Lives of the Caesars (Suetonius - Oxford Edwards transl.)

Author: Suetonius

Translator: Catharine Edwards

ISBN: 9780199537563

Binding: paperback

Section: History

The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. The format and style of Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars was to set the tone for biography throughout western literature -- his work remains thoroughly readable and full of interest.