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...r a month later who was named Julia Drusilla, in honor of his dead sister. Suetonius states that Caligula would parade Caesonia in front of his troops and somet

...referred to as the ''Queen of Bithynia'' as described by [[author::roman::Suetonius]] in [[The Twelve Caesars]]

...scussed above could also be related to the description by [[roman::author::Suetonius]] on the voting of temples to Augustus, ie “(Augustus) would not accept s ...AE & Cooley MGL, “Pompeii: A Sourcebook”, 2004; Graves R & Grant M, “Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars”, 1979; Grant M, “Tacitus: The Annals of Imperial R

...s or ''actresses'' to avoid adultery laws. We can read in [[author::roman::Suetonius]]'s Lives of the Twelve Caesars that ''Women of ill-fame, divesting themsel

...letters. Have a look at this site: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-augustus.asp

...empt for his people was such that during one gathering at the amphitheatre Suetonius and Cassius Dio both quote him as saying that he wished all of Rome had but ...ts if not all the details. It is difficult to know if Cassius Dio had read Suetonius or other authors such as Tacitus, [[author::Philo]] or [[author::Roman::Se

...story, noting that Cassius Dio's version would be more contempreneous than Suetonius'. Other's have suggested that the sexual perversions, although they undoubt

...he accounts that we have from [[author::roman::Tacitus]], [[author::roman::Suetonius]] and others. Apparently, there was bad blood between them and they had bot ...fter Agrippina's death. Unfortunately the baby survived only a few months. Suetonius, she believes, is a little more believable by setting the action in her cou

From almost the first sentence we know that [[roman::author::Suetonius]] is not going to write a positive biography of Nero when he says ...vices; as if those alone had been transmitted to him by his descent'' <ref>Suetonius. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars:Volume Six</ref>

...an author of histories of these emperors who is quoted by [[author::roman::Suetonius]], [[roman::author::Tacitus]] and [[roman::author::Cassius Dio]] among othe

...ean, fellow-soldiers? I am yours, and you are mine'' <ref>Suetonius</ref>. Suetonius says that other writers relate that he was prepared for it. ''"Do your work ...her like a bowling ball with his fingers jammed in his mouth. According to Suetonius, once Otho had done a positive id he gave the head to the slaves who stuck

[[author::roman::Suetonius]] first mentions Seneca when commenting on [[roman::Tiberius]]'s death. Whe He was born in 6BC and interestingly Suetonius notes that it was six years before the Christian era. ''Seneca was born abo

Tacitus is more high minded than [[roman::author::Suetonius]] in his depiction of [[roman::Tiberius]]. A lot of what he writes is innue There are few sex scenes in Tacitus' history unlike Suetonius. Tacitus sees no redemptive quality whereas the senatorial stories there is

...after he had gone out of the room'' <ref>The Lives of the Twelves Caesars, Suetonius</ref>. He also parties hard into the night and kept catamites and eunuchs a

... whose charms appealed most to him'' <ref>The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Suetonius </ref> ...], as well as [[roman::author::Cassius Dio]], Pliny the Elder and Juvenal. Suetonius rarely needs much smoke to narrate to us a gossipy, scandalous blazing fire

...], as well as [[roman::author::Cassius Dio]], Pliny the Elder and Juvenal. Suetonius rarely needs much smoke to narrate to us a gossipy, scandalous blazing fire ...impressive: Cassius Dio, Josephus, and Pliny the Elder, Juvenal, Plutarch, Suetonius, Tacitus, Sextus Aurelius Victor, and Seneca the Younger.

...ying aside the garb of his country, took to the cloak and slippers'' <ref> Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars - Tiberius</ref> ...er case, whether it was with or without the connivance of Tiberius'' <ref> Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars - Tiberius</ref>