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Cassius Dio, Roman History, 59.26.10


nanThe attire, now, that I have described was what he would assume whenever he pretended to be a god; and suitable supplications, prayers, and sacrifices would then be offered to him. At other times he usually appeared in public in silk or in triumphal dress.


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1. Cicero, Philippicae, 2.18.44 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2. Martial, Epigrams, 1.49.31-1.49.32 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3. Martial, Epigrams, 1.49.31-1.49.32 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

4. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 114.4, 114.6 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

5. Suetonius, Caligula, 52, 22 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

6. Suetonius, Nero, 21.3 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

7. Suetonius, Otho, 12.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Tacitus, Annals, 2.59, 13.30 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

13.30.  In the same consulate, Vipsanius Laenas was found guilty of malversation in his province of Sardinia; Cestius Proculus was acquitted on a charge of extortion brought by the Cretans. Clodius Quirinalis, who, as commandant of the crews stationed at Ravenna, had by his debauchery and ferocity tormented Italy, as though Italy were the most abject of the nations, forestalled his sentence by poison. Caninius Rebilus, who in juristic knowledge and extent of fortune ranked with the greatest, escaped the tortures of age and sickness by letting the blood from his arteries; though, from the unmasculine vices for which he was infamous, he had been thought incapable of the firmness of committing suicide. In contrast, Lucius Volusius departed in the fullness of honour, after enjoying a term of ninety-three years of life, a noble fortune virtuously gained, and the unbroken friendship of a succession of emperors.
9. Cassius Dio, Roman History, 57.15.1, 59.17.3, 59.25.5, 59.26.6-59.26.9, 59.30.1, 7372.15.6, 7372.16.1, 7372.20.2, 7372.22.3, 8079.13.2 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

57.15.1.  These were the events of that year. In the consulship of Statilius Taurus and Lucius Libo, Tiberius forbade any man to wear silk clothing and also forbade anyone to use golden vessels except for sacred ceremonies. 59.17.3.  In building the bridge not merely a passageway was constructed, but also resting-places and lodging-room were built along its course, and these had running water suitable for drinking. When all was ready, he put on the breastplate of Alexander (or so he claimed), and over it a purple silk chlamys, adorned with much gold and many precious stones from India; moreover he girt on a sword, too a shield, and donned a garland of oak leaves. 59.26.6.  because he had bridged so great an expanse of sea; he also impersonated Hercules, Bacchus, Apollo, and all the other divinities, not merely males but also females, often taking the rôle of Juno, Diana, or Venus. Indeed, to match the change of name he would assume all the rest of the attributes that belonged to the various gods, so that he might seem really to resemble them. 59.26.7.  Now he would be seen as a woman, holding a wine-bowl and (Opens in another window)')" onMouseOut="nd();" thyrsus, and again he would appear as a man equipped with a club and lion's skin or perhaps a helmet and shield. He would be seen at one time with a smooth chin and later with a full beard. Sometimes he wielded a trident and again he brandished a thunderbolt. Now he would impersonate a maiden equipped for hunting or for war, and a little later would play the married woman. 59.26.8.  Thus by varying the style of his dress, and by the use of accessories and wigs, he achieved accuracy inasmuch diverse parts; and he was eager to appear to be anything rather than a human being and an emperor. Once a Gaul, seeing him uttering oracles from a lofty platform in the guise of Jupiter, was moved to laughter 59.26.9.  whereupon Gaius summoned him and inquired, "What do I seem to you to be?" And the other answered (I give his exact words):"A big humbug." Yet the man met with no harm, for he was only a shoemaker. Thus it is, apparently, that persons of such rank as Gaius can bear the frankness of the common herd more easily than that of those who hold high position.
10. Herodian, History of The Empire After Marcus, 1.15.9, 4.7.1, 4.7.3, 4.8.1-4.8.2 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

11. Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Commodus, 11.13, 17.8-17.9 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

12. Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Commodus, 11.13, 17.8-17.9 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

13. Epigraphy, Ae, 1972.174

14. Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds And Sayings, 9.1.5



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accession (imperial) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
advisers Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242
alexander the great Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242
antigonus i monophthalmus Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
appearance Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231, 242
appearance vs. reality Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231
avarice Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231
banquets (convivia) Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
barbarians Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231, 242
britain/british Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231
caligula Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231, 242
caligula (roman emperor) Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
caracalla Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231, 242
characterisation Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231
claudius (germanicus) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
commodus Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231, 242
contrasts (in narrative) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
crepidae Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
cultus Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
dionysus Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242
divine Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 242
domitian Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
downfall Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
dress,female Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
dress,imperial Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
dress,masculine Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
dress,matrons (veste maritali) Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
dress,patrician Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
dress,public ceremonial Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
dress,slaves Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
dress Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231, 242
dyes Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
effeminacy Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242
elagabalus Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231, 242
father(hood) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
footwear Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
gender Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
gladiator Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231, 242
habitus Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
heracles Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
identity Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
julia maesa Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242
julius caesar,c. Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
leader(ship) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231
lunulae (crescent-shaped shoe buckles) Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
luxury Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231
macrinus (opellius) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242
marcus aurelius Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
martial Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
matrons Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
minds (of in-text characters) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
moderation Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
moral(isation) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
naming Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231
nero Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231
nobility of birth Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
onlookers Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231, 242
otho Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231
pallium Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
pattern(ing) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231
physiognomy Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
pliny,the elder Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
plutarch Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231
politics Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231, 242
propaganda (imperial) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226, 231, 242
purple Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
purpura Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
readers,expectations Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
satire Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
senate Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242
severus alexander Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242
shoes Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
social control Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
soleae Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
spain Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
statues Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231, 242; Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
stola Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
suetonius Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
sulla Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 231
synthesis,synthesina Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
toga,muliebris Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
toga,praetexta Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
toga,virilis Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
toga Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
tunic,mens Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
tunic,womens Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
tunic Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
tunica,palmata Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
tunica,soluta Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
tunica,talaris Edmondson (2008), Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture, 45
tyranny/tyrants Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 226
women' Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 242