The Twelve Caesars
Also known as On the Lives of the Caesars, Lives of the Caesars, Twelve Caesars
Biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 Roman emperors by Suetonius
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- Author
- Suetonius
- First published
- 1957
- Editions
- 9
- Subjects
- Emperors, rome, Rome, biography, Rome, history, empire, 30 b.c.-476 a.d., Emperors, Biography, Early works to 1800, History
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Key facts
- Author
- Suetonius
- Original title
- De vita Caesarum ( literally</span>"}]]}'>lit. 'On the Life of the Caesars')
- Language
- Latin
- Genre
- Biography
- Publication date
- 121 AD
- Publication place
- Roman Empire
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De vita Caesarum (Latin; lit. "On the Life of the Caesars"), commonly known as The Twelve Caesars or The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire during the Principate. The subjects are Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian.
The Twelve Caesars was written in 121 AD by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (called "Suetonius" by scholars) while he served as a personal secretary to the emperor Hadrian. Suetonius dedicated the work to his friend Gaius Septicius Clarus, a praetorian prefect.