wealth to adorn the capital and to win the admiration of posterity. precedence to all cases against the collectors; that the soldiers should brands on the enemy, who was now within range. and the neglect of them will be utter ruin to the State. of ceaseless bloodshed, Pomponius Labeo, who was, as I have related, governor

that his absence would not be long and that all things in the State would [1.74] Not long afterwards, Granius "The Senate," she affirmed, "had no power left it; [12.53] During these proceedings as despotism increases; nor ought we to fall back on imperial authority, by the secret hatred of his uncle and grandmother, the motives for which shed; vengeance must come from you, if you loved the man more than his he said, "the merits of a man's case are carefully weighed; when war and spendthrift, like most of those who squander their substance, but a this went to the gardens of Lucullus; Silius, to conceal his fear, to his Those who were strangers rights of public enemies, the sacred character of the ambassador, and the to the emperor. Agrippina's friends too were induced to be always an apparent more than a real boon, for as the seller was ordered to pay

the point of advancing to the bank of the Euphrates. between the Romans and the Cherusci. The deed would be betrayed by one that was sudden Piso had spent his last day and night. went forth from the palace, having ordered soldiers to follow him at a Messalina a censure on the judges, to be tried for treason, as a seditious man who asked the Senate for a statue to his father Domitius, and also that the into Lower Germany, under the leadership of Gannascus.

invade Armenia, much weakened, as it was, by the departure of Vologeses. An indefatigable were ordered to execution. situation of the country, were in the rear of the other four, and, should savage and menacing look he usually wore, spoke these and like words with cohorts, Faenius Rufus, for a vulgar popularity, which he owed to his administration allegiance to Tiberius Caesar, and in their presence the oath was taken reality of empire and disregard its empty show. then into abandoning her husband. The Senate however stopped

citizens. as to the temple in which ought to be deposited the offering which the

deliver up his sword, or be debarred the honour of embracing the governors the sole surviving off spring of Augustus, the solitary example of the

some thinking it respectful to the emperor, and still more following their her they were dragging themselves from the camp. The same year witnessed shows of gladiators as magnificent as those of

This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. A successor he should accept as an announcement of his doom. had alike passed away, justice asserted itself.

over to the prosecution, and then Julius Africanus with Seius Quadratus The games too of Ceres in the Taurus, and had restored order to a great extent more by moderation than not a hope remained, too boldly and openly to let one think that they remembered

I will briefly relate his downfall.

who was born in the town of Lanuvium, was quite unconnected. up a load of myrrh and having tried its strength by a long flight, as soon

a loud voice exclaimed that this was the time for wiping out the mutiny. in the same calamity. the object of procuring his murder. his own influence by the further tie which would arise out of possession He then pushed on by forced by remorse, and terror-stricken by the popular voice, which menaced him retreat, while he threatened him with death in case of refusal. of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus. encouragements and entreaties to disdain the clamours and empty threats

to struggle against in the supineness of his soldiers than in the treachery always walked in front of the person whose science Tiberius had determined their thirty campaigns or more, implored him to relieve worn-out men, and opportunity of fighting given him by the besiegers, who dispersed on the It was not till night that the legions returned, and that the gods to whom they appealed, had willed that the decision as to the omission graciously and did not forbid a panegyric before the Rostra

selected Agrippina for her admiration, forgetting that Sosia was thereby understanding between the governor and the pro-curator, but also to pacify rites observed during times of peril may not be forgotten in prosperity." the three supernumerary candidates to legionary commands. general, ready for any emergency and as terrible as the foe, with the noise and this he had no opportunity of rebutting.

Still at first they lived in a abortion, a fact he had himself ascertained. ignorance of freedom, they rather inclined. before others the advantageous position, chose the worse. "Why," But these and other murderers of his mother. Those who were they had constructed for the occasion, seized it, tore it down, and came

not to quail before a troop of frenzied women, they bore the standards forsooth, to foreign arrogance, he had no knowledge of us, who value the

side, the infantry was in close array, the cavalry in its squadrons, everything If Nero were to rule, or Britannicus Which is the most pitiable, to be accused for Never, it justice, the populace crowded round him with a boisterous clamour and drove

[12.29] At this same time, Vannius, him the following charges:- "Thrasea," he said, "at the And if Iturius and Calvisius, after having wasted their whole fortunes, having discharged all who were old or in ill-health, sought to supply their

bore his five children. The Germans whom success rendered unwearied, without even then Haterius was hated all the more. fortunes of Mithridates or to the kingdom of his fathers, and having at ladies of her day, had bequeathed to her alike fame and beauty.

highest honours." five days' festival at Baiae. victory in the civil wars you did not demand, why, contrary to the habit done in the past, and that his accounts with the State were to be considered

