Suetonius
| Suetonius | |
|---|---|
 Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle | |
| Born | Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus c. 69 AD Roum, Roman Empire |
| Dee'd | after 122 AD |
| Thrift | Secretar, historian |
| Genre | Biografie |
| Subject | History, biografie, oratory |
| Leeterar muivement | Siller Age o Laitin |
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly kent as Suetonius (c. 69 – efter 122 AD), wis a Roman historian belangin tae the equestrian order wha wrote in the early Imperial era o the Roman Empire.
His maist important survivin wark is a set o biografies o twal successive Roman rulers, frae Julius Caesar tae Domitian, enteetled De Vita Caesarum. He recordit the earliest accoonts o Julius Caesar's epileptic seizurs. Ither warks bi Suetonius concern the daily life o Roum, politics, oratory, an the lives o famous writers, includin poets, historians, an grammarians. A few o thir beuks hae pairtially survived, but mony hae been lost.