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Tacitus, The Histories, Volumes I and II

Note 102 — BOOK III

W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation

This man had been prefect of Egypt, and had built special baths for Nero, who was expected to visit Alexandria. But he committed the indiscretion of washing in them first, for which Nero had banished him.

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