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Seneca
641 sq:Macte nova virtute, puer; sic itur ad astra,dis genite et geniture deos b An allusion to the later apotheosis of Augustus c Germanicus, his nephew d Drusus, who was poisoned by Sejanus, the imperialfavourite, in A D  23  (Tacitus, Annals, iv  8 )e i e , the emperor in his capacity of Pontifex Maximus f A veiled allusion to the spectacular overthrow of Sejanushimself, eight years later non excepit hic omnia prosternens casus, et in quos tot animi bona, tot ornamenta publice privatimquecongesta erant  ? Sed videlicet it in orbem ista tempestas et sine dilectu vastat omnia agitque ut sua Iube singulos conferre rationem ; nulli contigit im-pune nasci