The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

About this film

LibriVox 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 LibriVox 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.) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org Download M4B (228MB)

Directors & creators

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c75 - c160 A.D.), translated by Alexander Thomson, M.D., (? -?) and edited by T. Forester (?-?)

Subjects

LibriVox;audio books;biography;Rome;Roman history;ancient history

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