This paper establishes a new date for the publication of Suetonius’Illustrious Menthrough allusions to Suetonius’Virgilin Pliny,Letters5.10. These allusions are part of a much wider network of allusions, both within this particular letter and more generally in Pliny's Book 5, that revolves around the theme of unpublished writings. It is a partial or full publication of theIllustrious Menthat probably led to Suetonius’ award of theius trium liberorumina.d.110, and he may now have published all of theCaesarsbefore his dismissal by Hadrian ina.d.122.
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