Suetonius
Americannoun
noun
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Suetonius recorded that Julius Caesar was “somewhat overnice in the care of his person,” and Elizabethan courtiers sported particolored slashed sleeves, but the dandy is a modern, urban phenomenon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Suetonius detailed Emperor Domitan’s nighttime events, highlighting the grotesqueness of gladiatrices fighting in the shadows.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
Suetonius wrote that he cried out, “Qualis artifex pereo!”
From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2023
The hall’s eventual ruins, which were later attested to as a latrine by the historian Suetonius, are located near and around the square.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023
Tacitus, as well as Suetonius, refers to it.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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