Necks Quote by Suetonius Download Open image “Would that the Roman people had but one neck! [Lat., Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!]” — Suetonius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Necks People Rome
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Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition. — Suetonius Copy Share Image
He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.] — Suetonius Copy Share Image
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General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives. — Suetonius Copy Share Image
Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tamed creatures, whose great moral task… — Suetonius Copy Share Image
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At a banquet Caligula was suddenly seized with a fit of helpless laughter. The consuls reclining next to him asked if they might share… — Suetonius Copy Share Image
These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate. — Suetonius Copy Share Image
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