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Nicolaus of Damascus' life of Augustus

Note 102 — TRANSLATION

Clayton Morris Hall translation

In comparison with the motive of Antony given here, note the ridiculous reasons presented in the speech of Fufius Calenus as published by Dio (46, 17-19). There Antony is said to have offered the diadem for the very purpose of shocking Caesar to reason and thus to cause him to reject the proffered crown.

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