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Rome753
The Twelve Caesars | Robert Graves
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I really enjoyed this. I found it to be a good translation. Additionally, a good amount of helpful footnotes were provided, explaining things like dates, family relations, and other similar information. Additionally, Suetonius seemed to be relatively balanced in his writing, such as providing different explanations and stories when there was conflicting information.

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Rome753
The Twelve Caesars | Robert Graves
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"And if it came to his ears that influence was being used to acquit a criminal in some court or other, he would suddenly appear and address the jury either from the floor or the tribunal; asking them to remember the sanctity of the Law and their oath to uphold it, and the serious nature of the crime on which their verdict was required."
-Suetonius, "The Twelve Caesars"

Rome753 Suetonius is referring to Emperor Tiberius. 5d
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Rome753
The Twelve Caesars | Robert Graves
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"So long as my wits do not fail me, you can count on the consistency of my behavior; but I should not like you to set the precedent of binding yourselves to approve a man's every action; for what if something happened to alter that man's behavior?"
-Suetonius, "The Twelve Caesars"

Rome753 Suetonius is quoting Emperor Tiberius. The Senatr had proposed swearing an oath to automatically approve all that Tiberius said and did, both past and future. 1w
bibliothecarivs Great quote. I was raised to believe that some leaders were nearly perfect. They weren't, of course, and no one is. I now try to take a more realistic view of people I admire. 6d
Rome753 @bibliothecarivs Definitely good way to view leaders, with taking a more realistic approach. 6d
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Rome753
The Twelve Caesars | Robert Graves
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Up next for reading

Bookwomble I remember loving this - I have the same Penguin edition 😊 2w
Rome753 @Bookwomble Very cool! It seems good so far. Really looking forward to it. 2w
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bibliothecarivs
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Started

First assigned to read this in college 20 years ago, I have read a version of it every five years since, making this the fifth time.

#bede #history

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bibliothecarivs
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Random book from our personal library.

#latin #mass #christianity #catholicism

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BooksandCoffee4Me
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#threelistThursday #tlt @dabbe

I‘ve read so much American literature because that‘s what I taught. So many titles here that I should have read!!

dabbe And I'm an American-Brit lit kind of gal! World lit? 😳 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 4mo
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dabbe
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#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. Latin.
2. I'd love to be able to read THE AENEID in Latin.

Play? @TheLudicReader @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing 4mo
TheBookHippie Latin my second choice! Although we learned a good bit in nursing. 4mo
dabbe @TheSpineView 😍🤩😍 4mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie 😍🤩😍 4mo
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Phoenix in Flight
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Dante called Boethius the “last of the Romans and first of the Scholastics“. He wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while unjustly imprisoned in 523. In the book he is visited by Lady Philosophy who teaches him that transient things do not bring happiness.

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bibliothecarivs
Fabulae mirabiles | Victor Barocas
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Random book from our home library:

📖 Fabulae Mirabiles: Fairy Tales in Latin (Hippocrene Foreign Language Studies) by Victor Barocas

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, this book is one for my son! He loves Latin and assisted his professor at a conference for instructors of Latin. He may or may not have translated an excerpt of Fahrenheit 451 into Latin for fun. 5mo
bibliothecarivs @BooksandCoffee4Me, that's great! I'd like to see that if it's available anywhere. Here's the rest of my Latin collection if he's interested: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/bibliothecarivs/search/tag/Latin. 5mo
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