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Page vii
... city magistracies , which paved the way for the quaestor- ship . He does not seem to have served as Tribunus militaris , and was certainly at Rome in 75. In 77 he married the daughter of Cn . Julius Agricola , a senator from Forum Julii ...
... city magistracies , which paved the way for the quaestor- ship . He does not seem to have served as Tribunus militaris , and was certainly at Rome in 75. In 77 he married the daughter of Cn . Julius Agricola , a senator from Forum Julii ...
Page viii
... city life was very bitter to him under such circumstances , and he gladly left Rome in 90 on public business ( probably as Legatus legionis ) . He had not returned to the city when Agricola died in 93. The death of Domitian and ...
... city life was very bitter to him under such circumstances , and he gladly left Rome in 90 on public business ( probably as Legatus legionis ) . He had not returned to the city when Agricola died in 93. The death of Domitian and ...
Page 10
... city , and six in the provinces ( § 14 , N. ) . 6. ( A. ) Hirtio , ( C. Vibio ) Pansa . 9. invito senatu . Ablative . The senate hesitated to give him the consulship which he demanded . His messenger , Cor- nelius , a centurion ...
... city , and six in the provinces ( § 14 , N. ) . 6. ( A. ) Hirtio , ( C. Vibio ) Pansa . 9. invito senatu . Ablative . The senate hesitated to give him the consulship which he demanded . His messenger , Cor- nelius , a centurion ...
Page 14
... city . It was a very high and signifi- cant honour . Thus it was given to Nero , when he was recognised as the heir - pre- sumptive of Claudius . Augustus had con- ferred it upon Germanicus during his life- time , and Tiberius could not ...
... city . It was a very high and signifi- cant honour . Thus it was given to Nero , when he was recognised as the heir - pre- sumptive of Claudius . Augustus had con- ferred it upon Germanicus during his life- time , and Tiberius could not ...
Page 55
... city . " It was characteristic of Tiberius's jealous temper that he dared not employ the best men for his ministers and governors , as Augustus had done , but chose men of moderate capacity like Sabinus . When he was compelled by public ...
... city . " It was characteristic of Tiberius's jealous temper that he dared not employ the best men for his ministers and governors , as Augustus had done , but chose men of moderate capacity like Sabinus . When he was compelled by public ...
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Page 215 - But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies.
Page 105 - Liberator baud dubie Germaniae et qui non primordia populi Romani, sicut alii reges ducesque, sed florentissimum imperium lacessierit, proeliis ambiguus, bello non victus, septem et triginta annos vitae, duodecim potentiae explevit, caniturque adhuc barbaras apud gentis, Graecorum annalibus ignotus, qui sua tantum mirantur, Romanis haud perinde Celebris, dum vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.
Page 413 - ... igitur primum correpti qui fatebantur, deinde indicio eorum multitudo ingens, haud perinde in crimine incendii quam odio humani generis convicti sunt.
Page 145 - Exsequi sententias haud institui nisi insignes per honestum aut notabili dedecore, quod praecipuum munus annalium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, utque pravis dictis factisque ex posteritate et infamia metus sit.
Page 173 - Nam cunctas nationes et urbes populus aut primores aut singuli regunt: delecta ex iis et consociata rei publicae forma laudari facilius quam evenire, vel si evenit, haud diuturna esse potest.
Page 4 - ... particeps secretorum (is ad tribunum miserat codicillos) comperit, metuens ne reus subderetur, iuxta periculoso ficta seu vera promeret, monuit Liviam ne arcana domus, ne consilia amicorum, ministeria militum vulgarentur, neve Tiberius vim principatus resolveret cuneta ad senatum vocando: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet, quam si uni reddatur.
Page 414 - Et pereuntibus addita ludibria, ut, ferarum tergis contecti, laniatu canum interirent, aut crucibus affixi, aut flammandi, atque, ubi defecisset dies, in usum nocturni luminis urerentur. Hortos suos ei spectaculo Nero obtulerat, et circense ludicrum edebat, habitu aurigae permixtus plebi, vel curriculo insistens. Unde, quamquam adversus sontes et novissima exempla meritos, miseratio oriebatur, tamquam non utilitate publica, sed in saevitiam unius, absumerentur.
Page 442 - Iniit et epulas, somno indulsit, ut quamquam coacta mors fortuitae similis esset. Ne codicillis quidem, quod plerique pereuntium, Neronem aut Tigellinum aut...
Page 1 - ... cum ferocissimi per acies aut proscriptione cecidissent, ceteri nobilium, quanto quis servitio promptior, opibus et honoribus extollerentur ac novis ex rebus aucti tuta et praesentia quam vetera et periculosa mallent. neque provinciae illum rerum statum abnuebant, suspecto senatus populique imperio ob certamina potentium et avaritiam magistratuum, invalido legum auxilio quae vi ambitu postremo pecunia turbabantur.
Page 176 - ... egressus dein senatu vitam abstinentia finivit. libros per aediles cremandos censuere patres : sed manserunt oecultati et editi. quo magis socordiam eorum inridere libet, qui praesenti potentia credunt extingui posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam. nam contra punitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas; neque aliud externi reges, aut qui eadem saevitia usi sunt, nisi dedecus sibi atque illis gloriam peperere.