C. Suvetonii Tranquilli De XII Caesaribus libri VIII. Isaacus Casaubonus iterum recensuit. Accessit ejusdem Animadversionum appendicula. Additi etiam sunt Suetonii libelli De illustribus grammaticis

a young man, there had appeared someone of uncertain status who claimed to be Nero, his name was so favorable among the Parthians that he was strongly supported and was only with difficulty restored.
It appears that Suetonius's birthday falls in the early days of Vespasian: it is certainly not far off.

Suetonius Tranquillus, having practiced vitæ genus a way of life, a Roman grammarian.

Tranquillus, my close associate, wishes to buy a small plot of land which your friend is said to be selling. I ask that you take care that he buys it for a fair price. For thus it will be pleasant to have bought it; for a bad purchase is always ungrateful, especially because it seems to reproach the owner for stupidity. However, in this plot of land (if only the price is pleasing), many things entice the stomach of my Tranquillus: the proximity to the city, the convenience of the road, the modesty of the villa, the size of the land, which might refresh him rather than distract him. Furthermore, for scholarly men, such as he is, enough land is abundance, so that they may lift their heads, refresh their eyes, crawl along the boundary, and by a single path know and count all their vines and little trees. I have explained these things to you so that you might know more clearly how much he is to me, how-