The Life of the Twelve Caesars. About Famous People

The enlightened ancient Roman writer Suetonius, personal secretary to Emperor Hadrian, remains in history as the author of the collection of biographies «The Life of the Twelve Caesars» — one of the main sources of our knowledge about the most scandalous and exciting era from a political standpoint in the history of Ancient Rome. A procession of world rulers — tyrants and generals, divine heroes and bloodthirsty madmen — from Julius Caesar to Emperor Domitian will pass before the reader. The text sheds light on political intrigues as well as the intimate lives of the Caesars, combining the captivating narrative with the classical clarity of ancient prose. The book also includes stories «About Famous People» — rhetoricians, grammarians, poets; an appendix contains letters from Pliny the Younger — authentic documents related to the name of Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.