哈哈，前兩天才替習博士 coin 了一個新詞，“extranoia” :-)

一邊是“自信”自大到匪夷所思的 megalomania，一邊是膽小怕死到驚世駭俗的“extranoia”，習博士能在 bipolar 之路上達到如此超凡脫俗的境界，說起來其實也是彎道超車 :-) 。比如取之不盡用之不竭的古羅馬帝國，就有一位 Commodus 皇帝（就是《Gladiator》裏那位 Commodus 同學，隻是被好萊塢化了 :-)）。

Commodus 同學的“自信”，據 Cassius Dio 說，Commodus 同學自稱是赫拉克勒斯轉世；他本人要被稱為“Golden One”；他統治的年代要被稱為“Golden Age”；鬥技場裏人們要對他高呼: “Thou art lord and thou art first（一尊？）, of all men most fortunate. Victor thou art, and victor thou shalt be; from everlasting, Amazonian, thou art victor.”。他還把羅馬重新命名為 Commodiana，元老院命名為 Fortunate Commodian Senate 。他給元老院的信件都是這樣開頭，“The Emperor Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Felix Sarmaticus Germanicus Maximus Britannicus, Pacifier of the Whole Earth（人類命運共同體體長？）, Invincible, the Roman Hercules, Pontifex Maximus, Holder of the Tribunician Authority for the eighteenth time, Imperator for the eighth time, Consul for the seventh time, Father of his Country, to consuls, praetors, tribunes, and the fortunate Commodian senate, Greeting.”...

至於Commodus 同學的 paranoia，同樣據 Cassius Dio 說，Commodus 同學的生態環境和習博士差不多（“Many plots were formed by various people against Commodus”），所以 Commodus 同學也順理成章走上 paranoid 之路（“and he killed a great many, both men and women, some openly and some by means of poison, secretly...”）

不過再 paranoid 也不能免災避禍，Commodus 同學最終還是死於 plot --- Cassius Dio 同學的描述比之 gore film 毫不遜色：“... For these reasons Laetus and Eclectus attacked him, after making Marcia their confidant. At any rate, on the last day of the year, at night, when people were busy with the holiday, they caused Marcia to administer poison to him in some beef. But the immoderate use of wine and baths, which was habitual with him, kept him from succumbing at once, and instead he vomited up some of it; and thus suspecting the truth, he indulged in some threats. Then they sent Narcissus, an athlete, against him, and caused this man to strangle him while he was taking a bath. Such was the end of Commodus, after he had ruled twelve years, nine months, and fourteen days. He had lived thirty-one years and four months; and with him the line of the genuine Aurelii ceased to rule.” :-)

Commodus 被高盧人民稱為“paranoïaque attifé en Hercule” （打扮成赫拉克勒斯的 paranoid）。這有他在位時雕像為證 :-)

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• after he had ruled twelve years, nine months, and fourteen -kingfish2010- ♂ (171 bytes) () 07/16/2023 postreply 13:38:34

• 哈哈哈，then the end should be "He had lived seventy-two years -papyrus- ♂ (190 bytes) () 07/16/2023 postreply 14:29:43

• 哈哈哈哈，再謝古紙兄的文化滲透，Joaquin Phoenix 真是有些神似，*_*。Commodus 如此禍害---- -文革傳人- ♂ (823 bytes) () 07/17/2023 postreply 01:58:30