70 - 126
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 a set of biographies of 12 successive Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian, properly titled De vita Caesarum. 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 1,149,843 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Suetonius is the 10th most popular historian, the 181st most popular biography from Italy (down from 159th 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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Among historians, Suetonius ranks 10 out of 339. Before him are Xenophon, Tacitus, Livy, Sima Qian, Josephus, and Polybius. After him are Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Thomas Kuhn, Manetho, Hecataeus of Miletus, and Procopius.
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
54 - 120
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 5
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 6
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 7
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 8
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 9
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 10
1805 - 1859
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 12
1922 - 1996
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 13
201 BC - Present
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 14
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 15
500 - 560
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 16
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.
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
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70 - 168
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 2
70 - 140
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 3
70 - 100
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 4
70 - 135
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 5
70 - 117
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 6
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 1
100 - 126
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 2
100 - 126
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 3
100 - 126
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 4
Among people born in Italy, Suetonius ranks 181 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Clement XI (1649), Catullus (-84), Pope Pius IV (1499), Giorgione (1478), Pope Gregory XII (1335), and Pope Julius III (1487). After him are Pope Paul IV (1476), Enzo Ferrari (1898), Pope Leo I (390), Pope Innocent XI (1611), Pope Innocent XIII (1655), and Pope Innocent VIII (1432).
1649 - 1721
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 175
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 176
1499 - 1565
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 177
1478 - 1510
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 178
1335 - 1417
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 179
1487 - 1555
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 180
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 181
1476 - 1559
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 182
1898 - 1988
HPI: 74.50
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390 - 461
HPI: 74.46
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1611 - 1689
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 185
1655 - 1724
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 186
1432 - 1492
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 187
Among historians born in Italy, Suetonius ranks 2. Before him are Livy (-59). After him are Diodorus Siculus (-90), Leonardo Bruni (1370), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Euhemerus (-330), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 1
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 2
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
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1370 - 1444
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 4
1380 - 1459
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 5
19 BC - 31
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 6
330 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 7
1483 - 1540
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 8
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 9
350 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 10
1388 - 1463
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 11
345 - 411
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 12