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Indeed it was owing to that recom  mendation that it was generally thought that L. INDEED IT WAS OWING TO THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT IT WAS GENERALLY THOUGHT THAT E
lost the one that is to come. They first began, in the reign of Tiberius Claudius, some forty years ago, to drink fasting, and to take whets of wine before meals ; an outlandish68 fashion, however, and only pa- tronized by physicians who wished to recommend themselves by the introduction of some novelty or other. It is in the exercise of their drinking powers that the Par- thians look for their share of fame, and it was in this that Alcibiades among the Greeks earned his great repute. Among ourselves, too, Novellius Torquatus of Mediolanum, a man who held all the honours of the state from the prefecture to the pro-consulate, could drink off three congii69 at a single draught, a feat from which he obtained the surname of "Tricon- gius :" this he did before the eyes of the Emperor Tiberius, and to his extreme surprise and astonishment, a man who in his old age was very morose,70 and indeed very cruel in gene- ral ; though in his younger days he himself had been too much addicted to wine. THAT HAS GONE BEFORE THE DRINKER HAS ALREADY LOST THE ONE THAT IS TO COME THEY FIRST BEGAN IN THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS SOME FORTY YEARS AGO TO DRINK FASTING AND TO TAKE WETS OF WINE BEFORE MEALS AN OUTLANDISH FASHION HOWEVER AND ONLY PATRONIZED BY PHYSICIANS WHO WISHED TO RECOMMEND THEMSELVES BY THE INTRODUCTION OF SOME NOVELTY OR OTHER IT IS IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR DRINKING POWERS THAT THE PARTHIANS LOOK FOR THEIR SHARE OF FAME AND IT WAS IN THIS THAT OUR SABITES AMONG THE GREEKS EARN HIS GREAT REPUTE AMONG OURSELVES TOO NOVELIUS TARCATUS OF MEDIOLANUM A MAN WHO HELD ALL THE HONOURS OF THE STATE FROM THE PREFECTURE TO THE PROCONSULATE COULD DRINK OFF THREE CONGI AT A SINGLE DRAUGHT A FEAT FROM WHICH HE OBTAINED THE SURNAME OF TRICHONNGIUS THIS HE DID BEFORE THE EYES OF THE EMPEROR TIBERIUS AND TO HIS EXTREME SURPRISE AND ASTONISHMENT A MAN WHO IN HIS OLD AGE WAS VERY MOROSE AND INDEED VERY CRUEL IN GENERAL THOUGH IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS HE HIMSELF HAD BEEN TOO MUCH ADDICTED TO WINE
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