De Vita Caesarum

C. Suetonius Tranquillus

Supremo natali suo Apollinem Temenitem et amplitudinis et artis eximiae, advectum Syracusis ut in bibliotheca templi novi poneretur, viderat per quietem affirmantem sibi non posse se ab ipso dedicari.

On his last birthday he dreamt that the Apollo of Temenos, a statue of remarkable size and beauty, which he had brought from Syracuse to be set up in the library of the new temple, appeared to him in a dream, declaring that it could not be dedicated by Tiberius.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from C. Suetonius Tranquillus: Volume I. Julius. Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius. Caligula, Loeb Classical Library Vol. 31, translated by J.C. Rolfe, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1914, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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