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The Twelve Caesars was written based on the information of eyewitnesses and public records. It conveys a very accurate picture of court life in Rome and contains some of the raciest and most salacious material to be found in all of ancient literature.
The writing is clear, simple and easy to understand, and the numerous anecdotes of juicy scandal, bitter court intrigue, and murderous brigandage easily hold their own against the most spirited content of today's tabloids.
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De Vita Caesarum ("About the Life of the Caesars"), commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of 12 biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work was considered highly significant in antiquity and remains a primary source on Roman history. It examines the critical period of the Principate from the end of the Republic to the reign of Domitian.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Terrible performance
- De Amazon Customer en 07-06-21
De: Suetonius
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The Histories
- De: Polybius, W. R. Paton - translator
- Narrado por: Jonathan Booth
- Duración: 37 h y 38 m
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The rise of Rome is one of the great stories of world history and fortunately we have a reliable and at times an eyewitness account, from the Greek historian Polybius of Megalopolis. Polybius reports on the main confrontations with the authority of a man who was present at many events and also visited historic sites of importance to ensure his accounts of the past were accurate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very “listenable”!
- De I can’t say en 07-21-22
De: Polybius, y otros
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The Commentaries
- De: Julius Caesar
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 14 h y 22 m
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Julius Caesar wrote his exciting Commentaries during some of the most grueling campaigns ever undertaken by a Roman army. The Gallic Wars and The Civil Wars constitute the greatest series of military dispatches ever written. As literature, they are representative of the finest expressions of Latin prose in its "golden" age, a benchmark of elegant style and masculine brevity imitated by young schoolboys for centuries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favourite audiobook
- De David Cormier en 08-17-11
De: Julius Caesar
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The Lives of the Caesars
- De: Suetonius, Tom Holland - introduction translator
- Narrado por: Justin Avoth, Tom Holland
- Duración: 15 h y 32 m
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The ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to thrill, to dazzle. To rule as a Caesar was to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world. No biographies invite us into the lives of the Caesars more vividly or intimately than those by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, written from the center of Rome and power, in the early 2nd century AD. By placing each Caesar in the context of the generations that had gone before, and connecting personality with policy, Suetonius succeeded in painting Rome’s ultimate portraits of power.
De: Suetonius, y otros
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Twelve Caesars
- Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (Bollingen Series)
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
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What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book - against a background of today’s “sculpture wars” - Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in the Western world have been shaped by the image of Roman emperors, especially the “Twelve Caesars”, from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This foray into art history is a disappointment.
- De Stephen J Chiulli en 11-10-21
De: Mary Beard
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The History of Rome, Volume 1, Books 1 - 5
- De: Titus Livy, William Masfen Roberts - translator
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 18 h y 16 m
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When Livy began his epic The History of Rome, he had no idea of the fame and fortune he would eventually attain. He would go on to become the most widely read writer in the Roman Empire and was eagerly sought out and feted like a modern celebrity. And his fame continued to grow after his death. His bombastic style, his intricate and complex sentence structure, and his flair for powerfully recreating the searing drama of historical incidents made him a favorite of teachers and pupils alike.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- De Darwin8u en 03-30-17
De: Titus Livy, y otros
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The History of Rome: The Complete Works
- De: Titus Livy, Cyrus Edmunds - translator, William A. McDevitte - translator
- Narrado por: Alastair Cameron
- Duración: 89 h y 2 m
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Titus Livy's only known surviving work is a monumental history of Rome that was originally written in Latin. It is estimated that Livy's The History of Rome was written between 27 and 9 BC and covers the legends of Aeneas, the fall of Troy, the city's founding in 753 BC, and Livy's account ends with the reign of Emperor Augustus. The History of Rome is a must-have for anyone interested in ancient history and the Roman era. With colorful detail and intriguing insight, Titus brings to life some of the most turbulent times in human history.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The horrible book
- De Amanda en 08-22-18
De: Titus Livy, y otros
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Hellenica
- De: Xenophon
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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The Hellenica is Xenophon’s continuation of Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War, literally resuming from where the previous author’s history was abruptly left unfinished and narrating the events of the final seven years of the conflict and the war’s aftermath. Some historians consider the Hellenica to be a personal work, written by Xenophon in retirement on his Spartan estate, and intended primarily for circulation among his friends, who would have known the main protagonists and events, having most likely participated in them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A read no history lover should do without!
