De vita Caesarum
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De vita Caesarum is an early 2nd-century biographical work by Suetonius that chronicles the lives and characters of the first twelve Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.
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Target entity: De vita Caesarum Context triple: [Suetonius, notableWork, De vita Caesarum]
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Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
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Cassius Dio’s Roman History
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Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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Vita di Cicerone
Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
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Brut chronicles
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: De vita Caesarum Target entity description: De vita Caesarum is an early 2nd-century biographical work by Suetonius that chronicles the lives and characters of the first twelve Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.
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A.
Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
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B.
Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Cassius Dio’s Roman History is a multi-volume work by the Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio that chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary origins through the early third century CE.
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C.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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D.
Vita di Cicerone
Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
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E.
Brut chronicles
The Brut chronicles are a group of medieval historical narratives, originating in Anglo-Norman and later translated into other vernaculars, that recount the legendary and early history of Britain from its supposed Trojan origins onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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ancient Roman literature ⓘ biographical work ⓘ |
| author | Suetonius ⓘ |
| chronicles | lives of the first twelve Roman emperors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| coversPeriodEnd | Domitian ⓘ |
| coversPeriodStart | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | early 2nd century ⓘ |
| field | classical studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
anecdotes about emperors
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character of emperors ⓘ personal lives of emperors ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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historiography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
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surface form:
Claudius
Divus Augustus ⓘ Divus Iulius ⓘ Domitian ⓘ Caligula ⓘ
surface form:
Gaius Caligula
Galba ⓘ Nero ⓘ Otho ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ Titus ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ Vitellius ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed |
early Roman Empire
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late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance humanist scholarship
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later biographical writing ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Augustus
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Caligula ⓘ Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ⓘ
surface form:
Claudius
Domitian ⓘ Galba ⓘ Julius Caesar ⓘ Nero ⓘ Otho ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ Titus ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ Vitellius ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on scandal and private behavior
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mix of historical fact and gossip ⓘ vivid anecdotal style ⓘ |
| numberOfBiographies | 12 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| structure | separate biographies for each emperor ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Latin literature courses ⓘ |
| survivingStatus | extant ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
De vita Caesarum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
On the Life of the Caesars
De vita Caesarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Twelve Caesars
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| usedAsSourceBy | later Roman historians ⓘ |
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