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The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete

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Original author: Suetonius

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"The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete" by Suetonius is a set of twelve biographies written in 121 CE. This ancient work chronicles the lives of Julius Caesar and the first eleven Roman emperors, from Augustus through Domitian. Suetonius served as personal secretary to Emperor Hadrian when he composed these intimate portraits. Drawing on official archives, personal letters, and contemporary accounts, he reveals the heritage, physical appearance, personal habits, and political careers of Rome's most powerful rulers during the Principate era.

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete, by Suetonius. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #6400.

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46 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface731 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: Lives of the Twelve Caesars (1)8,818 words
  3. 3.Chapter I: Lives of the Twelve Caesars (2)8,682 words
  4. 4.Chapter I: Lives of the Twelve Caesars (3)7,564 words
  5. 5.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (1)8,897 words
  6. 6.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (2)8,613 words
  7. 7.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (3)8,825 words
  8. 8.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (4)8,799 words
  9. 9.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (5)8,595 words
  10. 10.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (6)8,804 words
  11. 11.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (7)8,870 words
  12. 12.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (8)8,828 words
  13. 13.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (9)8,658 words
  14. 14.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (10)8,647 words
  15. 15.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (11)8,706 words
  16. 16.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (12)8,798 words
  17. 17.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (13)8,818 words
  18. 18.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (14)8,906 words
  19. 19.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (15)8,886 words
  20. 20.Chapter D: Octavius Caesar Augustus (16)7,503 words
  21. 21.Chapter C: VALERIUS FLACCUS wrote a poem in eight books, on the Expedition of the (1)8,847 words
  22. 22.Chapter C: VALERIUS FLACCUS wrote a poem in eight books, on the Expedition of the (2)7,237 words
  23. 23.Chapter VII: MARCUS ANTONIUS GNIPHO 860, a free-born native of Gaul, was214 words
  1. 24.Chapter VIII: M. POMPILIUS ANDRONICUS, a native of Syria, while he professed to117 words
  2. 25.Chapter IX: ORBILIUS PUPILLUS, of Beneventum, being left an orphan, by the death361 words
  3. 26.Chapter X: ATTEIUS, THE PHILOLOGIST, a freedman, was born at Athens. Of him,358 words
  4. 27.Chapter XI: VALERIUS CATO was, as some have informed us, the freedman of one368 words
  5. 28.Chapter XIV: CURTIUS NICIA was the intimate friend of Cneius Pompeius and Caius243 words
  6. 29.Chapter XV: LENAEUS was a freedman of Pompey the Great, and attended him in most175 words
  7. 30.Chapter XVI: QUINTUS CAECILIUS, an Epirot by descent, but born at Tusculum, was159 words
  8. 31.Chapter XVII: VERRIUS FLACCUS 887, a freedman, distinguished himself by a new153 words
  9. 32.Chapter XVIII: LUCIUS CRASSITIUS, a native of Tarentum, and in rank a freedman,148 words
  10. 33.Chapter XX: C. JULIUS HYGINUS, a freedman of Augustus, was a native of Spain,131 words
  11. 34.Chapter XXI: CAIUS MELISSUS 893, a native of Spoletum, was free-born, but171 words
  12. 35.Chapter XXII: MARCUS POMPONIUS MARCELLUS, a very severe critic of the Latin174 words
  13. 36.Chapter XXIII: REMMIUS PALAEMON 898, of Vicentia 899, the offspring of a333 words
  14. 37.Chapter XXIV: MARCUS VALERIUS PROBUS, of Berytus 903, after long aspiring to1,197 words
  15. 38.Chapter II: LUCIUS PLOTIUS GALLUS. Of him Marcus Tullius Cicero thus writes to152 words
  16. 39.Chapter III: LUCIUS OCTACILIUS PILITUS is said to have been a slave, and,225 words
  17. 40.Chapter V: SEXTUS CLODIUS, a native of Sicily, a professor both of Greek and225 words
  18. 41.Chapter VI: CAIUS ALBUTIUS SILUS, of Novara 921, while, in the execution (529)1,982 words
  19. 42.Chapter D: JUNIUS JUVENALIS, who was either the son 944 of a wealthy freedman,9,331 words
  20. 43.Chapter M: Agrippa. L. F. Cos: Tertium. Fecit (1)8,673 words
  21. 44.Chapter M: Agrippa. L. F. Cos: Tertium. Fecit (2)8,702 words
  22. 45.Chapter M: Agrippa. L. F. Cos: Tertium. Fecit (3)8,735 words
  23. 46.Chapter M: Agrippa. L. F. Cos: Tertium. Fecit (4)6,359 words