Nam ceteros principes aut largus cruor hostiarum aut sinister volatus avium consulentibus nuntiavit; tibi ascendenti de more Capitolium quamquam non id agentium civium clamor ut iam principi occurrit, siquidem omnis turba quae limen insederat, ad ingressum tuum foribus reclusis, illa quidem, ut tunc arbitrabatur, deum, ceterum, ut docuit eventus, te consalutavit imperatorem.
The names of all your predecessors were revealed to those who sought the oracles either by a gush of blood from the victims or a flight of birds on the left; but in your case, as you mounted the Capitol, following due precedent, the citizens gathered there for other reasons hailed you with a shout as if you were already emperor: for when the doors of the temple opened for your entry, the entire crowd assembled at the threshold cried Imperator! At the time it was thought that they were addressing Jupiter, but events have proved that the title was intended for you,
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