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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus Maximus, post: 3978506, member: 102867&quot;]Interesting write-up!&nbsp; Have you ever heard of the idea that the Historia Augusta consists of four different types of biographies?</p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander&#039;s biography is a so-called transitional biography that is usually unreliable but sometimes contains some truth.&nbsp; I personally think that the above-mentioned story about monetary reform is partly a fabrication.&nbsp; I think that the author read something about the monetary reform under Severus Alexander in one of his sources and subsequently supplemented those facts with inventions about 1/3 Aurei, Soldidi etc. The author seems to have had fewer and fewer sources available and visibly enjoyed&nbsp; of inserting false information because it increases as the book progresses.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I myself have the Dutch translation of the Historia Augusta here at home with the introduction of Jona Lendering.&nbsp; This introduction is even more extensive than on Livius.org and covers around 25 pages.&nbsp; Unfortunately for you it is Dutch and I assume that you cannot read it.</p><p>Maybe you can translate it.&nbsp; The introduction can be read for free through Google books.</p><p><a href="https://books.google.nl/books?id=PThyAAAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;hl=nl&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.nl/books?id=PThyAAAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;hl=nl&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.nl/books?id=PThyAAAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;hl=nl&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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