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Not quite as good as Tacitus' Annals and I found myself questioning much of Suetonius' research. But of course this period is one of the most fascinating in all of human history, and tales of Nero's and Caligula's craziness are always worth laughing at. ( )
  jrgoetziii | Nov 28, 2012 |
Edition: // Descr: vii, 557 p. 18.5 cm. // Series: Bohn's Classical Library : Suetonius Call No. { 878 Su2 7 } Translation of Alexander Thomson Revised by T. Forester Contains Index. // //
  ColgateClassics | Oct 26, 2012 |
Edition: // Descr: 315 p. 18 cm. // Series: The Penguin Classics Call No. { 878 Su2 5 } Series Edited by Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Translated by Robert Graves. // //
  ColgateClassics | Oct 26, 2012 |
In the words of Lord Acton, 'Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Suetonius shows us that he knew exactly what Lord Acton was talking about centuries before Lord Acton was even born.
  zenosbooks | Sep 9, 2012 |
It took me a bit of time to get used to the rather unchronological organisation of material within each emperor's section, and I think I would have been lost if I hadn't already had some idea of the narrative framework of their reigns, but when I did I found myself really enjoying this. The Romans are both very like us and unspeakably alien. ( )
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Born in 60 A.D., Suetonius served for several years as secretary to the Roman emperor Hadrian. His years in the palaces and halls of imperial government served him well when he set out to write this oftentimes eye-popping, tell-all account of the doings of the first 12 emperors, from Julius to Domitian, who make the good fellas of Mafia renown seem tame by comparison. From Suetonius we learn that Augustus was afraid of lightning and thunder and carried a piece of seal skin as protection against them; that Caligula slept with his mother and his sister; and that Nero outlawed mimes in Rome--which may mean that he wasn't such a bad man after all. Suetonius doesn't hesitate to say when he's reporting gossip that he has not personally verified, but what gossip it is! This translation, by the noted classicist Robert Graves, serves the ancient chronicler very well indeed.

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First-century Roman life is portrayed in sketches of the family histories, public careers, physical traits, private lives, and vices of Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian.

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