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Augustus's glory is overshadowed by his capture and humiliation.

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tagsja-picks, contrarian_or_surprising, trade, corroborated, xref, category/contrarian-or-surprising
aliases@macgregor_history_2010, loc. 572

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Augustus’s glory is overshadowed by his capture and humiliation.

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The glory of Augustus is not quite as unalloyed as he wanted us to believe. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 572

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  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 572
  • XREF: connects to: The burial of Augustus’s head symbolized a calculated insult to Rome. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 578
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