Historia Augusta authorship: an approach based on Measurements of Complex Networks

Abstract In this work, we analyze in detail the topology of written language network using co-occurrence words to recognize authorship. The Latin texts object study are excerpts from Historia Augusta , a collection biographies Roman emperors extending Hadrian, who started reign 117 CE, Carus and his sons Numerian Carinus, that is, years up 284–285 CE. According manuscript tradition, attributed six different authors. Scholarship since late 19th century has been arguing for single authorship instead. aim paper is verify hypothesis.