The Lives of the Caesars (English)
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“they placed his image upon the rostra, dressed in robes of state” (source)
“With equal arrogance, when he dictated the form of a letter to be used by his procurators, he began it thus: " Our lord and god commands so and so;’ whence it became a rule that no one should style him otherwise either in writing or speaking. He suffered no statues to be erected for him in the Capitol, unless they were of gold and silver, and of a certain weight.” (source)
“He suppressed all foreign religions, and the Egyptian306 and Jewish rites, obliging those who practised that kind of superstition, to burn their vestments, and all their sacred utensils. He distributed the Jewish youths, under the pretence of military service, among the provinces noted for an unhealthy climate; and dismissed from the city all the rest of that nation as well as those who were proselytes to that religion,307 under pain of slavery for life, unless they complied. He also expelled the astrologers; but upon their suing for pardon, and promising to renounce their profession, he revoked his decree.” (source)
“In the stillness of the night following, he dreamt that he lay with his own mother; but his confusion was relieved, and his hopes were raised to the highest pitch, by the interpreters of his dream, who expounded it as an omen that he should possess universal empire; for that the mother who in his sleep he had found submissive to his embraces, was no other than the earth, the common parent of all mankind.” (source)
“In this public mourning there joined a multitude of foreigners, expressing their sorrow according to the fashion of their respective countries; but especially the Jews, 98 who for several nights together frequented the spot where the body was burnt.” (source)
- Title: The Lives of the Caesars (English)
- Authors: C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Alexander Thomson (editor)
- Publisher: Perseus Digital Library
- Print Publication Date: 1889
- Logos Release Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Classics › English--History
- Resource ID: LLS:SUETTHOMSONENG
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2011-09-30T02:11:22Z