![]() Aware that the city was architecturally unworthy of her position as capital of the Roman Empire, besides being vulnerable to fire and river floods, Augustus so improved her appearance that he could justifiably boast: "I found Rome built of bricks I leave her clothed in marble.".Urbem neque pro maiestate imperii ornatam et inundationibus incendiisque obnoxiam excoluit adeo, ut iure sit gloriatus marmoream se relinquere, quam latericiam accepisset.Caesar did not utter a sound after Casca's blow had drawn a groan from him though some say that when he saw Marcus Brutus about to deliver the second blow, he reproached him in Greek with: " You, too, my child?" Twenty-three dagger thrusts went home as he stood there.Atque ita tribus et viginti plagis confossus est uno modo ad primum ictum gemitu sine voce edito, etsi tradiderunt quidam Marco Bruto irruenti dixisse: και συ τέκνον."Yes, they have come," replied Spurinna, "but they have not yet gone." Several victims were then sacrificed, and despite consistently unfavourable omens, he entered the House, deriding Spurinna as a false prophet.Dein pluribus hostiis caesis, cum litare non posset, introiit curiam spreta religione Spurinnamque irridens et ut falsum arguens, quod sine ulla sua noxa Idus Martiae adessent quanquam is venisse quidem eas diceret, sed non praeterisse.Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.Et immolantem haruspex Spurinna monuit, caveret periculum, quod non ultra Martias Idus proferretur.And to emphasize the bad name Caesar had won alike for unnatural and natural vice, I may here record that the Elder Curio referred to him in a speech as: "Every woman's man and every man's woman.". ![]()
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