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eiusdem Agrippinae artibus, quae Statilium Taurum opibus inlustrem hortis eius inhians pervertit accusantes Tarquitio Prisco legatus is Tauri Africam imperio proconsulari regentis, OStquam revenerant, pauca repetundarum crimina, s ceterum magica superstitiones obiectabat nec ille diutius salsum accusatorem, indigna Sorde PerpeSSus, vim vitae suae attulit ante Sententiam Senatus Tarquitius tamen curia exactu est, quod patres odio delatori contra ambitum Agrippinae pervicere. I GO. Eodem anno saepius audita vox principis, parem Vim rerum habendam a procuratoribus sui. iudicatarum ac si ipse statuisset ac ne fortuito prolapsus videretur, senatus quoque OnSulto cautum alentia quam antea et uberius.
nam divus Augustus apud equestres, qui Aegypto praeSi 13derent, lege agi decretaque eorum proinde haberi iusserat,ac si magistratui Romani constituissent mox alias ier provincias et in urbe pleraque Concessa Sunt, quae olim a praetoribus noscebantur Claudius omne ius tradidit, de quo totiens editione aut armi certatum, cum Semproniis Orogationibus equeSter ordo in possessione iudiciorum locaretur, aut rurSum Serviliae leges Senatui iudicia redderent, Mariusque et Sulla olim de eo vel praecipue bellarent. Sed tunc ordinum diversa Itudia, et quae evicerant sublice
valebant. C. Oppius et Cornelius Balbus primi Caesaris 5
opibus potuere condicione paci et arbitria belli tractare. Matios posthac et Vedios et cetera equitum Romanorum praevalida nomina res erre nihil attinuerit, cum Claudius libertos, quos rei familiari praefecerat, ibique et legibus
adaequaverit. O61. Rettulit dein de inmunitate Cois trihuenda, multaque
Super antiquitate eorum memoravit : Argivos vel Coeum Latonae parentem vetusti SSimo. insulae cultores; mox
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postero eius celebrem suisse, nomina singulorum referen et quibus quisque aetatibus viguissent. quin etiam dixit Xeno 2 phontem, cuius scientia ipse uteretur, eadem familia ortum, precibusque eius dandum, ut omni tributo vacui in posterum Coi sacram et tantum dei ministram insulam colerent. neque 3 dubium habetur multa eorundem in populum Romanum merita sociasque victoria potuisse tradi: et Claudius facilitate solita a quod uni concesserat, nullis extrinsecus adiumentis velavit.
io G2. At Byzantii data dicendi copia, cum magnitudinem
onerum apud Senatum deprecarentur. Cuncta repetivere.
orsi a foedere quod nobiscum icerant, qua tempestate bella 2 vimu adverSu regem Macedonum, cui ut degeneri Pseudophilippi vocabulum inpositum, missas posthac copias in 1 Antiochum, Persen, Aristonicum, et piratico bello adiutum Antonium memorabant, quaeque Sullae aut Lucullo aut Pompeio obtulissent, mox recentia in CaeSares merita, quando ea loca insiderent, quae transmeantibus terra marique ducibus exercitibusque, Simul vehendo commeatu opportuna forent. 2 63. Namque artissimo inter Europam Asiamque divortio Bygantium in extremo Europae posuere Graeci, quibus Pythium Apollinem consulentibus, ubi conderent Urbem,
redditum Oraculum St, quaererent sedem Caecorum terris
adverSam. ea ambages Chalcedonii monstrabantur, quod Sas priore illuc advecti, praevisa locorum utilitate, peiora legissent quippe Byzantium fertili solo, secundo mari, quia vis piscium inmenSa, Pontum erumpens et obliquis subter unda SaXis Xterrita, omisso alterius litoris flexu hos ad portus desertur Unde primo quaestuosi et opulenti postra
3 magnitudine onerum urguente finem aut modum orabant,
adnitente principe, qui Thraecio BoSporanoque bello recens fessos iuvandosque rettulit ita tributa in quinquennium
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A. D. 54. LIBER XII. P. fi-65.64. M. Asinio M'. Acilio consulibus mutationem rerum in deterius portendi cognitum Si crebri prodigiis Signa ac
tentoria militum igni caelesti arsere fastigio Capitolii examen apium insedit biformes hominum partus et suis fetum
editum, cui accipitrum ungues ineSSent. numerabatur inter sostenta deminutus omnium magi Stratuum numeruS, quae Store, aedili, tribuno ac praetore et ConSule pauco intra men Ses
deinctis. sed in praecipuo pavore Agrippina, vocem Claudii, quam temulentus iecerat, satale sibi ut coniugum flagitia ferret, dein puniret, metuens, agere et celerare statuit, perdita Ioprius Domitia Lepida muliebribus causis, quia Lepida minore Antonia genita, avunculo Augusto, Agrippinae sobrina prior ac Gnaei mariti eius soror, parem sibi claritudinem credebat. nec forma aetas opes multum distabant; et utraque inpudica, infamis, violenta, haud minus vitiis aemulabantur, quam si Is
