He completed the works which were left unfinished by Tiberius, namely, the temple
					of Augustus, and the theatre of Pompey. See TIBERIUS, c.
						xlvii. and AUGUSTUS, c. xxxi. He began, likewise, the aqueduct from
					the neighbourhood of Tibur , This aqueduct, commenced by Caligula and completed by
						Claudian, a truly imperial work, conveyed the waters of two streams to
							 Rome , following the valley of
						the Anio from above Tivoli . The
						course of one of these rivulets was forty miles, and it was carried on
						arches, immediately after quitting its source, for a distance of three
						miles. The other, the Anio Novus, also began on arches, which continued for
						upwards of twelve miles. After this, both were conveyed under ground; but at
						the distance of six miles from the city, they were united, and carried upon
						arches all the rest of the way. This is the most perfect of all the ancient
						aqueducts; and it has been repaired, so as to convey the Acqua Felice, one
						of the three streams which now supply Rome . See CLAUDIUS, c. XX. and an amphitheatre near
					the Septa ; By
							 Septa , Suetonius here means the
						huts or barracks of the pretorian camp, which was a permanent and fortified
						station. It stood to the east of the Viminal and Quirinal hills, between the
						present Porta Pia and S. Lorenzo, where these is a quadrangular projection
						in the city walls marking the site. The remains of the Amphitheatrum
						Castrense stand between the Porta Maggiore and S. Giovanni, formerly without
						the ancient walls, but now included in the line. It is all of brick, even
						the Corinthian pillars, and seems to have been but a rude structure, suited
						to the purpose for which it was built, the amusement of the soldiers, and
						gymnastic exercises. For this purpose they were used to construct temporary
						amphitheatres near the stations in the distant provinces, which were not
						built of stone or brick, but hollow circular spots dug in the ground, round
						which the spectators sat on the declivity, on ranges of seats cut in the
						sod. Many vestiges of this kind have been traced in Britain . of which works, one was
					completed by his successor Claudius, and the other remained as he left it. The
					walls of Syracuse , which had fallen to
					decay by length of time, he repaired, as he likewise did the temples of the
					gods. He formed plans for rebuilding the palace of Polycrates at Samos , finishing the temple of the Didymaean
					Apollo at Miletus , and building a town
					on a ridge of the Alps ; but, above all,
					for cutting through the isthmus in Achaia The Isthmus of
							 Corinth ; an enterprize which
						had formerly been attempted by Demetrius, and which was also projected by
						Julius Caesar, c. xliv., and Nero, c. xix.; but they all failed of
						accomplishing it. and even sent a centurion of the first rank to
					measure out the work. Thus far we have spoken of him as a prince. What remains to be said of him,
					bespeaks him rather a monster than a man. He assumed a variety of titles, such
					as "Dutiful," "The Pious," "Child of the Camp, the Father of the Armies," and
					"The Greatest and Best Caesar." Upon hearing some kings, who came to the city to
					pay him court, conversing together at supper, about their illustrious descent,
					he exclaimed, εἶσ κοίρανοσ ἔτω, εἶς 
					 Let there be but one prince, one king. He was strongly inclined
					to assume the diadem, and change the form of government, from imperial to regal;
					but being told that he far exceeded the grandeur of kings and princes, he began
					to arrogate to himself a divine majesty. He ordered all the images of the gods,
					which were famous either for their beauty, or the veneration paid them, among
					which was that of Jupiter Olympius, to be brought from Greece , that he might take the heads off, and
					put on his own. Having continued part of the Palatium as far as the Forum, and
					the temple of Castor and Pollux being converted into a kind of vestibule to his
					house, he often stationed himself between the twin brothers, and so presented
					himself to be worshipped by all votaries; some of whom saluted him by the name
					of yupiter Latialis. He also instituted a temple and priests, with choicest
					victims, in honour of his own divinity. In his temple stood a statue of gold,
					the exact image of himself, which was daily dressed in garments corresponding
					with those he wore himself. The most opulent persons in the city offered
					themselves as candidates for the honour of being his priests, and purchased it
					successively at an immense price. The victims were flamingos, peacocks,
					bustards, guinea-fowls, turkey and pheasant hens, each sacrificed on their
					respective days. On nights when the moon was full, he was in the constant habit
					of inviting her to his embraces and his bed. In the day-time he talked in
					private to Jupiter Capitolinus; one while whispering to him, and another turning
					his ear to him; sometimes he spoke aloud, and in railing language. For he was
					overheard to threaten the god thus: ἤ ἐμ' ἀναίερ', 
					 Raise thou me up, or I'll- On the authority
						of Dio Cassius and the Salmatian manuscript, this verse from Homer is
						substituted for the common reading, which is, εἰς 
						 Into the land of Greece I
							will transport thee. until being at last prevailed upon
					by the entreaties of the god, as he said, to take up his abode with him, he
					built a bridge over the temple of the Deified Augustus, by which he joined the
					Palatium to the Capitol. Afterwards, that he might be still nearer, he laid the
					foundations of a new palace in the very court of the Capitol. He was unwilling to be thought or called the grandson of Agrippa, because of the
					obscurity of his birth; and he was offended if any one, either in prose or
					verse, ranked him amongst the Caesars. He said that his mother was the fruit of
					an incestuous commerce, maintained by Augustus with his daughter Julia. And not
					content with this vile reflection upon the memory of Augustus, he forbad his
					victories at Actium , and on the coast
					of Sicily , to be celebrated, as usual;
					affirming that they had been most pernicious and fatal to the Roman people. He
					called his grandmother Livia Augusta " Ulysses in a woman's dress," and had the
					indecency to reflect upon her in a letter to the senate, as of mean birth, and
					descended, by the mother's side, from a grandfather who was only one of the
					municipal magistrates of Fondi ; whereas
					it is certain, from the public records, that Aufidius Lurco held high offices at
						 Rome . His grandmother Antonia
					desiring a private conference with him, he refused to grant it, unless Macro,
					the prefect of the pretorian guards, were present. Indignities of this kind, and
					ill usage, were the cause of her death; but some think he also gave her poison.
