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Suetonius (Suetonius)

Suetonius wrote the Lives of the Caesars, biography arranged by topics such as family, habits, and death.

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How it connects

He is a biographer of emperors. Tacitus, writing about the same years, is a historian.

Latin words that go with this card: imperator, vita.

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