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Sextus Aurelius Victor (ca. 320-ca. 390) was an historian and politician of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
.

Aurelius Victor was the author of a History of Rome from Augustus to Julian
Julian the Apostate

Flavius Claudius Julianus, known also as Julian or Julian the Apostate , was Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty. He was the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and expended much energy during his reign attempting to supplant the growing power of Christianity within the empire with officially revived Religion in ancient Rom...
 (360), published ca. 361. Julian honoured him, and appointed Aurelius prefect of Pannonia Secunda
Pannonia Secunda

The Pannonia Secunda was ancient Roman Empire province. It was formed in the year 296, during the reign of emperor Diocletian. The capital of the province was Sirmium ....
. Possibly he is the same person who was consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
 in 369, jointly with the son of Valentinian I
Valentinian I

Flavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, was Roman Emperor from 364 until his death. Valentinian is often referred to as the "last great western emperor"....
, and the prefect of the city of Rome (389).

small historical works have been ascribed to him on more or less doubtful grounds:
  1. Origo Gentis Romanae
  2. De Viris Illustribus Romae
  3. De Caesaribus (for which Aurelius Victor used the Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte
    Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte

    The Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte is a modern term for a hypothesized Latin historical work, written in the 4th century but now lost.The German scholar Alexander Enmann made in 1884 a comparison of several late Roman historical works and found many similarities, which could not be explained by a direct literary relationship between the extant...
    )
  4. Epitome de Caesaribus
    Epitome de Caesaribus

    The Epitome de Caesaribus is the name for a Latin historical work, written at the end of the 4th century.It is a brief account of the reigns of the emperors from Augustus to Theodosius the Great....
     (falsely attributed to Victor)
The four have generally been published together under the name Historia Romana, but the fourth piece is a rechauffe of the third.






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Sextus Aurelius Victor (ca. 320-ca. 390) was an historian and politician of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
.

Aurelius Victor was the author of a History of Rome from Augustus to Julian
Julian the Apostate

Flavius Claudius Julianus, known also as Julian or Julian the Apostate , was Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty. He was the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and expended much energy during his reign attempting to supplant the growing power of Christianity within the empire with officially revived Religion in ancient Rom...
 (360), published ca. 361. Julian honoured him, and appointed Aurelius prefect of Pannonia Secunda
Pannonia Secunda

The Pannonia Secunda was ancient Roman Empire province. It was formed in the year 296, during the reign of emperor Diocletian. The capital of the province was Sirmium ....
. Possibly he is the same person who was consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
 in 369, jointly with the son of Valentinian I
Valentinian I

Flavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, was Roman Emperor from 364 until his death. Valentinian is often referred to as the "last great western emperor"....
, and the prefect of the city of Rome (389).

Works

Four small historical works have been ascribed to him on more or less doubtful grounds:
  1. Origo Gentis Romanae
  2. De Viris Illustribus Romae
  3. De Caesaribus (for which Aurelius Victor used the Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte
    Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte

    The Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte is a modern term for a hypothesized Latin historical work, written in the 4th century but now lost.The German scholar Alexander Enmann made in 1884 a comparison of several late Roman historical works and found many similarities, which could not be explained by a direct literary relationship between the extant...
    )
  4. Epitome de Caesaribus
    Epitome de Caesaribus

    The Epitome de Caesaribus is the name for a Latin historical work, written at the end of the 4th century.It is a brief account of the reigns of the emperors from Augustus to Theodosius the Great....
     (falsely attributed to Victor)
The four have generally been published together under the name Historia Romana, but the fourth piece is a rechauffe of the third. The second was first printed at Naples
Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
 about 1472, in four tomes, under the name of Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo , better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and natural philosopher of Ancient Rome....
, and the fourth in Strasbourg
Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
 in 1505.

The first edition of all four books was that of Andreas Schottus
Andreas Schottus

Andr? Schott was a Belgian academic, linguist, translator and editor. Born in Antwerp, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1586.He was educated in Leuven, where he was a pupil of Cornelius Valerius , Douai and Paris; and taught in Saragossa and Toledo, Spain....
(8 volumes, Antwerp, 1579). A recent edition of the De Caesaribus is by Pierre Dufraigne (Collection Budé
Collection Budé

The Collection Bud?, or the Collection des Universit?s de France, is a series of books comprising the Ancient Greek literature and Latin literature classics up to the middle of the 6th century....
, 1975).

See also

  • Sirmium
    Sirmium

    Sirmium was an ancient city in Roman Pannonia. Sirmium originally was an Illyrians town conquered by the Ancient Rome in the 1st century BC. It was a very important town in the later Roman Empire, being the economic capital of Roman Pannonia and one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire....
  • Sremska Mitrovica
    Sremska Mitrovica

    Sremska Mitrovica is a city and municipality located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia at 44.98? North, 19.61? East, on the left bank of the Sava river....
  • Syrmia
    Syrmia

    Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....
  • Tetrarchy
    Tetrarchy

    Tetrarchy can be applied to any system of government where power is divided between four individuals. The term is usually used to refer to the tetrarchy instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293 which lasted until c. 313....
  • Praetorian prefecture
    Praetorian prefecture

    The praetorian prefectures were the largest administrative divisions of the late Roman Empire, above the mid-level Roman diocese and the low-level provinces....
  • Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
    Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum

    The praetorian prefecture of Illyricum was one of four large praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. The administrative centre of the prefecture was initially Sirmium, and after 379 Thessalonica....
  • Roman provinces
  • Roman Empire
    Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....


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