Biographies of the twelve emperors of Rome from Julius Caesar to Domitian, chronicling their reigns and assessing their personalities, actions, and legacies.
The personalities of the Twelve Caesars of ancient Rome -Julius Caesar and the first eleven Roman emperors who followed him - have profoundly impressed themselves upon the world. They formed the theme of the most readable of biographers, Suetonius. He had a lot to say about their sexual and other aberrations, and one of the purposes of the present book is to try to penetrate the fog of picturesque rumors and estimate how seriously the various stories can be regarded. But this is only one part of a general attempt to discover what sort of men these astonishing Caesars were. They bore the responsibility of governing an empire comparable in magnitude and diversity to the United States or the Soviet Union today.
Title: The Twelve Caesars
Author: Michael Grant
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons New York
Publication Date: 1975
Illustrations: 38 illustrations, 3 maps
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Pages: 282
ISBN 0-684-14402-6
Measures approximately: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (24 x 16.5 cm.)
Condition of the book: Please see the images.
Interests: Ancient Literature, Roman History
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