This is the parallel English - Latin of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius with dictionary definitions for each Latin word.
The text is broken down verse by verse, and presented side-by-side making it to easy compare the two languages. For the English translation J. C. Rolfe's version was used. A concise Latin-English dictionary is provided at the back of the book.
In general De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars), is a collection of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first eleven emperors of the Roman Empire. It was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, and is the most popular work of Suetonius. He was at that time Hadrian's personal secretary.
The Twelve Caesars is considered a significant, primary source on Roman history.
The text is broken down verse by verse, and presented side-by-side making it to easy compare the two languages. For the English translation J. C. Rolfe's version was used. A concise Latin-English dictionary is provided at the back of the book.
In general De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars), is a collection of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first eleven emperors of the Roman Empire. It was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, and is the most popular work of Suetonius. He was at that time Hadrian's personal secretary.
The Twelve Caesars is considered a significant, primary source on Roman history.
