Glad you enjoyed it! I think I had virtually the opposite problem to you - it was all about emperors during my own studies, and then I was suddenly asked to teach Republican history when I graduated. Anyway, I'm sure you'll enjoy reading this, and it is bound to pay off in your teaching somehow or other. I read the Oxford World Classics edition (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Satyricon-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0192839527/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246907193&sr=8-1), and was pretty impressed with it.