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2And when at last the whole spectacle was over, he gave an account of his achievements in a speech to the people, enumerating the instances of his good fortune with no less emphasis than his deeds of valour, and finally, in view of these, he ordered that he receive the surname of Fortunate (for this is what the word”Felix” most nearly means).
But he himself, in writing to the Greeks on official business, styled himself Epaphroditus, or Favourite of Venus,[61] and on his trophies in our country his name is thus inscribed: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Epaphroditus.
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Notes
[61] Cf. chapter xix. 5 and note.