Did Suetonius Like Augustus?

Did Suetonius Like Augustus?

De vita Caesarum, commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

What does Suetonius say about Augustus?

Suetonius quotes Augustus as repeatedly cursing his enemies by saying that they should have "a wife and children like mine." According to Suetonius, Augustus lived a modest life, with few luxuries. Augustus lived in an ordinary Roman house, ate ordinary Roman meals, and slept in an ordinary Roman bed.

What was Suetonius connection to Caesar?

He is mainly remembered as the author of De Vita Caesarum—translated as The Life of the Caesars although a more common English title is The Lives of the Twelve Caesars or simply The Twelve Caesars—his only extant work except for the brief biographies and other fragments noted below.

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