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The Twelve Caesars

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by Suetonius

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best translation to read ?
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when was the twelve caesars book origionally published?
The Usual Goodness, that's a hard one! I suppose it depends on what you mean by published. It was written under the Emperor Hadrian, as you no doubt know, and h…moreGoodness, that's a hard one! I suppose it depends on what you mean by published. It was written under the Emperor Hadrian, as you no doubt know, and he died in 138AD (I've lifted that from the foreword to my own copy). I did initially think that for it to have been published you'd need to wait for the invention of the printing press, but according to that's not the case, and the Romans had a publishing industry based on slave labour and hand copying.
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So your answer is probably that it was published shortly after it was written.
I hope that's helpful, though I do warn you I'm no classical historian. (less)
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