1. Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius  (c.69-after 122 CE): De Vita Caesarum, D English translation by Rolfe of Divus Iulius, part of De Vita Caesarum by suetonius http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-julius.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius (c.69-after 122 CE) De Vita Caesarum, Divus Iulius (The Lives of the Caesars, The Deified Julius), written c. 110 CE I. II. He served his first campaign in Asia on the personal staff of Marcus Thermus, governor of the province [81 BC]. Being sent by Thermus to Bithynia, to fetch a fleet, he dawdled so long at the court of Nicomedes that he was suspected of improper relations with the king; and he lent color to this scandal by going back to Bithynia a few days after his return, with the alleged purpose of collecting a debt for a freedman, one of his dependents. During the rest of the campaign he enjoyed a better reputation, and at the storming of Mytilene [80 BC] Thermus awarded him the civic crown [a chaplet of oak leaves, given for saving the life of a fellow-citizen, the highest military award of the Roman state]. III. He served too under Servilius Isauricus in Cilicia, but only for a short time; for learning of the death of Sulla, and at the same time hoping to profit by a counter-revolution which Marcus Lepidus was setting on foot, he hurriedly returned to Rome [78 BC]. But he did not make common cause with Lepidus, although he was offered highly favorable terms, through lack of confidence both in that leader's capacity and in the outlook, which he found less promising than he had expected. IV.

2. Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius (c.69-after 122 CE): De Vita Caesarum: Cai Biography of Caligula as told by the Roman historian suetonius. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-caligula.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius (c.69-after 122 CE): De Vita Caesarum: Caius Caligula (The Lives of the Caesars: Caius Caligula), written c. 110 CE I. GERMANICUS, father of Gaius Caesar, son of Drusus and the younger Antonia, after being adopted by his paternal uncle Tiberius [4 A.D.], held the quaestorship [7 A.D.] five years before the legal age and passed directly to the consulship [12 A.D.] [ i.e., without holding any of the intermediate offices of the cursus honorem II. Now the belief was that he met his death through the wiles of Tiberius, aided and abetted by Gnaeus Piso. This man had been made governor of Syria at about that time, and realizing that he must give offence either to the father or the son, as if there were no alternative, he never ceased to show the bitterest enmity towards Germanicus in word and deed, even after the latter fell ill. In consequence Piso narrowly escaped being torn to pieces by the people on his return to Rome, and was condemned to death by the senate. III.

3. Suetonius Life of Agustus according to suetonius, but in outline form. http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/suet-aug.html

Suetonius Divus Augustus 1-4 AUGUSTUS' ANCESTRY 5-8 AUGUSTUS' BOYHOOD 7: How he came to be called `Caesar Augustus' 9-19 THE CIVIL WARS 10: Augustus and Antony: Mutina 11: Hirtius and Pansa: suspicion of foul play 12: 43 B.C.: Octavian abandons the Optimate faction 13: The Second Triumvirate: Philippi (42 B.C.) Proscriptions 14: 40 B.C.: Perusia (15: `Arae Perusinae') 16: 38-36 B.C.: Sicily: Sextius Pompeius and Lepidus Naulochus 17: 31 B.C. September 2: Battle of Actium 18: Antonius and Cleopatra 19: Conspiracies and rebellions. 20-25 AUGUSTUS' FOREIGN WARS AND MILITARY POLICY 20: Wars Augustus fought in person 21: Wars fought by proxy (legati). Frontier policy. 22: Peace: The Temple of Janus 23: Triumphs and Disasters 24: Military Discipline 25: Slaves in the military: military rewards. Augustus' caution 26-28 AUGUSTUS AND THE CONSTITUTION: THE `PRINCIPATE' 26: The consulships (31-23, 12, 5) 27: The triumvirate. Tribunicia potestas. Censorships. 28: Augustus and the Republic. The new regime.

