The Lives of the Twelve Caesars
Suetonius · 12 parts
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, by Suetonius, given here in 12 parts.
Parts
- Augustus I. That the family of the Octavii was of the first distinction in Velitrae, is rendered evident by many circumstances. For in the most frequented…
- Caligula I. Germanicus, the father of Caius Caesar, and son of Drusus and the younger Antonia, was, after his adoption by Tiberius, his uncle, preferred to…
- Claudius I. Livia, having married Augustus when she was pregnant, was within three months afterwards delivered of Drusus, the father of Claudius Caesar, who…
- Domitian I. Domitian was born upon the ninth of the calends of November [24th October], when his father was consul elect, (being to enter upon his office the…
- Galba I. The race of the Caesars became extinct in Nero; an event prognosticated by various signs, two of which were particularly significant. Formerly,…
- Julius Caesar I. Julius Caesar, the Divine, lost his father when he was in the sixteenth year of his age; and the year following, being nominated to the office of…
- Nero I. Two celebrated families, the Calvini and Aenobarbi, sprung from the race of the Domitii. The Aenobarbi derive both their extraction and their…
- Otho I. The ancestors of Otho were originally of the town of Ferentum, of an ancient and honourable family, and, indeed, one of the most considerable in…
- Tiberius I. The patrician family of the Claudii (for there was a plebeian family of the same name, no way inferior to the other either in power or dignity)…
- Titus I. Titus, who had the same cognomen with his father, was the darling and delight of mankind; so much did the natural genius, address, or good fortune…
- Vespasian I. The empire, which had been long thrown into a disturbed and unsetted state, by the rebellion and violent death of its three last rulers, was at…
- Vitellius I. Very different accounts are given of the origin of the Vitellian family. Some describe it as ancient and noble, others as recent and obscure, nay,…