... . Needing extra funds for his wars in Eastern Europe, he refused to raise taxes but instead held a public auction of his own golden tableware and of his wife's silk and gold embroidered dresses. The Meditations were written day by day, in every situation including war. They often appear to be responses to the stress of supreme power, from the imminent fear ... severe that he drove the inhabitants of Paneas into exile, from which they returned after thirty years (Yer. Sheb. 38d). It is also said that Diocletian possessed a piece of virgin gold as large as a Gordianic denarius, and similar...

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... freedmen in state affairs, however it was likely that this was under the advice of Seneca. Possibly in an attempt to honour the facade, Nero also rejected offers to erect gold and silver statues of himself and refused to accept the title of 'Father of his country,' to much praise from the senate. That Nero treated the senate well is evidenced ... ...

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... presented herself to him. She was now twenty eight. She ordered that her royal ship be refitted. With scented purple dyed sails, propelled by silver oars, and her ship painted gold she maid quite a spectacle upon entering the Cydnus river. Cleopatra, dressed as Aphrodite reclined on a couch, while her serving women dressed as nymphs, steered the ship. Cleopatra invited Antony aboard ... ...

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