Works
Four small historical works have been ascribed to him. But only his authorship of De Caesaribus is securely established:
- Origo Gentis Romanae
- De Viris Illustribus Romae
- De Caesaribus (for which Aurelius Victor used the Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte)
- Epitome de Caesaribus (falsely attributed to Victor)
The four have generally been published together under the name Historia Romana, but the fourth piece is a reworking of the third. The second was first printed at Naples about 1472, in four volumes, 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 Schottus (8 volumes, Antwerp, 1579). A recent edition of the De Caesaribus is by Pierre Dufraigne (Collection Budé, 1975).
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