How to be a bad emperor : an ancient guide to truly terrible leaders

Author(s)

• Suetonius, ca. 69-ca. 122
• Osgood, Josiah

Bibliographic Information

How to be a bad emperor : an ancient guide to truly terrible leaders

Suetonius ; selected, translated, and introduced by Josiah Osgood

（Ancient wisdom for modern readers）

Princeton University Press, c2020

Note

Latin Text, parallel English translation

Includes bibliographical references

Contents of Works

• Ignore bad omens, and your wife: Julius Caesar
• Spend all your time at your resort: Tiberius
• Make your horse a consul: Caligula
• Fiddle while Rome burns: Nero

Details

• NCID: BC06379355
• ISBN:
  • 9780691193991
• LCCN: 2019026869
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: englat
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Princeton
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 288 p.
• Size: 18 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DG277.S7
  • DC23 : 937
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Emperors -- Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB29260999