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4 results for "senate"
1. Suetonius, Augustus, 66.1-66.2, 85.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •senate of rome, punishes cornelius gallus Found in books: Ando (2013) 139
2. Suetonius, De Grammaticis, 16.1-16.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •senate of rome, punishes cornelius gallus Found in books: Ando (2013) 139
3. Tacitus, Annals, 3.12.2, 6.29.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •senate of rome, punishes cornelius gallus Found in books: Ando (2013) 139
4. Cassius Dio, Roman History, 53.23.4-53.23.7 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •senate of rome, punishes cornelius gallus Found in books: Ando (2013) 139
53.23.4.  The reason was that he consulted and coöperated with Augustus in the most humane, the most celebrated, and the most beneficial projects, and yet did not claim in the slightest degree a share in the glory of them, but used the honours which the emperor bestowed, not for personal gain or enjoyment, but for the benefit of the donor himself and of the public. 53.23.5.  On the other hand, Cornelius Gallus was encouraged to insolence by the honour shown him. Thus, he indulged in a great deal of disrespectful gossip about Augustus and was guilty of many reprehensible actions besides; for he not only set up images of himself practically everywhere in Egypt, but also inscribed upon the pyramids a list of his achievements. 53.23.6.  For this act he was accused by Valerius Largus, his comrade and intimate, and was disfranchised by Augustus, so that he was prevented from living in the emperor's provinces. After this had happened, many others attacked him and brought numerous indictments against him. 53.23.7.  The senate uimously voted that he should be convicted in the courts, exiled, and deprived of his estate, that his estate should be given to Augustus, and that the senate itself should offer sacrifices. Overwhelmed by grief at this, Gallus committed suicide before the decrees took effect;