Ebook {Epub PDF} Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

15 rows ·  · 15 by Suetonius; The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius. Download This eBook. Author: Suetonius, 69?? How long he survived this disgrace, which appears to have befallen him in the year , we are not informed; but we find that the leisure afforded him by his retirement, was employed in the composition of numerous works, of which the most important was " The Lives of the Twelve Caesars." The plan adopted by Suetonius in his Lives of the Twelve Caesars, led him to be more diffuse on their personal . Enriched by anecdotes, gossip, and details of character and personal appearance, Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius (born c. 70 CE) is a valuable and colorful source of information about the first twelve Roman emperors, Roman imperial politics, and Roman imperial society. Part of Suetonius's Lives of Illustrious Men (of letters) also survives.

The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius. Topics GENERALITIES Publisher Modern Library New York Collection universallibrary Contributor BRAOU Language English. Addeddate. The Life and Work of Suetonius vii. The Twelve Caesars xiii. General Characteristics xiii. The Manuscripts xvii. Bibliographical Note xxiii. Sigla xxvii. Book I The Deified Julius 1. Book II The Deified Augustus Book III Tiberius Book IV Gaius Caligula Stemma of the Julio-Claudian Family Book V The Deified Claudius Book. Suetonius. 80 ratings9 reviews. The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, was the most popular work of Suetonius, at that time Hadrian's personal secretary, and.

The Lives of the Caesars is one of the best surviving sources covering the early Roman Empire. In these 12 biographies, Suetonius discusses the lives of Julius Caesar and his 11 successors, from the mid first century BC to the death of Domitian in 96 AD. “I found a city of brick and left it marble.”. How long he survived this disgrace, which appears to have befallen him in the year , we are not informed; but we find that the leisure afforded him by his retirement, was employed in the composition of numerous works, of which the most important was " The Lives of the Twelve Caesars." The plan adopted by Suetonius in his Lives of the Twelve Caesars, led him to be more diffuse on their personal conduct and habits than on public events. Enriched by anecdotes, gossip, and details of character and personal appearance, Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius (born c. 70 CE) is a valuable and colorful source of information about the first twelve Roman emperors, Roman imperial politics, and Roman imperial society. Part of Suetonius's Lives of Illustrious Men (of letters) also survives.