Suetonius

[ swi-toh-nee-uhs ]

noun

1. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, a.d. 75–150, Roman historian.

Suetonius

/ swiːˈtəʊnɪəs /

noun

1. Suetonius75150MRomanWRITING: biographerHISTORY: 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)

Example Sentences

His biographer Suetonius, writing a few years after Tacitus, claimed Nero had “practiced every sort of obscenity,” from incest to murder.

From Scientific American

Suetonius wrote that he cried out, “Qualis artifex pereo!”

From Scientific American

The hall’s eventual ruins, which were later attested to as a latrine by the historian Suetonius, are located near and around the square.

From Washington Times

The ancient historian Suetonius may not have been the most accurate source, but seeing people like Musk and Trump in action, I feel more sympathetic to his accounts of what boring people, given power answerable to their whims, wind up doing.

From Washington Post

I’m sorry I doubted you, Suetonius!

From Washington Post