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By: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c75 - c160 AD)

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

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 the 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”.

Book cover The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius Caesar
Book cover The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 08: Otho
Book cover The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 11: Titus
Book cover The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 09: Vitellius
Book cover The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 07: Galba
Book cover The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 14: Lives of the Poets

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