4. Suetonius - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Gaius suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as suetonius (ca. 69/75 – after 130), was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order in the early Imperial era. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suetonius

Suetonius From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search This article is about the Roman historian. For the Roman general who put down the rebellion of Boudica, see Gaius Suetonius Paulinus Gaius Suetonius Tranquilius Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle Born ca. AD 70 Hippo Regius, Algeria Died ca. 130 Occupation Secretary historian Genres Biography Subjects History biography oratory Literary movement Silver Age of Latin Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus , commonly known as Suetonius (ca. 69/75 – after 130), was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order in the early Imperial era His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian , entitled De Vita Caesarum . Other works by Suetonius concern the daily life of Rome politics oratory , and the lives of famous writers, including poets, historians, and grammarians. A few of these books have partially survived, but many have been lost. Contents Life Works Twelve Caesars Other works ... edit Life Suetonius was born the son of Suetonius Laetus, who probably came from

5. Suetonius On Chrestus And The Expulsion Of The Jews. Reference by suetonius to the Christians persecuted under Nero and to Chrestus, at whose instigation the Jews were expelled from Rome. http://www.textexcavation.com/suetoniustestimonium.html

Suetonius on Chrestus and the expulsion of the Jews. Is Chrestus a mistake for Christus? One of the ancient pagan testimonia Suetonius, Nero 16.2 (translation slightly modified from J. C. Rolfe Multa sub eo et animadversa severe et coercita nec minus instituta: adhibitus sumptibus modus; publicae cenae ad sportulas redactae; interdictum ne quid in popinis cocti praeter legumina aut holera veniret, cum antea nullum non obsonii genus proponeretur; afflicti suppliciis Christiani, genus hominum superstitionis novae ac maleficae; vetiti quadrigariorum lusus, quibus inveterata licentia passim vagantibus fallere ac furari per iocum ius erat; pantomimorum factiones cum ipsis simul relegatae. During his reign many abuses were severely punished and put down, and no fewer new laws were made. A limit was set to expenditures; the public banquets were confined to a distribution of food; the sale of any kind of cooked viands in the taverns was forbidden, with the exception of pulse and vegetables, whereas before every sort of dainty was exposed for sale. Punishment was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition. He put an end to the diversions of the chariot drivers, who from immunity of long standing claimed the right of ranging at large and amusing themselves by cheating and robbing the people. The pantomimic actors and their partisans were banished from the city. Suetonius

6. Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius  (c.69-after 122 CE): The Divine Augustus English translation by Worthington of Divus Augustus, part of De Vita Caesarum by suetonius http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-augustus.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius (c.69-after 122 CE) The Divine Augustus 1. That the family of the Octavii was of the first distinction in Velitrae, is rendered evident by many circumstances. For in the most frequented part of the town there was, not long since, a street named the Octavian; and an altar was to be seen, consecrated to one Octavius, who being chosen general in a war with some neighbouring people, the enemy making a sudden attack, while he was sacrificing to Mars, he immediately snatched the entrails of the victim from off the fire, and offered them half raw upon the altar; after which, marching out to battle, he returned victorious. This incident gave rise to a law, by which it was enacted, that in all future times the entrails should be offered to Mars in the same manner; and the rest of the victim be carried to the Octavii. 5. Augustus was born in the consulship of Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Antonius [63 BCE], upon the ninth of the calends of October [the 23rd September], a little before sunrise, in the quarter of the Palatine Hill, and the street called The Ox-Heads, where now stands a chapel dedicated to him, and built a little after his death. For, as it is recorded in the proceedings of the senate, Gaius Laetorius, a young man of a patrician family, in pleading before the senators for a lighter sentence, upon his being convicted of adultery, alleged, besides his youth and quality, that he was the possessor, and as it were the guardian, of the ground which the Divine Augustus first touched upon his coming into the world; and entreated that he might find favour, for the sake of that deity, who was in a peculiar manner his; an act of the senate was passed, for the consecration of that part of his house in which Augustus was born.

