# Hadrian dismisses Suetonius and the prefect Septicius Clarus Date: 122 ## The fact About 122 [Hadrian](/people/hadrian) dismissed Suetonius Tranquillus and Septicius Clarus from court offices, a shock later tied to the empress Sabina’s household. The dated purge is not the Wall’s construction and not the four consulars of 118. Hadrian’s documented role is: Later HA reports a dismissal of the ab epistulis Suetonius and praetorian prefect Septicius for court-protocol offences regarding Sabina. The court shock is received; details are thin. Do not twin this with the Wall’s start. A court dismissal is not a frontier barrier. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Hadrian's documented role is: Later HA reports a dismissal of the ab epistulis Suetonius and praetorian prefect Septicius for court-protocol offences regarding Sabina. The court shock is received; details are thin. ## Context A British tour, a secretary a studiis/ab epistulis, and later gossip already structure the file. HA is not a tape. A dismissal is not unique authorship of the Lives of the Caesars’ remaining books. Named others on the file: Suetonius, Septicius Clarus, Vibia Sabina, and later HA as carrier share the heading. The public setting is the file around 0122-08-01. Unnamed clerks, soldiers, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. The instrument stays Hadrian dismisses Suetonius and the prefect Septicius Clarus. The setting of Hadrian dismisses Suetonius and the prefect Septicius Clarus is the public file around 0122-08-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [political-polarization](/drivers/political-polarization) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage. ## Evidence and sources Britannica’s Hadrian and Suetonius lives independently record a 122 dismissal as a court event. Official: Britannica — Hadrian, Sabina and the dismissal of Suetonius (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hadrian; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Britannica — Suetonius, dismissal (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Suetonius; Encyclopaedia Britannica). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Britannica — Hadrian, Sabina and the dismissal of Suetonius (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hadrian; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Britannica — Suetonius, dismissal (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Suetonius; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official or archival record: Britannica — Hadrian, Sabina and the dismissal of Suetonius (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hadrian; Encyclopaedia Britannica). ## Significance Worsening polarisation path: a palace household purge. Medium confidence on the charge-sheet. Welfare reading worsening. The attached mechanism is A dated palace purge polarised the literary-and-guard household of the British-year court. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. ## What is established and what is not Established: a received 122 dismissal of Suetonius and Septicius. Not established: a unique recovered protocol minute. Established: a sourced public record of Hadrian dismisses Suetonius and the prefect Septicius Clarus under 0122-08-01. Established: a sourced public record of Hadrian dismisses Suetonius and the prefect Septicius Clarus under 0122-08-01. Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not twin this with the Wall’s start. A court dismissal is not a frontier barrier. Mixed effects of Hadrian dismisses Suetonius and the prefect Septicius Clarus are separate paths. Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts. The attached driver is political-polarization. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself. Shared responsibility is part of Hadrian dismisses Suetonius and the prefect Septicius Clarus. Naming Hadrian does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0122-08-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them. ## People - Hadrian: https://factrail.ai/people/hadrian ## Drivers - Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization ## Sources - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Suetonius - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hadrian ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/had-suetonius-dismissal-122