Vespasian

by Suetonius

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Title Statements

Full title :Vespasian / Suetonius ; edited with introduction, commentary, and bibliography by Brian W. Jones.

Summary

The emperor Vespasian (AD 69-79) is universally regarded as one of the "better" Roman emperors. Coming to power after the demise of Nero and bitterness of a year-long civil war, he restored the empire's finances and inaugurated a period of peace and prosperity. Tacitus, Pliny and Josephus had a high regard for Vespasian, portraying him as an astute commander and an excellent emperor. In comparison with the comments of these contemporary or near-contemporary writers, Suetonius' biography, produced some fifty years after the emperor's death, is quite detailed. He, too, admired Vespasian whom he regarded as a very shrewd administrator, who liked to be seen as an ex-soldier with the common touch and a ribald sense of humour. These and other aspects of his character are revealed in a series of anecdotes, always amusing and apposite. This edition offers a newly revised text with general introduction and detailed commentary. Comparison is continually drawn between the Vespasian and other accounts of the reign, especially the only other substantial one written a century later by Dio Cassius.rke.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2000.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bristol Classical Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2000.

Notes

"Monograph in Bristol classical paperback series"--Page 4 of cover.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 142 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1853995843, 9781853995842
oclc:ocm45740132
LC Classification:DG289
Dewey Decimal:937/.07092

Subjects

18.46 ancient Latin literature Biographies Biography Commentaries (form) Criticism, interpretation, etc Early works Empereurs -- Biographies. -- Rome Emperors Emperors -- Biography Emperors -- Biography. -- Rome Latin prose literature Rome -- History -- Vespasian, 69-79 Rome (Empire) Stories (texts) Suetonius Vespasian,, Emperor of Rome Vespasianus, T.Flavius