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title: "The Deified Julius · Divus Julius"
author: "Suetonius"
translator: "John C. Rolfe"
languages: [la, en]
shelf: "Classical Latin"
section: 67 of 89
url: https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/67/
cite: "Suetonius, tr. John C. Rolfe, The Deified Julius · Divus Julius, section 67. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/67/"
---

# The Deified Julius · Divus Julius

*Suetonius, tr. John C. Rolfe*

## 67. Chapter 67

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/67/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/67/#p-N

[¶0] He did not take notice of all their offences or punish them by rule, but he kept a sharp look out for deserters and mutineers, and chastised them most severely, shutting his eyes to other faults. Sometimes, too, after a great victory he relieved them of all duties and gave them full licence to revel, being in the habit of boasting that his soldiers could fight well even when reeking ofperfumes.

> Latin: Delicta neque observabat omnia neque pro modo exsequebatur, sed desertorum ac seditiosorum et inquisitor et punitor acerrimus conivebat in ceteris. Ac nonnumquam post magnam pugnam atque victoriam remisso officiorum munere licentiam omnem passim lasciviendi permittebat, iactare solitus milites suos etiam unguentatos bene pugnareposse.

[¶1] In the assembly he addressed them not as soldiers, but by the more flattering term comrades, and he kept them in fine trim, furnishing them with arms inlaid with silver and gold, both for show and to make them hold the faster to them in battle, through fear of the greatness of the loss. Such was his love for them that when he heard of the disaster to Titurius, he let his hair and beard grow long, and would not cut them until he had taken vengeance.

> Latin: Nec milites eos pro contione, sed blandiore nomine commilitones appellabat habebatque tam cultos, ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret, simul et ad speciem et quo tenaciores eorum in proelio essent metu damni. Diligebat quoque usque adeo, ut audita clade Tituriana barbam capillumque summiserit nec ante dempserit quam vindicasset.