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Vedius Pollio

Vedius Pollio

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ISBN10: 5511873810
ISBN13: 9785511873817
Publisher: Book On Demand Ltd
Published: Jan 14 2013
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Publius Vedius Pollio (died 15 BC) was a Roman equestrian of the 1st century BC, and a friend of the Roman emperor Augustus, who appointed him to a position of authority in the province of Asia. In later life he became known for his luxurious tastes and cruelty to his slaves - when they displeased him, he had them fed to lampreys that he maintained for that purpose. This was deemed to be unacceptable cruelty, even by Roman standards. When Vedius tried to apply this method of execution to a slave who broke a crystal cup, Emperor Augustus (Pollio's guest at the time) was so appalled that he not only intervened to prevent the execution but had all of Pollio's valuable drinking vessels deliberately broken. This incident, along with Augustus's demolition of the massive villa he inherited after Vedius's death in 15 BC, were frequently referred to in antiquity in discussions of ethics and of the public role of Augustus.