The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

by Gaius SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS (c. 69 - c. 122)

Julius Caesar part 2

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, while Suetonius was Hadrian's personal secretary. On the Life of the Caesars concentrates on the acts and personalities of the Julio-Claudians and their immediate successors. Together with Tacitus' Annals, this work is a major source for the historical details in Robert Graves' novels "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God". (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)


Listen next episodes of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars:
Caesar Agustus part 1 , Caesar Agustus part 2 , Caesar Agustus part 3 , Caesar Agustus part 4 , Caesar Agustus part 5 , Caesar Agustus part 6 , Caligula part 1 , Caligula part 2 , Caligula part 3 , Claudius part 1 , Claudius part 2 , Claudius part 3 , Domitian part 1 , Domitian part 2 , Galba part 1 , Galba part 2 , Julius Caesar part 3 , Julius Caesar part 4 , Julius Caesar part 5 , Lives of Eminent Grammarians part 1 , Lives of Eminent Grammarians part 2 , Lives of Eminent Rhetoricians , Lives of the Poets , Nero part 1 , Nero part 2 , Nero part 3 , Nero part 4 , Otho , Tiberius part 1 , Tiberius part 2 , Tiberius part 3 , Tiberius part 4 , Titus , Vespasian part 1 , Vespasian part 2 , Vitellius