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塞内卡：塞内卡道德书简·摘录 95
塞内卡《塞内卡道德书简》· Seneca's Morals · 健康 · 哲学
Asiaticus Valerius, (one of Caligula’s particular friends, and a man of stomach, that would not easily digest an affront) Caligula told him in public what kind of bedfellow his wife was. Good God! that ever any man should hear this, or a prince speak it, especially to a man of consular authority, a friend, and a husband: and in such a manner too as at once to own his disgust and his adultery. The tribune Chæreas had a weak broken voice, like an hermaphrodite; when he came to Caligula for the _word_, he would give him sometimes _Venus_, otherwhiles _Priapus_, as a slur upon him both ways. Valerius was afterwards the principal instrument in the conspiracy against him; and Chæreas, to convince him of his manhood, at one blow cleft him down the chin with his sword. No man was so forward as Caligula to _break_ a jest, and no man so unwilling to _bear_ it.
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定位：Excerpt 95 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
卡利古拉当众告诉朋友瓦莱里乌斯他妻子在床上的表现，既承认自己的厌恶又炫耀通奸。保民官凯雷亚声音柔弱，卡利古拉给他口令时故意用“维纳斯”或“普里阿普斯”来羞辱他。后来瓦莱里乌斯成了谋反主谋，凯雷亚斯一剑把卡利古拉砍倒下巴，证明自己的男子气概。塞涅卡评论：卡利古拉最爱开玩笑，却最受不了别人开玩笑。核心是：滥用权力羞辱人，会招致致命报复；己所不欲勿施于人。做法是：别拿别人的弱点当众取乐。
上下文
塞涅卡讲述罗马皇帝卡利古拉因肆意羞辱臣属而遭刺杀的历史轶事，说明傲慢与羞辱的危险。
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