This work was the model for, and the  source of some phrases in, a later work by Einhard.
Friedrich Leo hypothesized that this work's various sections were organized in a non-chronological manner reflecting a  method of composition introduced by Varro. This work's composition was aided by its author's time as a bibliothecis, a  studiis, and ab epistulis. It was dedicated to Septicius Clarus, who was supposedly dismissed, along with this work's author, for behaving inappropriately around the Empress Vibia Sabina. This work recounts an anecdote in which a  kidnapped man (*) awaiting ransom promises that he will hunt down and crucify his captors. In another episode from this work,  a man sings about the destruction of Troy during a great conflagration in his own city. This work was the model for, and the  source of some phrases in, a later work by Einhard. For 10 points, name this set of biographies of eleven emperors and Augustus's  great-uncle, written by Suetonius.
Friedrich Leo hypothesized that this work's various sections were organized in a non-chronological manner reflecting a  method of composition introduced by Varro.
The Lives of the Caesars [or De Vita Caesarum]  1