Lives of the Twelve Caesars

Klappentext Suetonius! chronicler of the extraordinary personalities of the first dynasties to rule the Roman Empire! was the greatest Latin biographer. His colourful work! Lives of the Twelve Caesars! is! along with Tacitus! the major source for the period from Julius Caesar to Domitian. He sets out in vivid detail a great range of aspects illuminating the emperor's characters! their habits! from table to bedchamber - their intrigues! their loves and their deaths. Zusammenfassung This text by Suetonius! a Latin biographer! is a major source for the period from Julius Caesar to Domitian. It sets out a great range of aspects illuminating the emperors' characters! their habits - from table to bedchamber - their intrigues! loves and their deaths.

Product details

• Authors: Suetonius Tranquillus Gaius, Suetonius, C. Suetonius Tranquillus
• Assisted by: Tom Griffith (Editor), H. M. Bird (Translation)
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.1997
• EAN: 9781853264757
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-475-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature; Wordsworth Classics of World Literature; Wadsworth Classics of World Li
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Literarische Essays, altes Rom