Aurelius Victor

In 1884, German scholar Alexander Enmann posited a hypothetical, lost manuscript to explain the similarities among Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, the author of the Historia Augusta, and others. Recently, however, this source has been suggested to be in fact the lost history of Aurelius Victor, of which his surviving works are only epitomes. == Surviving works ==

Four small historical works have been ascribed to him, although only his authorship of De Caesaribus is securely established: • Origo Gentis Romanae • De Viris Illustribus Romae • De Caesaribus • Epitome de Caesaribus (attributed) The four have generally been published together under the name Historia Romana. The second was first printed at Naples about 1472, in 4to, under the name of Pliny the Younger, and the fourth in Strasbourg in 1505. The first edition of all four books was that of Andreas Schott (8 volumes, Antwerp, 1579). A recent edition of the De Caesaribus is by Pierre Dufraigne (Collection Budé, 1975). ==See also==