The Lives of the Twelve Caesars
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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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.) (16 hr 2 min)
Chapters
Preface | 6:10 | Read by Graham Redman |
Julius Caesar part 1 | 24:15 | Read by Graham Redman |
Julius Caesar part 2 | 26:40 | Read by Graham Redman |
Julius Caesar part 3 | 36:08 | Read by Graham Redman |
Julius Caesar part 4 | 34:12 | Read by Graham Redman |
Julius Caesar part 5 | 18:48 | Read by Graham Redman |
Caesar Agustus part 1 | 24:30 | Read by ontheroad |
Caesar Agustus part 2 | 26:35 | Read by ontheroad |
Caesar Agustus part 3 | 27:45 | Read by ontheroad |
Caesar Agustus part 4 | 26:45 | Read by Leni |
Caesar Agustus part 5 | 27:10 | Read by Leni |
Caesar Agustus part 6 | 25:50 | Read by Leni |
Tiberius part 1 | 26:46 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
Tiberius part 2 | 29:34 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
Tiberius part 3 | 26:06 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
Tiberius part 4 | 28:07 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
Caligula part 1 | 34:11 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Caligula part 2 | 34:27 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Caligula part 3 | 35:18 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Claudius part 1 | 27:31 | Read by BUAES |
Claudius part 2 | 24:16 | Read by BUAES |
Claudius part 3 | 23:06 | Read by BUAES |
Nero part 1 | 24:59 | Read by Philippa |
Nero part 2 | 23:56 | Read by Philippa |
Nero part 3 | 24:07 | Read by Philippa |
Nero part 4 | 22:01 | Read by Philippa |
Galba part 1 | 20:50 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Galba part 2 | 18:45 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Otho | 24:32 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Vitellius | 32:23 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Vespasian part 1 | 18:38 | Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
Vespasian part 2 | 20:31 | Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
Titus | 16:23 | Read by David Leeson |
Domitian part 1 | 21:36 | Read by David Leeson |
Domitian part 2 | 21:17 | Read by David Leeson |
Lives of Eminent Grammarians part 1 | 18:46 | Read by Leni |
Lives of Eminent Grammarians part 2 | 19:50 | Read by Leni |
Lives of Eminent Rhetoricians | 12:45 | Read by Anne Cheng |
Lives of the Poets | 26:35 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Reviews





Good narration despite not having a consistent person reading.
great narration





Bruce G
I enjoyed this book. Thank you All for taking the time to read it





BlackDuece
Overall its great, just a little jarring with so many different readers





thank you for converting to English
Accents





AEG
The reader Leni is hard to understand at times. update- Kristine's is worse! If I didn't know a tiny bit about the Caesars, I would have no idea what she was saying.