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This edition comprises the Roman historian Suetonius' lives of the first three emperors of AD 69, the Year of the Four Emperors. The Latin text is accompanied by an introduction and useful historical commentary. The primary purpose of this Commentary is to enable English-speaking... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Suetonius continues his famous chronicle of the Roman emperors with vivid portraits of Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, the three rulers who briefly held power during the turbulent Year of the Four Emperors.

Following the death of Nero in 68 CE, the Roman... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Suetonius continues his famous chronicle of the Roman emperors with vivid portraits of Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, the three rulers who briefly held power during the turbulent Year of the Four Emperors.

Following the death of Nero in 68 CE, the Roman... Read Full Overview