Aurelius Victor
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4th century Roman historian and politician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sextus Aurelius Victor was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the author of a short history of imperial Rome, entitled De Caesaribus and covering the period from Augustus to Constantius II. The work was published in 361. Under the emperor Julian , Victor served as governor of Pannonia Secunda; in 389 he became praefectus urbi , senior imperial official in Rome.
