The Lives of the Twelve Caesars : Nero (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

from RSGompertz

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was a prolific writer who lived between 69-130 AD. His only surviving work is An essential and very readable collection of essays about the Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to Hadrian written by Hadrian's personal secretary. Suetonius had access to the imperial archiv...

from drmaf

The Roman equivalent of Hollywood Babylon. Gossipy and scandalous, all the juicy, salacious details of the private lives of Rome's first 12 emperors. Suetonius was an archivist during the reign of Hadrian, which gave him access to the Imperial family's private records (and probably led to his eve...

from the_unnamable

A dictionary of vice and lechery. Suetonius at least attempts to give accounts of family history, political careers, public works, and so forth, but just can't wait to get to the juicy stuff: gossip and scandal quite beyond today's impetuous pop stars and politicians, thrilling and unbelievable. ...

from adpaton

If you thought salacious tell-all celebrity biographies were a 20th Century phenomenon, think again! Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was a 1st Century Roman nobleman who worked as secretary for both the emperors Trajan and Hadrian: his position in the Imperial household did not stop him penning the m...

from LisaMaria_C

A friend who teaches Latin for a living told me it was this book, along with Tacitus' Annals, that made her fall in love with Ancient Rome and change her concentration. Suetonius was a secretary to one of the Roman emperors, Hadrian, so one would expect he'd have an understanding of imperial Rome...