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The Twelve Caesars: The Dramatic Lives of the Emperors of Rome
By Dennison, Matthew
- ISBN
- 9781250023537 9781250023544
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on May 15, 2013 | Social Sciences
Seeking to write popular history, Dennison (Livia, Empress of Rome) has constructed a narrative that his classical forbears, Suetonius, who wrote the original Twelve Caesars, and Roman historian Tacitus, would instantly recognize and appreciate. Although classified as biography, the book does not delve into the lives of the Caesars from Julius Caesar to Domitian so much as it presents a gossipy history of their reigns. Dennison wants also to shed li...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
