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Great informational piece about the Caesars and where they came from. Had a blast lecturing about this book. I look forward to rereading it in the future.
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| Title | The Lives of the Twelve Caesars Bohn's classical library Half-title: Bohn's classical library |
| Author | Suetonius |
| Editor | Thomas Forester |
| Translated by | Alexander Thomson (M.D.), Thomas Forester |
| Publisher | G. Bell and sons, 1890 |
| Length | 557 pages |
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