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The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)
by Suetonius
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0140440720
- ISBN 13
- 9780140440720
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About This Item
London, UK: Penguin Classics, 1957. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Penguin Classics, London, 1957. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Translated by Robert Graves, Revised and with Introduction by Michael Grant. Cover shows Roman relief depicting the Emperors Vesasian and Domitian, and a personification of Rome. The cream and pale gray wraps are clean and unmarked with a crease to the lower quadrant; binding is tight and solid, hinges intact, square. First page also has crease to lower corner. Pages lightly and evenly toned, quite clean, no marks of any kind. Suetonius (born AD 69) was the first Latin biographer of any note and he writes in a dramatic, entertaining way. "The Twelve Caesars" covers the Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Suetonius gathered much of his information from eye-witnesses, checking his facts, and quotes conflicting evidence without bias. His history is the most vivid and raciest account we have of scandalous and amusing incidents in the domestic lives of the first Caesars. 363 pp. Genealogical Tables, Coin Portraits, Dates of the Twelve Caesars, Further Reading, Keys to Place-names, Maps, Index of Personal Names and Peoples. 7.75 x 5". 1957, Penguin Classics, London, UK.
Synopsis
Not much is known about the life of Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus . He was probably born in AD 69—the famous ‘year of the four Emperors’—when his father, a Roman knight, served as a colonel in a regular legion and took part in the Battle of Betriacum. From the letters of Suetonius’ close friend Pliny the Younger we learn that he practiced briefly at the bar, avoided political life, and became chief secretary to the Emperor Hadrian (AD 117-38). He was one of several Palace officials, including the Guards Commander, whom Hadrian, when he returned from Britain, dismissed for behaving impolitely to the Empress Sabina. Suetonius seems to have lived to a good age and probably died around the year AD 140. The titles of his books are recorded as follows: The Twelve Caesars , Royal Biographies , Lives of Famous Whores , Roman Masters and Customs , The Roman Year , Roman Festivals , Roman Dress , Greek Games , On Public Offices , Cicero’s Republic , The Physical Defects of Mankind , Methods of Reckoning Time , An Essay on Nature , Greek Terms of Abuse , Grammatical Problems and Critical Signs Used in Books . But apart from fragments of his Illustrious Writers , which include short biographies of Virgil, Horace and Lucan, the only extant book is The Twelve Caesars , one of the most fascinating and colorful of all Latin histories.
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- Title
- The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)
- Author
- Suetonius
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140440720
- ISBN 13
- 9780140440720
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- ANCIENT ROMAN HISTORY LITERATURE AUGUSTUS JULIUS CAESAR DOMITIAN TITUS VESPASIAN VITELLIUS OTHO GALBA NERO CLAUDIUS GAIUS (CALIGULA) TIBERIUS
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