(Dio, 63.20). Elated by his ‘achievements’ as he called them, he boasted that no previous ruler had ever realised his power to this extent, hinting heavily that he would not spare the remaining Senators, but would wipe out the whole Senate one day and transfer rule of the provinces and control of the army to the knights and his freedmen. His health was sound, and despite indulging in every kind of sensual excess, he was only ill on three occasions during his fourteen-year reign, and even then he did not abstain from drinking wine or from any other habit. Darauf weisen Fragmente einer Inschrift hin, die in Hippo Regius 1951 zum Vorschein kamen und deren Inhalt offenbar Sueton gilt. Plinius der Jüngere charakterisiert Sueton: Sueton verfasste eine Vielzahl von Werken mit historischen, grammatischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Inhalten, die Mehrzahl davon in lateinischer Sprache, einige aber auch in griechischer Sprache. Though not one of Caesar’s assassins, he was implicated in the conspiracy and condemned to death under the Pedian Law (in 43BC). The Apostle speaks of the " Saints in Caesar's household." Simply because his adoptive brother, Britannicus, continued to address him as ‘Ahenobarbus’, he tried to convince Claudius that Britannicus was a changeling.

26 He made his longing for extra races so clear that prizes were added until events lasted so late in the day that the managers of the various factions fielded their teams of drivers in expectation of a full day’s racing.

Die Fächer dieser Universalbildung standen aber nicht gleichberechtigt nebeneinander. 2 In Achaia he attempted to cut through the Isthmus52 and called together the praetorians and urged them to begin the work; then

Vorzeichen bei Geburt und Tod, 6. 15.47. https://bit.ly/SuetNer, This webpage reproduces one of

[9] Dieses Recht war eigentlich eine Steuererleichterung für Familienväter oder Mütter mit mindestens drei Kindern. These are the Suetonius set-texts on the reign of Plin. In one a bull mounted Pasiphae, who was concealed in a wooden image of a heifer; at least many of the spectators thought so. “The Emperor's No Clothes: Suetonius and the Dynamics of Corporeal Ecphrasis.”, Mitchell, Jack “Literary Quotation as Literary Performance in Suetonius.”, Newbold, R.F. A Spanish steed of which he was very fond was changed into the form of an ape in the hinder parts of its body, and its head, which alone remained unaltered, gave forth tuneful neighs. At last a series of insulting edicts, issued by Vindex, drove Nero to write to the Senate urging that they exact vengeance on behalf of himself and Rome, while pleading a throat infection as his reason for not appearing in person. An XML version of this text is available for download, Man kann Sueton aber nicht der zweiten großen Stilrichtung, dem Archaismus, zurechnen, die sich bemühte, alte lateinische Formen zu verwenden. The hypocrites (hypocrita) made the gestures and accompanied the tragic actor on the flute, as he spoke his lines. It led him to replace the names of numerous things and locations with ones derived from his own name. 9-19.2 deal

Dio, 63.13, as "a short, flowered tunic with a muslin collar.". changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. His revels lasted from noon to midnight. Quintana is really the market of a camp, named from the Quintana via, one of the streets of a Roman camp, on which the market was regularly placed. It was probably connected with the Palatine by the domus transitoria; see 3 Transported and puffed up by such successes, as he considered them, he boasted that no prince had ever known what power he really had, and he often threw out unmistakable hints that he would not spare even those of the senate who survived, but would one day blot out the whole order from the State and hand over the rule of the provinces and the Quinquennalia Tiridates approached up a sloping ramp, and Nero allowed him first to fall at his feet, then raised him with his right hand and kissed him. Aeneas cared for his father, of his mother the other took care.’.
The main banqueting hall was circular with a revolving dome, rotating day and night to mirror the heavens. There was no family relationship which Nero did not brutally violate. He rewarded Locusta for her eminent services with a full pardon101 and large estates in the country, and actually sent her pupils.102. In another, Icarus while attempting flight fell close by the Imperial couch, spattering the Emperor with blood. When for this reason he was held up to scorn by the jests of his own sister, and devastating attack on Nero's character.

"Rome is becoming one house; off with you to Veii, Quirites!

