Cæsarum

I wrote Cæsarum in my student years. Its original title was Prædictio (Prophecy), and was based on the Latin translation of the prophecy given by the Sibyl at Cumæ, at the beginning of the novel I, Claudius, by Robert Graves. However, due to copyright issues, I decided to modify the text and use excerpts from the book De Vita Caesarum, written by Suetonius in 121 AD and renamed the piece simply Cæsarum (Caesars). It is divided into six sections (one for each Caesar, from Augustus to Nero) and requires four percussion players, a reciter and a choir that only speaks rhythmically (the percussion players also recite a few phrases).