| Lives of the Twelve Caesars Revised Edition Contributor(s): Suetonius (Author), Bird, H. M. (Translator), Barton, Tamsyn (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 185326475X ISBN-13: 9781853264757 Publisher: Wordsworth Editions OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 193 |
| Series: Wadsworth Classics of World Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5" W x 7.81" (0.53 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Translated by H.M. Bird With an Introduction by Tamsyn Barton. 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. Himself a court official, he quotes from a variety of sources, from the official and private documents as well as from old anecdotes, gossip, songs and jokes, giving an unparalleled oblique view of his subjects. Long familiar to students of classics, he found a new audience as the main source for Robert Graves' novels and the subsequent television series I, Claudius. |