The daily gazette., 1882-01-16
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70 which all the citizens Of Rome were
indiscTiminateiy invited. Cesar, 10
celebrate the funeral Of daughter, gave
one OF % 600 tables, with accommoda-
ton for three guests at each. This en-
terlainment was repeated and exceeded
for his triumph. He brought together
more gladiators and wild beasts than
were ever produced on any former occa.
sion In an amphltheAtre, but hls exhibi.
lions OF this kind we're 90 completely
entshone that lt we're q waste Of time to
dwell upon them. ln document an-
nexed TO his testament, Augustus states
90 . title 10 public gratitude that he had
exhibited 5000 gladiators and brought
more than 3,6OO wild beasts to be killed
10 the circus. In the course Of the fes.
tiyities Instituted by Titus TO celebrate
the opening OF the Colosseum, 5000
Wild beasts were let loose and killed BY
The gladIalors. The Emperor Probus
collected for single show 100 lions, 100
llopesses, 100 LIbyan, and 100 Syrian
leopards, 800 bears aud 900 gladiators.
Having caused the circus to be planted
with trees to resemble forest, he let
loose 1000 ostriches, 1000 stays, 1000
does, and 1000 boars, 70 be hunted by
the populaee, who we're 10 keep what
ever they could catch or Kill. The
hercer animals were encountered BY the
gladlators. II does not appear how long
this show lasted.
Tlberlus, whose life at Capri was .
disgrace 10 human natnre, was fonder
OF saving money than OF spending it,and
he left an immense sum In the treasury,
which bis successor, CAIieula, managed
70 dissipate 10 two years by extrava-
gAnce OF the most senseless kind. As II
In rivalry OF Cleopatra, he Rwallowed
precious stones dissolved In vinegar, and
caused his guest TO be helped TO gold
(Which they carried away instead Of
bread and meat. One Of bis favorite
amusemeuts was showering money
among the populAce from the Basilica Of
julius Cesar. He built galleys Of cedar,
covered With Jewelry, and large enough
TO contain vines and fruit trees, and had
canals cut for them along the coast.
The stable Of his favorite horse, which
he talked Of banning consul, was OF mar.
BILE, the trough Of ivory, the harness OF
purple, and the collar OF pearls. The
Get Of emeralds and pearls worn by one
Of his wives, Lolita PaulipR, was valued
at $1,000 sterling.
The principal extravagance OF Clau-
dlus was In public games. Ono ofthe
shows organized for him was naval
combat on o lake, In which the gallcya
were manned by 19,000 men. He was
fond OF good cheer, and was in the
habit Of inviting himself to the tables
Of the rich. He came on ono occasion
with 600 persons in his train.
1t was to Nero that Tacitus applied
the expression, incredibilum cupitor,
What he not only desired but achieved
In the way Of cruelty and vice would
be declared incredible IL Roman his
tory had not already shown what re-
voting atrocities may be conceived BY
q diseased imagination and executed
by irresponsible power. After the
burning OF the city no gratlied hiI
taste, in entire disregard OF the pro-
prietors, in rebuilding It. He at oDc'
appropriated Q number Ofthe sites anC
large portion Of the public groundl
for his new palace. The Porticos, will
their ranks Of columns were q mill
long. The vestibule was largo enough
to contain the colossal sta tue Of him
In silver and gold, 1870 feet high, from
which the Colosseum got its name. Thi
interior was Pilded throughout, ant
adorned with ivory and mother o
pearl. The ceilings of the dining room
were formed of movable tablets o
ivory, which shed flowers and per
fumes on the company the prlncipa
saloon had dome which, turninI
day and night, initiated the move
ments Of the terrestrial bodies. Whe
this palace was finished he exclaimed
-ssAt last / am lodged like q man.
His diadem was valued at half q mil
lion. His dresses, which he neve
wore twice, were stiff with embroider
and gold. He hshed with purple line
aud books Of gold. He never travele
with less than thousand carriages.
The mnles were shod with silvel
| the muleteers clothed with the finel
!. / wool, and the attendants wore bract
let's and necklaces Of gold. Five hui
dred she-asses followed his vii
Poppma in her progresses, to suppl
milk for her bath. He was fond {
figuring in the circus as chariote'
and in the theatre as q singer an
actor. He prided himself on being a
artist, and when his possible depos
: tion was limited to him, he said thi
artists could never be in want. The
Q was not q vice to which he was NJ
i given, nor a crime which he did n
3 commit. Yet the world, exclain
d Suetonius, endured this monster f
fourteen years and he was populi
; with the multitude, who very da
y zled by his magnihoence and mistoC
his senseless profusion for liberalIt
On the anniversary Of his death, du
ing many years, they crowded
I cUver his tomb with flowers.
n The utmost excess in gluttony W
4 reached by Vitellius, who gave feas
at which 2 900 fishes and 1000 bir
4 were served up. He prided hims'
J ON his culinary genius, and laid eve
= quarter of the empire under contrib
tion to supply materials for dis
which contained livers Of null
brains of pheasants and peacocl
10 tongues Of hamingoea, roe of laI
a. preys, etc., etc. .Tacitue states th
~ he spent what would be tahtamoH
e: to several millions sterling in ID
On than eight months in eating or givi
to eat.