- De Epaminondas en 11-07-19
De: Xenophon
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The Complete Works of Tacitus: Volume 1: The Annals, Part 1
- De: Cornelius Tacitus
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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In the pantheon of ancient men of letters, none hold a more venerated position than the Roman historian, Tacitus, venerated alike for the accuracy of his chronicles as well as for the superiority of his style. He was a writer of unexcelled genius and consummate skill. But his work fell into oblivion not long after his death, and has come down to us based on the text of a single tattered manuscript from the Middle Ages.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tacitus
- De cbrann en 03-25-08
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The March of the Ten Thousand
- De: Xenophon
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
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Translated by W. E. D. Rouse, The March of the Ten Thousand is one of the most admired and widely read pieces of ancient literature to come down to us. Xenophon employs a very simple, straightforward style to describe what is probably the most exciting military adventure ever undertaken. It is an epic of courage, faith and democratic principle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the great adventures in human history
- De Darwin8u en 02-27-13
De: Xenophon
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The Jewish War
- De: Flavius Josephus
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 23 h y 40 m
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In AD 66, nationalist and religious revolutionaries in Judaea led a ferocious revolt of the Jewish people against the authority of mighty Rome, culminating in the greatest upheaval and savagery the world had known up to that time. By the end of the conflict seven years later, over one million Jews had perished and tens of thousands were sold into slavery. Until the Holocaust, it remained the greatest tragedy ever endured by a people. How had this once prosperous region been laid low, and by what process did its fratricidal feuds take it down a slippery slope to utter annihilation? Fortunately for us, there was an eyewitness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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mispronunciations are irritating
- De DR en 01-22-18
De: Flavius Josephus
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The Histories
- The Persian Wars
- De: Herodotus, A. D. Godley Translator
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 27 h y 58 m
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Herodotus was a Greek historian born in Halicarnassus, subject at the time of the great Persian Empire. He lived in the fifth century BC (c. 484 - c. 425 BC), a contemporary of Socrates. He is often referred to as "The Father of History", a title originally conferred by Cicero. Herodotus was the first historian known to have broken from Homeric tradition in order to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation, specifically by collecting his materials in a critical, systematic fashion and then arranging them into a chronological narrative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Popular for a reason
- De Reader en 11-17-18
De: Herodotus, y otros
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The Peloponnesian War
- De: Thucydides
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 26 h y 17 m
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Historians universally agree that Thucydides was the greatest historian who has ever lived, and that his story of the Peloponnesian conflict is a marvel of forensic science and fine literature. That such a triumph of intellectual accomplishment was created at the end of the fifth century B.C. in Greece is, perhaps, not so surprising, given the number of original geniuses we find in that period. But that such an historical work would also be simultaneously acknowledged as a work of great literature and a penetrating ethical evaluation of humanity is one of the miracles of ancient history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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You better know the events before listening
- De David A. Montalvo en 05-25-16
De: Thucydides
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I, Claudius
- De: Robert Graves
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 16 h y 47 m
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Here is one of the best historical novels ever written. Lame, stammering Claudius, once a major embarrassment to the imperial family and now emperor of Rome, writes an eyewitness account of the reign of the first four Caesars: the noble Augustus and his cunning wife, Livia; the reptilian Tiberius; the monstrous Caligula; and finally old Claudius himself. Filled with poisonings, betrayal, and shocking excesses, I Claudius is history that rivals the most exciting contemporary fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unsurpassed, addictive brilliance
- De Chris en 06-09-09
De: Robert Graves
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The History of Rome, Volume 2: Books 6 - 10
- De: Titus Livy
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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Livy continues his magnificent epic, with Rome in complete ruin after the Gallic invasion and sack of the city in 310 B.C. Led by Camillus, one of Rome's great heroic patricians, the city regains her self-confidence and once more becomes the leader of the Latin people. Painstakingly rebuilding alliances, forging friendships, cementing relations among her own people, and fighting endless wars, Rome soon becomes the dominant power among the fractious Italic tribes on the Latin plain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oratory was invented for doubtful matters
- De Darwin8u en 11-27-18
De: Titus Livy
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How to Win an Election
- An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
- De: Quintus Tullius Cicero, Philip Freeman - translator
- Narrado por: Doug Kaye
- Duración: 1 h y 5 m
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How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on running a successful campaign.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How to be a politician ...
- De Benedict en 07-31-13
De: Quintus Tullius Cicero, y otros
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- 05-26-16
Brilliant performance
Outstanding reading of a classic; thoroughly engaging. I found myself listening several times over to key parts. Highly recommended.
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- robert sheran
- 06-17-22
Grrrrreat
This was very good. The reading was phenomenal. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in Roman history
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- PearlGirl
- 02-04-12
Just the gory details, please.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this audiobook to an ancient history or roman history buff.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I cannot say I had a favorite ceaser because I learned new or different facts/gossip about each. The author had a unique viewpoint of the 12 and it was interesting to compare, say, the history of Claudius to the work of Claudius translated by Robert Graves.
What about Charlton Griffin’s performance did you like?
His narration was adequate.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I wanted to listen to this in parts rather than try to take it all in at one listen. Some stories were a little juicier than others and I wanted to listen to them more than once.
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esto le resultó útil a 6 personas
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- Laura M.
- 09-11-20
The narrator is so great. Like is reading from a
The narrator is so great. Like he is reading from a 1984 news paper: But, like the gossip column. such a good delivery...
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- Stephen Hawkins
- 09-23-21
Great narrator, poor chapter headings.
The publisher of this audiobook does a terrible job of naming chapters but the narration is excellent.
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- Sean F
- 08-11-21
Unbelievable!
I could not put this book down. The way the emperors lived sounded like fiction, with each generation being even more outlandish than the one before. It's hard to imagine how the Roman people put up with them for as long as they did. This book unintentionally provides insight as to why the Roman empire eventually failed by giving examples of the repulsive character and lack of statesmanship of the latter emperors. The narrator was perfect for this book. 10/10 would recommend
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- steve
- 06-07-11
A very good listen
I really enjoyed this listen. I rarely listen to the same book twice but I will make an exception for this book!
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- Anniebligh
- 11-27-11
Horrible Reader.Great Content
Never much liked the Romans of old. Having listened to 'Lustrum', I was interested to learn more. This is a source. I have listened a few times already. Charlton Griffin is not easy on the ear. So it took a few tries to actually hear the content.
One of the things I like, is that in spite of the years and that this is a translation, and it is gossipy, is that Suetonius is almost like a neighbour telling me a story over the fence.
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- Chassity Overcash
- 05-29-18
Excellent
Well done. I only wish it was easier to navigate between chapters. Twelve biographies divided only into two sections makes jumping around difficult.
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- J. Williams
- 08-29-19
Great overview
Wonderful overview and I would highly recommend to understand power unearned corrupts and the role a leader plays in the direction of his/her people. Great narrative.
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