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The historian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus tells us the crisis had almost persuaded Nero to abandon Britain.
Tacitus writes that the Praetorian Prefect, Macro, smothered Tiberius with a pillow to hasten Caligula's accession, much to the joy of the Roman people, while Suetonius writes that Caligula may have carried out the killing, though this is not recorded by any other ancient historian.
The most extensive account of the life of Domitian to survive was written by the historian Suetonius, who was born during the reign of Vespasian, and published his works under Emperor Hadrian ( 117 – 138 ).
The first apparent usage of the term " euthanasia " belongs to the historian Suetonius who described how the Emperor Augustus, " dying quickly and without suffering in the arms of his wife, Livia, experienced the ' euthanasia ' he had wished for.
Einhard's literary model was the classical work of the Roman historian Suetonius, the Lives of the Caesars, though it is important to stress that the work is very much Einhard's own, that is to say he adapts the models and sources for his own purposes.
The historian Josephus claims that the conspirators wished to restore the Republic while the historian Suetonius claims their motivations were mostly personal.
* Suetonius, Roman historian
According to the First Century Roman historian Tacitus, she died by poisoning herself so she would not be enslaved by the Roman governor, Suetonius Paulinus.
* Suetonius, Roman historian
* Suetonius, Roman historian
Upon hearing of the defeat, the Emperor Augustus, according to the Roman historian Suetonius in his work De vita Caesarum (" On the Life of the Caesars "), was so shaken by the news that he stood butting his head against the walls of his palace, repeatedly shouting:
If the palace was designed for Lucullus, then it may have only been in use for a few years, for the Roman historian Suetonius records that Lucullus was executed by the delusional emperor Domitian in or shortly after AD 93.
He was a friend of the historian Tacitus and employed the biographer Suetonius in his staff.
* Gaius Suetonius Paulinus ( 1st century AD ), general, natural historian
Suetonius remarks that he fell into great poverty in his old age, and was supported by the historian Clodius Licinus.
Three Roman rulers considered the idea but all suffered violent deaths ; the historian Suetonius tells us that the Roman dictator Julius Caesar considered digging a canal through the isthmus but was assassinated before he could commence the project.
According to the historian Suetonius, Caesar uttered the famous phrase ālea iacta est (" the die has been cast ").
In his life of the emperor Tiberius, who was a scion of the Claudii, the historian Suetonius gives a summary of the gens, and says, " as time went on it was honoured with twenty-eight consulships, five dictatorships, seven censorships, six triumphs, and two ovations.
The contemporary historian Suetonius speculated on the possible involvement of Domitian in his brother's death, attributing his final words to a popular rumour of the time, which held that Titus had carried on an affair with Domitia Longina.
The Roman historian Suetonius made references to early Christians and their leader in his work Lives of the Twelve Caesars ..
According to the historian Suetonius, Augustus ' successor, Tiberius, was offered this title, but refused it.
According to the Roman historian Suetonius, Tiberius tried to suppress all foreign religions.
An emperor, Nero, descended from an aristocratic family, is by the historian Suetonius described as: "... his hair light blond ,... his eyes blue ..."

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The ancient historian Tacitus describes Domitian's first speech in the Senate as brief and measured, at the same time noting his ability to elude awkward questions.
Allen had the work, which historian Charles Jellison describes as " rebellion in print ", printed in Connecticut, and began selling and giving away copies in early 1775.
The historian Ibn Khaldun describes fiqh as " knowledge of the rules of God which concern the actions of persons who own themselves bound to obey the law respecting what is required ( wajib ), sinful ( haraam ), recommended ( mandūb ), disapproved ( makrūh ) or neutral ( mubah )".
Although the Australian Official History of 24th Brigade's 2 / 32 battalion describes the counterattack force as " German ", the Australian historian Mark Johnston reports that German records indicate that it was the Trento Division that overran the Australian battalion.
In Norway, the historian Edvard Bull famously proclaimed that " we have to give up all illusions that Snorri's mighty epic bears any deeper resemblance to what actually happened " in the time it describes.
The historian Kelly DeVries describes the period preceding her appearance in the following terms: " If anything could have discouraged her, the state of France in 1429 should have.
Nonetheless, modern historians agree that he also had many faults as king, including what historian Ralph Turner describes as " distasteful, even dangerous personality traits ", such as pettiness, spitefulness and cruelty.
One chronicler had not seen " a siege so hard pressed or so strongly resisted ", whilst historian Reginald Brown describes it as " one of the greatest operations in England up to that time ".
* The Romano-Jewish historian Josephus ( 37 – c. 100 AD ) describes it in his book The Jewish War ( 4. 10. 5 ) when he gives a geographical overview of Egypt.
All that remains of his description of Moses are two references made by Diodorus Siculus, wherein, writes historian Arthur Droge, " he describes Moses as a wise and courageous leader who left Egypt and colonized Judaea.
The Guyanese historian Walter Rodney describes mercantilism as the period of the world-wide development of European commerce, which began in the fifteenth century with the voyages of Portuguese and Spanish explorers to Africa, Asia and the New World.
The historian Andreas Kossert describes that the incorporation happened despite protests of the local populace, the municipal authorities and the German Government, According to Kossert 6, 000 inhabitants of the region soon left the area.
British historian Richard J. Evans describes the difference in technique between historians and revisionists thus:
Stephen's military campaign in England had progressed well, and historian David Crouch describes it as " a military achievement of the first rank ".
The completed film ultimately benefited from the decision, as film historian Joseph Maddrey describes the black-and-white filming as " guerrilla-style ", resembling " the unflinching authority of a wartime newsreel ".
A slightly different accounting can be found in the book Against Apion, by the 1st-century Jewish historian Josephus, who describes 22 sacred books: the five books of Moses, thirteen histories, and four books of hymns to God and precepts for the conduct of human life.
The historian Eleanor Searle describes William's invasion as " a plan that no ruler but a Scandinavian would have considered ".
The 5th century BC Athenian historian Thucydides describes them as " barbarians " in his History of the Peloponnesian War, as does Strabo in his Geography.
The ensuing Battle of Concepción, which historian J. R. Edmondson describes as " the first major engagement of the Texas Revolution ", was the last offensive against the Texian Army that Cos would order.
Film historian Virginia Wright Wexman describes Antonioni's perspective on the world as that of a " postreligious Marxist and existentialist intellectual.
This time France succeeded in prevailing over Great Britain, in what historian Alfred Cave describes as " French [...] revenge for Montcalm's death ".
He continues to receive praise from film scholars: critic Leonard Maltin calls Tracy " one of the 20th century ’ s finest actors ", while film historian Jeanine Basinger describes his career as a " golden record of movie achievement ".
Writing in 1933, art historian Bryson Burroughs, who at that time attributed to Hubert the Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych and whom he describes as " the fountainhead of northern painting ", suggests he did the underdrawing for the Ghent Altarpiece with Jan painting in after his brother's death.
The historian Psellus describes the defeated Bardas Skleros giving Basil the following advice: " Cut down the governors who become over-proud.

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