1527 Lives Of Roman Emperors Suetonius Scarce Early Edition For Sale

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Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius).C. Suetonii Tranquilli Duodecim Caesares, ex Erasmi Recognitione, Paris: apud Simonem Colinaeum, 1527, title with letterpress and woodcut printer's device close trimmed and relaid, dec. woodcut initials, light ink marks to aii & aiii, modern calf by the Ipsley Bindery, 8vo

Adams S2036. Two UK institutional locations Oxford (Bodleian) and Cambridge (1) 2-215, (42) leaves.COMPLETE!

Suetonius (ca. 69/75 - after 130), was an equestrian and a historian during the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is this set of biographies on the lives of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar until Domitian, entitled De Vita Caesarum. Other works by Suetonius concern the daily life of Rome, politics, oratory, and the lives of famous writers, including poets, historians, and grammarians. A few of these books have partially survived, but many are entirely lost.Suetonius was a close friend to Senator and letter-writer Pliny the Younger. Pliny describes him as 'quiet and studious, a man dedicated to writing'. Through Pliny, Suetonius came into favour with Trajan and Hadrian. Under Trajan he served as secretary of studies (precise functions are uncertain) and director of Imperial archives. Under Hadrian, he became the Emperor's secretary. In 122, Hadrian dismissed him for disrespectful behaviour towards Empress Vibia Sabina. Suetonius may have later regained imperial favor under Hadrian and returned to his position.

'The Twelve Caesars', probably written in Hadrian's time, is a collective biography of the Roman Empire's first emperors. The book was dedicated to Suetonius' friend Gaius Septicius Clarus, a prefect of the Praetorian Guard in 119. The work tells the tale of each Caesar's life according to a set formula: the descriptions of appearance, omens, family history, quotes, and then a history, often full of spicy, erotic, often pornographic, shocking and cruel details, are given in a consistent order for each Caesar.

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