The "Scriptores Historiae Augustae, " or "Historia Augusta, " is a collection of biographies of Roman emperors, heirs, and claimants from Hadrian to Numerianus (117- 284 CE). The work, which is modeled on Suetonius, purports to be written by six different authors and quotes documents and public records extensively. Since we possess no continuous account of the emperors of the second and third centuries, the "Historia Augusta" has naturally attracted keen attention. In the last century it has also generated the gravest suspicions. Present opinion holds that the whole is the work of a single author (who lived in the time of Theodosius) and contains much that is plagiarism and even downright forgery. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the "Historia Augusta" is in three volumes.

皇史六家，《罗马君王传》的作者署名为生活在戴克里先至君士坦丁时代的六位历史学家。他们分别是：埃利乌斯·斯巴提亚努斯、尤利乌斯·卡庇托利努斯、武尔卡奇乌斯·加利卡努斯、埃利乌斯·拉普里狄乌斯、特莱贝利乌斯·波利奥、弗拉维乌斯·沃庇斯库斯·叙拉库西乌斯。除去这六人都生活在罗马城，且大都在朝中出任高官之外，其他的信息后人便无从知晓了。

谢品巍，拉丁语的学习者和古罗马历史的爱好者，热衷翻译古罗马人的传世著作，已发表的译作有：尤特罗庇乌斯：《罗马国史大纲》（Eutropii Breviarium ab Urbe Condita），佐西莫斯：《罗马新史》（Zosimi Historia Nova），拉克坦提乌斯：《论迫害者之死》（Lactantii De Mortibus Persecutorum）。