Larger	The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics) Author: Suetonius, Michael Grant
	Book Information Publisher: Penguin Classics Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 0 Rating: 6 ISBN-13: 9780140440720 - ISBN-10: 0140440720 Publication Date: 6/30/1957 Pages: 368

Little is known about the life of Gaius Suetonius Tranquillis, but much is inferred. He was born in the first century A.D. when Roman power was at its zenith. Pliny the Younger tells us that Suetonius briefly practiced law, avoided political controversy and became chief secretary to the Emperor Hadrian.

Suetonius lived out his full span and died in 140 A.D. He was a prolific writer, for there are records of numerous books. But the only one extant is THE TWELVE CAESARS, the most fascinating and richest of all Latin histories.