How to be a bad emperor : an ancient guide to truly terrible leaders /
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was secretary of correspondence for the emperor Hadrian and author of the multipart biography, Lives of the Caesars. A landmark in the development of realistic biography-writing, this work gives an account of twelve emperors, beginning with Julius Caesar. In each biograph...
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| Language: | English Latin |
| Language Notes: | Parallel English and Latin text. |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Ignore bad omens, and your wife: Julius Caesar
- Spend all your time at your resort: Tiberius
- Make your horse a consul: Caligula
- Fiddle while Rome burns: Nero.