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Suetonius Vespasian
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Author : Suetonius
language : en
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Release Date : 2000-09-21
Suetonius Vespasian written by Suetonius and has been published by Bristol Classical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-21 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The emperor Vespasian (AD69-79) is universally regarded as one of the better Roman emperors. This edition of Suetonius' biography (the first since 1930) offers a newly revised text with a general introduction and detailed commentary.
Vespasian
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Author : Suetonius
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-08-30
Vespasian written by Suetonius and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-30 with categories.
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius (c. 69 - after 122 AD), was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, entitled De Vita Caesarum. He recorded the earliest accounts of Julius Caesar's epileptic seizures. Other works by Suetonius concern the daily life of Rome, politics, oratory, and the lives of famous writers, including poets, historians, and grammarians. A few of these books have partially survived, but many have been lost. Suetonius begins by describing the humble antecedents of the founder of the Flavian dynasty and follows with a brief summary of his military and political career under Aulus Plautius Claudius and Nero and his suppression of the uprising in Judaea. Suetonius documents an early reputation for honesty but also a tendency toward avariciousness. A detailed recounting of the omens and consultations with oracles follows which Suetonius suggests furthered Vespasian's imperial pretensions. Suetonius then briefly recounts the escalating military support for Vespasian and even more briefly the events in Italy and Egypt that culminated in his accession. Suetonius presents Vespasian's early imperial actions, the reimposition of discipline on Rome and her provinces and the rebuilding and repair of Roman infrastructure damaged in the civil war, in a favourable light, describing him as 'modest and lenient' and drawing clear parallels with Augustus. Vespasian is further presented as being extraordinarily just and with a preference for clemency over revenge. Suetonius describes avarice as Vespasian's only serious failing, documenting his tendency for inventive taxation and extortion. However, he mitigates this failing by suggesting that the emptiness of state coffers left Vespasian little choice. Moreover, intermixed with accounts of greed and 'stinginess' are accounts of generosity and lavish rewards. Finally Suetonius gives a brief account of Vespasian's physical appearance and penchant for comedy. This section of the work is the basis for the famous expression "Money has no odor" (Pecunia non olet); according to Suetonius, Vespasian's son (and the next Emperor), Titus, criticized Vespasian for levying a fee for the use of public toilets in the streets of Rome. Vespasian then produced some coins and asked Titus to sniff them, and then asked Titus whether they smelled bad. When Titus said that the coins did not smell bad, Vespasian replied: "And yet they come from urine." Having contracted a 'bowel complaint, ' Vespasian tried to continue his duties as emperor from what would be his deathbed, but on a sudden attack of diarrhea he said "An emperor ought to die standing," and died while struggling to do so.
Suetonius The Flavian Emperors
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Author : Brian W. Jones
language : la
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Release Date : 2002-05-31
Suetonius The Flavian Emperors written by Brian W. Jones and has been published by Bristol Classical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-31 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The Flavian dynasty ruled Rome from AD 69 to 96. This text provides a translation of Suetonius' accounts of the three Flavian emperors - Vespasian, Titus and Domitian - taken from his "Lives", as well as a general introduction to Suetonius and a detailed commentary.
De Vita Caesarum
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Author : Suetonius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
De Vita Caesarum written by Suetonius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with categories.
Suetonius
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Author : Barry Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 1983
Suetonius written by Barry Baldwin and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Biographers categories.
Suetonius Domitian
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Author : Suetonius
language : en
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Release Date : 1996
Suetonius Domitian written by Suetonius and has been published by Bristol Classical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Foreign Language Study categories.
An analysis of Suetonius' account of the emperor Domitian. The book provides a detailed commentary on matters of historical importance in the text, together with a discussion of Suetonius' life. A comparison is offered between Suetonius' account and Dio's version. Latin sources are utilized.
Suetonius The Biographer
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Author : Tristan Power
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Suetonius The Biographer written by Tristan Power and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
The biographer Suetonius is one of the most fascinating writers of ancient Rome, but he is rarely afforded serious critical attention. This volume of new essays focuses on the various aspects of Suetonius' work, from his lost writing on Roman courtesans to his imperial portraits of the Caesars. Beginning with an introduction that assesses the originality of Suetonius as a writer and situates the essays within the context of debates and controversies over his biographical form, the collection addresses the issues surrounding his style, themes, and early influence on literature in three parts. The first part discusses formal features of Suetonian biography, such as his literary techniques, manners of citation and quotation, and devices of allusion and closure. The middle section is devoted to readings of the individual Lives, treating several topics - from Suetonius' decision to begin his collection with Julius Caesar, to fictional elements in his death scene of the emperor Caligula, to the theme of solitude in his Life of Domitian. The last part examines the ways in which Suetonius transgresses the boundaries of ancient biography by looking at his influence on epistolographers, antiquarians, commentators, and later biographers. This volume is essential reading for anyone who wants to know why Suetonius' Lives are such a unique and powerful medium for the stories of ancient Rome, and how they became the primary model for later biography.
De Vita Caesarum
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Author : Suetonius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
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The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars
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Author : G. Surtonius Tranquillus
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-11-26
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars written by G. Surtonius Tranquillus and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-26 with History categories.
The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, was the most popular work of Suetonius, at that time Hadrian's personal secretary, and is the largest among his surviving writings. The Twelve Caesars is considered very significant in antiquity and remains a primary source on Roman history.
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars
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Author : C. Suetonius Tranquillus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-12
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars written by C. Suetonius Tranquillus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c70-c140), also known as Suetonius, was a prominent Roman historian and biographer. He is mainly remembered as the author of De Vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars, best known in English as The Twelve Caesars), his only extant work. The Twelve Caesars, probably written in Hadrian's time, is a collective biography of the Roman Empire's first leaders who were: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. The work tells the tale of each Caesar's life according to a set formula: the descriptions of appearance, omens, family history, quotes, and then a history are given in a consistent order for each Caesar. Suetonius regarded emperors who amassed wealth for the public purse to be "greedy", perhaps a reflection of the average Roman middle class attitudes.