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Suetonius

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Sue·to·ni·us  (sw-tn-s) In full Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. fl. second century a.d.
Roman historian whose major work, Lives of the Caesars, is an account of the lives of the first 12 Roman emperors.
Suetonius [swiːˈtəʊnɪəs]
n
(Biographies / Suetonius (75-150) M, Roman, WRITING: biographer, HISTORY: historian) full name Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. 75-150 ad, Roman biographer and historian, whose chief works were Concerning Illustrious Men and The Lives of the Caesars (from Julius Caesar to Domitian)
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Suetonius [swiːˈtəʊnɪəs] N → Suetonio
Suetonius
n → Sueton(ius) m


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" manifesting in this a more seared and callous conscience than even Nero himself; of whom we are told by Suetonius, "that the consciousness of his guilt, after the death of his mother, became immediately intolerable, and so continued; nor could all the congratulations of the soldiers, of the senate, and the people, allay the horrors of his conscience.
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