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Lives of the Caesars


Caius Suetonius

Suetonius (Caius Suetonius Tranquillus), c. A.D. 69 – c. A.D.140, Roman biographer. Little is known about his life except that he was briefly the private secretary of Emperor Hadrian.

His De vita Caesarum [concerning the lives of the Caesars] survives almost in full; it was translated into English by Robert Graves as The Twelve Caesars (1957).

There are also fragments of a much larger collection of biographies, De viris illustribus [concerning illustrious men]. He gathered together all sorts of anecdotes, and the resultant biographies are lively and informative. Suetonius was taken as a model by many later biographers.


Lives of the Caesars

  • De Vita Caesarum: Julius

  • De Vita Caesarum: Augustus

  • De Vita Caesarum: Tiberius

  • De Vita Caesarum: Caius Caligula

  • De Vita Caesarum: Claudius

  • De Vita Caesarum: Nero

  • De Vita Caesarum: Galba

  • De Vita Caesarum: Otho

  • De Vita Caesarum: Vitellius

  • De Vita Caesarum: Vespasian

  • De Vita Caesarum: Titus

  • De Vita Caesarum: Domitian


  • Divus Julius Divus Augustus Tiberius Caius Caligula Divus Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Divus Vespasianus Divus Titus Domitianus

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