Marcus Aurelius
Letters quoted in the Historia Augusta
Traditional attribution
Letters quoted in the Historia Augusta
Several letters in Latin presenting a merciful Marcus during Cassius' revolt and concerned for his family. Though read for centuries as genuine, the Historia Augusta frequently invents documents to lend credibility to its narrative; they should not be used as the emperor's words.
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Authorship note
Fictitious. The letters from Marcus to Faustina, Verus and the Senate quoted in the lives of Avidius Cassius and Marcus in the Historia Augusta are, according to scholarship since Hermann Dessau, inventions of the anonymous late fourth-century author.
Editions and translations
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English
Marcus Aurelius
The Scriptores Historiae Augustae, vol. I (Loeb Classical Library 139)
The Conscious LibraryThe Scriptores Historiae Augustae, vol. I (Loeb Classical Library 139)
Harvard University Press / Heinemann, 1921
Translation: David Magie
Vidas de Marco y de Avidio Casio.
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Sources
- Historia Augusta, «Vida de Marco Antonino el Filósofo» (Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi). Trad. inglesa de David Magie, The Scriptores Historiae Augustae, vol. I, Loeb Classical Library 139. Londres: Heinemann, 1921 (texto en LacusCurtius). Fuente tardía (finales del s. IV) y poco fiable en muchos pasajes.
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