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Date: 01 February 2007 16:06:15
There is a new Roman historian on the block (or blog), While not half as fun or creative as Suetonius he does have a certain way with words.
"The more distinguished men were, the greater their urgency and insincerity. They must show neither satisfaction at the death of one emperor, nor gloom at the accession of another: so their features were carefully arranged in a blend of tears and smiles, mourning and flattery."
(From the chapter From Augustus to Tiberius, in The Annals of Imperial Rome, translated by Micheal Grant.)
Man I would love to have played poker with these guys, and seen what faces they pulled at a pair of aces.