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De vita Caesarum ( Latin; lit. "About the Life of the Caesars"), commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The group are: Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC), Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius ...
Oct 22, 2006 · A classic work of Roman biography by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, covering the lives of the first twelve emperors from Julius Caesar to Domitian. The book also includes his Lives of eminent Grammarians, Rhetoricians, and Poets, translated by Alexander Thomson.
The plan adopted by Suetonius in his Lives of the Twelve Caesars, led him to be more diffuse on their personal conduct and habits than on public events. He writes Memoirs rather than History.
A PDF document of the translation of Suetonius' biographies of the first twelve Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian. The document includes the translator's note, the contents and the book titles of each emperor's life.
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Suetonius: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars; An English Translation, Augmented with the Biographies of Contemporary Statesmen, Orators, Poets, and Other Associates. Suetonius. Publishing Editor.
Suetonius is mainly remembered as the author of De Vita Caesarum—translated as The Life of the Caesars, although a more common English title is The Lives of the Twelve Caesars or simply The Twelve Caesars—his only extant work except for the brief biographies and other fragments noted below.
Nov 22, 2017 · Learn about the life and work of Suetonius, the author of the famous biographies of Rome’s first 12 emperors. Discover how he used stories of virtue and vice to evaluate their rule and character.