qua ex Ortuna ProSpera acceperant enimVer certamen acerrimum, amita potiu an mater apud Neronem praevaleret:
nam Lepida blandimentis ac largitionibus iuvenilem animum devinciebat, truci contra ac minaci Agrippina, quae filio dare
imperium, tolerare imperitantem nequibat. o65. Ceterum obiecta Sunt, quod coniugem principis devotionibus petivisset quodque parum coercitis per Calabriam servorum agminibus pacem Italiae turbaret ob haec mors indicta, multum adverSante Narcisso, qui Agrippinam magis magiSque SuSpectans prompSiSSe inter proximos ferebatur ascertam sibi terniciem, seu Britannicus rerum sei Nero poteretur; Verum ita de se meritum CaeSarem, ut vitam usui eius inpenderet convictam Messalinam et Silium: lares iterum accusandi causas esse, si Nero imperitaret Britannico Successore nullum principi metum at movercae insidiis sodomum omnem convelli, maiore flagitio quam si inpudicitiam prioris coniugis reticuisset quamquam ne inpudicitiam quidem nunc abesse Pallante adultero, ne qui ambigat decus
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pudorem corpus, Cuncta regno viliora habere. haec atque Italia dictitans amplecti Tritannicum, robur aetatis quam maturrimum precari, modo ad deos, modo ad ipsum tendere manus, adolesceret, patris inimicos depelleret, matris etiam interfectore ulcisceretur. 66. In tanta mole curarum valetudine adversa corripitur, refovendisque viribus mollitia caeli et salubritate aquarum Sinuessam pergit. tum Agrippina, sceleris olim certa et Ob 2 latae Occa Sionis propera nec ministrorum egens, de genere Io veneni consultavit, ne repentino et praecipiti facinus proderetur; si lentum et tabidum delegisset, ne admotu SupremiSClaudius et dolo intellecto ad amorem filii rediret exquisitum Saliquid placebat, quod turbaret mentem et mortem differret. deligitur artifex talium vocabulo Locusta, nuper veneficii gis damnata et diu inter instrumenta regni habita eius mulieri si
ingenio paratum virus, cuius minister e spadonibus duit Halotus, in serre epulas et explorare UStu Solitus. 67. Adeoque cuncta mox pernotuere, ut temporum illorum
scriptores prodiderint insusum delectabili cibo boleto venea num nec Vim medicaminis statim intellectam, socordiane an
Claudii vinolentia simul soluta alvus subvenisse videbatur. igitur exterrita agrippina et, quando ultima timebantur, spreta praesentium invidia, provisam iam sibi Xenophontis medici conscientiam adhibet. ille tamquam nisus evomentis 3 et adiuvaret, pinnam rapido veneno inlitam faucibus eius demisisse creditur, haud ignarus summa scelera incipi cum
periculo, peragi cum praemio. 6S. Vocabatur interim Senatus votaque pro incolumitate principis consule et sacerdotes muncupabant, cum iam 3 exanimis vestibus et omenti Obtegeretur, dum quae orent firmando Neronis imperio , componuntur iam irimum Agrippina, velut dolore victa et Solacia conquirens, tenere amplexu Britannicum, veram paterni oris effigiem appellare
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ac variis artibus demorari, ne cubiculo egrederetur. Antoniam quoque et Octaviam Sorore eius attinuit, et cunctos aditus custodiis clauserat, crebroque vulgabat ire in melius valetudinem principis, quo miles bona in Spe ageret tempuSque prosperum ex moniti Chaldaeorum adventaret. 560. Tunc medio diei tertium ante Idus Octobris soribus palatii repente diductis, comitante Burro Nero egreditur ad cohortem, quae more militiae excubiis adest ibi monente praesecto austis vocibus exceptus inditur lecticae. dubita-visSe quosdam serunt, reSpectante rogitantesque ubi Britan Ionicus esset mox nullo in diversum auctore quae offerebantura secuti sunt inlatuSque caStris Nero et congruentia tempori praefatus, promisso donati V ad exemplum paternae largitionis, imperator consalutatur Sententiam militum secuta 4 patrum conSulta, nec dubitatum est apud provincias caele Isstesque honores Claudio decernuntur et funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur, aemulante Agrippina proaviae Liviae magnificentiam testamentum tamen haud recitatum, ne antepositus filio privignus iniuria et invidia
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Chas toro, C. Fufius Geminus is mentione again in Ich. his ather a a legatu O Caesar in annonia in 34 B. C. O the ther consul, L. Rubellius Geminus, noth in is nown ut
