Donna W. Hurley has taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers universities.
Hurley, who has written extensively and with authority on
Suetonius, knows her author and his text thoroughly, and her
Introduction to them is a model of presentation. Annotation
(footnotes, not endnotes) is concise and to the point; essential
background is gracefully sketched in a preliminary section on Roman
institutions; maps and plans are clear and full. This thoughtful
concern for the reader's needs justifies confidence in the
translation itself: for its combination of accuracy, clarity, and
readability, it is the best. --Edward Champlin, Princeton
University
Hurley's most readable English translation of Suetonius' Caesars is
only the second to be attempted in over fifty years, and represents
an outstanding achievement. Set clearly in context by her concise
footnotes and full explanatory materials, it will fascinate readers
eager to encounter the outsize personalities, heady pleasures, and
sinister perils within that most alluring of lost worlds--the Roman
imperial court. --Richard Talbert, University of North Carolina
"This economical, well-produced edition is very welcome and should
find an extensive audience. Hurley is known well for her previous
editions of individual vitae Caesarum and this new translation is
exactly what we expect: precise, idiomatic, and readable. The
contextual introduction, chronology, bibliography, and glossary all
but make this book a stand-alone text for the early Principate. The
index, incidentally, is very helpful." --Paul B. Harvey,
Pennsylvania State University
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