Dignities heaped on the undeserving are a badge of disgrace. Publius Syris. The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus. Number 430.
Image: Lucanian fresco tomb painting of a man on a chariot 350-330 BCE at the Paestum Archaeological Museum courtesy of Carole Raddato. The emperor Nero actually competed in the Olympic games and at one point attempted to drive a ten-horse chariot in a race. He was thrown from the chariot and almost killed but was declared the winner anyway claiming he would have won if he hadn't been thrown out.
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