Historia Augusta
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The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on t
Page from an early-9th-century manuscript of the Historia Augusta (end of the life of Antoninus Pius and beginning of the life of Marcus Aurelius)
Hermann Dessau, whose groundbreaking work on the Historia Augusta led to its critical re-evaluation in the 20th century
Cicero, one of the authors whose works the Historia Augusta references obliquely.
Trebellianus, one of the fictitious tyrants included in the Historia Augusta, drawn by Guillaume Rouillé's engraver in Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)
Praetorian prefect
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The praetorian prefect was a high office in the Roman Empire established by Emperor Augustus in 2 BC. Originating as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the office gradually acquired extensive lega
The insignia of the praetorian prefect of Illyricum, as depicted in the Notitia Dignitatum: the ivory inkwell and pen case (theca), the codicil of appointment to the office on a blue cloth-covered table, and the state carriage.
