Rome in the first century was carefully chronicled by Roman historians, particularly Tacitus, Suetonius and Dio Cassius – that is why we know so much about it. Tacitus was a political player in ...

Dr. Power has taught Classics at Reading, Syracuse, and Columbia, and written on Pliny, Catullus, and other ancient authors, including Suetonius. In this book, we get a collection of nearly three ...

Lifting the curtain on the life of the controversial emperor Tiberius.

Suetonius has a much smaller force at his command than Boudicca. He knows that he must find a way of fighting the Britons at a location that will give his soldiers an advantage. This episode ...

Who knew ancient Roman emperors could be so relatable? In 'The Lives of the Caesars', written by the scholar Suetonius in the ...