The Lives of the Caesars. Volume 1. Julius. Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius. Caligula (Loeb Classical Library No. 31)

552 Pages·1979·34.45 MB·English

by  Suetonius

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WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
ROLFE,
J. C. Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF THK LATIN LANGUAOE AND LITERATURE
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN TWO VOLUMES
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
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American ISBN 0'674'99036'8
Firstprinted 1913
Reprinted 1920, 1924, 1930, 1944
Revised and Reprinted 1951
Reprinted 1960, 1964, 1970, 1979
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PREFACE
The translation of the Lives of ike Caesars is based
upon the text of Maximilian Ihm, Leipzig, 1907
{editio minor, 1908) with some slight changes in
punctuation, capitalisation, and orthography, to con-
form more nearly with English and American usage.
Where Ihm does not offer a readable text, con-
jectures have been admitted and mentioned in the
footnotes, and in a few other cases a different reading
from his has been adopted.
The aim has been a translation, rather than the
easier task of a paraphrase. The version of Philemon
Holland (London, 1606) cannot be surpassed in style
and spirit, and it is more accurate than any other
English translation. An attempt has been made to
compete with it in the only possible way, namely in
greater fidelity to a better text than was available in
his day, and in a nearer approach to the manner of
Suetonius. The text and interpretation of Suetonius
offer many difficulties, all of which have received
careful consideration ; but it is hardly to be hoped
that the results have been satisfactory in all cases.
PREFACE
I am indebted for many valuable suggestions to the
excellent German translation of Adolf Stahr^ Stutt-
gart^ 1857, in the new edition published at Munich
in 1912.
To the Lives ofthe Caesars have been added those
extracts from the Lives of Illustrious Men which
afford a continuous text and are generally regarded
as authentic. See the Prefatory Note to Part II.
A complete Indexto the whole work will be found
at the end of Volume IL
JOHN ROLFE,
C.
Philadelphia, April, 1913.