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Lives of the Caesars, Volume II The Deified Claudius. Nero. Galba, Otho, Vitellius. Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Lives of Illustrious Men

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ISBN-10: 0674995651

ISBN-13: 9780674995659

Edition: 1914 (Revised)

Authors: Suetonius, J. C. Rolfe, Suetonius

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Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. AD 70), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher of rhetoric, but later became the emperor Hadrian's private secretary, 119-121. He dedicated to C. Septicius Clarus, prefect of the praetorian guard, his Lives of the Caesars. After the dismissal of both men for some breach of court etiquette, Suetonius apparently retired and probably continued his writing. His other works, many known by title, are now lost except for part of the Lives of Illustrious Men (of letters). Friend of Pliny the Younger, Suetonius was a studious and careful collector of facts, so that the extant lives of the emperors (including Julius Caesar the…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1914
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1914
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 4.53" wide x 6.61" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

The Lives Of The Caesars
The Deified Claudius
Nero
Galba, Otho, And Vitellius
The Deified Vespasian
The Deified Titus
Domitian The Lives Of Illustrious Men Prefatory
Note Bibliographical
Note Grammarians And Rhetoricians
Grammarians Rhetoricians Poets
Terence Vergil Horace
Tibullus Persius Lucan
The Lives Of Pliny
The Elder And Passienus Crispus
Index