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By turns outlandish, humorous, and scatological, the ""Historia Augusta"" is an eccentric compilation of biographies of the Roman emperors and usurpers of the second and third centuries. David Rohrbacher offers a literary analysis of the work, focusing on its many playful allusions.

The Play of Allusion in the Historia Augusta

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: 1/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299327040, 978-0299327040
      ISBN10: 0299327043

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      Book Synopsis
      By turns outlandish, humorous, and scatological, the ""Historia Augusta"" is an eccentric compilation of biographies of the Roman emperors and usurpers of the second and third centuries. David Rohrbacher offers a literary analysis of the work, focusing on its many playful allusions.

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