Caligula római császár: 4 idézet0 Kedvelés
Caligula római császár: Idézetek angolul
“Would that the Roman people had but one neck!”
Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!
As quoted in 'The Twelve Caesars: Gaius Caligula by Suetonius, section 30, as translated by Alexander Thomson.
“Let them hate me, so that they will but fear me.”
Oderint, dum metuant.
Quoted in The Tyrants : 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (2006), p. 27 London: Quercus Publishing, ISBN 1905204965 , these derive from a statement by Suetonius, included below, in which he states these words were often used by Caligula, but imply that he was quoting the tragedian Accius.
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“There is no question as to who her father is then.”
Upon hearing that his daughter, Julia Drusilla had clawed out another child's eyes
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