The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, credited to Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c75 - c160 A.D.), translated by Alexander Thomson, M.D., (? -?) and edited by T. Forester (?-?), is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, translated by Alexander Thomson, M.D., edited by T. Forester, and read by LibriVox volunteers. 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. The Lives of the Twelve 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". This edition includes the fragmentary Lives of Famous Rhetoricians, Grammarians, and Poets. (Summary from Wikipedia, adapted and extended by Karen Merline.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars
• Author credits: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c75 - c160 A.D.), translated by Alexander Thomson, M.D., (? -?) and edited by T. Forester (?-?)
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 39
• Listed recording duration: 16:02:04

Catalogue topics

• audio books
• biography
• Rome
• Roman history
• ancient history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 39

1. 00 - Preface — 6:10
2. 01 - Julius Caesar pt 1 — 24:15
3. 02 - Julius Caesar pt 2 — 26:40
4. 03 - Julius Caesar pt 3 — 36:08
5. 04 - Julius Caesar pt 4 — 34:12
6. 05 - Julius Caesar pt 5 — 18:48
7. 06 - Caesar Augustus pt 1 — 24:30
8. 07 - Caesar Augustus pt 2 — 26:36
9. 08 - Caesar Augustus pt 3 — 27:45
10. 09 - Caesar Augustus pt 4 — 26:46
11. 10 - Caesar Augustus pt 5 — 27:10
12. 11 - Caesar Augustus pt 6 — 25:50
13. 12 - Tiberius pt 1 — 26:46
14. 13 - Tiberius pt 2 — 29:34
15. 14 - Tiberius pt 3 — 26:07
16. 15 - Tiberius pt 4 — 28:08
17. 16 - Caligula pt 1 — 34:11
18. 17 - Caligula pt 2 — 34:27
19. 18 - Caligula pt 3 — 35:18
20. 19 - Claudius pt 1 — 27:32
21. 20 - Claudius pt 2 — 24:17
22. 21 - Claudius pt 3 — 23:07
23. 22 - Nero pt 1 — 25:00
24. 23 - Nero pt 2 — 23:57

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