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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Suetonius has received more than 1,248,239 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia. Suetonius is the 10th most popular historian, the 219th most popular biography from Italy (down from 180th in 2019) and the 2nd 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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  • 10.30

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  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Suetonius ranks 10 out of 561. Before him are Thucydides, Xenophon, Sima Qian, Livy, Polybius, and Tacitus. After him are Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Hecataeus of Miletus, Manetho, Thomas Kuhn, and Mircea Eliade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70, Suetonius ranks 1. After him are Pope Anicetus, Menelaus of Alexandria, Papias of Hierapolis, 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 219 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Urban III (1200), Pope Gregory VIII (1100), Pope Benedict XIV (1675), Pope Martin V (1369), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), and Pope Clement XIII (1693). After him are Agnes of Rome (291), Otho (32), Pope Eugene IV (1383), Pope Marcellus II (1501), Giuseppe Mazzini (1805), and Pope Pelagius I (505).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Suetonius ranks 2. Before him are Livy (-59). After him are Diodorus Siculus (-90), Euhemerus (-330), Leonardo Bruni (1370), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Flavio Biondo (1388), Timaeus (-350), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).

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