					- Nor did he pay the smallest respect to hier memory after her death, but
					witnessed the burning from his private apartment. His brother Tiberius, who
					had'no expectation of any violence, was suddenly dispatched by a military
					tribune sent by his order for that purpose. He forced Silanus , his father-in-law, to kill himself,
					by cutting his throat with a razor. The pretext he alleged for these murders
					was, that the latter had not followed him upon his putting to sea in stormy
					weather, but stayed behind with the view of seizing the city, if he should
					perish. The other, he said, smelt of an antidote, which he had taken to prevent
					his being poisoned by him; whereas Silanus was only afraid of being seasick, and the
					disagreeableness of the voyage; and Tibenius had merely taken a medicine for an
					habitual cough, which was continually growing worse. As for his successor
					Claudius, he only saved him as a laughing-stock. He lived in the habit of incest with all his sisters; and at table, when much
					company was present, he placed each of them in turns below him, whilst his wife
					reclined above him. It is believed, that he deflowered one of them, Drusilla,
					before he had assumed the robe of manhood; and was even caught in her embraces
					by his grandmother Antonia, with whom they were educated together. When she was
					afterwards married to Cassius Longinus, a man of consular rank, he took her from
					him, and kept her constantly as if she were his lawful wife. In a fit of
					sickness, he by his will appointed her heiress both of his estate and the
					empire. After her death, he ordered a public mourning for her; during which it
					was capital for any person to laugh, use the bath, or sup with his parents,
					wife, or children. Being inconsolable under his affliction, he went hastily, and
					in the night-time, from the City; going through Campania to Syracuse , and then suddenly returned without shaving his beard,
					or trimming his hair. Nor did he ever afterwards, in matters of the greatest
					importance, not even in the assemblies of the people or before the soldiers,
					swear any otherwise, than "By the divinity ofDrusilla." The rest of his sisters
					hedid not treat with so much fondness or regard; but frequently prostituted them
					to his catamites. He therefore the more readily condemned them in the case of
					AEmilius Lepidus, as guilty of adultery, and privy to that conspiracy against
					him. Nor did he only divulge their own handwriting relative to the affair, which
					he procured by base and lewd means, but likewise consecrated to Mars the Avenger
					three swords which had been prepared to stab him, with an inscription, setting
					forth the occasion of their consecration. Whether in the marriage of his wives, in repudiating them, or retaining them, he
					acted with greater infamy, it is difficult to say. Being at the wedding of Caius
					with Livia Orestilla, he ordered the bride to be carried to his own house, but
					within a few days divorced her, and two years after banished her; because it was
					thought, that upon her divorce she returned to the embraces of her former
					husband. Some say, that being invited to the wedding-supper, he sent a message
					to Piso, who sat opposite to him, in these words: "Do not be too fond with my
					wife," and that he immediately carried her off. Next day he published a
					proclamation, importing, "That he had got a wife as Romulus and Augustus had done." Alluding,
						in the case of Romulus, to the rape of the Sabines; and in that of Augustus
						to his having taken Livia from her
						husband -AUGUSTUS, C. IX. Lollia Paulina, who was married to a man
					of consular rank in command of an army, he suddenly called from the province
					where she was with her husband, upon mention being made that her grandmother was
					formerly very beautiful, and married her; but he soon afterwards parted with
					her, interdicting her from having ever afterwards any commerce with man. He
					loved with a most passionate and constant affection Caesonia, who was neither
					handsome nor young, and was besides the mother of three daughters by another
					man; but a wanton of unbounded lasciviousness. Her he would frequently exhibit
					to the soldiers, dressed in a military cloak, with shield and helmet, and riding
					by his side. To his friends he even showed her naked. After she had a child, he
					honoured her with the title of wife; in one and the same day, declaring himself
					her husband, and father of the child of which she was delivered. He named it
					Julia Drusilla, and carrying it round the temples of all the goddesses, laid it
					on the lap of Minerva ; to whom he
					recommended the care of bringing up and instructing her. He considered her as
					his own child for no better reason than her savage temper, which was such even
					in infancy, that she would attack with her nails the face and eyes of the
					children at play with her.