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Suetonius: Lives of Galba, Otho and Vitellius
David C. A. Shotter
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paperback. Suetonius has often been used as if he were an historian, and at the same time criticised for not being one. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. .
Suetonius has often been used as if he were an historian, and at the same time criticised for not being one. This is a new translation of and commentary on Suetonius' biographies of three emperors, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, who held power for short periods in the tumultuous and confused events that encompassed and followed the end of the Julio-Claudian period in AD 69. The introductory essays discuss Suetonius' purposes and qualities as a writer, and seek to elucidate the personalities and careers of the three emperors as well as the events ... Read more
Suetonius has often been used as if he were an historian, and at the same time criticised for not being one. This is a new translation of and commentary on Suetonius' biographies of three emperors, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, who held power for short periods in the tumultuous and confused events that encompassed and followed the end of the Julio-Claudian period in AD 69. The introductory essays discuss Suetonius' purposes and qualities as a writer, and seek to elucidate the personalities and careers of the three emperors as well as the events ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856685385
SKU
V9780856685385
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About David C. A. Shotter
David Shotter is Emeritus Professor in the Department of History at Lancaster University, and has published widely on aspects of the Early Principate, Roman Coinage and Roman Britain. He has edited and translated Suetonius: Lives of Galba, Otho and Vitellius and Tacitus: Annals IV in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series.
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