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Offline rick fox

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Very Tough Trivia Question
« on: September 26, 2009, 07:30:28 pm »
When Augustus talked about his 3 cankerous sores, what was he talking about?

Hint, it is not medical in nature.
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Offline Jochen

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Re: Very Tough Trivia Question
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2009, 07:54:07 pm »
You can find the answer in Sueton, De Vita Caesarum, Liber II (Divus Augustus), ยง65. Augustus says (in Greek): "Would I have been only unmarried and died without offsprings!" He calls them his three boils too.

It was his daughter Julia, his grand-daughter Julia and his grand-son Agrippa. A nice family!

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Offline SVLLAIMP

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Re: Very Tough Trivia Question
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2009, 09:03:41 pm »
I wish I had seen this sooner, I literally just put down my Suetonius and would have seemed so knowledgeable.
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