Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

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Name

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Description

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, 69 CE – 122 CE, was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of 12 successive Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian, properly titled De vita Caesarum. Other works by Suetonius concerned the daily life of Rome, politics, oratory, and the lives of famous writers, including poets, historians, and grammarians. A few of these books have partially survived, but many have been lost.

Born

69 CE

Died

122 CE

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suetonius

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