PRETORIANSsurroundedthegrovesonthebanksofthepondofAgrippa, lestovernumerousthrongsofspectatorsmightannoyCaesarandhisguests; thoughitwassaidthateverythinginRomedistinguishedforwealth, beauty, orintellectwaspresentatthatfeast, , tosurpassallwhohadeverfeastedNero, , whilewithCaesarinNaples, andlaterinBeneventum, hehadmadepreparationsandsentorderstobringfromtheremotestregionsoftheearthbeasts, birds, rarefish, andplants, notomittingvesselsandcloths, ; , perhaps, , intellect, wit; inconversationheknewbetterhowtoamuseCaesar: buttohismisfortunehesurpassedinconversationCaesarhimself, henceherousedhisjealousy; moreoverhecouldnotbeanobedientinstrumentineverything, , , ArbiterElegantiarum, whichhadbeengiventoPetronius, annoyedNero'svanity, forwhohadtherighttobearthattitlebuthimself? Tigellinushadsenseenoughtoknowhisowndeficiencies; andseeingthathecouldnotcompetewithPetronius, Lucan, orothersdistinguishedbybirth, talents, orlearning, heresolvedtoextinguishthembythesupplenessofhisservices, , , , withgrovesoflotus, , statuesofgodsandgoddesses, , orrather, nottohidethefeasters, onlytheroofofatent, madeofSyrianpurple, restingonsilvercolumns; underitweregleaming, likesuns, tablespreparedfortheguests, loadedwithAlexandrianglass, crystal, andvesselssimplybeyondprice,—theplunderofItaly, Greece, , whichbecauseofplantsaccumulatedonithadtheappearanceofanislandandagarden, wasjoinedbycordsofgoldandpurpletoboatsshapedlikefish, swans, mews, andflamingoes, inwhichsatatpaintedoarsnakedrowersofbothsexes, withformsandfeaturesofmarvellousbeauty, theirhairdressedinOrientalfashion, , andsatbeneaththepurpletent-roof, theoarsstruckthewater, theboatsmoved, thegoldencordsstretched, , andothersmallerrafts, filledwithwomenplayingoncitharaeandharps, womenwhoserosybodiesonthebluebackgroundoftheskyandthewaterandinthereflectionsfromgoldeninstrumentsseemedtoabsorbthatblueandthosereflections, andtochangeandbloomlikeflowers.
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