Things I Need to Read

Or at least, finish reading. I am sorry it’s taken so long for me to get back to all of you and I have a LOT of Roman Reading to do. I still need to finish:

• Tacitus’ Annals
• Plutarch’s accounts of Galba and Otho

And also re-read Suetonius’ work. Because it’s been awhile. Too long, actually. I need it for story research anyways. Speaking of, I am going to be working on my main story this month and have been debating putting it out as a ‘web series’ book. Aka, get a blog for it and post it weekly. Has any one else had any success with this method? Aside from the Martian?

Anyways, I need to read the above works and continue my epic commentary! I am excited to write more about the Julio-Claudians and my favourite war. 😀

Galba Needs Some Love [Notable Post]

I don’t know how many people know about Galba and I am going to assume a few do, but he was awesome. Yes, he was gullible as Otho lured him to his death and Galba was greedy too. But I think that he needs some more love and attention because:

1. He drew up his own army to oppose Nero, an emperor who could not stand to lose a music contest and would have Vietellius persuade the judges.

2. Galba slept with men and was what Suetonius called a ‘homosexual-invert’- therefore stating that Roman terms of sexuality was different from our own. (I could go on a long rant about how different their views of sexuality were.)

3. He was the first emperor (of his time) to not inherit the throne by adoption or sheer luck. (Yep. I am looking at you, Claudius!)

Welcome to The Twelve Caesars Blog

Hello New Readers and Loyal Followers!

I am an aspiring historian and lover of Ancient Rome in the first century! I began a blog on Tumblr in June of 2016 and have been writing since; gaining over 1000 loyal followers and many friends along the way. My Tumblr will be updated far more continuously than this blog which will serve a slightly different purpose. Here I will be writing more in-depth pieces about various historical events and people. So, please follow as to get all of the updates and historical knowledge!

In the beginning of this year, I announced I was going to do a comparison between Julius Caesar and Napoleon. I am going to put those posts here along with my notable posts and pieces from my Tumblr.

In the last month, the comparison project has been formulating in my head at and I think I have come up with some ideas of how to go about the task.

First, I need to find categories of comparison and a few I am thinking of are, Personal Details, Rule, Army Organisation and Tactics, Personal Life and Ultimate Defeat. I am unsure how many battles I should compare as they had many campaigns. Also, which sources to use. I know Caesar wrote about his campaigns, but I am unsure where to begin with Napoleon.

So, those are my current thoughts on what segments I should compare.

I also am going to use this blog to write some advise for those who are going to write Historical Fiction. Because I have come to understand some things of importance while writing my own. It was thanks to Ancient Rome that I finally found the setting for a Historical Fantasy series that I have been continually working on since 2009.

I am also hoping to write more about the Year of Four Emperors, the civil war in Rome that occurred after Nero’s Death in 68 AD/CE.  I can’t help it, I’m obsessed with that year. It’s really my current favourite war. Yeah, I have favourite wars. I want to write more about Galba, Otho and Vitellius so badly!

And for those who didn’t notice! I got my own domain name on my Tumblr! I am so happy!!

Anyhow, that’s all for this post, but there will be more to come!

– The Twelve Caesars