Suetonius
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noun
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, a.d. 75–150, Roman historian.
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Suetonius
/ (swiːˈtəʊnɪəs) /
noun
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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