Divus Augustus
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At this time he had a desire to see the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great, which, for that purpose, were taken out of the cell in which they rested;
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and after viewing them for some time, he paid honours to the memory of that prince, by offering a golden crown, and scattering flowers upon the body.
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Being asked if he wished to see the tombs of the Ptolemies also; he replied, "I wish to see a king, not dead men."
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He reduced
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Egypt
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into the form of a province; and to render it more fertile, and more capable of supplying
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Rome
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with corn, he employed his army to scour the canals, into which the
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Nile
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, upon its rise, discharges itself; but which during a long series of years had become nearly choked up with mud. To perpetuate the glory of his victory at
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Actium
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, he built the city of
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Nicopolis
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on that part of the coast, and established games to be celebrated there every five years; enlarging likewise an old temple of Apollo, he ornamented with naval trophies
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the spot on which he had pitched his camp, and consecrated it to Neptune and Mars.