The Twelve Caesars

By Suetonius

Subjects: Non-fiction, Biography, Emperors, Biografias De Politicos, Rome, politics and government, Roman emperors, Early works to 1800, Rome, biography, History, Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122, Roman History

Description: De vita Caesarum, known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies, each about one of the Roman emperors, including one on Julius Caesar. It was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, in 121. Considered highly significant in antiquity, The Twelve Caesars has remained a major source of Roman history.