Suetonius
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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is De vita Caesarum
19th-century etching of Suetonius
Inscription dedicated to Suetonius from his hometown Annaba (now in Algeria), Museum of Hippo Regius, ca. 125 AD
Nero
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Nero was Roman emperor from AD 54 until his suicide in AD 68, as the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Suetonius
…been lost. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was probably born about AD 69, a date deduced from his remarks describing himself as being about 57 years after Nero's death. His place of birth is disputed, but most scholars place it in Hippo Regius (the modern Annaba), at the time a small north African town in…
Roman marble head of Nero from an oversized statue, Glyptothek museum
Statue of Nero in his birthplace of Anzio, Italy
Relief from the Sebasteion depicting Nero and his mother, Agrippina
Bust of Nero as pharaoh