\u003cp\u003eThe popular appeal of Suetonius' \u003ci\u003eLives of the Caesars\u003c/i\u003e is obvious. Who would not thrill reading about the great Julius Caesar's delight in the Senate's bestowal of the right to wear a laurel wreath on all occasions\u0026mdash;because it covered his baldness? Or that the Divine Augustus had rotten teeth and wore special platform shoes to make himself look taller?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuetonius, however, has not always been as enthusiastically received among historians, who sometimes overlook that he intended his work as biography, not history, or that he patently aimed for prose that was not literary, but instead unadorned, clear, and concise. Such qualities of prose, however, happily make his Latin enjoyable both to teach and to read. And while Suetonius' details of the weird worlds of extraordinary men are endlessly entertaining, they are not merely that. This businesslike biographer produced an extraordinarily influential work. His \u003ci\u003eCaesars\u003c/i\u003e is a landmark in the history of biographical writing, and remains a key source for the history of Rome, its transition from Republic to Empire, and contemporary efforts to come to terms with individual destiny, through astrology, physiognomy, dream analysis, and more. Through to the present day Suetonius has profoundly shaped modern perceptions of Roman society.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial Features\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to Suetonius' life, genre, method, style, and achievement\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e527 lines of unadapted Latin text selections from each of the \u003ci\u003eLives of the Caesars\u003c/i\u003e and the entire \u003ci\u003eLife of Horace\u003c/i\u003e. Selections included are: \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c/i\u003e 81.1\u0026ndash;82.3; \u003ci\u003eAugustus\u003c/i\u003e 78 and 33; \u003ci\u003eTiberius\u003c/i\u003e 40\u0026ndash;44, 60, and 62.2; \u003ci\u003eCaligula\u003c/i\u003e 19, 55, and 45\u0026ndash;46; \u003ci\u003eClaudius\u003c/i\u003e 41\u0026ndash;42; \u003ci\u003eNero\u003c/i\u003e 20\u0026ndash;21; \u003ci\u003eGalba\u003c/i\u003e 2\u0026ndash;3; \u003ci\u003eOtho\u003c/i\u003e 2\u0026ndash;3; \u003ci\u003eVitellius\u003c/i\u003e 13; \u003ci\u003eVespasian\u003c/i\u003e 21\u0026ndash;22; \u003ci\u003eTitus\u003c/i\u003e 8.3\u0026ndash;4; \u003ci\u003eDomitian\u003c/i\u003e 12 and 18; \u003ci\u003eLife of Horace\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrammatical and historical notes at the back\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 map and 7 photographs\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete vocabulary\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/p\u003e
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