Robert Graves and the Twelve Caesars by Gore Vidal A little effete and even degenerate (but then I am a typical 20th century North American in his eyes, I guess), Gore Vidal is an essayist of the highest rank, in my opinion. Below is an example of Vidal at his best - especially towards the end of his essay when he speaks of the ubiquitous tyranny of the post-WWII world. Most of the world today ...

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius (c.69-after 122 CE): The Divine Augustus 1. That the family of the Octavii was of the first distinction in Velitrae, is rendered evident by many circumstances. For in the most frequented part of the town there was, not long since, a street named the Octavian; and an altar was to be seen, consecrated to one Octavius, who ...

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius (c.69-after 122 CE): De Vita Caesarum, Divus Iulius (The Lives of the Caesars, The Deified Julius), written c. 110 CE I. IN the course of his sixteenth year he lost his father. In the next consulate, having previously been nominated priest of Jupiter , he broke his engagement with Cossutia, a lady of only equestrian rank, ...