Julius Caesar

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.

Title page of the first edition of Römische Geschichte, Band 1, published by Weidmann, Leipzig, 1854.

History of Rome: Volume 1

A survey of the Rise of the Roman Republic, focusing on the internal political struggles and the monumental shift from oligarchy to the rise of the Caesars.