The Twelve Caesars

By: Suetonius

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Paperback | 21 January 2008 | Edition Number 1

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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) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero and the recovery that came with his successors. A masterpiece of observation, anecdote and detailed physical description, The Twelve Caesars presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn-and all too human-individuals.

James B. Rives has sensitively updated Robert Graves's now classic translation, reinstating Latin terms and updating vocabulary while retaining the liveliness of the original. This edition contains a new chronology, further reading, glossaries, maps, notes and an introduction discussing Suetonius' life and works.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Abbreviations	p. vii
Chronology	p. viii
Introduction	p. xvii
Analyses of the 'Lives'	p. xlii
Further Reading	p. liii
A Note on the Text	p. lviii
Divus Julius	p. 1
Divus Augustus	p. 43
Tiberius	p. 104
Gaius Caligula	p. 145
Divus Claudius	p. 178
Nero	p. 207
Galba	p. 242
Otho	p. 255
Vitellius	p. 263
Divus Vespasian	p. 274
Divus Titus	p. 288
Domitian	p. 295
Glossary of Terms	p. 311
Glossary of Place Names in Rome	p. 319
Key to Maps	p. 325
Maps	p. 330
Family Trees	p. 343
Notes	p. 347
Index of Historical Persons	p. 382
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