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The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

by Suetonius

This volume presents a collection of biographical memoirs by the Roman historian Suetonius regarding the lives of the first twelve Caesars. The text focuses on the personal conduct, habits, and private character of these rulers rather than on military or political history.

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English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
121
Latest release
Oct 13, 2026
Pages
777
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Paperback nonfiction
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Table of Contents

  1. The Lives of the Grammarians, Rhetoricians, and Poets.
  2. Preface
  3. I. Julius Caesar
  4. I. That the family of the Octavii was of the first distinction in Velitrae
  5. I. The patrician family of the Claudii
  6. I. Germanicus
  7. I. Livia
  8. I. Two celebrated families
  9. I. The race of the Caesars became extinct in Nero
  10. I. The ancestors of Otho
  11. I. Aulus Vitellius
  12. T. Flavius Vespasianus Augustus
  13. I. Titus
  14. I. Domitian
  15. I. The science of grammar
  16. I. Rhetoric
  17. Lives of the Poets
  18. The Life of Terence
  19. The Life of Juvenal
  20. The Life of Persius
  21. The Life of Horace
  22. The Life of Pliny
  23. Index