He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [and] none hindereth.
Ver. 6. He that smote the people in wrath, &c.] This is the tyrant's epitaph; there is at their death a general joy, as was the time when the world was well rid of Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Heliogabalus, &c. When Domitian died, the senate decreed that his name should be erased, that all his acts should be rescinded, and his memorial abolished quite for ever. When Caligula was cut off, his monies were all melted by the decree of the senate; a like as King Richard III's cognisance, the white boar, was torn from every sign, that his memory might perish. b
a Aurel. Victor.
b Speed.