The twelve caesars penguin classics by suetonius michael grant publication date 1957 06 30 publisher penguin classics collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english access restricted item true addeddate 2013 06 21 203940 bookplateleaf 0008. Buy the twelve caesars penguin classics illustrated by graves robert suetonius rives james isbn 9780140455168 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The twelve caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over rome from the foundation of the empire under julius caesar and augustus to the decline into depravity under nero and the recovery that came with his successors this masterpiece of observation immortalized in robert gravess classic . The twelve caesars penguin classics read description an essential primary source on roman history and a fascinating achievement of scholarship covering a critical period in the empire as private secretary to the emperor hadrian the scholar suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them along with eyewitness accounts to produce . The twelve caesars penguin classics mass market paperback january 1 1978 by suetonius author visit amazons suetonius page find all the books read about the author and more see search results for this author are you an author learn about author central