SUETONIUS’ LIVES
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Aug. |
Divus Augustus |
Nero |
Nero |
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Calig. |
Gaius Caligula |
Otho |
Otho |
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Claud. |
Divus Claudius |
Tib. |
Tiberius |
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Dom. |
Domitian |
Tit. |
Divus Titus |
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Galba |
Galba |
Vesp. |
Divus Vespasian |
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Jul. |
Divus Julius |
Vit. |
Vitellius |
ROMAN PRAENOMINA
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A. |
Aulus |
Mam. |
Mamercus |
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Ap. |
Appius |
P. |
Publius |
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C. |
Gaius |
Q. |
Quintus |
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Cn. |
Gnaeus |
Ser. |
Servius |
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D. |
Decimus |
Sex. |
Sextus |
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L. |
Lucius |
T. |
Titus |
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M. |
Marcus |
Ti. |
Tiberius |
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M’. |
Manius |
ROMAN MAGISTRACIES
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aed. |
Aedile |
pr. |
Praetor |
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cos. |
consul |
q. |
quaestor |
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cos. suff. |
suffect consul |
tr. |
tribune |
BC
133 Tribunate and death of Ti. Sempronius Gracchus.
122 Second tribunate of C. Sempronius Gracchus; opposition of M. Livius Drusus.
112–106 War with Jugurtha; C. Marius elected consul in 107 to take command of the war.
104–100 Marius consul five times in a row; defeats the invading Germanic tribes of the Teutones and Cimbri in 102 and 101.
100 Legislation and death of L. Appuleius Saturninus. Birth of Julius Caesar.
91 Assassination of the younger M. Livius Drusus.
91–87 Social (Marsic) War between Rome and its Italian allies.
88–85 First war with Mithridates under the command of L. Cornelius Sulla; in Rome, Marius and L. Cornelius Cinna take control and kill the supporters of Sulla.
84 Caesar marries Cornelia.
83–82 Sulla returns to Italy; civil war between partisans of Sulla and partisans of Cinna; Sulla's victory followed by proscriptions. In Asia, second war with Mithridates.
82–79 Sulla dictator; Q. Sertorius begins guerrilla war in Spain, which lasts until 72.
80 Caesar's military service in Asia and Bithynia.
78–77 Revolt of M. Aemilius Lepidus in Italy.
75 Caesar travels to Rhodes and is kidnapped by pirates.
74–66 Third war with Mithridates.
72 Caesar military tribune.
70 Cn. Pompeius (Pompey) and L. Licinius Crassus consuls for the first time.
69 Caesar quaestor in Rome and Further Spain; his wife Cornelia dies.
67 Caesar marries Pompeia.
65 Caesar aedile.
63 Caesar elected pontifex maximus; conspiracy of L. Sergius Catilina. Birth of C. Octavius, the future emperor Augustus (23 September).
62 Caesar praetor; divorces Pompeia.
61 Caesar governor of Further Spain.
60 Caesar stands for consulship; forms so–called ‘First Triumvirate’ with Pompey and Crassus.
59 Caesar consul; marries Calpurnia. Pompey marries Caesar's daughter Julia.
58–50 Caesar's command in Gaul.
56 Renewal of ‘First Triumvirate’ at Luca.
55 Pompey and Crassus consuls for the second time. Caesar crosses Rhine; invades Britain.
54 Caesar's second invasion of Britain. Death of Julia, daughter of Caesar and wife of Pompey.
52 P. Clodius killed by supporters of T. Annius Milo; Pompey sole consul; Caesar exempted from standing for consulship in person. Battle of Gergovia in Gaul. Parthians defeat Crassus at Carrhae.
49 Senate decrees that Caesar must dismiss his army and disallows the tribunes’ veto; Caesar crosses the Rubicon; Pompey leaves Italy for Greece. Caesar besieges Massilia and defeats the Pompeian forces in Spain; returns to Rome.
48 Caesar crosses Adriatic; besieges Pompey at Dyrrhachium, then defeats him at Pharsalus. Pompey flees to Alexandria and is murdered; Caesar follows; war with Ptolemy.
47 Caesar defeats Ptolemy, has affair with Cleopatra; marches to Asia Minor and defeats Pharnaces; returns to Rome; sails to North Africa.
46 Caesar defeats Q. Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Juba in Africa; returns to Rome and reforms calendar; sails to Spain.
45 Caesar defeats the sons of Pompey at Munda in Spain; returns to Rome and receives exceptional honours.
44 Caesar made dictator for life; refuses crown at Lupercalia in February; assassinated (15 March). He posthumously adopts his grandnephew C. Octavius, who takes the name C. Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian, the future Augustus).
43 War of Mutina: Octavian and the Senate against M. Antonius (Mark Antony); Octavian's first consulship. Octavian, Antony and M. Aemilius Lepidus establish the triumvirate.
42 War of Philippi: Octavian and Antony against M. Junius Brutus and C. Cassius Longinus. Birth of Tiberius (16 November).
41–40 War of Perusia: Octavian against L. Antonius.