Iulia Augusta sit received thi nam aster Augustus death, I A. D. When, b his ill Livia in familiam Iuliam nomenque Augustum adsumebatur ' ira, . aetato extrema at the age of 86 Dio viii a I). Dor Clauciam familiam : Livia' sat he was probabi one of the Son o C. Claudius, consul in 13 B. he was adopte by Livius Drusus, the famous tribune of I B. C. a. thorius oro: he had ce both quaestor an praetorbe fore the Perusine a s o B. C.), in hich e acti vel supporte lL. Antonius against Octavian. Aster the fallis Perusia he escapedwit Livia and thei infant son Tiberius to Sextus Pompeius stom homine ent vera M. Antonius Theseace of Misenum 39 B. C.)made it possibi sor imo return to Rome, an he agreed illi Octavi an to divorce Livia, an himself acte the par of her athera the marriage eremony, givingier o her ne hvsband. 3. xenitenctum: he was illi in three monilis of the birili of
4. Agrippina, the daughter by Agrippa of Augustus daughter
Julia, marrie Germanicus, o of the Drusus jus mentioned. S. Sanctitato, C. an ablat os description In tr. II IS), pure in her home iis, in the old style , oraver implying She approxi- maled ' may be supplied it priscum ad morem ). impotens, in a mollier, imperious ' the wor denotes abSen Ceo restraint overine' impulSeS. facilis, compliant'. artihus, subtiliy'. heno Composita, ,el malched', a metaphor frona the arena. The verdictis histor has acquit te heri Tacitus tantavo u rabie imputations heris generali achnowledgexto have had a moderat in ginfluence, and ne holt so the eiter, o both her usi, an d
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imminuit, reduced' as he had also done o the occision os Augustus death, i 4. aclctito : In tr. II 2I R. ΠΟ, C. She wa Sub Sequently deifie aster the accession os Claudius Dio X 3, 2), and share a temple illi Augustus in the Palatium. et amicitias: Suetonius Tib. I states that he oon struch do vn aliae friends. 3. Uliquo Derstringona, Mith an implied censureis'. Tilaorium, hau in osten ad Tiberius the but of his sarcasticu itticismi . Chaptori, o Draarupta the wor is applied to a clis witha precipi toti face here inmitigated . Cf. praerupta audacia', Sheer, orie adlong reCkleSSneSS Cic. fro Rosc. mer XXi 68. urgens, Crus hing ' S urgentium malorum suffugium', iv 66, 3. 2. Neronem et dest Son os Germanicus an Agrippina Asa resultis these Charges he aibanishesto Pontia, and was put toclea thi force to sulci de hortly before the fallis Seianus 3I A. D.
He is calles nepos' lla in Germanicus hau been adopte a Sonti TiberiuS i 3, 3.
acti alas: C. ad ConSulem'. 4. oris, of Spe ech . ut Polarretur that the questioni put . Cotta Messalinus, Sonis Messalla Corvinus, hora ad been nextin command unde Brutus and Cassius a Philippi, and subsequentlybecam a faithful Sullae et of Augustus, hos Colleague e a in the consul shi in the year of Actium. Se at So vi II, 4. Messalinus Cotta is represente by Tacitus as obsequi ous in furthering Tiberius crueit in the sena teri f. ii 32, 2 an Vi 5 I. s. magistratibus the were anxious ecauSe the responSibilit of relati, reste with them, and the weremo Clear a towhat Tiberius reatly i Shed orae done. CLaptor ἔ, ci. Iuniu Rusticum probabi sather of Arulenus RuSticuS, ho, a tribune of the plebs, was prepare to veto the trialos Thrasea hen atta laedi Nero, in 66 A. D. xvi 26 6), and who Subsequently suffere death, unde Domitian sor his biograph of
ComDonenctis Patrum uotis his office xv ild e that of curator actorum Senatus ab actis senatus'. The publicationo a recor of the proceedings of the senate a institute byJulius Caesar in his firs consuis hip 59 B. C.), but the practice aS discontinue by Augustus Suet Aux. 36); an it is no certainwhen it a revi Ved. eoque . . . Pectitus it would appea that minutes of the senate 'sproceed ing were Submitte to the emperor before publication. a. fatali quo clam motu, through sonae inexplicabie promptingo desti ny '. Tacitus elSewhere also ses fatum' a a CauSe offomething hicli e cannot explain cf. iii O, fato potentiae
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Drava misguide ' explaine by the nexi clause, ,hil eae lostsight os the immediate perit in his terror o future contingen cie '. hroribus. c., a mali hings turn the cale in great evenis'. 3. moes . . . gerens in the Same way the Populace, hen protestin against Nero' divorce of Octavia, in I A. D. Carried her mage in procession, and thre do via hos of her rival Poppaea xiv 6 I. in . faustisque, α and with expression os devotion to Caesar kert hout in that the letter Ch. 3. 2 was Orged'.q4 ferobantur, ,ere reportes'. ut Si de the Senate.
