Suetonius

4 09, 2017

Suetonius – Roman historian – Lives of the Caesars

By |2017-09-04T08:00:03-07:00September 4th, 2017|History, Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Suetonius – Roman historian – Lives of the Caesars

A manuscript of Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars, copied out in Austria in the 1470s Suetonius lived just a little later than Seneca, during the reign of the Flavian emperors and then [...]

2 09, 2017

Caligula – Emperor of Rome – Ancient Rome

By |2019-02-26T20:45:28-08:00September 2nd, 2017|History, Romans|Comments Off on Caligula – Emperor of Rome – Ancient Rome

The Roman emperor Caligula Why was his nickname Caligula? Caligula's real name was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (after his ancestors Julius Caesar and Augustus). But everyone called him Caligula [...]

22 08, 2017

Nero and the Great Fire of Rome – Christianity

By |2017-08-22T16:54:57-07:00August 22nd, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Nero and the Great Fire of Rome – Christianity

The Roman emperor Nero In the reign of the Roman Emperor Nero, during the night between the 18th and the 19th of July, 64 AD, there was a great fire in the city of [...]

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