Suetonius: Life of Augustus

By D. Wardle

Suetonius' Life of Augustus is the most commonly read ancient account of the life of Rome's first emperor, presenting a mass of historical and biographical detail about both his public and personal lives. This volume provides the first large-scale commentary on Suetonius' work in English, drawing out what is unique about Suetonius' information, discussing how it relates to other ancient accounts, and assessing its historical reliability.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199686467
• ISBN13: 9780199686469
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"