He devised a novel and unheard of kind of pageant for he bridged the gap between Baiae and the mole at Puteoli, a distance of about thirty-six hundred paces, by bringing together merchant ships from all sides and anchoring them in a double line, afterwards a mound of earth was heaped upon them and fashioned in the manner of the Appian Way.This account can be taken to imply that Caligula quoted someone else in saying this, but the above and a slight variant "Let them hate me as long as they fear me" have often been quoted as a statement original to the Emperor.I scorn their hatred, if they do but fear me. Having punished one person for another, by mistaking his name, he said, "he deserved it quite as much." He had frequently in his mouth these words of the tragedian,.Tiberius, as quoted in The Twelve Caesars: Gaius Caligula by Suetonius, section 11, as translated by Robert Graves."I am nursing a viper for the Roman people, and a Phaëthon for the whole world.".Suetonius Quotes from The Twelve Caesars: Gaius Caligula by Suetonius as translated by Alexander Thomson Also quoted in Ram Swarup, On Hinduism: Reviews and Reflections (2000), Ch. The Christian God was a magnified and somewhat flattering portrait of Tiberius and Caligula. In an empire ruled absolutely by one man the notion of an universe under the control of a single God seemed obvious and reasonable. If Gods are made in the image of men, cosmogonies reflect the forms of terrestrial states.Vivo! (as reported by Roman historian Tacitus). Upon hearing that his daughter, Julia Drusilla had clawed out another child's eyes.There is no question as to who her father is then.
Variant translation: Let them hate (me) so long as they fear (me).27 London: Quercus Publishing, ISBN 1905204965, these derive from a statement by Suetonius, included below, in which he states these words were often used by Caligula, but imply that he was quoting the tragedian Accius. Quoted in The Tyrants : 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (2006), p.Let them hate me, so that they will but fear me.
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