The Lives of the Twelve Caesars
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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
(4,48 Sterne; 49 Bewertungen)
The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, while Suetonius was Hadrian's personal secretary. On the Life of the Caesars concentrates on the acts and personalities of the Julio-Claudians and their immediate successors. Together with Tacitus' Annals, this work is a major source for the historical details in Robert Graves' novels "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God". (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.) (16 hr 2 min)
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Bewertungen
Maybe More Than You Wanted to Know
Phxjennifer
(4 Sterne)
Two things: 1) the author supposes that you have a thorough grasp of Roman History to start with; 2) you might not want to listen to this with the kids in the car unless you are willing to explain to an alert 10-year-old what a catamite is. There are no punches pulled, although the translator uses charming 19th century euphemisms for some activities. Our high school history books cleaned things up a Lot!
Accents
AEG
(3 Sterne)
The reader Leni is hard to understand at times. update- Kristine's is worse! If I didn't know a tiny bit about the Caesars, I would have no idea what she was saying.
Rodney David Reeves
(5 Sterne)
An elegant review with insights for students and professionals.
(4 Sterne)
Good narration despite not having a consistent person reading.
Twelve Caesars Today
Sean O'Shannessy
(4,5 Sterne)
Not all that long ago in an empire quite close to ours, a deeply flawed "democracy" collapsed under the weight of its systemic corruption and deeply institutionalised violence. Sound familiar? The fall of the Roman Republic and its transformation into a permenant dictatorship (as told by the secretary to one of its emperors) is an eye opening tale of power, intrigue, mass murder and madness to put Game of Thrones to shame. Those who fail to understand history are condemned to repeat it.
very interesting
Barn Studios 1
(4 Sterne)
This is a great little taste of each of Rome's rulers. It's a long listen. I've had to take a couple breaks already. I suggest taking it Caesar by Caesar. Some of the readers have strong accents so be prepared.
great narration
Bruce G
(5 Sterne)
I enjoyed this book. Thank you All for taking the time to read it
BlackDuece
(3 Sterne)
Overall its great, just a little jarring with so many different readers