“At that same time, when Augustus looked upon the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great which had been removed from its tomb, and had honored it by placing upon it a golden crown and a sprinkling of flowers, he was asked whether he would like to see the tomb of the Ptolemies, he said that he wanted to see a king, not some corpses.”
Per idem tempus conditorium et corpus Magni Alexandri, cum prolatum e penetrali subiecisset oculis, corona aurea imposita ac floribus aspersis veneratus est, consultusque, num et Ptolemaeum inspicere vellet, regem se voluisse ait videre, non mortuos.
–Suetonius, Divus Augustus 18
