. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. BRIDGE AT SOKEENTO. THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS. 283. sroUTS AXD GAMES OF liappy in his idleness, making epigrams and bad verses, amusinghimself with watching the sports of the sailors or the athletic con-tests of the Greek lads of Capri,rewarding them by a banquetwhere they were permitted to pil-lage the desert. From Beneven-tum he returned to Nola. Herehe was taken ill ; and believingthe end near, he sent for Tibe-rius to return, and passed a longtime in conversation with him.• The day h
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. BRIDGE AT SOKEENTO. THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS. 283. sroUTS AXD GAMES OF liappy in his idleness, making epigrams and bad verses, amusinghimself with watching the sports of the sailors or the athletic con-tests of the Greek lads of Capri,rewarding them by a banquetwhere they were permitted to pil-lage the desert. From Beneven-tum he returned to Nola. Herehe was taken ill ; and believingthe end near, he sent for Tibe-rius to return, and passed a longtime in conversation with him.• The day he died he asked fre-quently whether his condition wascausing any tumult in Rome ; and having called for a mirror, hehad his hair arranged. When some of his friends entered theroom he said to them : Do you think that I have acted my partwell on the stage of life ? and he added inGreek the phrase with which theatrical per-formances were usually ended : If you aresatisfied, give me your applause. . Ashort time after, he expired in the arms of Livia(19th August, 14 ).2 It has been common to believe, with theauthor of this often-quoted
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