De viris illustribus urbis Romae

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The writing De viris illustribus urbis Romae ( Latin : Famous Men of the City of Rome ) is a biographically oriented historiography from the first half of the 4th century. It comprises 86 short biographies that begin with the founding of Rome , cover the Roman royal period and the republic , and finally end with the time of the principle of the emperor Augustus .

The conception of the work is permeated with the view that people shape history. Contrary to what the title suggests, it not only deals with men, but also women ( Cloelia ), and not only Romans, but also foreign enemies, such as Hannibal .

Who wrote the predominantly chronological work is unknown; it was handed down under the name of Aurelius Victor , but probably wrongly. It is now assumed that it is an independent historical source that is independent of the historiography of Titus Livius .

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  • Ps. Aurelius Victor: De viris illustribus urbis Romae. The famous men of the city of Rome. Latin and German. Edited, translated and commented by Joachim Fugmann . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-534-23852-1 .

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