The Poet Nemesianus and the <i>Historia Augusta</i>
Justin Stover|George Woudhuysen
Abstract Lurking in the Historia Augusta's life of short-lived Emperor Carus is what appears to be a reference genuine contemporary poet Nemesianus and an extant work by him, Cynegetica . Given HA's predilection for ‘bogus authors’, this rather surprising, but because some HA says about true, otherwise unique details his works that it provides have been generally accepted. We show first incorporated gloss text , one reveals was being read studied northern Francia. then demonstrate name ‘Olympius’, which gives Nemesianus, not authentic, offering analysis text's onomastic habits more generally. ‘Olympius Nemesianus’ several invented authors lent superficial plausibility borrowing real ancient writer. Finally, we reflect on way these conclusions might undermine two developing tendencies study Augusta
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