Aurelius Victor

4th century Roman historian and politician

Lived
320–390
Country
Ancient Rome

Updated September 2026

About Aurelius Victor

Sextus Aurelius Victor was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the author of a now-lost monumental history of imperial Rome covering the period from Augustus to Constantius II. Under the emperor Julian (361-363), Victor served as governor of Pannonia Secunda in 361; in 389 he became praefectus urbi, senior imperial official in Rome.

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