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This book rediscovers a lost history of the Roman Empire, written by Sextus Aurelius Victor in the middle of the fourth century A.D. Though little regarded today, Victor was the most famous historian of his day, read by Jerome and Ammianus, honoured with a statue by the pagan Emperor Julian, and a prestigious prefecture by the Christian Theodosius. Our rediscovery of the original scope and scale of his Historia revolutionises our understanding of the writing of history in late antiquity, with profound implications for the study of Roman history and the transmission of the Classics.

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This is a brilliant book and an extraordinary achievement. It is the sort of thing for which the phrase paradigm-shift should be reserved. It's a long book, and a technical one, but exceptionally well designed and thus easy to follow. The authors have thrown a grenade into their niche and none of its residents, living or dead, come out unwounded.--Michael Kulikowski, The Pennsylvanian State University

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Justin Stover is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval Latin at the University of Edinburgh.George Woudhuysen is an Assistant Professor in Roman History at the University of Nottingham.

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