Read 12 Caesar’s several times over the years. Had heard that he was Hadrian’s secretary. Had always been amazed that he had access to Augustus’ private letters to his wife, etc. and figured it was due to his connections with Hadrian. I never was aware, however, that he was the state Archivist. No wonder. What an incredible position for an historian to have held!
Yup, If you're a busybody who likes scandal, Suetonius won the lottery by being a Nosy Parker put in charge of the state archives. He devoured all those old secret records and love letters with a spoon, and gleefully made notes on where "all the bodies were buried," then wrote a steamy kiss - and - tell bestseller that has been historians' guilty pleasure for centuries sense. Think "Liasions Dangerouse," but non - fiction.
How amazing I get up this morning and there you are talking about Suetonius and guess what is on my bedside stand that I read just last night !! Suetonius !!! I was so surprised how much I genuinely liked Augustus. I was wondering if these are presented in order ? I tried hard to start Adrian's book on Antony and Cleopatra and am having a hard time. I may have to switch to something less 'collegiate' and work my way up, seems I do not know enough of the history !
Great watching the enthusiastic way you tell us about all these historic figures and specifically Suetonious, who was one of the first of the Roman writers/historians that I read back when I was a teenager in the 1970s. On a pedantic side note; I always find it interesting how English speakers and other Germanic language speakers always insist that in Latin the U, which the Romans chiseled as a V, was pronounced as "wuh" thus you get "wine or wein" from "vinum". So that means that all romance language speakers have it wrong when they say "vino, vin, or vinho". I'm not a linguist but I am fortunate enough to speak a few languades fluently and I'm not too bad at a few others. Also I can confirm that in modern Italian "Suetonius" is refered to as "Svetonio". I have no idea who's correct but always found it pretentious, to say the least, that people who dont speak a Latin language know better than people who do. We wont even get into Winny, Widdy, Wichee. Thanks for the Wideo, its was fun to watch.
Only discovered your channel recently and I have to say the energy and expressiveness you bring to the topics you cover (and to history + historiography in general!) is fantastic ✨ Thanks to your videos I'm learning a good deal more about myths, legends, civilizations, historical figures, etc. than I thought I'd ever have interest in. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks Erica, your enthusiasm really shines through in every video you do. You are brilliant. It would be really interesting to get a full analysis of Suetonius' work as some of the stories are so embedded within our culture (particularly the incredible stories regarding Gaius (Caligula)) that it would be good to understand which of them are backed up by other sources.
Invite them all Erica, we want the summary and the analysis later! Also, with the new Gladiator movie coming out do you think you could review 'Those who are about to die' by Daniel P. Mannix? Pretty please?
Looking lovely, as always. If one reads between the lines--yes, this is about the text--Hadrian was definitely the object of his disgust; Hadrian is strewn throughout the "Lives", just under the surface. A disgust I must share due to Hadrian's (not so) small part in the endemic conflict in the Holy Land spanning back to his reign. As if the Antinoös affair wasn't bad enough. You missed Titus in the listing of the Princeps...it appears (as I was so taught) that Suetonius thought Titus ideal in that "he did no bad" (in reigning so briefly). Now go read the SHA, and compare the two.
Just went through the dating thing a few hours ago. It was my sister's birthday so my niece was reading famous names that share each of our birthdays. Mine is August 1, and she read "Katherine Parr". I have a medieval history degree that was 50% focused on the Tudors (50% the occult & folklore of western Europe). There's just no way I share a birthday with one of the major figures in the Tudor court and don't know it. My niece mocked me for being able to give an outline of Parr's life, marriages and death but i don't know she has my birthday. So I looked it up & it's a very loose "believed to have been born in August", and that confused everyone but me. You get used to it. Certainly there is more extant information on Parr than Suetonius, but in early 16th century records were kept depending on socioeconomic status & family names so there's no guarantee. Even Henry viii's birthday is recorded incorrectly in his grandmother's Bible (it was corrected at some point). While Arthur was alive, Henry just wasn't that important. If a prince in a new dynasty trying to to establish itself can be recorded incorrectly, imagine what's the lacking of the "peasant" class. Dates are recorded only when someone literate feels the birth is important enough to record.
