De vita Caesarum

E329221

Latin prose work ancient Roman literature biographical work

De vita Caesarum is an early 2nd-century biographical work by Suetonius that chronicles the lives and characters of the first twelve Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars	4
Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars	3
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius	3
De vita Caesarum canonical	2
Suetonius "The Twelve Caesars"	2
The Twelve Caesars	2
Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius	1
Lives of the Caesars tradition	1
On the Life of the Caesars	1
Suetonius – The Twelve Caesars	1
Suetonius' De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars)	1
Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars	1
Suetonius’ "The Twelve Caesars"	1
Suetonius’ Lives of the Caesars	1
Suetonius’s "The Twelve Caesars"	1
Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars	1
Suetonius’s The Twelve Caesars	1
works of Suetonius	1
writings of Suetonius	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin prose work ⓘ ancient Roman literature ⓘ biographical work ⓘ
author	Suetonius ⓘ
chronicles	lives of the first twelve Roman emperors ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
coversPeriodEnd	Domitian ⓘ
coversPeriodStart	Julius Caesar ⓘ
dateOfComposition	early 2nd century ⓘ
field	classical studies ⓘ
focusesOn	anecdotes about emperors ⓘ character of emperors ⓘ personal lives of emperors ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ historiography ⓘ
hasPart	Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ⓘ surface form: Claudius Divus Augustus ⓘ Divus Iulius ⓘ Domitian ⓘ Caligula ⓘ surface form: Gaius Caligula Galba ⓘ Nero ⓘ Otho ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ Titus ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ Vitellius ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed	early Roman Empire ⓘ late Roman Republic ⓘ
influenced	Renaissance humanist scholarship ⓘ later biographical writing ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	Augustus ⓘ Caligula ⓘ Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ⓘ surface form: Claudius Domitian ⓘ Galba ⓘ Julius Caesar ⓘ Nero ⓘ Otho ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ Titus ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ Vitellius ⓘ
notableFor	focus on scandal and private behavior ⓘ mix of historical fact and gossip ⓘ vivid anecdotal style ⓘ
numberOfBiographies	12 ⓘ
originalLanguage	Latin ⓘ
structure	separate biographies for each emperor ⓘ
studiedIn	Latin literature courses ⓘ
survivingStatus	extant ⓘ
titleTranslation	De vita Caesarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: On the Life of the Caesars De vita Caesarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Twelve Caesars
usedAsSourceBy	later Roman historians ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suetonius → notableWork → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Twelve Caesars

Agrippina the Younger → portrayedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

Milonia Caesonia → mentionedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius' De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars)

Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula) → mentionedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius’ "The Twelve Caesars"

Year of the Four Emperors → historicalSource → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius’s The Twelve Caesars

Vespasia Polla → mentionedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars

Sejanus → mentionedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars

Titus Flavius Sabinus (father of Vespasian) → knownFrom → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius "The Twelve Caesars"

Great Fire of Rome → mentionedInWork → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars

murder of Claudia Octavia → isDescribedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: writings of Suetonius

Poppaea Sabina → portrayedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableWork → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

Suicide of Nero → describedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars

gens Octavia → documentedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: works of Suetonius

Ides of March 44 BC → hasAncientHistorianSource → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius’s "The Twelve Caesars"

Pompeia → source → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars

Battle of the Rubicon → isDescribedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars

De vita Caesarum → titleTranslation → De vita Caesarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Twelve Caesars

De vita Caesarum → titleTranslation → De vita Caesarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Life of the Caesars

Livilla → portrayedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius’ Lives of the Caesars

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus → describedInSource → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius – The Twelve Caesars

annus quattuor imperatorum → documentedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

subject surface form: Annus quattuor imperatorum

this entity surface form: The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

Vespasii family → sourceMention → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius "The Twelve Caesars"

Life of Otho → associatedWith → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lives of the Caesars tradition

Life of Charlemagne → influencedBy → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars

Sextilia → mentionedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars

Vitellia → mentionedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars

Valeria Messalina → portrayedIn → De vita Caesarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius