25.
His method of assuming the manners of a deity was not less ridiculous; he often went out at full moon, and courted it in the style of a lover.

He employed many inventions to imitate thunder, and would frequently defy Jupiter, crying out with a speech of Homer, "Do you conquer me, or I will conquer you." He frequently pretended to converse in whispers with the statue of Jupiter, and usually seemed angry at its replies, threatening to send it back into Greece, whence it came.

Sometimes, however, he would assume a better temper, and seem contented that Jupiter and he should dwell together in amity.
26.

Of all his vices, prodigality was the most remarkable, and that which in some measure gave rise to the rest.

The luxuries of former emperors were simplicity itself when compared to those which he practised.