40 Execution of Q. Salvidienus Rufus. Antony marries Octavia.
38 Octavian marries Livia.
38–36 Naval war off Sicily: Octavian against Sextus Pompey.
36 Octavian defeats Sextus Pompey, strips Lepidus of power.
35–33 Octavian campaigns against the Dalmatae in Illyricum.
32 Octavian breaks with Antony.
31 Octavian's third consulship. Battle of Actium: Octavian against Antony and Cleopatra.
30 Octavian's fourth consulship; death of Antony and Cleopatra.
29 Octavian's fifth consulship; triple triumph.
28 Octavian's sixth consulship; first census and purge of the Senate.
27 Octavian's seventh consulship; adopts the name Augustus. Disgrace and suicide of C. Cornelius Gallus.
26–25 Augustus’ eighth and ninth consulships; campaigns in Spain against the Cantabri.
23 Augustus’ eleventh consulship. Augustus seriously ill, but recovers. Conspiracy of A. Terentius Varro Murena and Fannius Caepio. Augustus receives tribunician power for life; death of his nephew Marcellus.
21 M. Vipsanius Agrippa marries Julia the elder, Augustus’ daughter.
20 Parthians return Roman standards; Tiberius installs Tigranes III as king of Armenia.
18 Second purge of the Senate; laws on adultery, marriage and luxury.
17 Augustus adopts his grandsons Gaius and Lucius; celebrates the Saecular Games.
16 Germans cross Rhine and defeat M. Lollius.
16–15 Tiberius and Drusus campaign in the Alps.
13 Tiberius’ first consulship.
12 Augustus elected pontifex maximus. Death of Agrippa.
12–9 Campaigns of Tiberius in Pannonia and Drusus in Germany.
11 Tiberius marries Julia the elder.
10 Birth of Claudius (1 August).
9 Tiberius’ first consulship; death of Drusus.
9–7 Campaigns of Tiberius in Germany.
8 Augustus’ second census.
7 Tiberius’ second consulship; given tribunician power for five years.
6 Tiberius retires to Rhodes.
5 Augustus’ twelfth consulship; introduction of Gaius to public life.
3 Birth of Galba (24 December).
2 Augustus’ thirteenth consulship; introduction of Lucius to public life. Augustus proclaimed ‘Father of His Country’. Dedication of Temple of Mars Ultor. Exile of Julia the elder.
1 Gaius sent to the east as commander.
AD
2 Death of Lucius at Massilia; Tiberius returns to Rome.
4 Death of Gaius in Lycia. Augustus adopts Tiberius and Agrippa Postumus; Tiberius adopts Germanicus.
4–6 Campaigns of Tiberius in Germany.
6 Disinheritance of Agrippa Postumus.
6–9 Revolt in Illyricum; campaigns of Tiberius.
8 Exile of Julia the younger.
9 Revolt in Germany; massacre of Roman troops under P. Quinctilius Varus. Birth of Vespasian (17 November).
10–12 Campaigns of Tiberius in Germany.
12 Germanicus’ first consulship; Tiberius’ Illyrian triumph. Birth of Gaius (31 August). Birth of Vitellius (7 September?).
13–16 Campaigns of Germanicus in Germany.
14 Augustus’ third census. Death of Augustus (19 August); Tiberius becomes emperor. Death of Agrippa Postumus. Mutinies in Pannonia and Germany. L. Aelius Sejanus made praetorian prefect.
16 Trial and suicide of M. Scribonius Libo Drusus.
17 Cn. Calpurnius Piso made governor of Syria. Germanicus’ German triumph; sent to the east. Cappadocia made a Roman province.
18 Tiberius’ third consulship, with Germanicus; Germanicus visits Egypt.
19 Expulsion of Jews from Rome. Death of Germanicus.
20 Trial and suicide of Cn. Calpurnius Piso.
21 Tiberius’ fourth consulship, with his son Drusus.
23 Death of Tiberius’ son Drusus.
27 Tiberius retires to Capreae.
29 Death of Livia; exile of Agrippina the elder.
31 Tiberius’ fifth consulship, with Sejanus. Tiberius summons Gaius to Capreae. Death of Germanicus’ son Nero (?). Fall and death of Sejanus.
32 Birth of Otho (28 April).
33 Deaths of Germanicus’ son Drusus and Agrippina the elder. First consulship of Galba.
37 Death of Tiberius (16 March); Gaius becomes emperor. Gaius’ first consulship, with Claudius. Death of the younger Antonia. Gaius seriously ill in the autumn. Death of Tiberius Gemellus. Birth of Nero (15 December).
38 Deaths of Q. Sutorius Macro and Gaius’ sister Drusilla; Gaius visits Sicily.
39 Gaius’ second consulship; birth of his daughter and marriage to Caesonia. Conspiracy of Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus; trial of M. Aemilius Lepidus and exile of Gaius’ sisters Agrippina and Livilla. Birth of Titus (30 December).
39–40 Gaius campaigns in Gaul and Germany.
