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Augustus (The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, #2)

Augustus by Suetonius
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“About this time he had the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great brought forth from its shrine, and after gazing on it, showed his respect by placing upon it a golden crown and strewing it with flowers; and being then asked whether he wished to see the tomb of the Ptolemies as well, he replied, "My wish was to see a king, not corpses.”
― Suetonius, Augustus

tags: alexander, alexander-the-great, augustus, classics, history, king, kings, octavian

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“odious,”
― Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Augustus

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