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“At a banquet Caligula was suddenly seized with a fit of helpless laughter. The consuls reclining next to him asked if they might share in the imperial merriment. Caligula, wiping the tears from his eyes, managed to gasp, "You'll never guess! It suddenly occurred to me that I had only to give a single nod, and both your throats would be cut on the spot."”

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Suetonius (70-130 AD), a renowned Roman historian, is best known for his works 'The Lives of the Twelve Caesars' and 'The Lives of the Roman Emperors'. His writings provide detailed descriptions of the early Roman Empire's emperors. more

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