40 Gaius’ third consulship; death of Ptolemy of Mauretania.
41 Gaius’ fourth consulship. Assassination of Gaius (24 January); Claudius becomes emperor. Gaius’ sisters Agrippina and Livilla brought back from exile; death of Livilla.
42 Claudius’ second consulship. Death of C. Appius Junius Silanus; attempted coup of Furius Camillus Scribonianus.
43 Claudius’ third consulship, with L. Vitellius. Invasion of Britain.
44 Claudius’ triumph for the conquest of Britain.
47 Claudius’ fourth consulship, with L. Vitellius; celebrates Saecular Games. Claudius’ censorship, with L. Vitellius. Death of Cn. Pompeius Magnus.
48 ‘Marriage’ of Messalina and C. Silius; execution of Messalina. Consulship of Vitellius.
49 Claudius marries Agrippina the younger. Death of L. Junius Silanus.
50 Claudius adopts Nero.
51 Claudius’ fifth consulship, with Vespasian as suffect consul. Birth of Domitian (24 October).
52 Nero acts as prefect of the city during the Latin Festival.
53 Marriage of Nero and Octavia; trial and execution of Domitia Lepida.
54 Death of Claudius (13 October); Nero becomes emperor.
55 Nero's first consulship. Death of Britannicus.
57–8 Nero's second and third consulships.
59 The Great Games. Death of Agrippina. Otho becomes governor of Lusitania.
60 Nero's fourth consulship; first celebration of the Neronia. Galba becomes governor of Tarraconensian Spain.
60–61 Revolt in Britain.
62 Roman defeat in Armenia. Deaths of Octavia and Sex. Afranius Burrus. Nero marries Poppaea.
64 Nero's first stage appearance, in Neapolis; second celebration of the Neronia. Great fire in Rome; persecution of Christians; construction of the Golden House.
65 Discovery of the Pisonian conspiracy. Deaths of Poppaea, Claudius’ daughter Antonia and Seneca.
66 Nero marries Statilia Messalina. Coronation of Tiridates in Rome. Beginning of the revolt in Judaea.
66–7 Nero tours Greece. Vespasian sent to command the Roman forces in Judaea.
68 C. Julius Vindex raises a revolt against Nero (March); Galba joins the revolt and is acclaimed emperor by his troops (April); Vindex defeated by L. Verginius Rufus (May); Galba is recognized as emperor by the Senate (8 June?); Nero commits suicide (9 or 11 June). Vitellius becomes governor of Lower Germany (December).
69 Galba's second consulship. Army in Upper Germany withholds allegiance from Galba (1 January); Vitellius acclaimed emperorbyhis troops (2 January); Galba adoptsL. Calpurnius Piso (10 January). Otho's coup; death of Galba (15 January). Otho setsout tomeetthearmy of Vitellius (mid–March). Battle of Betriacum between the armies of Otho and Vitellius (14 April); Otho commits suicide (16 April?); Vitellius recognized as emperor by the Senate (19 April). Vespasian proclaimed as emperor by the army in Egypt (1 July), followed by the armies in Judaea, Syria and Moesia (July–August). Burning of the Capitol (19 December); death of Vitellius (20 or 21 December); Vespasian recognized as emperor by the Senate.
69–70 Vespasian in Egypt.
70 Vespasian's second consulship, with Titus. Domitian marries Domitia Longina. Birth of Suetonius (?).
71 Vespasian's third consulship, with the future emperor Nerva. Judaean triumph of Vespasian and Titus.
72–8 Vespasian's fourth to eighth consulships (72,75–8) and censorship (73–4), all with Titus.
79 Vespasian's ninth consulship, with Titus. Death of Vespasian (23 June); Titus becomes emperor. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
80 Titus’ eighth consulship, with Domitian. Dedication of the Flavian Amphitheatre.
81 Death of Titus (13 September); Domitian becomes emperor.
82–8 Domitian's eighth to fourteenth consulships.
83 Triumph over the Chatti; Domitian divorces and remarries Domitia.
86 Triumph over the Dacians. Celebration of Capitoline Games.
88 Celebration of the Saecular Games.
89 Attempted revolt by L. Antonius Saturninus. Double triumph over the Chatti and the Dacians.
90 Domitian's fifteenth consulship.
92 Domitian's sixteenth consulship; campaigns against the Sarmatians.
93 Expulsion of philosophers from Rome. Deaths of Q. Junius Arulenus Rusticus and the younger Helvidius.
95 Domitian's seventeenth consulship. Death of T. Flavius Clemens.
96 Assassination of Domitian (18 September); Nerva becomes emperor.
97 First mention of Suetonius in the letters of Pliny the Younger.
98 Death of Nerva (end of January); Trajan becomes emperor.
112 Death of Pliny the Younger (?).
117 Death of Trajan; Hadrian becomes emperor.
119 Hadrian appoints Suetonius’ patron C. Septicius Clarus as praetorian prefect, and (?) Suetonius as imperial secretary in charge of correspondence; Suetonius at work on The Twelve Caesars.
122 Hadrian dismisses both Septicius Clarus and Suetonius (?).
after 130 Death of Suetonius (?).