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Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.

How cruel was Caligula, how depraved was Tiberius, and how monstrous was Nero.

The dark reputations of these emperors

owe a great deal to the Roman writer Suetonius,

whose 121A.D. text, Lives of the Caesars,

offered intimate portraits of 12 rulers of Rome,

from Julius Caesar to Domitian.

Historian and Restless History podcaster Tom Holland

has just produced a new translation of the lives and he spoke to Rob Atar about the

profound influence of Suetonius's work and whether it's an example of ancient fake news.

Tom, could you please begin by just quickly introducing Suetonius to our listeners.

So Suetonius is probably the most famous of all the ancient biographers. He is a Roman. He was

the secretary to the Emperor Hadrian. So he was a figure who was right at the heart of imperial power.

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