Herodian's History of the Roman Empire

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Roman historiography ancient Greek literature historical work

Herodian's History of the Roman Empire is a 3rd-century Greek historical work that narrates the Roman Empire’s political and military events from the death of Marcus Aurelius to the accession of Gordian III.

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Label	Occurrences
Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire	4
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire canonical	2
History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman historiography ⓘ ancient Greek literature ⓘ historical work ⓘ
alternativeName	Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus History of the Roman Empire since the Death of Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
author	Herodian ⓘ
chronologicalCoverage	early 3rd century CE ⓘ late 2nd century CE ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
coversReignOf	Caracalla ⓘ Commodus ⓘ Didius Julianus ⓘ Elagabalus ⓘ Emperor Gordian III ⓘ surface form: Gordian III Macrinus ⓘ Maximinus Thrax ⓘ Pertinax ⓘ Septimius Severus ⓘ Severus Alexander ⓘ
dateWritten	3rd century ⓘ
describesEvent	Year of the Five Emperors ⓘ accession of Gordian III ⓘ assassination of Commodus ⓘ reign of Elagabalus ⓘ rise of Septimius Severus ⓘ
genre	history ⓘ military history ⓘ political history ⓘ
historicalScope	Roman Empire from 180 to 238 CE ⓘ
historicalValue	primary narrative source for the period 180–238 CE ⓘ
influenced	later Byzantine historians ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryStyle	rhetorical Greek prose ⓘ
narrativeFocus	military events of the Roman Empire ⓘ political events of the Roman Empire ⓘ
originalAudience	Greek-speaking elites of the Roman Empire ⓘ
perspective	senatorial viewpoint ⓘ
relatedWork	Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History Historia Augusta ⓘ
setting	Rome ⓘ provinces of the Roman Empire ⓘ
structure	continuous prose narrative ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil wars in the Roman Empire ⓘ imperial succession crises ⓘ relations between emperor and Senate ⓘ relations between emperor and army ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredEnd	accession of Gordian III ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredStart	death of Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
topic	crisis of the third century in Rome ⓘ

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Commodus → depictedIn → Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ

Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus → documentedIn → Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire

Assassination of Caracalla → describedIn → Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire

Murder of Geta → hasHistoricalSource → Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire

Rise and fall of Elagabalus → documentedIn → Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ

Assassination of Severus Alexander → documentedIn → Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire

Herodian's History of the Roman Empire → alternativeName → Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus