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audible1 recording of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, translated by Alexander Thomson, M.D., edited by T. Forester, and read by audible1 volunteers.
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. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars concentrates on the acts and personalities of the Julio-Claudians and their immediate successors. Together with Tacitus’ Annals, this work is a major source for the historical details in Robert Graves’ novels “I Claudius” and “Claudius the God”. This edition includes the fragmentary Lives of Famous Rhetoricians, Grammarians, and Poets. (Summary from Wikipedia, adapted and extended by Karen Merline.)
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