Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly kent as Suetonius (c. 69 – efter 122 AD), wis a Roman historian belangin tae the equestrian order wha wrote in the early Imperial era o the Roman Empire.
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Born | Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus c. 69 AD Roum, Roman Empire |
Dee'd | after 122 AD |
Thrift | Secretar, historian |
Genre | Biografie |
Subject | History, biografie, oratory |
Leeterar muivement | Siller Age o Laitin |
His maist important survivin wark is a set o biografies o twal successive Roman rulers, frae Julius Caesar tae Domitian, enteetled De Vita Caesarum. He recordit the earliest accoonts o Julius Caesar's epileptic seizurs. Ither warks bi Suetonius concern the daily life o Roum, politics, oratory, an the lives o famous writers, includin poets, historians, an grammarians. A few o thir beuks hae pairtially survived, but mony hae been lost.