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"‘There can be no question about the standing of [Power’s] scholarship and the contribution that he has made to Suetonian studies. Power is, I think, unique among modern Suetonians in that he works not just on the imperial Lives but on De viris illustribus and other ""minor"" works. His knowledge of Suetonian scholarship is encyclopaedic and it is demonstrated excellently throughout the work ... there is no likely competition to this volume from any living scholar.’ – David Wardle, University of Cape Town, South Africa. ‘There can be no question about the standing of [Power’s] scholarship and the contribution that he has made to Suetonian studies. Power is, I think, unique among modern Suetonians in that he works not just on the imperial Lives but on De viris illustribus and other ""minor"" works. His knowledge of Suetonian scholarship is encyclopaedic and it is demonstrated excellently throughout the work ... there is no likely competition to this volume from any living scholar.’ - David Wardle, University of Cape Town, South Africa ""[Power] beherzt den größeren und kleineren Problemen beim Verständnis von Suetons Werken zu und schlägt dabei auch für solche Fragen, die in der Forschung schon seit längerer Zeit diskutiert werden, oft originelle, aber stets gut begründete Antworten vor ... verdeutlicht dieses Buch eindrucksvoll, wie sehr die Diskussion zu Sueton in den letzten Jahren bereits von den Arbeiten des Verfassers profitiert hat und es in Zukunft dank der handlichen Präsentation in der vorliegenden Form noch mehr tun wird."" - Bryn Mawr Classical Review [Power boldly addresses the larger and smaller problems in understanding Suetonius' works, often proposing original but always well-founded answers to questions that have been discussed in research for a long time ... this book impressively illustrates how much the discussion on Suetonius has already benefited from the author's work in recent years and how it will do even more in the future thanks to the handy presentation in its present form.] ""This volume’s best asset, in fact, is the breadth of its coverage: far from sticking to the popular Lives of the Caesars, [Power] ranges into debates across the Suetonian corpus ... [Power's] near encyclopaedic knowledge of Suetonius' work and the scholarly conversation surrounding it has been essential in pushing the conversation forward."" - The Classical Review ""Power has gathered together a thought-provoking collection of papers that will certainly appeal to any interested in Suetonius as author and historian."" - Histos"

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Tristan Power has taught Classics at Columbia University and is the co-editor of Suetonius the Biographer: Studies in Roman Lives (2014). He has also published on the Roman poet Catullus.

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