- genre:biography, Roman emperors, History, Emperors
De vita Caesarum, known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies, each about one of the Roman emperors, including one on Julius Caesar. It was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, in 121. Considered highly significant in antiquity, The Twelve Caesars has remained a major source of Roman history.
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- Author
- Suetonius
- First published
- 1470
- Pages
- 317
- Publisher
- Ex Officina Plantiniana, Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Stamperia Valdonega, in aedibus B. G. Teubneri
- Editions
- 150
- Language
- French, Italian, lat, Russian
- ISBN
- 9798478218232
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“I. The science of grammar [842] was in ancient times far from being in vogue at Rome; indeed, it was of little use in a rude state of society, when the people were engaged in constant wars, and had not much time to bestow on the cultivation of the liberal arts [843].”
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