
The Twelve Caesars
Suetonius(Author)
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 4. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-241-26167-5 (ISBN)
Description
'Twenty-three dagger thrusts went home as he stood there. Caesar did not utter a sound...'
This vivid, racy account of the men who wielded absolute power over ancient Rome - including maniacs, tyrants, warriors, sadists and murderers - is the source for nearly everything we know about one of the most dramatic periods in history.
Ten new titles in the colourful, small-format, portable new Pocket Penguins series
This vivid, racy account of the men who wielded absolute power over ancient Rome - including maniacs, tyrants, warriors, sadists and murderers - is the source for nearly everything we know about one of the most dramatic periods in history.
Ten new titles in the colourful, small-format, portable new Pocket Penguins series
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 181 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
247 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-26167-5 (9780241261675)
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Persons
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was probably born in AD69 - the famous 'year of the four Emperors'. From the letters of Suetonius' close friend Pliny the Younger we learn that he practiced briefly at the bar, avoided political life, and became chief secretary to the Emperor Hadrian (AD117-38). Suetonius seems to have lived to a good age and probably died around the year AD140. Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.