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...
A radical rewriting of the history of fourth-century Latin literature Demonstrates for the first time both the contemporary and lasting influence of ...
