Adams Geoff W. - Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta and Beyond

Geoff W. Adams is currently a lecturer in Classics at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He has previously taught at Monash University and the University of New England. His primary research areas focus upon both classical archaeology and ancient history, with a particular emphasis upon both domestic archaeology and classical historiography. He has published numerous academic articles and six previous books, titled Power and Religious Acculturation in Romano-Celtic Society: An Examination of Archaeological Sites in Gloucestershire (2009), Rome and the Social Role of lite Villas in Its Suburbs (2008), Romano-British Tombstones between the 1st and 3rd Centuries AD: Epigraphy, Gender and Familial Relations (2007), The Roman Emperor Gaius Caligula and His Hellenistic Aspirations (2007), The Suburban Villas of Campania and Their Social Function (2006), and Romano-Celtic lites and Their Religion (2005). The present work is a culmination of several years examining the biographical tradition within the much debated Scriptores Historiae Augustae.

M y greatest debt is to two scholars who have done so much toward the development of this study: Dr. Charles tesoriero and Dr. Greg stanton. Whatever is good in this study is due to their example and assistance. Special mention must also be made of my friends and colleagues at the University of Tasmania who have given consistent support and assistance toward the final product. I am grateful not only to all of them for their encouragement, but to all the friends and colleagues who have contributed to the enjoyable and fruitful years at previous universities where I have worked and studied, considering that this work is a culmination of various projects dating back to 1998. Thanks must also go to my family and friends for their help and understanding. However, the main contributor to assisting its development has been my wife, Nicole, who still amazes me with her consistent support. I would also like to dedicate the following pages to my children, Callan and Charlotte.

Adams, G. W., 2001, Licinius sura, Dio and the not so Acephalous ILS 1022, Journal of Ancient Civilisations 16, pp. 58.

Adams, G. W., 2005, suetonius and His treatment of the emperor Domitians Favourable Accomplishments, SHT 6. A. 3, www.ut.ee/klassik/sht/2005/adams1.pdf

Adams, G. W., 2006, The Suburban Villas of Campania and Their Social Function, oxford: Archaeopress.

Adams, G. W., 2007, Caligula: The Hellenistic Views of a Roman Emperor, Boca Raton: Brown Walker.

Adams, G. W., 2007, Rome and the Social Role of Elite Villas in Its Suburbs, oxford: Archaeopress.

Adams, J. n., 1972, on the Authorship of the HA, CQ 22, pp. 18694.

Adams, J. n., 1977, the Linguistic Unity of the HA, Antichthon 11, pp. 93102.

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Africa, T. W., 1979, Marc Aurels opiumsucht, in klein, R. (ed.), Marc Aurel, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, pp. 13343.

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Alfldy, G., 1969, Fasti Hispanienses. Senatorische Reichesbeamte und Offiziere in den spanischen Provinzen des rmischen Reiches von Augustus bis Diokletian, Wiesbaden: F. steiner.

Alfldy, G., 1970, Eine Proskriptionsliste in der Historia Augusta, HAC 1968/1969, pp. 111.

Alfldy, G., 1971, Der Friedensschlu des Kaisers Commodus mit den Germanen, Historia 20, pp. 84109.

Alfldy, G., 1971, Zeitgeschichte und krisenempfindung bei Herodian, Hermes 99.4, pp. 42949.

Alfldy, G., 1973, Herodian ber den tod Mark Aurels, Latomus 32, pp. 34553.

Alfldy, G., 1977, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter den Antoninen: Prosopographische Untersuchungen zur Senatorischen Fhrungsschicht, Antiquitas 1. 27: Bonn.

Alfldy, G., 1978, Die rmische sozialordnung in der Historia Augusta, HAC 1975/1976, pp. 152.

Alfldy, G., 1983, Die ortsnamen in der Historia Augusta, HAC 1979/1981, pp. 142.

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Atkinson, J., 2000, originality and its Limits in the Alexander Sources of the Early Empire, in A. B. Bosworth and E. J. Baynham (eds.), Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction, oxford: oxford University Press, pp. 30725.

Baldwin, B., 1970, Hadrians Farewell to Life: some Arguments for Authenticity, CQ 20.2, pp. 37274.

Baldwin, B., 1976, the Vita Avidii, Klio 58.1, pp. 10119.

Baldwin, B., 1978, Festus the Historian, Historia 27, 1978, pp. 197217.

Baldwin, B., 1981, Ausonius and the Historia Augusta, Gymnasium 88, p. 438.

Baldwin, B., 1981, Acclamations in the Historia Augusta, Athenaeum 59, pp. 13849.

Baldwin, B., 1983, Suetonius, Amsterdam: A. M. Hakkert.

Baldwin, B., 1983, Hadrians Death in the Historia Augusta, Gymnasium 90, p. 546.

Baldwin, B., 1986, Gregory Nazianzenus, Ammianus, scurrae, and the Historia Augusta, Gymnasium 93, pp. 17880.

Baldwin, B., 1995, Some Legal Terms in the Historia Augusta, Maia 47, pp. 2079.

Barnes, T. D., 1967, Hadrian and Lucius Verus, JRS 57, pp. 6579.

Barnes, T. D., 1968, Hadrians Farewell to Life, CQ 18.2, pp. 38486.

Barnes, T. D., 1970, The Lost kaisergeschichte and the Latin Historical Tradition, HAC 1968/1969, pp. 1343.

Barnes, T. D., 1972, Some Persons in the Historia Augusta, Phoenix 26.2, pp. 14082.

Barnes, t. D., 1976, the Epitome de Caesaribus and its Sources, CPh 71.3, pp. 25868.

Barnes, T. D., 1978, The Sources of the Historia Augusta, Collection Latomus 155, Brussels: Latomus Revue dEtudes Latines.

Barnes, T. D., 1984, The Composition of Cassius Dios Roman History, Phoenix 38.3, pp. 24055.

Barnes, T. D., 1995, The Sources of the Historia Augusta (19671992), HAC 1992, pp. 134.

Barta, G., 1971, Lucius Verus and the Marcomannic Wars, Acta Classica 7, pp. 6771.

Baynes, N. H., 1924, The Date of the Composition of the Historia Augusta, CR 38, pp. 16569.