[publicclassics] Stover/Woudhuysen: The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor

[Kai Brodersen]

Justin Stover, George Woudhuysen

The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor
(Edinburgh Studies in Later Latin Literature)

  *   552 pages
  *   5 b/w illustrations
  *   Hardback: 9781474492874 - 125 GBP
  *   Ebook (PDF): 9781474492898 - open access
The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor (edinburghuniversitypress.com)<https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-lost-history-of-sextus-aurelius-victor.html>
A radical rewriting of the history of fourth-century Latin literature

  *   Demonstrates for the first time both the contemporary and lasting influence of Victor's historiography
  *   Discusses a wide range of both canonical and neglected authors and texts, including Sallust, St Jerome, Ammianus, the Historia Augusta, Eunapius and Julian
  *   Provides an up-to-date account of the mechanics of abbreviating texts in late antiquity, an important and relatively neglected subject
  *   Re-reads and re-examines in detail two short imperial histories of the fourth century, the Caesares and the Epitome de Caesaribus
  *   Based on primary sources, including manuscripts and newly discovered evidence for Victor's text
  *   Resolves some of the enduring mysteries of later Latin literature
  *   Has implications impacting many different areas of Late Roman and early medieval studies, including political, social, cultural, literary and legal history, as well as historiography
  *   This 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.
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