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The Punishment of Serenus
"The Senate then gave their votes that Serenus should be punished according to ancient precedent, when the emperor, to soften the odium of the affair, interposed with his veto. Next, Gallus Asinius proposed that he should be confined in Gyaros or Donusa, but this he rejected, on the ground that both these islands were deficient in water, and that he whose life was spared, ought to be allowed the necessaries of life".
Tacitus, Annals, 4, 30
Reflections in exile
"If you are in Gyaros, do not let your mind dwell upon life at Rome, and all the pleasures it offered to you when living there, and all that would attend your return. Rather be intent on this - how he that lives in Gyaros may live in Gyaros like a man of spirit".
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings, CXXXIII
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