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Notable Classical Anecdotes and a Sultanic Poison Plot
A fragment recounts Doctor Fegon at Bennet College who critiqued scholarship with wit while the hall was whitened. It then recounts Publius Affranius’s Rome flattery to Caligula, the emperor’s oath, and Affranius’s execution for breach of truth. Bajazet II’s conquests, later abdication under pressure, and his son Selim’s ascent ending in his father’s poisoning in 1512.
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Publius Affranius
Rome
Caligula
Baflas