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My planned reading for January includes starting
1) The Old Testament
2) Herodotus's Histories
3) Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars
4) Ken Follett's World Without End - group read planned start 15 Jan
I'll possibly add in the 75 Book challenge group reads of The Chronicles of Pr ... If you're going to include Tacitus you about have to include Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars.
Though his Caligula chapter is what always grabbed me, especially (paraphrasing) "So much for his career as a statesman. Now let us look at his career as a monster."
Not sure about secondary ... ... Zinn
Three Years a Soldier by George Perkins*
The Lives of the Deified Julius and of the Deified Augustus in Suetoniusʻs Lives of the Twelve Caesars
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Investigating Obsolescence
ed. by Nancy Dorian
Empires of the Word; ... ... for proof that we ain't boo-turkey different from our forebears.
The Republic of Plato; The Laws of Cicero; The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius for the roots of persuasive argument as a discipline (the last because it's a big ol' pack of lies, written to persuade people it's true...I ... ... thread
http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=79046
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http://www.librarything.com/topic/80565
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Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization
Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves
... The Devils Dictionary, Purgatorio and Paradisio. I also managed to pick up The Histories by Herodotus, The Twelve Caesars and Heart of Darkness used. It's all I can do not to order On the Nature of Things before the sale ends. I spend quite a bit on camera equipment as ... The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius ... poet and classicist who did a lot of writing on mythology. There are some writers who would say there is some fiction in Suetonius.
I have read some good historical fiction that gives a better people view than historical narratives about incidents for example Gates of Fire taught me a ... ... hehe.
I used my 40% coupon today on The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, and a 25% off birthday coupon on Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars which I realized when I got home was basically the same as another Suetonius book I already had... but whatever :-D
Also stopped by the local used ... ... by Claudius that according to prophecy would be discovered in 1900 years. The primary source for the facts in the book is The Twelve Caesars which was written approximately eighty years after Claudius' death.
The villain in the book is Livia, the second wife of Augustus. She manipulates Au ... Thanks for the note, Bohemima.
I really enjoyed The Twelve Caesars. It was a little dry, but had lots of interesting tidits that you won't read in most history books. And, all things considered, it's a fairly quick read.
I've wanted to read The Count of Monte Cristo for years. It's my ... ... for the 75. I know I'll finish that one. The problem for me is distraction, too: ooo, a mystery! Shiny....
I just bought The Twelve Caesars. How did you like it? I've a category of Greek and Latin classics (in translation, of course) and have read nothing on it yet. But I'm building up ... ... Hobsbawm
A History Of England Trevelyan
Making Of The English Working Class EP Thompson
The Bull of Minos Cottrell
The Twelve Caesars Suetonius
A Tale Of Two Cities Dickens (great history in there!)
(in fact, for social history, anything by Dickens)
for cultural and social (middle ... Aloha fellow gamerchiX ~ thanks for starting this group!
I'm reading Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius the one translated by Catherine Edwards ...watching the tele series 'Rome" and one too many Civilization Revolution games has done it I believe!
Also trying to finish up Endymion by ... Non-Fiction
1. The Twelve Ceasers by Suetonius
2. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
3. Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper
4. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
5. The Deadliest Monster ... ... by Procopius, about Byzantium during the reign of Justinian and Theodora. Fascinating stuff, reminiscent of Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars and I, Claudius by Graves. Lots of grist for the mill, should I ever consider using that era for a story.
Just finished Guide to Writing Fiction ... ... Friend by Abigail and John Adams (a gift from my dearest friend)
Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius
Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
2009 looks to be the year of getting back to reading Greek and Latin authors, both in translation and in the original languages. ... ... -
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Possible reads include : I, Claudius, Antigone, Black Ships, The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, The twelve Caesars, Pompeii, The first man in Rome ... text critically, just as we should, in a sense at least, look at any text critically--whether it is Suetonius’ The Lives of the Caesars, or Johnson’s Life of Boswell, or this morning’s edition of the New York Times. Now, recalling the discussion above, I suppose that ... ... We should look at the text critically, just as we should look at any text critically--whether it is Suetonius’ The Lives of the Caesars, or Johnson’s Life of Boswell, or this morning’s edition of the New York Times. Now, recalling the discussion above, I suppose that ... ... is one of my favorite books, so I already knew the basics of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, etc. What happened after? Twelve Caesars answered that question, so I enjoyed it. It was surprisingly readable for such an old work, too. Suetonius must've been a pretty astute guy. Too bad about Cla ... The Twelve Caesars by Michael Grant
The Lost Towns and Roads of America by J. R. Humphreys ... Pompadour: Mistress of France, Christine Pevitt Algrant
2-2. Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang
2-3. Twelve Caesars, Suetonius
2-4. Andrew Carnegie, David Nasaw
2-5. Catherine de Medici; Renaissance Queen of France, Leonie Frieda
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2-7. ... ... misplaced the book for three months! Now I'm back in it and really enjoying it.
#76 - Funny, I felt the same way about The Twelve Caesars. It was really engaging, but at the end I fell I hadn't retained much of it. ... through Genius by William Dunham.
Then, at work, through the mail I received a complimentary copy of the new Twelve Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius. Free book - yay!
... in Exile
C: The Dictionary of Global Culture
CR: Chivalry
CT: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
DG: The Twelve Caesars
DT: Sundiata
DU: The Tiwi of North Australia
GA: Maps and Their Makers
GE: global change and the earth system
HX -- The Angel and the Serpen ... How about Tacitus' Annals, Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars, and Robert Graves' I, Claudius? January-May continued
(I needed to check whether I was doing the touchstones right)
8. The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
9. Sick Caesars by Michael Grant
10. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
11. Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
These were all re-rea ... The Twelve Caesars
Ancient Rome On Five Denarii A Day
The Five Ages Of The Universe: Inside The Physics Of Eternity
The Fifty Minute Hour: A Collection Of Psychoanalytic Tales
Thirteen Moons: A Novel ... Lane Fox
A one volume history of Greece and Rome, hopefully not too heavy. LibraryThing didn't want to link to it.
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Of all the history books by Greek and Roman authors, this one sounded like the most entertaining.
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The Arabian Nights aka 1001 ... ... - I figure that since I'm studying Classics I should at least make a nominal effort to include a couple on my list :)
Lives of the Twelve Caesars
The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome - also already started, but barely ... it has been mentioned yet, although I may have missed it. Also its sequel, Claudius the God. It is based on Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, which my father (a tremendous historical fiction fan) says is very readable, sort of like reading the National Enquirer's version of Roman history.
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