...who was prone to occasional fits. He was also very self-conscious about it. One day, one of his guards (who also suffered from epilepsy) went into convulsions in the hall while the monarch was eating dinner.
Assuming that the man was mocking him, the dictator furiously ordered him to be thrown into the dungeon, and issued a proclamation that it would be forever against the law to suffer a fit in his presence.
His senior Praetorian Guard imprisoned the man and life went on...until one day, a young woman came before the ruler to request justice. Her father had beaten her severely, causing serious head injuries.
However, as she began to plead her case, her brain hemorrhaged and she went into a fit, curling up on the palace floor and thrashing around violently.
Indignantly, the monarch turned to his guard and shouted:
"See, sir, Caesar sees her seizure. Seize her!"
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