The Twelve Caesars
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Chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and c...
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Chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero and the recovery that came with his successors. ''Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within'' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus to the decline into depravity under Nero and the recovery that came with his successors. This masterpiece of observation, immortalized in Robert Graves''s classic translation, presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn - and all too human - individuals. Translated by ROBERT GRAVESRevised with an Introduction and notes by JAMES B. RIVES
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780140455168
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
464
Udgivelsesdato
25-10-2007
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
2231927
EAN nr.
9780140455168
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
132
Bredde (mm)
196
Længde (mm)
21
Vægt (g)
338
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