Out of the doghouse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23478015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Stothard (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 267-271 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Palatine (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780197555286.003.0053 |
| OpenAlex | W4366544032 |
| ISBN | 9780197555286 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Vespasian’s troops were in Rome. Vitellius found a Palatine room where the guards once kept their dogs. He heard clanking from down below. There was the smell of burnt marble. He would not be found dead. He had neither the will nor the sword. There was a crash against the door. Aulus felt the tying of his hands and the bite of an emboldened dog. Soon there were more captors and a climb to the remains of the ancient temple. The descent was shorter. The soldiers did not sever his head at the top of the Groaning Steps. They placed a cord around his neck. He was led like the companion of his kennel. He died slowly, torn to fleshy pieces, tumbling towards the memorial to his father, a sword under his chin, his belly protruding forever to stand for his failure to control his appetites, his opportunities and himself.
Ancient history · Art · Chin · SWORD · Anatomy · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Engineering · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Medicine
The Domus Aurea and the Roman Architectural Revolution
The imperial court
Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World
The Latin Sexual Vocabulary
The Court and Court Society in Ancient Monarchies
Ovid
Comic Angels
Dynasty and empire in the age of Augustus
The Fragments of the Roman Historians
The Slave and Freedman ‘Cursus’ in the Imperial Administration
| Highly cited | No |
|---|