Tacitus And Some Roman Ideals
Tacitus And Some Roman Ideals
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pay. "'^ And yet he makes Cremutius say with reference to the forbearance of Julius Caesar "the insult which goes unnoticed, dies; to resent it is to accord it recognition, " which may call to mind Bernard Shaw's characterization of Julius Caesar: "He did not forgive his enemies; he forgot them. " A wanton injury however, like that of Domitian against Agricola, is doubly dangerous to the receiver, because "it is human nature to hate the man whom you have injured. "^^ Good men may incur i...ll will merely on account of the contrast of their goodness with the surrounding evil, since "even glory and virtue have their enemies ; for when placed too close to their opposites, they wear an aspect of rebuke. "^^ But nowhere has Tacitus' keener insight and grimmer humor than in his account of Marcellus, ^* who was charged with having spoken evil of the emperor, "an accusation from which there was no escape, since the accuser picked out all the worst features in the character of Tiberius and charged Marcellus with having pointed them out.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Iv 18.
pay. "'^ And yet he makes Cremutius say with reference to the forbearance of Julius Caesar "the insult which goes unnoticed, dies; to resent it is to accord it recognition, " which may call to mind Bernard Shaw's characterization of Julius Caesar: "He did not forgive his enemies; he forgot them. " A wanton injury however, like that of Domitian against Agricola, is doubly dangerous to the receiver, because "it is human nature to hate the man whom you have injured. "^^ Good men may incur i...ll will merely on account of the contrast of their goodness with the surrounding evil, since "even glory and virtue have their enemies ; for when placed too close to their opposites, they wear an aspect of rebuke. "^^ But nowhere has Tacitus' keener insight and grimmer humor than in his account of Marcellus, ^* who was charged with having spoken evil of the emperor, "an accusation from which there was no escape, since the accuser picked out all the worst features in the character of Tiberius and charged Marcellus with having pointed them out.
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