Suetonius: Life of Augustus - Paperback

by D. Wardle (Author)

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.

Author Biography

D. Wardle, NKGV Professor of Classics, University of Cape Town

D. Wardle is NKGV Professor of Classics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.