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| Original Title: | De vita Caesarum |
| ISBN: | 0140449213 (ISBN13: 9780140449211) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Lives of the Twelve Caesars #1-12 |
| Characters: | Nero (emperor), Caligula, Lucius Livius Ocella Servius Sulpicius Galba, Titus Flavius Domitianus, Marcus Salvius Otho, Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Titus (emperor), Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Aulus Vitellius, Augustus, Julius Caesar |
Suetonius
Paperback | Pages: 363 pages Rating: 4.05 | 15267 Users | 581 Reviews
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As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eye-witness accounts) to produce one of the most colorful 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 anecdote, wry observation and detailed physical description, The Twelve Caesars presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn — and all too human — individuals.Robert Graves's celebrated translation, sensitively revised by Michael Grant, captures all the wit and immediacy of Suetonius' original.
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| Title | : | The Twelve Caesars (The Lives of the Twelve Caesars #1-12) |
| Author | : | Suetonius |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Revised Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 363 pages |
| Published | : | May 6th 2003 by Penguin Classics (first published 121) |
| Categories | : | History. Classics. Nonfiction. Biography. Ancient History |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 15267 Users | 581 ReviewsNotice Epithetical Books The Twelve Caesars (The Lives of the Twelve Caesars #1-12)
This Roman bedtime reading gives the reader a mixed experience. The length of the lives is uneven - the first three lives in the Robert Graves (he'd go on to recycle much of the material here into his novels I Claudius and Claudius the God) translation alone make up half the book, the division of each life into public (civil and military exploits), and private parts (adventures in bedroom and dining room) works against presenting each life as an organic whole and Suetonius' sense of cause andOne of the raciest history books every written, full of fascinating detail. :-)
Suetonius is like a gossipy old woman. Loved it!
It's hard to rate the raging lunatics of the Roman Caesars. One star, definitely, for the heinous acts that happened under their reign in Roman history, but five stars for Suetonius's recounting of it all. On one hand, the recounts were wonderfully retold. Everything was gruesomely and point-blank honestly laid out on the table. No details, it seems, were left untold. Even Suetonius said that though this was hard for him to write, he would write every bit of it. And he did.All the gross,
Julius Caesar the catamite of King of Bithnyia?? Augustus singeing off his leg hair with hot walnut shells!! Caligula's seductive maiden dance!! Oh my! Simply delicious!
This Roman bedtime reading gives the reader a mixed experience. The length of the lives is uneven - the first three lives in the Robert Graves (he'd go on to recycle much of the material here into his novels I Claudius and Claudius the God) translation alone make up half the book, the division of each life into public (civil and military exploits), and private parts (adventures in bedroom and dining room) works against presenting each life as an organic whole and Suetonius' sense of cause and
Love history, Hanneke...I will have to take a look at this!
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