A number of other voices affirmed the demand. Amyntas closed his eyes, drew in a deep breath, and rose to his full height as he exhaled. He opened his eyes and looked into the faces around the chamber. “I can remember how, some eleven years ago, a week of public mourning was declared for the ‘divine’ Vespasian. And then, just two years later, another week of mourning was declared for the ‘divine’ Titus. Even if Domitian should reign as long as Augustus did, such a week of mourning will one day also
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