The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars Volume 01 Julius Caesar

Download or read book The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01 written by Suetonius and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C. Suetonius Tranquillus was the son of a Roman knight who commanded a legion, on the side of Otho, at the battle which decided the fate of the empire in favour of Vitellius. From incidental notices in the following History, we learn that he was born towards the close of the reign of Vespasian, who died in the year 79 of the Christian era. He lived till the time of Hadrian, under whose administration he filled the office of secretary; until, with several others, he was dismissed for presuming on familiarities with the empress Sabina, of which we have no further account than that they were unbecoming his position in the imperial court.