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Seneca The Younger, Apocolocyntosis, 9.2
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1. Seneca The Younger, Apocolocyntosis, 1.2-1.3, 7.5, 9.1, 9.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

2. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 90.25 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

90.25. But," says Posidonius, "the wise man did indeed discover all these things; they were, however, too petty for him to deal with himself and so he entrusted them to his meaner assistants." Not so; these early inventions were thought out by no other class of men than those who have them in charge to-day. We know that certain devices have come to light only within our own memory – such as the use of windows which admit the clear light through transparent tiles, and such as the vaulted baths, with pipes let into their walls for the purpose of diffusing the heat which maintains an even temperature in their lowest as well as in their highest spaces. Why need I mention the marble with which our temples and our private houses are resplendent? Or the rounded and polished masses of stone by means of which we erect colonnades and buildings roomy enough for nations? Or our signs for whole words, which enable us to take down a speech, however rapidly uttered, matching speed of tongue by speed of hand? All this sort of thing has been devised by the lowest grade of slaves. 90.25. But, says Posidonius, "the wise man did indeed discover all these things; they were, however, too petty for him to deal with himself and so he entrusted them to his meaner assistants." Not so; these early inventions were thought out by no other class of men than those who have them in charge to-day. We know that certain devices have come to light only within our own memory – such as the use of windows which admit the clear light through transparent tiles,[16] and such as the vaulted baths, with pipes let into their walls for the purpose of diffusing the heat which maintains an even temperature in their lowest as well as in their highest spaces. Why need I mention the marble with which our temples and our private houses are resplendent? Or the rounded and polished masses of stone by means of which we erect colonnades and buildings roomy enough for nations? Or our signs[17] for whole words, which enable us to take down a speech, however rapidly uttered, matching speed of tongue by speed of hand? All this sort of thing has been devised by the lowest grade of slaves. 90.25. Now what is the chief thing in virtue? It is the quality of not needing a single day beyond the present, and of not reckoning up the days that are ours; in the slightest possible moment of time virtue completes an eternity of good. These goods seem to us incredible and transcending man's nature; for we measure its grandeur by the standard of our own weakness, and we call our vices by the name of virtue. Furthermore, does it not seem just as incredible that any man in the midst of extreme suffering should say, "I am happy"? And yet this utterance was heard in the very factory of pleasure, when Epicurus said:[11] "To-day and one other day have been the happiest of all!" although in the one case he was tortured by strangury, and in the other by the incurable pain of an ulcerated stomach.
3. Suetonius, Titus, 3 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3.  Even in boyhood his bodily and mental gifts were conspicuous and they became more and more so as he advanced in years. He had a handsome person, in which there was no less dignity than grace, and was uncommonly strong, although he was not tall of stature and had a rather protruding belly. His memory was extraordinary and he had an aptitude for almost all the arts, both of war and of peace., Skilful in arms and horseman­ship, he made speeches and wrote verses in Latin and Greek with ease and readiness, and even off-hand. He was besides not unacquainted with music, but sang and played the harp agreeably and skilfully. I have heard from many sources that he used also to write shorthand with great speed and would amuse himself by playful contests with his secretaries; also that he could imitate any handwriting that he had ever seen and often declared that he might have been the prince of forgers.


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ab actis senatus, function Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 321
acclamation, count Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
acta senatus, fullness Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317, 321
acta senatus Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317, 321
asilius sabinus Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
barea soranus Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
cicero Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317
citizenship, roman Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 57
claudius Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 56, 57
consul Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 57
curia julia, staff Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
debate, space for Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 56, 57
deification Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 56
diespiter Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 57
drusilla Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 56
emperor, record of speeches by Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317, 321
exceptor senatus Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
hercules Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 57
humour Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 56, 57
ianus, in apocolocyntosis Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317
janus Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 56, 57
jupiter Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 57
lictor Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
lunius rusticus Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 321
occupations Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 57
populi diurna acta Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317
quindecimvir sacris faciundis Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317
relatio, requested by members Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 321
sallustius crispus passienus, c Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 321
scriniarius senatus Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
senate, in latin and greek, "maiden speech, " Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 321
senate, in latin and greek, calendar of business Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 321
senate, in latin and greek, procedure Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
sententias, prima Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317, 321
shorthand development of, writer (notarius)' Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
shorthand development of, writer (notarius) Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317, 321
shorthand development of Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317
tiberius, uses acta senatus Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 321
titus Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 317
vibius serenus (father) Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
vibulenus agrippa Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) 129
vica pota Tacoma, Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship (2020) 57