History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8

Description

The History of Herodian (born ca. 178?179 CE) covers a period of the Roman empire from the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (180 CE) to the accession of Gordian III (238), half a century of turbulence, in which we can see the onset of the revolution which, in the words of Gibbon, 'will...