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One of antiquitys great historical resources, this chronicle by an ancient Roman scholar portrays the lives and reigns of Julius Caesar and his immediate successors. Suetonius, who served as private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, combines research from the imperial archives with firsthand accounts of the rulers public and private lives. His dramatic narrative, delivered in a straightforward manner, abounds in tales of sex, violence, and betrayal.Written in A.D. 121, The Twelve Caesars spans the period from 49 B.C.E. to A.D. 96, one of the most important periods in antiquity. Suetoniuss vivid characterizations portray the disastrous effects of absolute power: madness, obsessive fear of assassination, and a predilection for acts of sadism and sexual perversity. One of the few surviving sources of its era, this historical treasure is unsurpassed as a fount of anecdotes, observations, and detailed physical descriptions of Roman history. About the Author Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c. A.D. 69-140) served as chief secretary to the Emperor Hadrian. Suetoniuss access to the imperial archives and his acquaintances at court, many of whom were eyewitnesses to the historical events he described, contributed to the depth and vividness of his historical writings. The Twelve Caesars remains among the best sources of information about Roman society and its leaders. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The Twelve CaesarsBy J. C. RolfeDover Publications, Inc.Copyright © 2018 Dover Publications, Inc.All rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-486-82219-8ContentsPAGE, Preface, iii, The Life and Work of Suetonius, vii, THE TWELVE CAESARS, xiii, General Characteristics, xiii, The Manuscripts, xvii, Bibliographical Note, xxiii, Sigla, xxvii, Book I. - The Deified Julius, 1, Book II. - The Deified Augustus, 61, Book III. - Tiberius, 145, Book IV. - Gaius Caligula, 201, Stemma of the Julio-Claudian Family, 249, Book V. - The Deified Claudius, 253, Book VI. - Nero, 295, Book VII. - Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, 347, Book VIII. - The Deified Vespasian, the Deified Titus, Domitian, 393, THE LIVES OF ILLUSTRIOUS MEN, 447, Prefatory Note, 448, Bibliographical Note, 454, Grammarians and Rhetoricians, 455, On Grammarians, 456, On Rhetoricians, 475, On Poets, 483, Terence, 485, Vergil, 491, Horace, 501, Tibullus, 505, Persius, 506, Lucan, 509, The Lives of Pliny the Elder and Passienus Crispus, 511-512, Endnotes, 513, Index, 581, CHAPTER 1THE TWELVE CAESARS BOOK ITHE DEIFIED JULIUS* * *I. In the course of his sixteenth year a he lost his father. In the next consulate, having previously been nominated priest of Jupiter, he broke his engagement with Cossutia, a lady of only equestrian rank, but very wealthy, who had been betrothed to him before he assumed the gown of manhood, and married Cornelia, daughter of that Cinna who was four times consul, by whom he afterwards had a daughter Julia; and the dictator Sulla could by no means force him to put away his wife. Therefore besides being punished by the loss of his priesthood, his wifes dowry, and his family inheritances, Caesar was held to be one of the opposite party. He was accordingly forced to go into hiding, and though suffering from a severe attack of quartan ague, to change from one covert to another almost every night, and save himself from Sullas detectives by bribes. But at last, through the good offices of the Vestal virgins and of his near kinsmen, Mamercus Aemilius and Aurelius Cotta, he obtained forgiveness. Everyone knows that when Sulla had long held out against the most devoted and eminent men of his party who interceded for Caesar, and they obstinately persisted, he at last gave way and cried, either by divine inspiration or a shrewd forecast: Have your way and take him; only bear in mind that the man you are so eager to save will one day deal the death blow to the cause of the aristocracy, which you have joined with me in upholding;