lilaictinem ingoniorum, thei licence of imagination ' i. e. in regar to the person to hom the attribute these declarations against Seianu S. S. novas, ' Seditio us , as in the phrase novae res . legi: Sa id a though these expressions ad been latere in the acta populi' Int r. p. viii.
ChaPtor , I . mPeratoria, α, the imperiat dignit had suffere public insult'. Imperatorius is usuali applied to theem peror' po er ver the oldier rather thanive the Senate.
integra, α, that the decision hould be est entiret in his own
2. neo. α, an in thei deliberations the went no further than passing no indeed a decree o condemnation for that adbeen sorbidden), ut ne testis 3 in that the were prepare tophani Sh ut ere compulsorii, Checked by the em peror'. tea tarentur the S. herem hows a s mali ap beginia in another line illi quattuor', hici belong to the narrative of the lalter par of 3 A. D. The histor of the event of the res of 29 A. D. tolli potnt here the ex begins again a probabi missing in thebl S. Dona hich the extant S. was copi ed. A summar of thechie event of this tost perio is gi ven in the Appendix ollowing.
In 29 A. D. Shorti aster the evenis mentione in the ope ningchapter of Book V, both Agrippina an Nero ere sent intobani Stiment, the forme to Pandateria, and the lalter o Pontia. In 3 A. D. Tiberius, influen Ced by Seianus, had Drusus sola ofGermanicus accuSed Pronounce a public enem y an imprisonedin the Palatium. Seianus a nox at the Summit os hi POWer,
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and Tiberius appear even to have mance hi in by betrotha to merreber of his ouse, though to hom is unknown v 6, 2;
Ι 3I A. D. Tiberius and Seianus ere Colleagues in the consul shipso the early par of the ear. His ossic ent alle the remova of Seianu to Rome, an Tiberius neve again admitte hi in to his presen Ce althougii, adde to his hono urs givin him a pri est hood an a hare in hic proconsulare imperium'. Seianus to was stili Strong enougha procure the executioni Curtius Atticus, one of theemperor'. cohors amicorum ' at Capreae, o Fufius Geminus, friendo Livia Augusta, and perhaps thesileathis Nero also, as et a theappo iniment of one of his own creatures, Fulcinius Trio, as consul suffectus in July. GaiuS, hoWeUer, Was generali regardedis the heir, and indications of the emperor' growin Coldnes alarme Seianus, o that heforme a Conspiracy to assassinate Tiberius and Gaius This aSreVealed apparently by Satrius Secundus vi 47, 2 to Antonias mollier o Claudius), and by her through her Deedma Pallas, o Tiberius. He appotnted a manis prove d loyalty Memmius Regulus, a. Consul suffectus' on Oct. Ι, and before long on Oct. I 8 Cain the long ord lette Dom Capreae ' Iuvenal x I), hicli Containedihe em peror' denunciatio of Seianus to the senate and the P- potnimenti Naevius Sertorius Macro ver the praetorian gu Ard Sin his place. The vigiles , ver hom Seianus ad n influence, guarde the senate, an Carried ut his arres an execution. Sentence of eath was horti asterward executed on his et dest Son his uncte Iunius BlaeSus v 7, 2ὶ, and thers. The followed the exposure by Apicata, the divorce wis of Seianus, os Livia or Liuilla '), wido o Tiberius son Drusus he was denoun Ced RSguili os conspiring with Seianus for herlusband 's de Struction, eight years e fore, and was ut o death, forceu to sulcide Further investigations into the circumstances of Drusus deat too placebefore the emperor himself and were conducte with atrocities of
VAE vici). 1. The account of most of the year 29 A. D. , alloo A. D. , and therars te monilis of 3I A. D. is lost. The traditionat division, malain Eook I begin illi the ea 32 A. D. is that o Lipsius mos editor however, followingmaase, no con Side that the early par of Bk. VI, as ellis the alter par os V, has been lost, and that V ended illi the eath of Seianus. The two system of the numbering of the Chapter are gi ven in the ex for convenienCe of