KnowraAncient biographyLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Ancient biography, each with the reason it gives.All 9Related 4Narrower topic 4Compared with 1Gospel of JohnNarrower topic: John shares biographical features with ancient lives while arranging events around theological claims.SuetoniusRelated: Suetonius organized his subjects’ lives around character and anecdotes rather than a continuous chronology.Ancient historiographyCompared with: Biography shared historical subjects with historiography but organized them around individuals rather than broad events.PseudepigraphyRelated: Ancient ideas about authorship and personal representation differed from modern expectations.Alexander RomanceNarrower topic: The romance uses a life-story framework while freely altering its historical subject.Quintus Curtius RufusRelated: Curtius’s account helped make Alexander’s life a subject of literary as well as historical interpretation.Authorship of the Pauline epistlesRelated: Biographical traditions about Paul help frame historical claims about his career and letters.Apollonius of TyanaNarrower topic: Philostratus’s account combines reported events with ideals of the exemplary philosopher.The Twelve CaesarsNarrower topic: Suetonius’s approach belongs to a tradition that valued character and exemplary conduct alongside events.