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Suetonius
ca. 69–122
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, known as Suetonius, was a Roman historian best known for his biographies of Roman emperors from Julius Caesar through Domitian. The biographies, which form a larger work conventionally known as Lives of the Twelve Caesars, were likely written during the reign of Hadrian and follow a consistent format, beginning with the subject’s early life and career and ending with their death but departing from the chronological format in the middle to describe their private life, appearance, and personality.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Roman Jews Mourn Julius Caesar
At the height of the public grief a throng of foreigners went about lamenting each after the fashion of his country, above all the Jews, who even flocked to the place for several successive nights.
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Titus Sends Berenice Away
Besides cruelty, he [Titus] was also suspected of riotous living, since he protracted his revels until the middle of the night with the most prodigal of his friends; likewise of unchastity because of…
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Invasive Tax Enforcement
Besides other taxes, that on the Jews was levied with the utmost rigour, and those were prosecuted who without publicly acknowledging that faith yet lived as Jews, as well as those who concealed their…
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Tiberius Expels Egyptians and Jews
He abolished foreign cults, especially the Egyptian and the Jewish rites, compelling all who were addicted to such superstitions to burn their religious vestments and all their paraphernalia. Those of…
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