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The Twelve Caesars Paperback – January 1, 2001

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atlantic; Main edition (January 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1848876858
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1848876859
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.04 x 1.18 x 7.8 inches
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Matthew Dennison

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Matthew Dennison is the author of nine critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, including Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West, a Book of the Year in The Times, Spectator, Independent and Observer, and the much-praised Eternal Boy, a life of Kenneth Grahame, and his biography of Her late Majesty The Queen, published by Head of Zeus.

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Hal 9000
5.0 out of 5 stars Like reading a well written who done it
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2013
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The writing style is perfect for me- an amateur anthropologist. well spoken without the feeling your in a history class- I venture to say that after you read this you will wonder how anybody survived the centuries of Caesar rule, and how any of the Caesars themselves survived. ( hint- Julius Augusts was not the only one murdered by his best friend). The narrative is in a close chronological style without the myopic attributes that is so common in historical books. I loved it- a great night time read on my kindle-jt
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Buck Laramie
5.0 out of 5 stars History-as-gossip and history-as-history, both at the same time!
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2013
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It would be hard to outdo Suetonius in the history as gossip style of writing but this book may well succeed. It gets across the essential history of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors in a chatty, gossipy, but historically well-researched style. Simply a delight to read
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Robert Griffith
3.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2018
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Good book. Little light on some details but a good introduction
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4.0 out of 5 stars A bit disappointed
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2012
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I was a bit disappointed in the book although it has had excellent reviews.
It certainly is more graphic in the salacious details of the various Caesars but at the end of the day what more is there to be learn't about them that has not been published by Seutonius and others?
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Mair Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars delivered like clockwork
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2013
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eminently readable with today's sensibilities describing a people so much like us and so different. utterly facinating. three more words are demanded
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J. Michael Stanley
1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Written!
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2015
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The author must have written this book with a thesaurus at hand. However, the use of 10K words does not disguise the lack of substance in this book. My intent in purchasing "The Twelve Caesars" was to increase my knowledge about the life and times of these twelve men. Instead, the book is loaded with supposition, innuendo, and a nearly complete lack of any real discussion of the interactions of the Caesars with the populous that they governed. I got about half-way through the book and threw it in the trash. I don't consider it is worth even donating it the local library to inflict on others.
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Matt
2.0 out of 5 stars Dry Reading
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2013
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Clearly a book where the author struggles for content to stretch out the book. Becomes very dry and boring. And I love history books and had high hopes for this one.
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John A Driscoll
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2014
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just another translation of the book penned by the old Roman "historian" Suetonious. 'Nuff said.
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Dogpatch
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating take on Julius Caesar’s successors, good and bad
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2022
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Historical reading
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Victoria
5.0 out of 5 stars good book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2024
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for me. Good book
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5.0 out of 5 stars as described
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2023
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ancient Rome in a book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2017
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I bought this book because I have always been fascinated by Ancient Rome & the stories of the caesars. the stories of each of the
caesars are very comprehensively told with a short bio of each at the end also with a small story of how each one fits into the whole.
If you wish to find out about some of the fascinating characters of Ancient Rome then this is the book for you.
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Jonathan Sims
5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and absorbing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2013
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I baulked, initially, at this book. Not the zippy approach of modern TV historians, but big, considered, dense paragraphs which at first seemed school-masterly even stodgy. How wrong I was. This is an author with a deep love of the English language happily mixing archaisms with modern slang, even the occasional appropriate profanity.

It is not so much about the simple facts of the Caesars' reigns but judgements about their characters and actions, from both the modern and contemporary standpoints. The reader becomes immersed in the social structures of the the time: the importance, self-importance and weakness of the senate; the overwhelming necessity of support of the army; the affections and fickleness of the mob. Also the belief systems: the importance attached to dreams and portents, no matter how bizarre these may appear to us; the importance of bloodlines and claims to good stock; the belief in immutability of character.

I found it difficult to reconcile myself with the unwavering cruelty so often shown: mass elimination of political opponents, resistant senators, children of rival families, own siblings, wives, parents, offspring. Then the mass murders of slaves, conquered soldiers, Jews for causes such as birthday celebrations or public entertainment. It is not good enough to have recourse to historical patronisation - different times, different morals. Torture and grizzly deaths hurt as much then as now.

A great book which I will reread now.
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