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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known
as Suetonius (c. 69 – 122 AD), was a Roman historian belonging to the
equestrian order who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.
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Main author: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus ;
Title: Caii Suetonii Tranquilli Vitae duodecim caesarum diligentissime
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Published: Floretiae, sumptu Philippi Juntae, 1515.
Language: Latin
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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus [ˈɡaː.ɪ.ʊs ˈswɛ.tɔn.jʊs
traŋˈkᶣɪl.lʊs], commonly known as Suetonius (/swɪˈtoʊniəs/; c. 69 – after 122
AD), was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order who wrote during
the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.
His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of
twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, entitled De
Vita Caesarum. He recorded the earliest accounts of Julius Caesar's epileptic
seizures. 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 [hide]
1 Life
2 Works
2.1 The Twelve
Caesars
2.2 Other
works
2.2.1 Partly
extant
2.2.2 Lost works
3 Еditions
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
7 External
links
Life[edit]
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was probably born in Italy[1] at
about 69 AD, a date deduced from his remarks describing himself as a
"young man" twenty years after Nero's death. It is certain that
Suetonius came from a family of moderate social position, that his father,
Suetonius Laetus,[2] was a tribune of equestrian rank (tribunus angusticlavius)
in the Thirteenth Legion, and that Suetonius was educated when schools of
rhetoric flourished in Rome.
Suetonius was a close friend of senator and letter-writer
Pliny the Younger. Pliny describes him as "quiet and studious, a man
dedicated to writing." Pliny helped him buy a small property and
interceded with the Emperor Trajan to grant Suetonius immunities usually
granted to a father of three, the ius trium liberorum, because his marriage was
childless.[3] Through Pliny, Suetonius came into favour with Trajan and
Hadrian. Suetonius may have served on Pliny’s staff when Pliny was Proconsul of
Bithynia Pontus (northern Asia Minor) between 110 and 112. Under Trajan he
served as secretary of studies (precise functions are uncertain) and director
of Imperial archives. Under Hadrian, he became the Emperor's secretary. But, in
119, Hadrian dismissed Suetonius for the latter's allegedly excessive intimacy
with the empress Sabina.[4][5]
Works[edit]
The Twelve Caesars[edit]
Main article: The Twelve Caesars
A bust of Gaius Julius Caesar.
He is mainly remembered as the author of De Vita
Caesarum—translated as The Life of the Caesars although a more common English
title is The Lives of the Twelve Caesars or simply The Twelve Caesars—his only
extant work except for the brief biographies and other fragments noted below.
The Twelve Caesars, probably written in Hadrian's time, is a collective
biography of the Roman Empire's first leaders, Julius Caesar (the first few
chapters are missing), Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba,
Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. The book was dedicated to a
friend Gaius Septicius Clarus, a prefect of the Praetorian Guard in 119.[6] The
work tells the tale of each Caesar's life according to a set formula: the
descriptions of appearance, omens, family history, quotes, and then a history
are given in a consistent order for each Caesar.
Other works[edit]
Partly extant[edit]
De Viris Illustribus ("On Famous Men" — in the
field of literature), to which belong:
De Illustribus Grammaticis ("Lives Of The
Grammarians"; 20 brief lives, apparently complete)
De Claris Rhetoribus ("Lives Of The Rhetoricians";
5 brief lives out of an original 16 survive)
De Poetis ("Lives Of The Poets"; the life of
Virgil, as well as fragments from the lives of Terence, Horace and Lucan,
survive)
De Historicis ("Lives of the historians"; a brief
life of Pliny the Elder is attributed to this work)
Peri ton par' Hellesi paidion ("Greek Games")
Peri blasphemion ("Greek Terms of Abuse")
The two last works were written in Greek. They apparently
survive in part in the form of extracts in later Greek glossaries.
Lost works[edit]
The below listed lost works of Suetonius are from the
Foreword written by Robert Graves in his translation of the Twelve Caesars. [7]
Royal Biographies
Lives of Famous Whores
Roman Manners and Customs
The Roman Year
The Roman Festivals
Roman Dress
Greek Games
Offices of State
On Cicero’s Republic
Physical Defects of Mankind
Methods of Reckoning Time
An Essay on Nature
Greek Objurations
Grammatical Problems
Critical Signs Used in Books