IV. The Nature of Victor’s History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations x
4. List of Tables xi
5. Preface xiv
6. Conventions and Abbreviations xvii
7. Part One. The Lost Historia
8. Introduction 1
9. I. The Historian Victor 3
10. II. The Works Attributed to Victor 15
11. III. The Genre of Epitome 44
12. IV. The Nature of Victor’s History 72
13. V. Victor’s Readers 139
14. Conclusion to Part One. Two Editions of Victor’s Historia 176
15. Part Two. Late-Roman Historiography Reconsidered
16. VI. Enmann and the Kaisergeschichte 193
17. VII. Ausonius and Marius Maximus 235
18. VIII. The Historia Augusta 265
19. IX. Ammianus Marcellinus and Nicomachus Flavianus 335
20. X. Greeks and Latins 367
21. Conclusion. Victor the Historian 411
22. Appendix. The Text of Victor 421
23. List of Works Cited 431
24. Maps of Victor’s World 461
25. Index of Manuscripts Cited 467
26. Index of Sources 469
27. General Index 505