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Between Disability and Illness in Ancient Rome - The Case of Emperor [PDF]

Uisahak
Claudius, the fourth emperor of Rome, suffered from multiple health issues, including an unsteady gait, persistent tremors in his arms and head, and a speech impediment that caused him to stutter and mispronounce words since childhood. Despite possessing
Myongjoo SHIN
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Notes On Suetonius (on T. Power, Collected Papers on Suetonius)

Histos, 2022
David Woods
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Suetonius the Ventriloquist

, 2014
This chapter surveys Suetonius’ prose style, particularly his tendency to include the emperors’ own words in verbatim quotation. The metaphor of the ‘ventriloquist’ is apt for Suetonius, who frequently uses his biographical subject’s own language to display their character.
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Heiric of Auxerre Reads Suetonius with Lupus of Ferrières: Carolingian Monks and the Classics

Religions
This essay examines a ninth-century collection of excerpts from Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars compiled by Heiric of Auxerre (841–c.880), a monk, when he was a student of Abbot Lupus of Ferrières (c.805–c.862).
John J Contreni
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Titus' visit to Memphis [PDF]

مجلة کلية الآثار - جامعة القاهرة, 2022
This paper deals with the visit of Titus to Egypt, especially the city of Memphis, the temple of Ptah and the Serapeum, after the destruction of Jerusalem in 69/70 AD, in light of the accounts of classical historians such as the Roman historian ...
Ashraf Adel Saad Abd Al- Salam, Khaled Gharib Shaheen   +1 more
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Sourcing the Neronia: Tacitus, Annals 14.20–1

Histos, 2022
This paper suggests that the contemporary reception of the Neronia as described by Tacitus in the Annals is indebted to the Roman reception of rhetoric as described by Suetonius in his De grammaticis et rhetoribus.
A. J. Woodman
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Conflicting Reports? Augustus’ Relationship with the Senate and Established Order During His Road to Power in Res Gestae, Velleius Paterculus, Suetonius, and Tacitus

Histos, 2023
This paper explores four accounts of Augustus’ relationship with the senate and established order during his early career, with particular focus on his involvement in the civil wars: his own Res Gestae, Velleius Paterculus’ Roman History 2.59–89 ...
Aske Damtoft Poulsen
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What’s for dinner today? Remarks on the provisions and diet of Roman soldiers during the Principate [PDF]

Studia Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi Incohantis, 2020
Many ancient writers have written about feeding the Roman army, including Vegetius, Appian, Cassius Dio, Tacitus and Suetonius. Archaeological sources provide interesting data about army provisioning, food supply, the soldier's diet, but also the ...
Agnieszka Tomas
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Tiberius and Hellenistic Poetry

Aitia, 2017
This paper investigates how Suetonius uses his representation of the literary taste of the emperor Tiberius to characterize him. Tiberius allegedly loved and imitated Hellenistic poets (Euphorion, Rhianus and Parthenius).
Jacqueline Klooster
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Mallonia

Histos, 2015
The horrific tale of Mallonia related by Suetonius at Tiberius 45 is a brilliant fiction.
Edward Champlin
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