Note 052 Julian, in Misopogon, p. 340. Julius Caesar had offended the Roman people by reading his despatches during the actual race. Augustus indulged their taste, or his own, by his constant attention to the important business of the Circus, for which he professed the warmest inclination. Sueton in August. c. xlv.

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Note to Chapter 22 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon