'Because of his baldness and hairiness, he announced it was a capital offence for anyone either to look down on him as he passed or to mention goats in any context.'The biography of the brutal, crazed and incestuous Roman Emperor Caligula, who tried to appoint his own horse consul.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world...

If recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative example. But that insight is hardly new. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Suetonius wrote Lives of the Caesars, perhaps the greatest negative leadership book of all time. He was ideally suited to write about terrible political leaders; after all, he was also the author of Famous Prostitutes and Words of Insult, both sadly lost. In How to Be a Bad Emperor, Jo...

Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around A. D. 70. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian and Domitian and the rest in technicolour terms. They presented some high and low times at the heart of the Roman Empire. The accounts provide us with perspicacious insights into the men as much as their reigns and it was from Suetonius that subsequent writers such as Robert Graves drew so much ...

A classic historical biography detailing the lives and scandals of Rome’s first emperors.

The lives of the twelve Caesars Volume 5: Claudius presents a detailed biographical examination of imperial authority, personal conduct, and political power within an early empire. The narrative combines official record with anecdotal observation, creating a portrait shaped by both documented action and reported behavior. Attention is given to family background, public image, private habits, and the psychological pressures associated with absolute rule. The work explores how leadership is ...

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by 2nd Century Roman historian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus is our key primary source for biographical information of the first twelve rulers of ancient Rome - Emperors Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian.This new digital edition of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars includes an image gallery.

The lives of the twelve Caesars Volume 12: Domitian offers a concluding examination of imperial rule by focusing on how authority, temperament, and public perception intertwine to shape leadership at the highest level. The work presents an account that blends recorded actions with reported impressions, revealing how judgments of character influence understandings of power just as much as official decisions do. Attention to daily routine, personal habits, and physical presence illustrates h...

The lives of the twelve Caesars Volume 1 Julius Caesar presents a series of detailed biographies of Julius Caesar and the first eleven Roman emperors, offering insight into their personalities, leadership styles, and private lives. The work blends historical record with anecdotal observation, exploring heritage, physical traits, habits, and political decisions that shaped the early Roman Empire. By examining both public accomplishments and private conduct, it highlights the complexities of...

The lives of the twelve Caesars Volume 4: Caligula presents a detailed biographical examination of imperial authority, personal conduct, and political power within an early empire. The narrative combines official record with anecdotal observation, creating a portrait shaped by both documented action and reported behavior. Attention is given to family background, public image, private habits, and the psychological pressures associated with absolute rule. The work explores how leadership is ...

Suetonius' most important surviving work is known as the De Vita Caesarum, a set of twelve biographies of the successive Roman rulers. The emperor Nero's reign is one weird tale of sexual depravity and extravagant sadism. He was a gifted musician, and is said to have given great concerts of which attendance was compulsory; women were said to have given birth during the performance, and men were driven to fake death to escape. Nero kicked his pregnant wife to death and then had a young boy ...

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • De vita CaesarumSuetonius • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume: Julius CaesarSuetonius • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume: AugustusSuetonius • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume: TiberiusSuetonius • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume: CaligulaSuetonius • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, ...

Suetonius'Äô "The 12 Caesars" offers a captivating exploration of the lives and reigns of the first twelve emperors of Rome, from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Written in a succinct and engaging prose style, Suetonius employs a biographical approach that interweaves anecdotes, political intrigue, and personal vices, illuminating the complexity of power dynamics in ancient Rome. His narrative is marked by an undeniable wit, reflecting the literary context of the early second century AD, where ...