(August 21, 2017 at 11:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote: We all know that RR is full of shit.
What do you suppose RR will make of this "eye-witness testimony?"
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text...1348,020:7
Quote:Vespasian, the new emperor, having been raised unexpectedly from a low estate, wanted something which might clothe him with divine majesty and authority. This, likewise, was now added. A poor man who was blind, and another who was lame, came both together before him, when he was seated on the tribunal, imploring him to heal them,3 and saying that they were admonished in a dream by the god Serapis to seek his aid, who assured them that he would restore sight to the one by anointing his eyes with his spittle, and give strength to the leg of the other, if he vouchsafed but to touch it with his heel. At first he could scarcely believe that the thing would any how succeed, and therefore hesitated to venture on making the experiment. At length, however, by the advice of his friends, he made the attempt publicly, in the presence of the assembled multitudes, and it was crowned with success in both cases.
Did Titus Flavius Vespasianus pull off these healing miracles, RR? If not, why not?
Caius Suetonius Tranquillus.
I would need to check it out more. Is there corroborating evidence? Is this something he is claiming to have seen, or what is the context of it? Why do you think I should believe it or why do think I should not?
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