Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, a.d. 75–150, Roman historian.
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Since Suetonius and Plutarch, such are the paltry interpretations which it has pleased people to give to the noblest actions.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.He is reading Suetonius, which he already knows by heart—so full of the cruelties and licentiousness of imperial Rome.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThere were not many notes in the Suetonius, nor in the Carlyle Revolution, though these were among the volumes he read oftenest.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineUnder Suetonius Paulinus the domination over this portion of Britain was extended and ultimately rendered complete.
Warwickshire | Clive HollandTacitus narrates how Vespasian cured a blind man by spitting on him, and the story is repeated by Suetonius.
Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
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full name Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. 75–150 ad, Roman biographer and historian, whose chief works were Concerning Illustrious Men and The Lives of the Caesars (from Julius Caesar to Domitian)
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