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- Historia Augusta - biographies of emperors between
The Ancient Historians - Michael Grant 117 + 284. The authorship + date of this wretched
Latin compilation are disputed. But it was
certainly not published earlier than the 2nd half
of the 4th C. The original title of the work is
unknown. But in any case it is fraudulent fiction
+ must be called pasticle rather than history."
- A life of Hadrian forms part of the Historia Augusta.
fl. 363-370 A.D. - Eutropius - 4th C Roman hisotrian, protege of the
emperors Julian + Valens; at the command of tha latter
he composed a compendium of Roman history, Breviarum
historiae Romanae* in 10 books, from the beginning of the
accession of Valems. It is not particularly valuable as
a source. THe Latin is very pure from a classical
point of view. It was formerly used as a textbook of
Latin.
Valens (364-78) Roman emperor of the East, brother
of Flavius Valentinianus I.
*an abbreviation of Roman history, considerably
expanded by the important medieval writer Paulus
Diaconus. (Paul the Deacon) c. 720 - c. 799 His
History of the Lombards was issued in print for
the 1st time fol. Paris, Jod. Badius Ascensius, 1514.

Eutropius history of Rome, beginning with Romulus +
extending to his own time in the 3rd quarter of the
4th C, neatly met a demand among Roman citizens
for a summary history of the empire, + it enjoyed an
immediate + lasting success. Eutropius text was
augmented in the 8th C by Paul the Deacon with material
derived from Orosius, Jerome + others + extended to
the time of Justinian.