'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting
legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted
creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel
and the monster within' GORE VIDAL As private secretary to the
Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial
archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce
one of the most colourful biographical works in history. The Twelve
Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men
who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the
empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus to the decline into
depravity under Nero and the recovery that came with his
successors. This masterpiece of observation, immortalized in Robert
Graves's classic translation, presents us with a gallery of vividly
drawn - and all too human - individuals. Translated by ROBERT
GRAVES Revised with an Introduction and notes by JAMES B. RIVES
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