Suetonius

[ swi-toh-nee-uhs ]

noun
  1. 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.

  • There were not many notes in the Suetonius, nor in the Carlyle Revolution, though these were among the volumes he read oftenest.

  • Under Suetonius Paulinus the domination over this portion of Britain was extended and ultimately rendered complete.

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  • Tacitus narrates how Vespasian cured a blind man by spitting on him, and the story is repeated by Suetonius.

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Suetonius

/ (swiːˈtəʊnɪəs) /


noun
  1. 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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