The Twelve Caesars: Suetonius - Brossura

Suetonius

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ISBN 10: 0140455167 ISBN 13: 9780140455168

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2007

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The Twelve Caesars, 9780140455168

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Informazioni sull?autore

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was probably born in AD69—the famous "year of the four Emperors." From the letters of Suetonius’ close friend Pliny the Younger we learn that he practiced briefly at the bar, avoided political life, and became chief secretary to the Emperor Hadrian (AD117-38). Suetonius seems to have lived to a good age and probably died around the year AD140.

James Rives teaches in the area of Classical Studies at Stanford University. He is currently serving as Review Editor for Phoenix, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada.

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As 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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140455167
• ISBN 13: 9780140455168
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 464
• Redattore: Rives James
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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