7. C. Suetonius Tranquillus Gaius suetonius Tranquillus (c.71c.135) Roman scholar and official, best-known as the author of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars. http://www.livius.org/su-sz/suetonius/suetonius.html

home index ancient Rome C. Suetonius Tranquillus Bust of a Roman official, age of Trajan ( Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis , Brussel) Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.71-c.135): Roman scholar and official, best-known as the author of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars Life Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was born in the province of Africa, in Hippo Regius, near modern 'Annaba in northeast Algeria. His father Suetonius Laetus was a rich man and belonged to the equestrian order, the second rank of the Roman elite (after the senators ). In 69, the year of the civil war that is known as the 'year of the four emperors', Laetus was serving as a military tribune in the thirteenth legion Gemina . The author of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars tells this in his Life of Otho , and adds that his father had been present when Otho decided to commit suicide after his army had been defeated at Cremona by the legions of his rival Vitellius Examples Full text: Latin Full text: English The death of Caesar The burial of Caesar Tiberius' sex life ... Laetus and Otho Julius Caesar Musei Vaticani , Rome) From this simple piece of information, we can deduce a couple of things. In the first place, that Laetus was probably born in 49 or 50, because a military tribune was usually nineteen or twenty years old. Under normal circumstances, the tribuneship marked the beginning of a career, but for Laetus, it was the end: as an officer of the defeated Otho, the only thing he could do was retire, grateful to the gods that he had survived. Other officers were less fortunate: they were executed. Assuming that Laetus came from Hippo Regius and returned in the summer of 69, his son Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus can not have been conceived before the winter of 69/70 and can not have been born before the autumn of 70. If he was Laetus' second child, he was born even later - although a date after, say, 73 is unlikely.

8. Suetonius | Define Suetonius At Dictionary.com –noun ( Gaius suetonius Tranquillus ), a.d. 75–150, Roman historian. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Suetonius

9. Suetonius: Biography From Answers.com (born AD 69, probably Rome — died after 122) Roman biographer and antiquarian. suetonius's family was of the knightly class. His writings include Concerning Illustrious Men http://www.answers.com/topic/suetonius

10. GAIUS SUETONIUS PAULINUS RomanBritain.ORG Gaius suetonius Paulinus Governor of Britannia from c. AD58 to 61 suetonius Paulinus after him had two successful years, reducing tribes and strengthening the http://www.roman-britain.org/people/paulinus.htm

WWW. Roman-Britain .ORG Gaius Suetonius Paulinus Governor of Britannia from c. AD58 to 61 Suetonius Paulinus Tacitus Agricola Quintus Veranius, his predecessor. The causes of the Boudiccan revolt are touched upon in Suetonius' autobiography of Nero chapter xviii ), and the full story is narrated in Cornelius Tacitus' Annals book 14, chapter 29 et. seq. ), and Cassius Dio in his History of Rome LXII.i-xi ), treats the same subject with his usual tabloid sensationalism. "... Now, however, Britain was in the hands of Suetonius Paulinus , who in military knowledge and in popular favour, which allows no one to be without a rival, vied with Corbulo, and aspired to equal the glory of the recovery of Armenia by the subjugation of Rome's enemies. He therefore prepared to attack the island of Mona ..." Tacitus Annals XIV Click here for a breakdown of the military campaigns of Gaius Suetonius Paulinus A Potted Biography of Paulinus Praetor in AD41 and Legatus Legionis in Mauretania the following year, when he overran the country of the Moors as far as the Atlas Mountains ( vide Dio, LX.ix.1). In Britain, he concentrated his campaigns against the

11. Gore Vidal : "Robert Graves And The Twelve Caesars" Gore Vidal s famous essay on Robert Grave s version of suetonius writings. http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/desolation/gore-vidal.html

"Robert Graves and the Twelve Caesars" by Gore Vidal A little effete and even degenerate (but then I am a typical "20th century North American" in his eyes, I guess), Gore Vidal is an essayist of the highest rank, in my opinion. Below is an example of Vidal at his best - especially towards the end of his essay when he speaks of the ubiquitous tyranny of the post-WWII world. "Most of the world today is governed by Caesars. Men and more and more treated as things. Torture is ubiquitous. And, as Sartre wrote in his preface to Henri Alleg's chilling book about Algeria, 'Anyone, at any time, may equally find himself victim or executioner.' Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task it is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within - for we are both, and to ignore this duality is to invite disaster." Tiberius

12. The Twelve Caesars - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia A. WallaceHadrill, suetonius the scholar and his Caesars. London Duckworth, 1983. D. Wardle, suetonius' Life of Caligula a commentary. Brussels Latomus, 1994. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lives_of_the_Twelve_Caesars

