The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Julius Caesar
G. Suetonias Tranquillis
- The
- Twelve
- Caesars,
- is
- a
- set
- of
- twelve
- biographies
- of
- Julius
- Caesar
- and
- the
- first
- 11
- emperors
- of
- the
- Roman
- Empire
- written
- by
- Gaius
- Suetonius
- Tranquillus.
- The
- work,
- written
- in
- AD
- 121
- during
- the
- reign
- of
- the
- emperor
- Hadrian,
- was
- the
- most
- popular
- work
- of
- Suetonius,
- at
- that
- time
- Hadrian's
- personal
- secretary,
- and
- is
- the
- largest
- among
- his
- surviving
- writings.
- The
- Twelve
- Caesars
- is
- considered
- very
- significant
- in
- antiquity
- and
- remains
- a
- primary
- source
- on
- Roman history.