I'm a subscriber and checked all of your videos & didn't see where you had other videos on Suetonius. I'm wondering where those videos can be accessed. My understanding is that you were going to have videos summarizing the works. Am I incorrect?
I just found this channel and it took me a second but now that I see that it's called "moan" I can't imagine that it wasn't on purpose. I suppose good scholarship is indeed very pleasing. Not gonna object to that.
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Here in California it's 130am and I'm watching this I'm glad I haven't gone to bed yet 😂❤
4:40am here
Oh my god wut 😵💫 Pls sleep xoxo
@@MoAnInc luckily I went to bed after enjoying your video 👌🔥❤️
Yes, I would love to hear more about the analysis of Suetonius! Another book to order from Amazon! YEAH!!!!!!
Me too !!
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You do such a wonderful job sharing your knowledge. Thank you for everything.
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Erica is always very enthusiastic! 👌
Agreed! One of the best presenters of knowledge on YT, hands down
Thank you 🥹✨
Read 12 Caesar’s several times over the years. Had heard that he was Hadrian’s secretary. Had always been amazed that he had access to Augustus’ private letters to his wife, etc. and figured it was due to his connections with Hadrian. I never was aware, however, that he was the state Archivist. No wonder. What an incredible position for an historian to have held!
Yup, If you're a busybody who likes scandal, Suetonius won the lottery by being a Nosy Parker put in charge of the state archives. He devoured all those old secret records and love letters with a spoon, and gleefully made notes on where "all the bodies were buried," then wrote a steamy kiss - and - tell bestseller that has been historians' guilty pleasure for centuries sense. Think "Liasions Dangerouse," but non - fiction.
Thank you, algorithm, for suggesting this channel for me. Instantly hooked and subscribed. Can't wait to dig in to your other videos!
Thank you so much!
How amazing I get up this morning and there you are talking about Suetonius and guess what is on my bedside stand that I read just last night !! Suetonius !!! I was so surprised how much I genuinely liked Augustus. I was wondering if these are presented in order ? I tried hard to start Adrian's book on Antony and Cleopatra and am having a hard time. I may have to switch to something less 'collegiate' and work my way up, seems I do not know enough of the history !
Thank you Erica. Understanding History is 99% context, that's why so many people today, in Movies, on YT, only get right 1% of the time
Great watching the enthusiastic way you tell us about all these historic figures and specifically Suetonious, who was one of the first of the Roman writers/historians that I read back when I was a teenager in the 1970s.
On a pedantic side note; I always find it interesting how English speakers and other Germanic language speakers always insist that in Latin the U, which the Romans chiseled as a V, was pronounced as "wuh" thus you get "wine or wein" from "vinum". So that means that all romance language speakers have it wrong when they say "vino, vin, or vinho". I'm not a linguist but I am fortunate enough to speak a few languades fluently and I'm not too bad at a few others. Also I can confirm that in modern Italian "Suetonius" is refered to as "Svetonio". I have no idea who's correct but always found it pretentious, to say the least, that people who dont speak a Latin language know better than people who do. We wont even get into Winny, Widdy, Wichee.
Thanks for the Wideo, its was fun to watch.
Nice intro to the series👍🏻... and I love the blouse 😍
Thank you!!
Only discovered your channel recently and I have to say the energy and expressiveness you bring to the topics you cover (and to history + historiography in general!) is fantastic ✨
Thanks to your videos I'm learning a good deal more about myths, legends, civilizations, historical figures, etc. than I thought I'd ever have interest in. Keep up the great work!!
