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
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