Dio 56.29.4

Roman History 56.29.4

Author
Cassius Dio
Translator
Earnest Cary

Roman History

56.29.4

Cassius Dio

translated by Earnest Cary

4A thunderbolt fell upon his statue that stood upon the Capitol and blotted out the first letter of the name “Caesar.” This led the seers to declare that on the hundredth day after that he should attain to some divine state. They deduced this from the fact that the letter “C” signifies “one hundred” among the Latins, and the remainder of the word means “god” among the Etruscans.