Suetonius

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Roman historian ancient Roman writer author biographer

Suetonius was a Roman historian and biographer best known for his work "The Twelve Caesars," which provides detailed accounts of the lives of Rome’s early emperors.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Suetonius canonical 27
Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars 2
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman historian ⓘ
ancient Roman writer ⓘ
author ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
birthDate circa 69 CE ⓘ
birthPlace Roman Empire ⓘ
possibly Hippo Regius in North Africa ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
contemporaryOf Pliny the Younger ⓘ
correspondedWith Pliny the Younger ⓘ
deathDate after 122 CE ⓘ
employer Roman imperial administration ⓘ
era Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
history ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
influenced Renaissance historians ⓘ
medieval biographical writing ⓘ
modern biographies of Roman emperors ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
name Suetonius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
notableWork De vita Caesarum ⓘ
De vita Caesarum ⓘ
surface form: The Twelve Caesars
occupation archivist ⓘ
secretary ⓘ
periodDescribed Flavian dynasty ⓘ
Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ
positionHeld magister officiorum (disputed in sources) ⓘ
surface form: magister epistularum

secretary of correspondence to Emperor Hadrian ⓘ
servedUnder Hadrian ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Hadrian

Trajan ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Trajan
subjectOf classical scholarship ⓘ
usesSources imperial archives ⓘ
official documents ⓘ
personal anecdotes ⓘ
writingStyle anecdotal ⓘ
topical rather than strictly chronological ⓘ
wroteAbout Augustus ⓘ
Caligula ⓘ
Claudius ⓘ
Domitian ⓘ
Galba ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
Nero ⓘ
Otho ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ
Titus ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ
Vitellius ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Caligula → historicalSource → Suetonius ⓘ
Atia Balba Caesonia → mentionedIn → Suetonius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars
Caesar’s civil war → documentedBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Actium → mentionedBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Scribonia → historicalSource → Suetonius ⓘ
Vipsania Agrippina → mentionedIn → Suetonius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars
Agrippina the Elder → portrayedIn → Suetonius ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Suetonius → name → Suetonius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
Lollia Paulina → describedIn → Suetonius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars
Livia Orestilla → historicalSource → Suetonius ⓘ
Principate → describedBySource → Suetonius ⓘ
Einhard → influencedBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Great Fire of Rome → primarySource → Suetonius ⓘ
Pisonian conspiracy → hasSource → Suetonius ⓘ
Baiae → mentionedInWorkBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableAuthor → Suetonius ⓘ
First Triumvirate → describedBySource → Suetonius ⓘ
Roman triumphs → documentedBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Domitia Longina → sourceMention → Suetonius ⓘ
Caesar’s comet → mentionedInSource → Suetonius ⓘ
subject surface form: Caesar’s Comet
this entity surface form: Suetonius’s writings
De vita Caesarum → author → Suetonius ⓘ
Junii Silani → sourceMention → Suetonius ⓘ
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso → historicalSource → Suetonius ⓘ
Epistulae → containsCorrespondenceWith → Suetonius ⓘ
Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis → priesthoodDescribedBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Porticus of Octavia → mentionedBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Mucianus → knownFromSource → Suetonius ⓘ
Gaius Calpurnius Piso → historicalSource → Suetonius ⓘ
Battle of Bedriacum → primarySourceAuthor → Suetonius ⓘ
Imperial court of Nero → historicalSource → Suetonius ⓘ
Vita Karoli Magni → influencedBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Galeria Fundana → mentionedBy → Suetonius ⓘ
Gaius Silius → describedIn → Suetonius ⓘ
this entity surface form: works of Suetonius
Tigellinus → describedBySource → Suetonius ⓘ