Lifting the curtain on the life of the controversial emperor Tiberius.
Lifting the lid on the gruesome, depraved and salacious lives of Rome's first emperors. Condemnation will never be lacking for the dreadful deeds committed by the house of Caesar… ...
I did a big lecture (big for me, anyway) at the Leon Levy Center for Biography. It was in a way Daniel in the lions' den, for ...
I say ‘back up’ because it’s believed that the first vines ever planted in Wales were by Suetonius Paulinus, a Roman governor at the time, in AD 75 during the Roman occupation of Wales in the small ...
Nearly 2,000 years after the Roman historian Suetonius wrote "The Lives of the Caesars" in the second century C.E., his work ...
An ancient book about Roman emperors has become a modern bestseller, captivating readers with its timeless stories of power ...
Who knew ancient Roman emperors could be so relatable? In 'The Lives of the Caesars', written by the scholar Suetonius in the second century, we’re treated to juicy tales of political missteps ...
A 2000-year-old tale of Roman emperors' secrets is making waves on bestseller lists, captivating readers with its scandalous and vivid storytelling.
Right to his face.” I’ve been reading a book called How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders, written by Suetonius and translated by Josiah Osgood. Osgood writes of ...
Suetonius’s biographies of the rulers of Rome, from Julius Caesar to the emperor Domitian, are rich in character and telling detail – as emerges with clarity from Tom Holland’s excellent new ...
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine. By New Statesman I enjoyed reading Hannah Barnes’s interview with Katharine Birbalsingh (The NS ...