Iovis filium non dici tantum se, sed etiam credi volebat, tamquam perinde animis imperare posset ac  linguis, iussitque more Persarum Macedonas venerabundos ipsum salutare prosternentes humi corpora.
He wished, not only to be called, but to be believed to be the son of Jupiter, as if he could rule mens minds as well as their  tongues, and he ordered the Macedonians to pay their respects to him in the Persian fashion and to salute him by prostrating themselves on the ground.
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