Pax Romana Art

The Twelve Caesars

Rome · 49 BC – AD 96

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Framed print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included

Hanging print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
  • Sizes: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Medium: Fine art paper
  • Style: Family tree
  • Era: Late Republic
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The Twelve Caesars: an illustration of twelve marble relief portraits of the Twelve Caesars, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, with names and dates
The Twelve Caesars49 BC
Rome · 49 BC – AD 96

Twelve lives, twelve endings

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus wrote his Lives of the Caesars in the early second century AD. For a time he served as secretary to the emperor Hadrian. His twelve biographies run from Julius Caesar to Domitian, and they have shaped the popular picture of the first emperors ever since: the scandals, the omens, the last words.

Julius Caesar was never emperor. He first held the dictatorship in 49 BC and was stabbed to death at a meeting of the Senate on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Suetonius begins with him all the same. Augustus died at Nola, aged 75, and Tiberius at Misenum, aged 77, though some said he was smothered. Claudius died suddenly, and ancient writers say he was poisoned. Vespasian died of illness and is said to have declared that an emperor should die standing. Titus died of a fever after a reign of just over two years, and Domitian was stabbed in a palace plot, after which the Senate condemned his memory.

The piece

The plate is laid out like a carved marble tablet, with the twelve portraits cut in low relief in four rows of three. Julius Caesar's name is set apart in dark letters; the eleven emperors are named in red. Read it left to right, top to bottom, and it becomes the story of Rome's first rulers told through their endings. A short note at the foot introduces Suetonius and his book, and the source line adds Tacitus and Cassius Dio.

Materia · The materials

Fine art paper, framed or hung.

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Pine frame

Black, dark wood or natural wood, FSC-certified. Framed prints arrive framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included.

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Fine art paper

Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.

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Shatterproof plexiglass

Protects the print in transit and on the wall.

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Magnetic wooden hanger

Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.

Size guide

Find the right size

This piece, to scale, above an 84-inch sofa. Pick a size, or a format and frame above, and the wall follows.

The Twelve Caesars: an illustration of twelve marble relief portraits of the Twelve Caesars, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, with names and dates
Sofa · 84″ / 213 cm

Which size?

Sizes are the artwork's. Frames and hangers add a little around the edge.

Above a sofa or bed, art looks best at about two-thirds of the furniture's width, hung 8 to 10 inches above it.