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title: "The Deified Julius · Divus Julius"
author: "Suetonius"
translator: "John C. Rolfe"
languages: [la, en]
shelf: "Classical Latin"
section: 61 of 89
url: https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/61/
cite: "Suetonius, tr. John C. Rolfe, The Deified Julius · Divus Julius, section 61. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/61/"
---

# The Deified Julius · Divus Julius

*Suetonius, tr. John C. Rolfe*

## 61. Chapter 61

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[¶0] He rode a remarkable horse, too, with feet that were almost human; for its hoofs were cloven in such a way as to look like toes. This horse was foaled on his own place, and since the soothsayers had declared that it foretold the rule of the world for its master, he reared it with the greatest care, and was the first to mount it, for it would endure no other rider. Afterwards, too, he dedicated a statue of it before the temple of Venus Genetrix.

> Latin: Utebatur autem equo insigni, pedibus prope humanis et in modum digitorum ungulis fissis, quem natum apud se, cum haruspices imperium orbis terrae significare domino pronuntiassent, magna cura aluit nec patientem sessoris alterius primus ascendit; cuius etiam instar pro aede Veneris Genetricis postea dedicavit.