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Explore Suetonius as a pioneering biographer and witness to Rome’s early empire.
This edition surveys the life and body of work of Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, highlighting how his Lives of the Caesars and related writings shaped ancient biography.
The volume explains who Suetonius was and what his writings cover, from the Lives of the Caesars to works on illustrious men, antiquities, natural history, and grammar. It notes that the Lives of the Caesars is the only work that has survived in near-complete form, with other titles known from references and fragments. It also traces how later authors used his language and methods, influencing biographical writing for centuries.- Learn about the man behind the biographical pages and how scholars date and situate his life
- See a catalog of his major works and how they fit into Roman literary history
- Understand the manuscript tradition and the transmission of his writings
- Discover the broader impact of his biographies on later historians and writers
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