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Suetonius

70 - 126

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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs sweːˈtoːniʊs traŋˈkᶣɪlːʊs]), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( swih-TOH-nee-əs; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is De vita Caesarum, commonly known in English as The Twelve Caesars, a set of biographies of 12 successive Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Other works by Suetonius concerned 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Suetonius is the 12th most popular historian (down from 10th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Italy (down from 219th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Historian.

Suetonius was a Roman historian and author who wrote about the lives of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He is most famous for his work, "The Twelve Caesars," which chronicles the lives of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian.

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Among historians, Suetonius ranks 12 out of 561. Before him are Xenophon, Livy, Josephus, Diodorus Siculus, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Polybius. After him are Thomas Kuhn, Hecataeus of Miletus, Procopius, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Mircea Eliade, and Cassius Dio.

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Among people born in 70, Suetonius ranks 1. After him are Pope Anicetus, Papias of Hierapolis, Menelaus of Alexandria, Theon of Smyrna, and Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus. Among people deceased in 126, Suetonius ranks 1. After him are Domitia Longina, Saint Sabina, and Philopappos.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Suetonius ranks 299 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Honorius I (585), Pope Sixtus III (390), Pope Adeodatus I (570), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Pope Sergius III (860), and Pope Lucius I (200). After him are Pope Pontian (200), Canaletto (1697), Germanicus (-15), Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (-700), Pope Gregory II (669), and Pope Agatho (574).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Suetonius ranks 3. Before him are Livy (-59), and Diodorus Siculus (-90). After him are Leonardo Bruni (1370), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Euhemerus (-330), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).

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