Imperial Rome

Fol. 1v of Cod. Guelf. 268 Gud. lat., opening of Suetonius's De vita Caesarum, Eichstätt, second half of the 11th century

The Lives of the Caesars, Volume I

Reading companion and full text of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum (The Lives of the Caesars), Volume I, translated by J. C. Rolfe — biographies of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula, combining official record, anecdote, and scandal into the foundational portraits of Rome's first rulers.

Fol. 23v of Cod. Guelf. 268 Gud. lat., opening of the Life of Augustus, Eichstätt, second half of the 11th century

The Lives of the Caesars, Volume II

Reading companion and full text of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum (The Lives of the Caesars), Volume II, translated by J. C. Rolfe — biographies of Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, spanning the dissolution of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the convulsions of 69 CE, and the rise and fall of the Flavians.