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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Books by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Lives of the Twelve Caesars Cover image

Lives of the Twelve Caesars

History Non-Fiction Reference work Biography
History Ancient Rome Claudius Roman Empire Biographies Roman Emperors Titus Augustus Emperors Caesar Tiberius Caligula Nero Vespasian Domitian Nerva Trajan Hadrian Suetonius

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, while Suetonius was Hadrian's personal secretary. On the Life of th...