Lives of the Caesars /

The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Suetonius composed his material from a variety of sources, without much concern for their relia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122
Otros Autores: Edwards, Catharine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:Oxford world's classics.
Temas:
30 B.C.-284 A.D
Emperors > Rome > Biography.
Empereurs > Rome > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Emperors.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Rome > Histoire > 30 av. J.-C.-284 (Empire)
Rome (Empire)
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Suetonius composed his material from a variety of sources, without much concern for their reliability. His biographies consist the ancestry and career of each emperor in turn; however, his interest is not so much analytical or historical, but anecdotal and salacious which gives rise to a lively and provocative succession of portraits. The account of Julius Caesar does not simply mention his c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxvii, 392 pages) : maps, genealogical table
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxii-xxxiii) and index.
ISBN:9780191593390
0191593397

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