Acholius

Acholius only appears four times in Historia Augusta and according Ronald Syme, is a hoax from imagination of Historia Augusta's author.[1]

Historia Augusta said about Acholius this doubtfully career:

Acholius held the office of Magister Admissionum in the reign of Valerian (253—260 AD).[2] One of his works was titled Acta,[3] and contained an account of the history of Aurelian. It was in nine books at least.[4] He also wrote a life of Alexander Severus.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Syme 1983, p. 98-108 "Bogus authors".
  2. ↑ Smith, William (1867), "Acholius", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 12, archived from the original on 2005-12-17, retrieved 2007-10-04{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ "Acta - Table of Contents - IntraText CT". www.intratext.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  4. ↑ Flavius Vopiscus, Aurel. 12
  5. ↑ Aelius Lampridius, Alexander Severus 14. 48. 68

Bibliography

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Acholius". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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