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1、AugustanHistoryTheAugustanHistory(Latin:HistoriaAugusta)isalateRomancollectionofAugustanHistorybiographies,writteninLatin,oftheRomanEmperors,theirjuniorcolleagues,designatedheirsandusurpersoftheperiod117to284.SupposedlymodeledonthesimilarworkofSuetonius,TheT
2、welveCaesars,itpresentsitselfasacompilationofworksbysixdifferentauthors(collectivelyknownastheScriptoresHistoriaeAugustae),writtenduringthereignsofDiocletianandConstantineIandaddressedtothoseemperorsorotherimportantpersonagesinRome.Thecollection,asextant,com
3、prisesthirtybiographies,mostofwhichcontainthelifeofasingleemperor,whilesomeincludeagroupoftwoormore,groupedtogethermerelybecausetheseemperorswereeithersimilarorcontemporaneous.[1]However,thetrueauthorshipofthework,itsactualdate,anditspurpose,havelongbeenmatt
4、ersforcontroversyamongsthistoriansandscholars,eversinceHermannDessauin1889rejectedboththedateandtheauthorshipasstatedwithintheCoverofa1698editionofthemanuscript.Majorproblemsincludethenatureofthesourcesitused,andhowmuchHistoriaAugustafromEttalAbbeyoftheconte
5、ntispurefiction.Forinstance,thecollectioncontainsinallabout150AuthorDisputedallegeddocuments,including68letters,60speechesandproposalstothepeopleorOriginaltitleHistoriaAugustathesenate,and20senatorialdecreesandacclamations.VirtuallyallofthesearenowLanguageLa
6、tinconsideredtobefraudulent.[2]SubjectRomanhistoryBytheseconddecadeofthe21stcentury,theoverallconsensussupportedthePublicationDisputed,possiblypositionthattherewasonlyasingleauthorwhowaswritingeitherattheendofthedate4thcentury4thcenturyorthebeginningofthe5th
7、century,andwhowasinterestedinblendingLCClassDEcontemporaryissues(political,religiousandsocial)intothelivesofthe3rdcenturyemperors.Further,thattheauthorusedthefictitiouselementsintheworktohighlightreferencestootherpublishedworks,suchastoCiceroandAmmianusMarce
8、llinusinacomplexallegoricalgame.Despitetheseconundrums,itistheonlycontinuousaccountinLatinformuchofitsperiodandisthuscontinuallybeingre-evaluated,sincemodernhistoriansareunwillingtoabandonitasau