The Twelve Caesars From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Lives of the Twelve Caesars Jump to: navigation search This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding reliable references . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (October 2009) The Twelve Caesars Author Suetonius Original title De vita Caesarum (literal trans.: On the Life of the Caesars) Country Roman Empire Language Latin Genre(s) Biography Publication date AD 121 De vita Caesarum Latin , literal translation: On the Life of the Caesars ) commonly known as The Twelve Caesars , is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus The work, written in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian , was the most popular work of Suetonius , at that time Hadrian's personal secretary, and is the largest among his surviving writings. It was dedicated to a friend, the Praetorian prefect Gaius Septicius Clarus The Twelve Caesars is considered very significant in antiquity and remains a primary source on Roman history. The book discusses the significant and critical period of the

13. The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, By C. Suetonius Tranquillus; The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete by C. suetonius Tranquillus This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6400/6400-h/6400-h.htm

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete by C. Suetonius Tranquillus This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete To Which Are Added, His Lives Of The Grammarians, Rhetoricians, And Poets Author: C. Suetonius Tranquillus Release Date: October 22, 2006 [EBook #6400] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWELVE CAESARS *** Produced by Tapio Riikonen and David Widger THE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS By C. Suetonius Tranquillus; To which are added, HIS LIVES OF THE GRAMMARIANS, RHETORICIANS, AND POETS. The Translation of Alexander Thomson, M.D. Revised and corrected by T.Forester, Esq., A.M. PREFACE C. Suetonius Tranquillus was the son of a Roman knight who commanded a legion, on the side of Otho, at the battle which decided the fate of the empire in favour of Vitellius. From incidental notices in the following History, we learn that he was born towards the close of the reign of Vespasian, who died in the year 79 of the Christian era. He lived till the time of Hadrian, under whose administration he filled the office of secretary; until, with several others, he was dismissed for presuming on familiarities with the empress Sabina, of which we have no further account than that they were unbecoming his position in the imperial court. How long he survived this disgrace, which appears to have befallen him in the year 121, we are not informed; but we find that the leisure afforded him by his retirement, was employed in the composition of numerous works, of which the only portions now extant are collected in the present volume.

14. Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius: Life Of Vitellius, Chap. 13 The life of Emperor Vitellius as told by suetonius. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-vitellius13.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius: Life of Vitellius, chap. 13 [Davis Introduction] The Emperor Vitellius, who had a very brief and insignificant reign (69 A. D.), was mainly distinguished for his gormandizing and gluttony. How he enjoyed himself during his short lease of power is told by Suetonius. Probably there were a good many in Rome who would have imitated him, if given a similar opportunity. Suetonius (c.69-after 122 CE) Life of Vitellius (b. 15 - r. 69 -d.69 CE) Chap. 13: The Gormandizing of the Emperor Vitellius. Source: From: William Stearns Davis, ed., Readings in Ancient History: Illustrative Extracts from the Sources, 2 Vols. (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1912-13), Vol. II: Rome and the West , pp. Scanned by: J. S. Arkenberg, Dept. of History, Cal. State Fullerton. Prof. Arkenberg has modernized the text. This text is part of the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook . The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts related to medieval and Byzantine history. � Paul Halsall, June 1998

15. LacusCurtius • Suetonius' Twelve Caesars English entry page to the complete Latin text and an English translation of the work. Part of a large site containing many Greek and Latin texts. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/home.html

16. Suetonius Facts - Freebase Facts and figures about suetonius, taken from Freebase, the world's database. http://www.freebase.com/view/en/suetonius

17. Suetonius suetonius Historian to Roman Emperor Hadrian, he recorded biblical events. Other sources include Mara Bar-Serapion and Lucian of Samosata. http://www.allaboutthejourney.org/suetonius.htm

