Mark Antony later charged that Octavian had earned his adoption by Caesar through sexual favours, though Suetonius, in his work Lives of the Twelve Caesars, describes Antony's accusation as political slander.

* Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars

According to Suetonius in his De vita Caesarum ( The Lives of the Twelve Caesars ), written in the first century CE, the emperor Augustus sometimes presented old and exotic coins to friends and courtiers during festivals and other special occasions.

* Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Caligula

In his biography in the Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Suetonius attests to Domitian's ability to quote the important poets and writers such as Homer or Virgil on appropriate occasions, and describes him as a learned and educated adolescent, with elegant conversation.

* Caesar ( as, for example, in Suetonius ' Twelve Caesars ).

Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars

Suetonius Tranquilius gives a short but highly favourable account on Titus's reign in The Lives of Twelve Caesars, emphasizing his military achievements and his generosity as Emperor, in short describing him as follows:

* Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Titus, Latin text with English translation

According to Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars, the emperor Tiberius liked to annoy scholars with obscure questions, and one of his favorites was " Who was Hecuba's mother?

* Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Vespasian 3, 21 ; Domitian 12. 3

* Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Tiberius, Latin text with English translation

Graves's interpretation of the story owes much to the histories of Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Plutarch, and ( especially ) Suetonius ( Lives of the Twelve Caesars ).

In this sense Suetonius wrote of The Twelve Caesars, meaning the emperors from Julius Caesar to the Flavians included ( where, after Nero, the inherited name had turned into a title ), and emperors adopted themselves into an Imperial lineage.

* The Twelve Caesars, Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves, 1957, Penguin Books ; Also available from Project Gutenberg: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete

* Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, the Life of Nero, 38 ( c. 121 )

* The Twelve Caesars, Suetonius, available from Project Gutenberg: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete

* The rumor that Vespasian fell asleep during a song sung by Nero is recorded by Suetonius in the Lives of the Twelve Caesars.

* Suetonius: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

Their salutation is a well-known Latin phrase quoted in Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum (" The Life of the Caesars ", or " The Twelve Caesars ").

* Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, Claudius.

* Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Domitian, Latin text with English translation

* Suetonius, De vita Casearum ( On the Life of the Caesars ) Augustus, Tiberius iii. 52. 3, 53 and Caligula iv. 23. 1

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.

* Suetonius, The Lives of the twelve Caesars http :// www. fordham. edu / halsall / ancient / suetonius-index. html

Suetonius, in The Lives of the Caesars, comments on Otho's appearance and personal hygiene.

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:

* Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars: " Caesar ".

* Life of Otho ( Suetonius ; English translation and Latin original )

* Life of Vitellius ( Suetonius ; English translation and Latin original )

A brief biographical note is found in Aelius Donatus's Life of Virgil, which seems to be derived from an earlier work by Suetonius.

* Suetonius: The Life of Augustus

Suetonius in Chapter 68 of his Life of Augustus writes that Lucius Antonius, the brother of Mark Antony accused the Emperor Augustus for having " given himself to Aulus Hirtius in Spain for three hundred thousand sesterces.

* Suetonius, Life of Julius Caesar, 50.

* Suetonius, Lives of Caesars Life of Nero 35, Life of Otho 3

* Suetonius, Life of Julius Caesar

* His Life of Virgil is thought to be based on a lost Vita by Suetonius, together with the preface and introduction of his commentary on Virgil's works.

In Suetonius ' Life of Nero, we read that the emperor Nero's grandfather, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, whose wife was Antonia Major, daughter of Mark Antony, " was haughty, extravagant, and cruel, and when he was only an aedile, forced the censor Lucius Plancus to make way for him on the street ": the story seems to hint at the poor reputation Plancus held after his censorship.

" All the main characters, with the sole exception of Claudius's servant Lesbus, are historical, and the broad outline of the libretto draws heavily upon Tacitus's Annals and Suetonius ' Life of Claudius.

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* Life of Caligula by Suetonius

Suetonius ( LXIII, Life of Augustus ) says Marcus Antonius wrote that Augustus betrothed his daughter Julia to marry Cotiso ( M. Antonius scribit primum eum Antonio filio suo despondisse Iuliam, dein Cotisoni Getarum regi ) to create an alliance between the two men.

* Suetonius, Life of Caligula 26 ( Text ).