Who knew this leader was acting? He said to his friends, "Have I played the part well? Then applaud me as I exit."

With his empire at peace, Augustus Caesar came to rest in peace in A.D. 14. The last words of the great Roman emperor were to his friends and to his people. To the Romans, he stated, “I found Rome of clay; I leave it to you of marble,” and to his friends, he spoke more candidly, saying, “Have I played the part well? Then applaud me as I exit.” He was thereafter declared a god by the Roman Senate.

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