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OverviewSuetonius' Life of Augustus is the most commonly read ancient account of the life of Rome's first emperor, presenting a mass of historical and biographical detail about both his public and personal lives. This volume provides the first large-scale commentary on Suetonius' work in English, drawing out what is unique about Suetonius' information, discussing how it relates to other ancient accounts, and assessing its historical reliability. The commentary is the first to be accessible to readers without any knowledge of Latin or Greek due to its use of English lemmata, while the new translation remains faithful to the original Latin. Accompanied by an introduction which investigates the career of Suetonius, the date of the Lives of the Caesars, the structure of the Life of Augustus, the various sources utilized by Suetonius, and the way in which the reader should approach this complex text, the commentary also looks to examine Suetonius' work not just as a repository of facts, but as a literary artefact carefully constructed by its author. Full Product DetailsAuthor: D. Wardle (NKGV Professor of Classics, NKGV Professor of Classics, University of Cape Town)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 1.088kg ISBN: 9780199686452ISBN 10: 0199686459 Pages: 624 Publication Date: 13 November 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Tables Abbreviations Introduction Suetonius: Career and Literary Production Suetonius' Place in the Development of Imperial Biography The Structure of Augustus Suetonius' Sources in Augustus Reading Suetonius' Augustus The Text and Translation Translation Commentary Bibliography IndexReviewsabsolutely invaluable for anyone interested in a major source for the life of the first Roman emperor Peter Jones, Classics for All absolutely invaluable for anyone interested in a major source for the life of the first Roman emperor Peter Jones, Classics for All an essential addition to the Roman historian's bookshelf Arthur J Pomeroy, Acta Classica Author InformationD. Wardle is NKGV Professor of Classics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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