A remarkably modest statement of his is recorded in the Proceedings of the Senate: "If So-and-so challenges me, I shall lay before you a careful acco… - Suetonius

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A remarkably modest statement of his is recorded in the Proceedings of the Senate: "If So-and-so challenges me, I shall lay before you a careful account of what I have said and done; if he should continue, I shall reciprocate his dislike of me."

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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c. 69–after 122 AD) was a Roman historian. Among his surviving works are some thumbnail sketches of the lives of Roman grammarians, rhetoricians and poets, but he is best known for his De Vita Caesarum, often known in English as The Twelve Caesars.

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Native Name: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus
Alternative Names: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Suetone Tranquile Suétone Svetonio Gaio Svetonio Tranquillo Sueton Sveton C. Suetonius Tranquillus Suetone Tranquillus Suetonius
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