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Excerpt from The Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Vol. 1: With an English Translation In the Introduction I have sought to give a brief account of the Historia Augusta, the authors, their method and style, and a summary Of the study ex pended on it from the close Of the classical period to the present and its use by later historians. A dis cassion Of its authorship and sources and Of the theories which have found in it a work of the late fourth or early fifth century has, for reasons of space, been reserved for the second volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.