Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is De vita Caesarum, commonly known in English as The Twelve Caesars, a set of biographies of 12 successive Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Other works by Suetonius concerned the daily life of Rome, politics, oratory, and the lives of famous writers, including poets, historians, and grammarians.
Background
- Born in
- http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/424181368e011ac6ea49f0fdb8359fdc
Quotes
Works & Publications
No works or publications documented yet.
Timeline
69
Born
Birth126
Died
Death
Influenced By
Thinkers whose ideas shaped Suetonius's philosophy
No known influences documented.
Influenced
Thinkers whose work was shaped by Suetonius's ideas
No influenced thinkers documented yet.
Source Attribution
Information about Suetonius is sourced from curated knowledge bases and cross-referenced for accuracy. Influence relationships are scored by thematic overlap and historical plausibility.
Related Thinkers
See all →
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual…"
— James Frazer"Fiction has two uses. Firstly, it's a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next, to want…"
— Neil Gaiman"You're forever falling for men on their last nights on furlough. That's about the limit of your commitments…"
— Paddy Chayefsky"Past events are not dead but constantly making their claims on the present, modifying it even as they thems…"
— Vernon Scannell"What, fundamentally, is colonization? To agree on what it is not: neither evangelization, nor a philanthrop…"
— Aimé Césaire"Kreske had more authority, but he was a moron."
— Christopher Golden
