Augustusalong: an Introduction to Suetonius and Historical Context on Rome

Thank you to everyone joining our read along of The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius! This is an introduction focusing on the identity and context for our author, Suetonius, and some historical context and background on the civil wars that destabilized the Roman Republic in the generation before Julius Caesar.

Roman civil wars before Caesar:
Social Wars (Rome vs Italian allies)
Sulla vs Marius the Elder
Sulla vs Marius the Younger
Spartacus Revolt (Third Servile War)
Conspiracy of Catiline

Reading schedule:
August 8: Julius Caesar and Augustus
August 15: Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius
August 22: Nero, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius
August 29: Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian

The shirt is from Venice; I neglected to get a shirt when I had the chance to visit Rome.

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