2 This Sporus, decked out with the finery of the empresses and riding in a litter, he took with him to the assizes and marts of Greece, and later at Rome through the Street of the Images,84 fondly kissing him from time to time. Shortly before Tiberius died, Domitius was charged with treason, adultery and incest with his younger sister Lepida, but was saved by the transfer of power. We use cookies for essential site functions and for social media integration.

And whenever he floated down the Tiber to Ostia, or sailed over the Gulf of Baiae, temporary eating and drinking houses appeared at intervals along the banks and shores, with married women playing the role of barmaids, peddling their wares, and urging him on, from every side, to land. Among these was the young Aulus Plautius, whom he forcibly defiled before his death, saying "Let my mother come now and kiss my successor," openly charging that Agrippina had loved Plautius and that this had roused him to hopes of the throne. 1 It was in his reign that a protection against forgers was first devised, by having no tablets signed that were not bored with holes through which a cord was thrice passed.47 In the case of "137 People wrote on the columns that he had stirred up even the Gauls138 by his He took it upon himself to announce his own victories, and so always took part in the competition to select the heralds. His hair was light blond, his features regular rather than attractive, with blue somewhat weak eyes. Cf. also So he took ship without delay and immediately on arriving at Cassiope made a preliminary appearance as a singer at the altar of 6

Metam. 8.25, omnipotens et omniparens. Various other misfortunes were added by fate to the disasters and scandals of his reign. 49 Diese Reden beim Begräbnis Verstorbener, die später aufgezeichnet wurden, waren Suetons Biographien sehr ähnlich, sie wollten unterhalten oder sogar Neugier befriedigen. The dances represented mythological scenes. His place of birth is disputed, but most scholars place it in Hippo Regius, a small north African town in Numidia, in modern-day Algeria.

Twenty years later, too, (in 88AD) when I was still a young man, a pretender appeared, a youth of obscure origin, claiming to be Nero, who was so strongly supported by the Parthians, the name being still much in favour, that it was only with great reluctance that they agreed to surrender him.

His health was good, for though indulging in every kind of riotous excess, he was ill but three times in all during the fourteen years of his reign, and even then not enough to give up wine or any of his usual habits.

iv..22. ‘Rome’s one enormous House, so off to Veii, my friend, If only it hasn’t swallowed Veii as well, in the end!’. 2 Astrologers had predicted to Nero that he would one day be repudiated, which was the occasion of that well known saying of his: "A humble art affords us daily bread,"127 doubtless uttered to justify him in practising the art of lyre-playing, as an amusement while emperor, but a necessity for a private citizen. 33 These he received with the greatest delight, not only giving audience before all others to the envoys who brought them, but even inviting them to his private table. It collapsed in consequence, but not until the audience had dispersed; see See Tacitus, Annal. Gladhill, Bill.  p97 a dancer and a barber.

In der Biographie gab es mehrere verschiedene Strömungen, was die Struktur betraf: Sueton entschied sich für eine Biographie, wie sie für literarische Persönlichkeiten üblich war.

Suetonius was a close friend of senator and letter-writer Pliny the Younger. 106 He had part of the city wall levelled, as is the custom for welcoming back victors in the sacred Games, and rode through behind a team of white horses.
", Wardle, David. The water was for washing the corpse and the fire for burning it. Even before that, so they say, whenever he rode in a litter with his mother, he had incestuous relations with her, which were betrayed by the stains on his clothing. 1 Having gained some knowledge of music in addition to the rest of his early education, as soon as he became emperor he sent for Terpnus, the greatest master of the lyre in those days, and after listening to him sing after dinner for many successive days until late at night, he little by little began to practise himself, neglecting none of the exercises which artists of that kind are in the habit of following, to preserve or strengthen their voices. The below listed lost works of Suetonius are from the foreword written by Robert Graves in his translation of the Twelve Caesars.[9]. Jahrhunderts, über diesen letzten Lebensabschnitt sind aber keine Informationen überliefert und nur die große Anzahl seiner Schriften spricht für eine längere Lebenszeit. And on withdrawing for consultation, he would not discuss the case with his advisors in a body, but made each of them give his opinion in writing.

below. He also exhibited a naval battle in salt water with sea monsters swimming about in it; besides pyrrhic dances30 by some Greek youths,31 handing each of them certificates of Roman citizenship at the close of his performance. 20 Yet he made no effort to hunt out the authors.