“By purple death I'm seized and fate supreme.”

— Julian (emperor)

Source: General sources, Lines from Homer's Iliad which Julian recited upon his elevation to Caesar by Constantius II, as recorded by Ammianus Marcellinus in book XV of his history; such elevations had often proven fatal to others.

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Roman Emperor, philosopher and writer 331–363

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