Note 136 At the funeral of Vespasian, the comedian who personated that frugal emperor anxiously inquired how much it cost? - Fourscore thousand pounds (centies). - Give me the tenth part of the sum, and throw my body into the Tiber. Sueton. in Vespasian, c. 19, with the notes of Casaubon and Gronovius.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 24