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Caligula: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #17 by Suetonius
2.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books
'Because of his baldness and hairiness, he announced it was a capital offence for anyone either to look down on him as he passed or to mention goats in any context.' The biography of the brutal, crazed and incestuous Roman Emperor Caligula, who tried to appoint his own horse consul.
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
12.95 NZD
16.95 (23% off)
Category: Classic Books | Reading Level: very good
As private secretary to the emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eye witness 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 abso ...Show more
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
17.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Based on eyewitness accounts and his own unlimited access to the Emperor Hadrian's Imperial archives, the scholar Suetonius wrote a sweeping account of the lives of twelve of Rome's most powerful emperors. From the empire's most shining examples of ruling competency, such as Julius Caesar and Augustus, ...Show more
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