When a Rhetor's class, in the reign of Caligula or of Nero, applauded the fall of a historic despot, is it not possible that some may have applied the lesson to the reigning emperor?
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The Rhetor Aristides once spent a hundred days in a journey at mid-winter from Mysia to Rome.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
I have burnt all their trees, I have pillaged all their temples, and even to the death of their grandchildren's grandchildren-" "Why, you disclaim like a Rhetor!"
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert