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1	The twelve Caesars more books like this by Suetonius As private secretary to the Emporer Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and used them (along with carefully gathered eye-witness accounts ) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history. "The Twelve Caesars" chronicles the lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Twelve Caesars more books like this by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, Robert Graves (Translator), J B Rives (Notes by) As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful 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 ... see all copies from $3.22! new only from $8.66! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Lives of the Twelve Caesars more books like this by Suetonius This text by Suetonius, a Latin biographer, is a major source for the period from Julius Caesar to Domitian. He sets out a great range of aspects illuminating the emperors' characters, their habits - from table to bedchamber - their intrigues, their loves and their deaths. Himself, a court official, Suetonius quotes from a variety of sources, from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Lives of the Caesars more books like this by Suetonius The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Suetonius composed his material from a variety of sources, without much concern for their reliability. His biographies consist the ancestry and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.65! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Suetonius: Volume 2 more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus, J C Rolfe (Translator) Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. 70 CE), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher of rhetoric, but later became the emperor Hadrian's private secretary, 119-121. He dedicated to C. Septicius Clarus, prefect of the praetorian guard, his "Lives of the Caesars." After the dismissal of both men for some breach of ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $24.00!
6	The Twelve Caesars: The Lives of the Roman Emperors more books like this by Suetonius The biographies of Roman emperors from Julius Caesar through Augustus, Nero, Caligula, Claudius, and others are filled with historical interest and scandal. see all copies from $4.49! new only from $16.79! \| SVS
7	Suetonius, Volume 1: The Lives of the Caesars - Julius. Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius. Caligula more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus, John C Rolfe (Editor), K R Bradley (Introduction by) Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. 70 CE), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher of rhetoric, but later became the emperor Hadrian's private secretary, 119-121. He dedicated to C. Septicius Clarus, prefect of the praetorian guard, his "Lives of the Caesars." After the dismissal of both men for some breach of ... see all copies from $17.00! new only from $24.00! \| SVS
8	Suetonius: Diuus Claudius more books like this by Donna W Hurley (Editor), Suetonius Tranquillus, P E Easterling (Editor) The first-century emperor Claudius did not leave the fledgling Roman Empire as he had found it: his contribution was to turn its developing institutions into an imperial tradition. But the ancient sources represent him as an odd personality - active but manipulated by his inferiors, at once distracted and awkward and cruel. Suetonius' biography is ... see all copies from $23.25! new only from $29.27! \| SVS
9	de Grammaticis Et Rhetoribus more books like this by Suetonius C Tranquillus, C Suetonius Tranquillus (Translator), Suetonius Suetonius' biographical sketches of the teachers of "grammar" and rhetoric survive only in part and are fairly brief; yet it would be difficult to name another text of similar scope that is a more productive resource for the study of Roman cultural history in the classical period. For the early history of Roman education it is literally ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $154.14! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Suetonius: Lives of Galba, Otho and Vitellius more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus, David Shotter (Editor) Suetonius has often been used as if he were an historian, and at the same time criticised for not being one. This is a new translation of and commentary on Suetonius' biographies of three emperors, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, who held power for short periods in the tumultuous and confused events that encompassed and followed the end of the Julio ... see all copies from $18.73! new only from $150.00!
11	Suetonius: Verpasian more books like this by Suetonius, Brian W Jones (Editor) The emperor Vespasian (AD69-79) is universally regarded as one of the better Roman emperors. Coming to the throne after the demise of Nero and the bitterness of a year-long civil war, he restored the empire's finances and inaugurated a period of peace and prosperity. Tacitus, Pliny and Josephus had a high regard for Vespasian, portraying him as an ... see all copies from $18.90! new only from $25.83!
12 view cover	The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Complete more books like this by Tranquillus Suetonius Memoirs rather than history, lives rather than events; includes Lives of the Poets, Grammarians and Historians see all copies from $17.50! new only from $22.89! \| SVS
13	Suetonius: Loeb Classical #38 more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus see all copies from $14.93! new only from $25.31!
14	Lives of the Twelve Caesars more books like this by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, A. Thompson (Translator), Suetonius see all copies from $15.00!
15	Suetonius: Nero more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus, B Warmington (Editor) see all copies from $13.95!
16	Vida de Los Doce Cesares more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus see all copies from $18.04! new only from $18.05!
17	Suetonius: Loeb #31 more books like this by Suetonius, J C Rolfe (Translator) see all copies from $10.50!
18 view cover	Vidas de Los Cesares by Suetonius Tranquillus La originalidad de la obra de Suetonio Vidas de los Cesares consiste en haber experimentado para narrar la vida de personajes de la vida publica (doce emperadores romanos) el modelo de la biografia alejandrina que solia aplicarse para las personalidades de la literatura o la cultura. see all copies from $33.03! new only from $33.03!
19 view cover	The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Augustus (Dodo Press) more books like this by C Suetonius Tranquillus, T Forester (Editor), Alexander Thomson (Translator) Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c70-c140), also known as Suetonius, was a prominent Roman historian and biographer. He is mainly remembered as the author of De Vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars, best known in English as The Twelve Caesars), his only extant work. The Twelve Caesars, probably written in Hadrian's time, is a collective biography of ... see all copies from $10.07! new only from $10.07! \| SVS
20	Suetonius on the Life of Tiberius more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus see all copies from $26.00!
21 view cover	The Lives of the Caesars: The Deified Augustus more books like this by Gaius Suetonius see all copies from $32.39!
22 view cover	The Lives of the Caesars more books like this by Gaius Suetonius see all copies from $33.69!
23 view cover	The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Titus and Domitian (Dodo Press) more books like this by C Suetonius Tranquillus, T Forester (Editor), Alexander Thomson (Translator) Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c70-c140), also known as Suetonius, was a prominent Roman historian and biographer. He is mainly remembered as the author of De Vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars, best known in English as The Twelve Caesars), his only extant work. The Twelve Caesars, probably written in Hadrian's time, is a collective biography of ... see all copies from $9.46! new only from $9.46! \| SVS
24	C. Suetoni Tranquilli Divus Augustus more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus see all copies from $24.00!
25 view cover	Suetonius: Galba, Otho, Vitellius more books like this by Suetonius Tranquillus, Charles L Murison see all copies from $18.54! new only from $62.46!

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