Suetonius: lives of the Caesars
β Scribed by Edwards, Catharine;Suetonius
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2008;2016
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Oxford world's classics
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Subjects
Emperors;Emperors--Rome;Biographies;History;Biography;Emperors -- Rome -- Biography;Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D;Rome (Empire)
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