Caesars
Caesars, the Twelve
A collective name given to the first twelve rulers of imperial Rome: Iulius (B.C. 48-44); Augustus (B.C. 30-A.D. 14); Tiberius (14-37); Caligula (37-41); Claudius (41-54); Nero (54-69); Galba (69); Otho (69); Vitellius (69-70); Vespasian (70-79); Titus (79-81); Domitian (81- 96). Their biographies were written by Suetonius in his Vitae Duodecim Caesarum, of which the standard text is that of Roth (Leipzig, 1858).