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'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDAL

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Suetonius' classic treatise on the lives of the first twelve emperors of the Roman Empire.

The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Suetonius composed his material from a variety of sources, without much... Read Full Overview

An essential primary source on Roman history and a fascinating achievement of scholarship covering a critical period in the Empire As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts)... Read Full Overview

"Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system," Suetonius.

"Upon the whole, he added nothing to his own happiness by all the dangers, the fatigues, and the... Read Full Overview

The Twelve Caesars - Suetonius . A translation into English by A. S. Kline . Published in entirety with in-depth name index. In the Twelve Caesars ( De Vita Caesarum ) Suetonius provides us with biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven Roman Emperors who followed him. The... Read Full Overview

Las vidas de los doce C sares, son biograf as de doce C sares, desde Julio C sar hasta Domiciano. Si bien se ha criticado el exceso de an cdotas escabrosas, su ingenuidad y el inter s que despierta la vida privada de los C sares han hecho que su obra no haya dejado nunca de interesar... Read Full Overview