Roman Emperor Shaming

We came, we saw, we conquered, we behaved badly.

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Enough Said

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Cornelius Gallus made some bad choices ...  and Augustus was not amused.

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Since this was so popular, here's a "prequel" from Aeneid Book 1.

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Bad Luck Brian Germanicus.  

tum vero, quasi scelere contaminaretur, praeceps tribunali desiluit. opposuerunt abeunti arma, minitantes, ni regrederetur; at ille moriturum potius quam fidem exueret clamitans, ferrum a latere diripuit elatumque deferebat in pectus, ni proximi prensam dextram vi attinuissent. extrema et conglobata inter se pars contionis ac, vix credibile dictu, quidam singuli propius incedentes feriret hortabantur; et miles nomine Calusidius strictum obtulit gladium, addito acutiorem esse. (Tacitus, Annales 1.35)

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Beware the Ides of March!

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NOPE. It took Livia interceding on Tiberius' behalf before Augustus, still steamed about this, finally changed his mind and let his stepson slink back to Rome.

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u run one of the best blogs out here. lemme give u some awards /throws awards/ BUT I DEMAND MOAR CICERO

Many thanks!  Most of the posts I'll be doing will be about various emperors, but I'll try to include Cicero again.  Send a message if you have a specific suggestion.  :-)

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Suetonius, Tiberius 68.2 as suggested by one of my former Latin professors!

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This is in Suetonius, I swear!

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Ne Graecarum quidem disciplinarum leviore studio tenebatur ... non tamen ut aut loqueretur expedite aut componere aliquid auderet; nam et si quid res exigeret, Latine formabat vertendumque alii dabat. ~ Suetonius, Augustus 89