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Excerpt from C. Suetoni Tranquilli Divus Augustus: Edited With Historical Introduction, Commentary, Appendices and Indices
The earliest Editions of Suetonius appeared in Rome (1470) and Venice The principal Editions since are those of Erasmus I. Casaubon (geneva 1595, Paris J. G. Graevius (utrecht 1672, 1691, S. Pitiscus (utrecht 1690, Louvain P. Burman (amsterdam J. H. Bremi (zurich C. G. Baumgarten-crusius (leipzig C. H. Hase (paris The text in this volume is mainly that of C. L. Roth (leipzig I have found the edition of Pitiscus, which contains the notes of the older editions, very useful, especially in regard to the legal writers. The standard edition is still that of baumgarten-crusius; and nothing, as far as I am aware, has been done for Suetonius in England.
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