Res Gestae

In fact, the matter was handled exactly as if many men had importuned Claros,[*](A city of Ionia near Colophon, the seat of a famous oracle of Apollo.) the oaks of Dodona,[*](A city of Epirus, in the country of the Molossians, where there was in an oak grove a celebrated temple and oracle of Zeus.) and the once famous oracles of Delphi with regard

Therefore the palace band of courtiers, ingeniously fabricating shameful devices of flattery, declared that he would be immune to ordinary ills, loudly exclaiming that his destiny had appeared at all times powerful and effective in destroying those who made attempts against him.