Oh thank you so much 🥹🖤
I can’t wait to share these latest videos with my Ancient History A Level class 👌
😭🩵 love u xx
Thank you, Erica. 💙💙💙
Thanks for watching!
Great take on one of antiquity's greatest historians. He was gossipy, but i think he got a lot of things right about Rome.
Oh boy, Suetonius, what a piece of work!
Thanks Erica, your enthusiasm really shines through in every video you do. You are brilliant.
It would be really interesting to get a full analysis of Suetonius' work as some of the stories are so embedded within our culture (particularly the incredible stories regarding Gaius (Caligula)) that it would be good to understand which of them are backed up by other sources.
Thank you so much 🥹
Looking forward to it! 👍
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Invite them all Erica, we want the summary and the analysis later! Also, with the new Gladiator movie coming out do you think you could review 'Those who are about to die' by Daniel P. Mannix? Pretty please?
Brilliant and interesting as always. Thanks a lot for your videos🤓
Thanks for tuning in!
Can’t wait to hear the stories!
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Keep up the exceptional job, Erica 👏
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Your shirt is amazing.
Thanks!
Looking lovely, as always. If one reads between the lines--yes, this is about the text--Hadrian was definitely the object of his disgust; Hadrian is strewn throughout the "Lives", just under the surface. A disgust I must share due to Hadrian's (not so) small part in the endemic conflict in the Holy Land spanning back to his reign. As if the Antinoös affair wasn't bad enough.
You missed Titus in the listing of the Princeps...it appears (as I was so taught) that Suetonius thought Titus ideal in that "he did no bad" (in reigning so briefly). Now go read the SHA, and compare the two.
Who wins the gossipy historian fight between Suetonius and Procopius?
Just went through the dating thing a few hours ago. It was my sister's birthday so my niece was reading famous names that share each of our birthdays.
Mine is August 1, and she read "Katherine Parr". I have a medieval history degree that was 50% focused on the Tudors (50% the occult & folklore of western Europe). There's just no way I share a birthday with one of the major figures in the Tudor court and don't know it.
My niece mocked me for being able to give an outline of Parr's life, marriages and death but i don't know she has my birthday. So I looked it up & it's a very loose "believed to have been born in August", and that confused everyone but me.
You get used to it. Certainly there is more extant information on Parr than Suetonius, but in early 16th century records were kept depending on socioeconomic status & family names so there's no guarantee. Even Henry viii's birthday is recorded incorrectly in his grandmother's Bible (it was corrected at some point).
While Arthur was alive, Henry just wasn't that important. If a prince in a new dynasty trying to to establish itself can be recorded incorrectly, imagine what's the lacking of the "peasant" class.
Dates are recorded only when someone literate feels the birth is important enough to record.
Contemporary to Tacitus?
I'm a subscriber and checked all of your videos & didn't see where you had other videos on Suetonius. I'm wondering where those videos can be accessed. My understanding is that you were going to have videos summarizing the works. Am I incorrect?
Yes, they’ll be coming soon!
@@MoAnInc Thanks for the reply! I'm looking forward to those videos!
Seutonis..the Gossip Girl of the Romans.
For real
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Thank you for pointing out that Julius Caesar was a Caesar in name only and that the first Caesar (as in Emperor of Rome) was actually Augustus.
Of course he was the emperor. He did hold al the important positions and the other guys used his name to say that they were the emperor
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@@sjaakbral83 Rome was a republic under Julius Caesar, he titled himself Dictator. The republic ended when Octavian became Emperor around 27BCE
@@andydavis8437 yes and Russia is officially a democratic republic.
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I just found this channel and it took me a second but now that I see that it's called "moan" I can't imagine that it wasn't on purpose. I suppose good scholarship is indeed very pleasing. Not gonna object to that.
I am remember studying the man- he always got me gasping with the stuff he’d say!
RIGHT!!!
He was so gossipy
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Polybius > Suetonius
interesting to listening to except for the silly giggling
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