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The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c. 69 - c. 122) and T. Forester
Translated by Alexander Thomson

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, while Suetonius was Hadrian's personal secretary. On the Life of the Caesars concentrates on the acts and personalities of the Julio-Claudians and their immediate successors. Together with Tacitus' Annals, this work is a major source for the historical details in Robert Graves' novels "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God". (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Antiquity

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Graham Redman	00:06:10
Play 01	Julius Caesar part 1	Graham Redman	00:24:15
Play 02	Julius Caesar part 2	Graham Redman	00:26:40
Play 03	Julius Caesar part 3	Graham Redman	00:36:08
Play 04	Julius Caesar part 4	Graham Redman	00:34:12
Play 05	Julius Caesar part 5	Graham Redman	00:18:48
Play 06	Caesar Agustus part 1	ontheroad	00:24:30
Play 07	Caesar Agustus part 2	ontheroad	00:26:35
Play 08	Caesar Agustus part 3	ontheroad	00:27:45
Play 09	Caesar Agustus part 4	Leni	00:26:45
Play 10	Caesar Agustus part 5	Leni	00:27:10
Play 11	Caesar Agustus part 6	Leni	00:25:50
Play 12	Tiberius part 1	Kristine Bekere	00:26:46
Play 13	Tiberius part 2	Kristine Bekere	00:29:34
Play 14	Tiberius part 3	Kristine Bekere	00:26:06
Play 15	Tiberius part 4	Kristine Bekere	00:28:07
Play 16	Caligula part 1	Andrew Coleman	00:34:11
Play 17	Caligula part 2	Andrew Coleman	00:34:27
Play 18	Caligula part 3	Andrew Coleman	00:35:18
Play 19	Claudius part 1	BUAES	00:27:31
Play 20	Claudius part 2	BUAES	00:24:16
Play 21	Claudius part 3	BUAES	00:23:06
Play 22	Nero part 1	Philippa	00:24:59
Play 23	Nero part 2	Philippa	00:23:56
Play 24	Nero part 3	Philippa	00:24:07
Play 25	Nero part 4	Philippa	00:22:01
Play 26	Galba part 1	Andrew Coleman	00:20:50
Play 27	Galba part 2	Andrew Coleman	00:18:45
Play 28	Otho	Andrew Coleman	00:24:32
Play 29	Vitellius	Andrew Coleman	00:32:23
Play 30	Vespasian part 1	icyjumbo (1964-2010)	00:18:38
Play 31	Vespasian part 2	icyjumbo (1964-2010)	00:20:31
Play 32	Titus	David Leeson	00:16:23
Play 33	Domitian part 1	David Leeson	00:21:36
Play 34	Domitian part 2	David Leeson	00:21:17
Play 35	Lives of Eminent Grammarians part 1	Leni	00:18:46
Play 36	Lives of Eminent Grammarians part 2	Leni	00:19:50
Play 37	Lives of Eminent Rhetoricians	Anne Cheng	00:12:45
Play 38	Lives of the Poets	Sibella Denton	00:26:35

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