitus is allusion to the usurpation of Eugenius. According to them this is confirmed by the fact that the previously mentioned speech is completely inappropriate to the accession of Tacitus. Of course author contrary to what he claims does not care about historical truth. Personally I don’t belive in link between Nicomachus speech and usurpation of Eugenius. I consider it is more likely that descendants of Aurelian, Tacitus and Probus, whos we know from Historia Augusta may be reference to the roman senators in the fifth century who discerned their ancestry in the former roman emperors.
Highlights
Nota o autorze: Robert Suski – historyk starożytności, doktor habilitowany (2015 r.), absolwent Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, zatrudniony jako adiunkt w Zakładzie Historii Starożytnej w Instytucie Historii i Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Historia Augusta is one of the most enigmatic literary sources of Late Antiquity. Manuscripts suggests that it was written during the reign of Diocletian or Constantine the Great most modern historians believes that it is work of one author, who probably lived many decades later than he had described
Some of contemporary researchers think that Historia Augusta was written in the last decade of the fourth century
Summary
Nota o autorze: Robert Suski – historyk starożytności, doktor habilitowany (2015 r.), absolwent Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (magisterium 1997 r., doktorat 2005 r.), zatrudniony jako adiunkt w Zakładzie Historii Starożytnej w Instytucie Historii i Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku. Kto był autorem Historia Augusta (aby uniknąć powtórzeń dalej często będę go nazywać Scriptorem) czy kiedy powstała, ale też powód, dla którego zostało to ukryte. Nic nam nie wiadomo o istnieniu Maeciusa Faltoniusa Nicomachusa poza Historia Augusta.
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