Suetonius You are here: The Journey Suetonius Suetonius Suetonius was a secretary and historian to Hadrian, Emperor of Rome from 117 to 138 AD. Regarding Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD) and the Riot of Rome in 49 AD, Suetonius wrote: As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus [Christ], he [Claudius] expelled them from Rome. Interestingly, Acts 18:2 relates that Paul met Aquila and his wife Priscilla just after they left Italy because Claudius had expelled them. Later, Suetonius wrote about the great fire of Rome in 64 AD: Punishment by Nero was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition. Mara Bar-Serapion , a stoic philosopher from Syria, wrote this letter to his son from prison sometime after 70 AD: What advantage did the Athenians gain from putting Socrates to death? Famine and plague came upon them as a judgment for their crime. What advantage did the men of Samos gain from burning Pythagoras? In a moment their land was covered with sand. What advantage did the Jews gain from their executing their wise king? It was just after that that their kingdom was abolished. God justly avenged these three wise men: The Athenians died of hunger; the Samians were overwhelmed by the sea; the Jews, ruined and driven from their land, live in complete dispersion. But Socrates did not die for good; he lived on in the statue of Plato. Pythagoras did not die for good; he lived on in the statue of Hera. Nor did the wise king die for good; he lived on in the teaching which he had given.

18. Tranquillus Suetonius Definition Of Tranquillus Suetonius In The Free Online Enc suetonius (Caius suetonius Tranquillus) (swētō`nēəs), c.A.D. 69–c.A.D. 140, Roman biographer. Little is known about his life except that he was briefly the private secretary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Tranquillus Suetonius

19. Suetonius Online Text for suetonius. Perseus Lives of the Caesars in Latin; Lives of the Caesars Rolfe Translation; Online Resources for suetonius. suetonius Electronic Texts and Resources http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/suetonius.html

Home Other Suetonius Suetonius At a Glance Treatise Genre Reliability of Dating Length of Text Greek Original Language: Ancient Translations: Modern Translations: Estimated Range of Dating: 115-115 C.E. Chronological List Earlier Texts 65-80 Gospel of Mark 70-100 Epistle of James 70-120 Egerton Gospel 70-160 Gospel of Peter 70-160 Secret Mark 70-200 Fayyum Fragment 70-200 The Twelve Patriarchs 73-200 Mara Bar Serapion 80-100 2 Thessalonians 80-100 Ephesians 80-100 Gospel of Matthew 80-110 1 Peter 80-120 Epistle of Barnabas 80-130 Gospel of Luke 80-130 Acts of the Apostles 80-140 1 Clement 80-150 Gospel of the Egyptians 80-150 Gospel of the Hebrews 73-200 Christian Sibyllines 80-100 Apocalypse of John 90-120 Gospel of John Later Texts Online Text for Suetonius Perseus: Lives of the Caesars in Latin Lives of the Caesars: Rolfe Translation Online Resources for Suetonius Suetonius: Electronic Texts and Resources Josh McDowell's "Evidence" for Jesus: Is It Reliable? (On Suetonius by Jeffery Jay Lowder) Offline Resources for Suetonius Josh McDowell's "Evidence" for Jesus: Is It Reliable? (On Suetonius by Jeffery Jay Lowder) Information on Suetonius In The Life of Claudius 25.4, we find the statement, "As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome."

20. Suetonius - Academic Kids Gaius suetonius Tranquillus (75 AD – 160 AD), commonly known simply as suetonius, was a Roman writer. suetonius was an administrator working as a secretary to the emperor Hadrian http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Suetonius

Suetonius From Academic Kids Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus AD), commonly known simply as Suetonius , was a Roman writer Suetonius was an administrator working as a secretary to the emperor Hadrian , prior to his disemployment by Hadrian. He is remembered chiefly as the author of "The Lives of the First Twelve Caesars" ( De vita Caesarum ), a history of Roman leaders, which has been the source for many works on Roman history , and he is generally considered one of the most impartial historians of ancient times. This does not mean, however, that he did not have his favorites such as Caesar Augustus , whom he preferred vastly over such emperors as Nero and Gaius Caligula . Suetonius was also rather fond of alleged lewd details from the lives of those about whom he wrote. Many of these episodes, often sexual in nature, are likely derived from rumors going about at the time of Suetonius or in the records available to him in his erstwhile position in the administration of Hadrian, thus potentially representing 2nd century attitudes regarding prior emperors and the imperial office. In very few cases did Suetonius cite his sources; one such example is when he was accentuating the fact that

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