[g] In his Seneca reus factus est multorum scelerum, sed præsertim quod
cum Agrippinâ rem haberet, nec enim in hâc re solum, sed in plerisque
aliis contra facere visus est quam Philosophabatur. Quum enim Tyrannidem
improbaret, Tyranni præceptor erat: quumque insultaret iis qui cum
principibus versarentur, ipse à Palatio non discedebat. Assentatores
detestabatur, quum ipse Reginas coleret & libertos, ac Laudationes
quorundam componeret. Reprehendebat divites is, cujus facultates erant ter
millies sestertium: quique luxum aliorum damnabat quingentes tripodas
habuit de ligno cedrino, pedibus eburneis, similes & pares inter se, in
quibus coenabat. Ex quibus omnibus ea quæ sunt his consentanea, quæque
ipse libidinose fecit, facile intelligi possunt. Nuptias enim cum
nobilissimâ atque illustrissimâ foeminâ contraxit. Delectabatur
exoletis, idque Neronem facere docuerat etsi antea tanta fuerat in morum
severitate ut ab eo peteret, ne se oscularetur, neve una secum coenandi
causa discumberet.
Vid. _Dion. Excerpta per Xiphilinum, Lib. 61._
[h] Collegæ tamen, multos Nobilium, atque inter eos Crispum etiam
Sallustium, eum, qui historiam conscripsit, Senatu ejicienti non
repugnavit. DION. _Lib. 40._
[i] Ab his Sallustius (qui ut Senatoriam dignitatem recupararet tum Prætor
factus erat) propemodum occisus. DION. _Lib. 42._
[k] Numidas quoque in suam potestarem Cæsar accepit, iisque Sallustium
præfecit. Sallustius & pecuniæ captæ & compilatæ provinciæ accusatus,
summam infamiam reportavit, quod quum ejusmodi libros composuisset, in
quibus multis acerbisque verbis eos, qui ex provinciis quæstum facerent,
notasset, nequaquam suis scriptis in agendo sterisset. Itaque etsi à
Cæsare absolutus fuit, tamen suis ipsius verbis proprium crimen abunde
quasi in tabulâ propositum divulgavit. DION. _L. 43._
[l] See at least a hundred and fifty Places in his late Works.
[m] In quo deformitas corporis cum turpitudine cerrabat ingenii; adco ut
animus eius dignissimo domicilio inclusus videretur. VEL. PAT. _L. 2. B.
69._
[n] See the Dunciad.
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