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The Twelve Caesars served as a model for the biographies of 2nd- and early 3rd-century emperors compiled by Marius Maximus. This collection, apparently entitled Caesares , does not survive, but it was a source for a later biographical collection, known as Historia Augusta , which now forms a kind of sequel to Suetonius' work.
This autopsy report (the earliest known post-mortem report in history) describes that Caesar's death was mostly attributable to blood loss from his stab wounds. [58] Caesar was killed at the base of the Curia of Pompey in the Theatre of Pompey. [59] Caesar's last words are a contested subject among scholars and historians.
The Twelve Caesars Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus ( Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs sweːˈtoːniʊs traŋˈkᶣɪlːʊs] ), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( / s w ɪ ˈ t oʊ n i ə s / swih- TOH -nee-əs ; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), [ 2 ] was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire .
Although Suetonius, Cassius Dio, and probably Plutarch as well seem to have believed Caesar died without saying anything further, [12] the first two also reported that, according to others, Caesar had spoken the Greek phrase "καὶ σύ τέκνον" (Kaì sý, téknon - You too, child) to Brutus, as (in Suetonius) or after (in Dio) that senator struck at him.
The gods only intervene in Caesar's Life after his death, under the form of his "great guardian spirit" that tracked and killed his assassins. [26] The Life of Caesar is therefore a more historical biography, focused on big events and light on anecdotes and moral judgements, than the rest of the Parallel Lives.
Servius Sulpicius Galba from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum. Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman general and politician, praetor in 54 BC, and an assassin of Julius Caesar.. As legate of Julius Caesar's 12th Legion during his Gallic Wars, he defeated the Nantuates in 57 BC in the Battle of Octodurus.
After Caesar was assassinated in Rome, Cleopatra sought her sights on new Roman power, Marc Antony. She succeeded in her conquest, and bore three children with the Roman general. The Suicide of ...
Cimber (centre) holds out the petition and pulls at Caesar's tunic, while Casca behind prepares to strike: painting by Karl von Piloty. Publius Servilius Casca Longus (died c. 42 BC) was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar and plebeian tribune in 43 BC. He and several other senators conspired to kill him, a plan which they carried out on 15 ...