Suetonius, Divus Claudius, ed. J. Eugene Reed, Alexander Thomson (Translator), 18

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He paid particular attention to the care of the city, and to have it well supplied with provisions. A dreadful fire happening in the Aemiliana, ¹ which lasted some time, he passed two nights in the Diribitorium, ² and the soldiers and gladiators not being in sufficient numbers to extinguish it, he caused the magistrates to summon the people out of all the streets in the city, to their assistance. Placing bags of money before him, he encouraged them to do their utmost, declaring, that he would reward every one on the spot, according to their exertions.

Divus Claudius. Suetonius. ed. J. Eugene Reed, Alexander Thomson (Translator). Philadelphia. 1883.

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Claudius (English) (Suetonius. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Thomson, Alexander, M.D, translator; Reed, J.E., editor. Philadelphia: Gebbie, 1883.)

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Divus Claudius Perseus (Suetonius. De Vita Caesarum Libri VIII. Ihm, Max, editor; Leipzig: Teubner, 1908.) — 18.1 focus

[1] Vrbis annonaeque curam sollicitissime semper egit. cum Aemiliana pertinacius arderent, in diribitorio duabus noctibus mansit ac deficiente militum ac familiarum turba auxilio plebem per magistratus ex omnibus uicis conuocauit ac positis ante se cum pecunia fiscis ad subueniendum hortatus est, repraesentans pro opera dignam cuique mercedem.

[2] artiore autem annona ob assiduas sterilitates detentus quondam medio foro a turba conuiciisque et simul fragminibus panis ita infestatus, ut aegre nec nisi postico euadere in Palatium ualuerit, nihil non ex eocogitauit ad inuehendos etiam tempore hiberno commeatus. nam et negotiatoribus certa lucra proposuit suscepto in se damno, si cui quid per tempestates accidisset, et naues mercaturae causa fabricantibus magna commoda constituit pro condicione cuiusque:

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Claudius

1. The Aemiliana, so called because it contained the monuments of the family of that name, was a suburb of Rome , on the Via Lata, outside the gate.

2. The Diribitorium was a house in the Flaminian Circus, begun by Agrippa, and finished by Augustus, in which soldiers were mustered and their pay distributed; from whence it derived its name. When the Romans went to give their votes at the election of magistrates, they were conducted by officers named Diribitores. It is possible that one and the same building may have been used for both purposes. The Flaminian Circus was without the city walls, in the Campus Martius . The Roman college now stands on its site.

Suetonius Divus Claudius 18

ed. J. Eugene Reed, Alexander Thomson (Translator)

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