Suetonius

American  

[swi-toh-nee-uhs] / swɪˈtoʊ ni əs /

noun

1. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, a.d. 75–150, Roman historian.

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Suetonius British  

/ 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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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

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

During a visit to Africa, Vespasian was hit by rioters with turnips, according to the Roman historian Suetonius.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022

Roman writers such as Pliny, Tacitus and Suetonius labeled Christianity not a religio but rather a superstitio, or a "superstition," a term usually applied to non-Roman, foreign practices.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2021

That account, like similar notices of other Roman writers, came to Jerome in all probability from the lost work of Suetonius, 'de viris illustribus.'

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.