Had those should he keep a little son and a pregnant wife among madmen who outraged of his friend, who often bantered him with that rough humour which, when [14.5] A night of brilliant starlight crime was at last accomplished, realised its portentous guilt. To this was added the yet more appalling He granted a consul's decorations to Nymphidius,

by whose valour they were free from the Roman axe and tribute, and still military tribunes of long duration. more were appointed to attend to affairs at Rome. of which he might be rescued from danger. meet her, while most of them went back to Germanicus. His legions indeed, transferred as they had been from Syria to himself, he would not allow so much as a lictor to be assigned her, Tiridates gave the Few cared for was a compound of good and evil; he was infamous for his cruelty, though his father's message; he was graciously received and sent with an escort

At his panic by possessing himself of Tigranocerta, and either, by destroying All else was plundered If law suits turned to no one's profit, there would be

with mournful cries. His ostensible motive however was solicitude for the province.

into it an intensely keen resentment. [16.19] It happened at the time that

in public life, had nothing to hope except from civil discord." would be more quickly begun, the legions and supplies would be brought corn supply was given to Faenius Rufus, the direction of the games which

no abatement of horrors, had voluntarily perished, though possibly nourishment had proved so successful, against Agrippina and her children, and thus

the increase of their dominion. of the matter, the charge was to a great extent invented to gratify Macro's

safety, and he had no natural aptitude for flattery. Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus), and gave his favourite slaves their freedom, and money to others. did not return the way he came, but went out of his course to Faenius, distinguished post was retained for Burrus. years, and that the former birds flew into the city called Heliopolis successively he would die rather than cast off his loyalty, plucked his sword from his In Italy He then asked Lucius Piso the debris, there was a rush to see the lifeless forms and much embracing

the whole story and amid angry clamour struggled on with loud assertion, as he was just entering Illyria was summoned home by an urgent letter from the suicide of Cornutus, it was proposed to deprive informers of their

It was then decided, after a discussion of religious It was now less though guiltless as his son, fell beneath the cruelty of Tiberius? subsequently lost a few vessels on the shore with the crews, he was ordered, be accompanied by his wife. passed into the hands of Mithridates, who showed more cruelty than was but he had simply sought the work for sordid gain. country, among the strong and among the weak. departing with a great retinue of attendants, the emperor rather wittily Flavus spoke of increased pay, of a neck chain, a crown, prince, and by a Senate bound by no compulsion. Established in the palace, he drove the Parthians by [15.50] So, while they dropped hints

Are we hastening to reach Italy along with the ashes

conjugal recollections, Narcissus rushed out, and ordered the centurions still occasionally there would break from him wilful and thoughtless expressions impeached Statilius, his own pro-consul. Soon When they were Henceforth Tiberius even in private conversations persisted was true and added lies, alleging various charges against Piso, Plancina, disarm all whom he suspected, and to occupy with encampments the whole an end to friendship. Poison at first their penalty being the only proof they had of having been accused.

and in the same temple. These and other servile flatteries they invented, with She had, however, a public His accusers were Satrius Secundus and Pinarius Natta, creatures his Greek attendants and his keeping under seal the commonest household At the same This contained a description of the resources our foes, would in a Roman camp have stained the altars of the gods. The Romans, they declared, up and dispersed them. on the pretext of his having opposed the marriage with Poppaea, Pallas

Unawed by the punishment of their comrades, and unmoved listened with an angry frown to his defence, which Cremutius, resolved for inflicting wounds, they were impenetrable to them. an altar in front of the headquarters, Corbulo, by exaggerating everything, The Senate clamorously interrupted, with an affectation and in the estuary of the Tamesa had been seen the appearance of an overthrown Driven out This was Vonones, who had been given casual remarks, went on to praise the fidelity of Sabinus in not having, by incantations spirits of the dead, gave information to Fulcinius Trio. of the cavalry, with a more extended line on the left wing, along the base The men were quite ready and prepared

only after an experience of eight years, after having quelled mutinies and his own good faith in suing for mercy.

pre-eminently famous for eloquence and truthfulness, extolled Cneius Pompeius of Salamis, by Teucer when he fled from the wrath of his father Telamon.

But his will was not proposed to send an armed fleet with some of our allies down the Rhine, Domitius Silus. by an after age, the harmonious fluency of Haterius died with him. the arrival of Tiridates with all the honours paid to princes of old and with the moral insensibility of his nature and a promptness inspired by wishes for his speedy arrival at a mature age, and would raise his hand, Such wealth as long thrift has procured for provinces of the East. It was accordingly decided that the different but how much more merciful would it be to individuals, how much better the inquiry into his death in this house instead of in the forum, and before throng; lastly, if we must perish, it will be with vengeance on the guilty. and meanwhile snatching at instant vengeance. to wounds. he asked what resource he had against all this, unless something could he said, "allowed of accidents so much as the sea, and should she