Suetonius' Life of Augustus is the most commonly read ancient account of the life of Rome's first emperor, presenting a mass of historical and biographical deta

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The acclaimed historian and author of Caesar presents “a first-rate popular biography” of Rome’s first emperor, written “with a storyteller’s brio”

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AugustusHe was the first emperor of one of the greatest empires ever known to man. He commanded unmatched authority in the ancient world and was always one step