Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

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ISBN
9780140455168
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140455167
ISBN-13
9780140455168
eBay Product ID (ePID)
62234309

Product Key Features

Book Title
Twelve Caesars
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Ancient, Ancient / Rome, Presidents & Heads of State, Historical
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Suetonius
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Notes by
Rives, James
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
937/.070922
Synopsis
An essential primary source on Roman history and a fascinating achievement of scholarship covering a critical period in the Empire 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 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 observation, anecdote and detailed physical description, The Twelve Caesars presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn--and all too human--individuals. James B. Rives has sensitively updated Robert Graves's now classic translation, reinstating Latin terms and updating vocabulary while retaining the liveliness of the original. This edition contains a new chronology, further reading, glossaries, maps, notes and an introduction discussing Suetonius' life and works. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., 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 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 observation, anecdote and detailed physical description, The Twelve Caesars presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn - and all too human - individuals., Written during the reign of Hadrian, by Hadrian personal secretary, Suetonius, "The Twelve Caesars" was the most popular and longest of Suetonius's surviving works. Beginning with the life of Julius Caesar and continuing with the first eleven emperors of Rome who followed him, "The Twelve Caesars" is one of the most important historical bibliographical works of the Roman Empire and discusses the critical period in Roman history known as the Principate, from the end of the Republic to the reign of Domitian.
LC Classification Number
DG277

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