This is a very particular group of roman emperors, isn't it? Why? Why these guys? For this book, the 12 caesarso the 12 caesars. They they run from julius caesar, who was assassinated in forty four b c, to the emperor domitian, who wis assassinated in 96 a d. Their lives were recorded in a series of biographies by a roman writer, suetonius,. He did them, who did a biography of each one of them, one by one. And they became famous. Some of them we don't any longer know much about, but they get represented in line ups or paintings and sculptures done