Towards the end of his life he had shown some plain signs of repentance for his marriage with Agrippina and his adoption of Nero; for when his freedmen expressed their approval of a trial in which he had the day before condemned a woman for adultery, he declared that it had been his destiny also to have wives who were all unchaste, but not unpunished ; and shortly afterwards meeting Britannicus, he hugged him close and urged him to grow up and receive from his father an account of all that he had done, adding in Greek, “He who dealt the wound will heal it.’ When he expressed his intention of giving Britannicus the gown of manhood, since his stature justified it though he was still young and immature, he added: “ That the Roman people may at last have a genuine Caesar.” ?
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
Agrippina — a candidate entry Britannicus — a candidate entry Caesar — a candidate entry Nero — a life
The Deified Claudius, Suetonius — translated by J. C. Rolfe, 1913
Apparatus shelf — Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars (J. C. Rolfe translation; Dover republication) · J. C. Rolfe, 1913 (preface dated Philadelphia, April 1913); Dover Publications republication, 2018
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