Tunc Caesar: "Eatur," inquit, "quo deorum ostenta et inimic… - Suetonius

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Tunc Caesar: "Eatur," inquit, "quo deorum ostenta et inimicorum iniquitas vocat. Iacta alea est," inquit.

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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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Tunc Caesar: "Eatur," inquit, "quo deorum ostenta et inimicorum iniquitas vocat. Iacta alea est," inquit. - Suetonius

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