Glutton

( The ), Vitelli us, the Roman emperor (born a.d. 15, reigned 69, died 69). Visiting the field after the battle of Bedriac, in Gaul, he exclaimed, “The body of a dead enemy is a delightful perfume.” ⁂ Charles IX. of France, when he went in grand proce ion to visit the gibbet on which Admiral Coligny was hanging, had the wretched heartle ne to exclaim, in doggerel verse; Fragrance sweeter than the rose Rises from our slaughtered foes. Glutton (The) , Gabius Apicius, who lived during the reign of Tiberius. He spent £800,000 on the luxuries of the table, and when only £80,000 of his large fortune remained, he hanged himself, thinking death preferable to “starvation on such a miserable pittance.”