TH-cam allows me to merely “like” or “thumbs up” these videos. Assume, please, that I’m “loving” them! Also, FYI: my copy of PC’s Suetonius is still “translated by Robert Graves”, and “revised with an introduction by Michael Grant”. On the copyright page it also states: “Revised with a new Chronology and further reading 2003”. The revision is unattributed.
Please stay in the ancient world for a while, Steve! Would you do Lucan? I'm currently trying to finish The Civil War. I'm thinking I'll read The Twelve Caesars soon! Been on my list for quite some time and this is the edition I have.
Totally Pretentious Lucan’s Pharsalia is such a fascinating read, especially in light of its context amid the tyranny and madness of Nero. I hope you are enjoying it!
Thank you Steve. These daily penguins makes me want to read more of the ancient world. You make a wonderful teacher. These PCs would never get a second glance from me in a bookstore, that has changed, now I'm curious.
Another fascinating entry, Steve! My copy is the revised Graves translation. When I read I, Claudius for the first time I would try to follow along with Suetonius to see how much of “Graves the professor” was mirrored in “Graves the author”. I ended up loving both.
I appreciated the bit about Latin students reading Caesar. I'm a Latin student whose teacher recommended Julius Caesar because it's easy to read, so I guess we're not a dying breed after all!
I look forward to your take on Livy. I still feel guilty about not persisting with a full read through of Aubrey de Selincourt's translation of The Early History of Rome. I just might blow the dust off that 1987 Penguin reprint still sitting in my book case, and give it another go.
I had to read Julius Caesar as a grammar school student in the 50s early 60s, and I agree with Steve. He is no place to start reading Latin literature. For a young girl who loved Latin Julius was a boring braggart.
TH-cam allows me to merely “like” or “thumbs up” these videos. Assume, please, that I’m “loving” them! Also, FYI: my copy of PC’s Suetonius is still “translated by Robert Graves”, and “revised with an introduction by Michael Grant”. On the copyright page it also states: “Revised with a new Chronology and further reading 2003”. The revision is unattributed.
Please stay in the ancient world for a while, Steve! Would you do Lucan? I'm currently trying to finish The Civil War. I'm thinking I'll read The Twelve Caesars soon! Been on my list for quite some time and this is the edition I have.
Totally Pretentious Lucan’s Pharsalia is such a fascinating read, especially in light of its context amid the tyranny and madness of Nero. I hope you are enjoying it!
Thank you Steve. These daily penguins makes me want to read more of the ancient world. You make a wonderful teacher. These PCs would never get a second glance from me in a bookstore, that has changed, now I'm curious.
You are creating a treasure trove!
I checked my penguin edition of Suetonius, it's translated by Graves but annotated by James B Rives.
Another fascinating entry, Steve!
My copy is the revised Graves translation. When I read I, Claudius for the first time I would try to follow along with Suetonius to see how much of “Graves the professor” was mirrored in “Graves the author”. I ended up loving both.
I appreciated the bit about Latin students reading Caesar. I'm a Latin student whose teacher recommended Julius Caesar because it's easy to read, so I guess we're not a dying breed after all!
I love my copy of the twelve caesars by gaius suetonius tranquilus published by penguin.
Suetonius is one of my favourite authors of all time
I look forward to your take on Livy. I still feel guilty about not persisting with a full read through of Aubrey de Selincourt's translation of The Early History of Rome. I just might blow the dust off that 1987 Penguin reprint still sitting in my book case, and give it another go.
Shouldn't there be something like Ancient April, a month long read-along of those classics?
Awesome slice of historical Rome, thank you for bringing these must-experience reads to the fore!
The source for I Claudius.
I have a request: Boethius!!!!
This was a one time series in 2020
I had to read Julius Caesar as a grammar school student in the 50s early 60s, and I agree with Steve. He is no place to start reading Latin literature. For a young girl who loved Latin Julius was a boring braggart.