Lives of the Caesars, Volume II: The Deified Claudius. Nero. Galba, Otho, Vitellius. Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Lives of Illustrious Men

by Suetonius

Antiquity's imperial biographer par excellence.

Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. AD 70), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher of rhetoric, but later became the emperor Hadrian's private secretary, 119-121. He dedicated to C. Septicius Clarus, prefect of the praetorian guard, his Lives of the Caesars. After the dismissal of both men for some breach of court etiquette, Suetonius...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674995651
• ISBN13: 9780674995659
• Release Date: January 1914
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.4"