SUETONIUS: Lives of the Twelve Caesars

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Lives of the Twelve Caesars (more info)
Composed by: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus
Derek Jacobi, reader


1. Julius Caesar (Julius) - 05:04
2. While he was aedile... - 05:09
3. Having entered upon his consulship... - 04:48
4. During this period he lost his mother... - 06:35
5. As he thus stood... - 04:44
6. In all the civil wars... - 05:18
7. His stature is said to have been tall... - 05:09
8. In his expeditions, it is doubtful... - 05:18
9. The trespasses and delinquencies... - 06:11
10. But the act of his which aroused the greatest censure... - 06:39
11. In his last will, he named three heirs... - 05:49
12. Octavius Caesar Augustus (Augustus) - 05:25
13. Having entered into a confederacy... - 04:36
14. He conquered, partly in person... - 04:45
15. He divided the city into regions and districts... - 03:10

Lives of the Twelve Caesars (more info)
Composed by: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus
Derek Jacobi, reader


1. He corrected many... - 05:17
2. For himself, he resolved to choose... - 06:42
3. In number, variety, and magnificence... - 05:31
4. He augmented the population of Italy... - 05:53
5. How much he was beloved... - 05:15
6. By Agrippa and Julia he had three grandsons... - 04:21
7. In the prime of his youth... - 05:51
8. He was by nature a very slight drinker of wine - 04:35
9. Eloquence and other liberal arts... - 06:06
10. His death, of which I shall now write... - 04:51
11. He died in the same bedroom... - 03:04
12. Caius Tiberius Nero Caesar (Tiberius) - 05:54
13. His first service in the wars... - 05:28
14. In this condition he continued almost two years... - 05:12
15. After two years he returned from Germany to Rome... - 04:56

Lives of the Twelve Caesars (more info)
Composed by: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus
Derek Jacobi, reader


1. The cause of Tiberius's long demur... - 05:28
2. By little and little he showed his princely majesty... - 06:28
3. All the while he was Emperor... - 06:30
4. His cruel and unpliable nature was apparent... - 04:59
5. In person he was heavy-set and powerful... - 05:23
6. Caius Caesar Caligula (Caligula) - 05:28
7. He accompanied his father... - 05:07
8. The Spintriae, those panderers to unnatural lusts... - 06:22
9. With all his sisters, he lived incestuously... - 05:31
10. He would not permit any to die quickly... - 05:30
11. He levied new taxes... - 04:55
12. In his march to Rome... - 05:20
13. By diligent practice... - 06:52

Lives of the Twelve Caesars (more info)
Composed by: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus
Derek Jacobi, reader


1. Tiberius Claudius Drusus Caesar (Claudius) - 05:17
2. At length Caius Caligula, his brother's son... - 05:31
3. In taking honours upon himself he was sparing... - 05:13
4. He was at all times most solicitous... - 06:03
5. In his early youth he was twice married... - 05:22
6. Being entirely enthralled by these freedmen... - 04:55
7. There arose no suspicion too absurd... - 03:34
8. In his youth, he attempted to write a history... - 04:30
9. Nero Claudius Caesar (Nero) - 05:01
10. He made profession that he would govern... - 05:08
11. Among the other liberal arts which he was taught... - 04:04
12. After this, he appeared at all the public games... - 04:46
13. Besides the unnatural abuse of freeborn boys... - 03:41
14. He commenced making a pond... - 04:49

Lives of the Twelve Caesars (more info)
Composed by: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus
Derek Jacobi, reader


1. His mother being used... - 05:00
2. The twelfth day after the divorcement of Octavia... - 05:04
3. When he received word that Galba... - 05:22
4. But recovering from this violent mood... - 06:59
5. Servius Sulpicius Galba (Galba) - 04:40
6. For eight years he governed... - 04:57
7. A rumour had been raised before his arrival... - 04:55
8. As he was offering sacrifice... - 05:50
9. Marcus Salvius Otho (Otho) - 04:45
10. Upon the day fixed for the enterprise... - 04:34
11. My father, Suetonius Lenis... - 03:58
12. Aulus Vitellius (Vitellius) - 05:21
13. When news came to him... - 04:28
14. He was given to excessive feeding... - 05:21
15. He advised the senate to send ambassadors... - 03:06

Lives of the Twelve Caesars (more info)
Composed by: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus
Derek Jacobi, reader


1. Tiberius Flavius Vespasianus Augustus (Vespasian) - 05:41
2. After the deaths of Nero and Galba... - 05:58
3. The city of Rome being much blemished... - 05:38
4. To all ranks of men he was most liberal - 06:12
5. Titus Flavius Vespasianus Augustus (Titus) - 05:06
6. Besides his cruelty... - 06:09
7. Titus Flavius Domitianus (Domitian) - 04:24
8. He exhibited naval fights... - 05:27
9. But he did not long continue... - 04:58
10. Becoming both hated and feared... - 04:57
11. He was killed in the forty-fifth year of his age... - 04:27

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