The Lives of the Twelve Caesars (Part 1)

Suetonius

⏱ 7 minHistory

Part 1 of 2. Suetonius' unsparing lives of the first six Caesars: Julius struck down in the senate, Augustus turning brick to marble, and the imperial line curdling through Tiberius and Caligula to Nero, who sang while Rome burned.

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