Acholius

Acholius only appears four times in Historia Augusta and according Ronald Syme, is an hoax from imagination of Historia Augusta's author{{sfn|Syme|1983|p=98-108 "Bogus authors"}}.

Historia Augusta said about Acholius this doubtfully carreer:

'''Acholius''' held the office of ''Magister Admissionum'' in the reign of Valerian (253—260 AD).<ref>{{Citation | last = Smith | first = William | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | contribution = Acholius | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 12 | place = Boston, MA | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html | access-date = 2007-10-04 | archive-date = 2005-12-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051217174720/http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> One of his works was titled ''Acta'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acta - Table of Contents - IntraText CT |url=https://www.intratext.com/IXT/LAT0846/ |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=www.intratext.com}}</ref> and contained an account of the history of Aurelian. It was in nine books at least.<ref>Flavius Vopiscus, ''Aurel.'' 12</ref> He also wrote a life of Alexander Severus.<ref>Aelius Lampridius, ''Alexander Severus'' 14. 48. 68</ref>

==References== <references/> == Bibliography ==

* {{cite book |last = Syme |first = Ronald |title = Historia Augusta Papers |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JF5oAAAAMAAJ |publisher = Clarendon Press |location = United Kingdom |year = 1983 |isbn = 978-0-19-814853-1 }}

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