INDIGST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Catamite, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Omen
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Suetonius, life of caesar, 76-79 (76) his other words and actions, however, so far outweigh all his good qualities, that it is thought he abused his power, and was justly cut off. There were, indeed, no honours which he did not either assume himself, or grant to others, at his will and pleasure. The office of consul having become vacant, by the sudden death of one of the consuls the day before the first of january, he conferred it on a person who requested it of him, for a few hours. Assuming the same licence, and regardless of the customs of his country, he appointed magistrates to hold their offices for terms of years. He granted the insignia of the consular dignity to ten persons of praetorian rank. He admitted into the senate some men who had made free of the city, and even natives of.