Suetonius Divus Vespasianus 22

ed. J. Eugene Reed, Alexander Thomson (Translator)

Table of Contents

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

Divus Vespasianus. Suetonius. ed. J. Eugene Reed, Alexander Thomson (Translator). Philadelphia. 1883.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.

Current edition Perseus

Vespasian (English) (Suetonius. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Thomson, Alexander, M.D, translator; Reed, J.E., editor. Philadelphia: Gebbie, 1883.)

Editions (2)
Divus Vespasianus Perseus (Suetonius. De Vita Caesarum Libri VIII. Ihm, Max, editor; Leipzig: Teubner, 1908.) — 22.1 focus
Latin (Mooney, 1930; two-witness OCR draft) Experimental (George W. Mooney, C. Suetoni Tranquilli De Vita Caesarum Libri VII–VIII, 1930. Two supplied HathiTrust OCR witnesses: inu.30000076323157 and pst.000005277278. Ihm-aligned chapters and sections; unresolved OCR retained and documented in the accompanying Mooney audit.)

No corresponding passage available

Translations (5)
Vespasian — English (Holland, 1899; selective 1606 variants) (OCR draft) Experimental (Reviewed existing structured XML; conservative source comparison and unresolved-note inventory, September 2026. English (Holland, 1899; selective 1606 variants))

No corresponding passage available

Vespasian — English (Rolfe, 1914; reviewed XML) (OCR draft) Experimental (Reviewed existing structured XML; conservative source comparison and unresolved-note inventory, September 2026. English (Rolfe, 1914; reviewed XML))

No corresponding passage available

English (Mooney, 1930; two-witness OCR draft) Experimental (George W. Mooney, C. Suetoni Tranquilli De Vita Caesarum Libri VII–VIII, 1930. Two supplied HathiTrust OCR witnesses: inu.30000076323157 and pst.000005277278. Ihm-aligned chapters and sections; unresolved OCR retained and documented in the accompanying Mooney audit.)

No corresponding passage available

Commentary (Mooney, 1930; English; OCR draft) Experimental (George W. Mooney, C. Suetoni Tranquilli De Vita Caesarum Libri VII–VIII, 1930. Two supplied HathiTrust OCR witnesses: inu.30000076323157 and pst.000005277278. Ihm-aligned chapters and sections; unresolved OCR retained and documented in the accompanying Mooney audit.)

No corresponding passage available

Commentary (Braithwaite, 1927; English; OCR draft) Experimental (A. W. Braithwaite, C. Suetoni Tranquilli Divus Vespasianus. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. Commentary prepared from one UIUG OCR witness, with Ihm chapter/section targets and mentioned/note lemma markup. OCR draft; see braithwaite1927-audit for provenance, decisions and unresolved issues.)

No corresponding passage available

Notes on the current edition

Vespasian

1. Probably the emperor had not entirely worn off, or might even affect the rustic dialect of his Sabine countrymen: for among the peasantry the au was still pronounced o, as in plostrum for plaustrum, a waggon; and in orum for aurum, gold, c. The emperor's retort was very happy, Flaurus being derived from a Greek word, which signifies worthless, while the consular critic's proper name, Florus, was connected with much more agreeable associations.
2. Some of the German critics think that the passage bears the sense of the gratuity having been given by the lady, and that so parsimonious a prince as Vespasian was not likely to have paid such a sum as is here stated for a lady's proffered favours.