Peracta erant sollemnia comitiorum, si principem cogitares, iamque se omnis turba commoverat, cum tu mirantibus cunctis accedis ad consulis sellam, adigendum te praebes in verba principibus ignota, nisi cum iurare cogerent alios.
The election ceremonies were over (for, remember, this candidate was already emperor) and the entire crowd was already on the move, when you surprised everyone by going up to the consuls chair and presenting yourself to take the oath, in the words no emperor had ever used except when compelling others to swear.
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