Forfatter: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Sveton)

The Twelve Caesars

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The Twelve Caesars.

The Folio Society, London 2009, 17. opplag, liten 4to, orig. bind, 318 s., engelsk tekst, forord av oversetteren Robert Graves, tresnitt av Raymond Hawthorn, i original kassett.

«Suetonius was fortunate in having ready access to the Imperial and Senatorial archives and to a great body of contemporary memoirs and public documents, and in having himself lived nearly thirty years under the Caesars. Much of his information about Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero comes from eye-witnesses of the events described. Apparently he took care to check facts wherever possible, and often quotes conflicting evidence without bias, […]» — fra forordet

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The Twelve Caesars.

The Folio Society, London 2009, 17. opplag, liten 4to, orig. bind, 318 s., engelsk tekst, forord av oversetteren Robert Graves, tresnitt av Raymond Hawthorn, i original kassett.

«Suetonius was fortunate in having ready access to the Imperial and Senatorial archives and to a great body of contemporary memoirs and public documents, and in having himself lived nearly thirty years under the Caesars. Much of his information about Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero comes from eye-witnesses of the events described. Apparently he took care to check facts wherever possible, and often quotes conflicting evidence without bias, […]» — fra forordet

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