Octavian hated flattery
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Emperor Octavian Augustus hated flattery – when one day during the show, the artist addressed him with the words “O just and gracious Lord!” Augustus rebuked him for this in a public proclamation. He even forbade his children and grandchildren to refer to him as “Lord”.
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Suetonius, Octavian Augustus, 53
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