The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 08: Otho
- 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Caesars Release date is 2004-12-13
Produced by Tapio Riikonen and David Widger Produced by Tapio Riikonen and David Widger
"The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 08: Otho" by Suetonius is a biography written in 121 CE as part of a larger work chronicling Rome's early emperors. This volume focuses on Otho, one of the brief rulers during the turbulent Year of the Four Emperors. Written while Suetonius served as secretary to Emperor Hadrian, the biography blends political history with intimate personal details. Though criticized for relying on gossip and hearsay, it remains a valuable primary source, offering insights into an emperor's life that other historical accounts have lost to time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. Emperors -- Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800