Possible Clues:

• Like taxis
• Greeted as Romans did Caesar
• Greeted like old Romans did Caesar
• Was sick of being called with its head off
• One welcomed that all was not well at last
• More than saluted
• Indisposed at hospital, it's acknowledged
• Greeted in hospital - wasn't feeling well
• Greeted as Romans once did Caesar
• Came down in frozen pellets