In his clothing, his shoes, and the test of his attire he did not follow the usage of his country and his fellow-citizens ; not always even that of his sex; or in fact, that of an ordinary mortal. He often appeared in public in embroidered cloaks covered with precious stones, with a long-sleeved tunic and bracelets; sometimes in silk® and in a woman’s robe °; now in slippers or buskins, again in boots, such as the emperor’s body-guard wear, and at times in the low shoes which are used by females, But oftentimes he exhibited himself with a golden beard, holding in his hand a thunderbolt, a trident, or a caduceus, emblems of the gods, and even in the garb of Venus. He frequently wore the dress of a triumphing general, even and sometimes the breastplate of Alexander before his campaign, the Great, which he had taken from his sarcophagus.¢