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“He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.]”

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Suetonius

Suetonius (70-130 AD), a renowned Roman historian, is best known for his works 'The Lives of the Twelve Caesars' and 'The Lives of the Roman Emperors'. His writings provide detailed descriptions of the early Roman Empire's emperors. more

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