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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 57 (search)
The nearest winter-quarters
were those of the first legion, and Fabius Valens was the most energetic of
the legates. This officer in the course of the following day entered the Colonia Agrippinensis with the cavalry of the legion and
of the auxiliaries, and together with them saluted Vitellius as Emperor. All
the legions belonging to the same province followed his example with
prodigious zeal, and the army of Upper Germany
abandoned the specious names of the Senate and people of Rome, and on the 3rd of January declared for Vitellius.
One could be sure that during those previous two days it had not really been
the army of the State. The inhabitants of Colonia
Agrippinensis, the Treveri, and the Lingones, shewed as much zeal as
the army, making offers of personal service, of horses, of arms and of
money, according as each felt himself able to assist the cause by his own
exertions, by his wealth, or by his talents. Nor was this done only by the
leading men in the colonies or
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 73 (search)
About the same time a demand
was made for the execution of Galvia Crispinilla. Various artifices on the
part of the Emperor, who incurred much obloquy by his duplicity, rescued her
from the danger. She had instructed Nero in profligacy, had passed over into
Africa, that she might urge Macer into rebellion,
and had openly attempted to bring a famine upon Rome. Yet she afterwards gained universal popularity on
the strength of her alliance with a man of consular rank, and lived unharmed
through the reigns of Galba, Otho, and Vitellius. Soon she became powerful
as a rich and childless woman, circumstances which have as great weight in
good as in evil times.
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 75 (search)
Thus they
were assailed by promises as well as by threats, were told that they were
not strong enough for war, but would lose nothing by peace. Yet all this did
not shake the loyalty of the Prætorians. Nevertheless secret
emissaries were dispatched by Otho to Germany, and
by Vitellius to Rome. Both failed in their object.
Those of Vitellius escaped without injury, unnoticed in the vast multitude,
knowing none, and themselves unknown. Those of Otho were betrayed by their
strange faces in a place where all knew each other. Vitellius wrote to
Titianus, Otho's brother, threatening him and his son with death, unless the
lives of his mother and his children were spared. Both families remained
uninjured. This in Otho's reign was perhaps due to fear; Vitellius was
victorious, and gained all the credit of mercy
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 80 (search)
Meanwhile, from a trifling cause, whence nothing was apprehended, there
arose a tumult, which had nearly proved fatal to the capital. Otho had
ordered the 17th cohort to be brought up to Rome
from Ostia, and the charge of arming it was
entrusted to Varius Crispinus, one of the tribunes of the Prætorian
Guard. This officer, thinking that he could carry out the order more at his
leisure, when the camp was quiet, opened the armoury, and ordered the
waggons of the cohort to be laden at night-fall. The time provoked
suspicion, the motive challenged accusation, the elaborate attempt at quiet
ended in a disturbance, and the sight of arms among a drunken crowd excited
the desire to use
them. The soldiers murmured, and charged the
tribunes and centurions with treachery, alleging that the households of the
Senators were being armed to destroy Otho; many acted in ignorance and were
stupefied by wine, the worst among them were seeking an opportunity for
plunder, the mass was as usu
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 81 (search)
Otho was giving a crowded
entertainment to the most distinguished men and women of Rome. In their alarm they doubted whether this was a
casual outbreak of the soldiers, or an act of treachery in the Emperor, and
whether to remain and be arrested was a more perilous alternative than to
disperse and fly. At one time making a show of courage, at another betrayed
by their terror, they still watched the countenance of Otho. And, as it
happened, so ready were all to suspect, Otho felt as much alarm as he
inspired. Terrified no less by the Senate's critical position than by his
own, he had forthwith despatched the prefects of the Prætorian Guard
to allay the fury of the soldiery, and he now ordered all to leave the
banquet without delay. Then on all sides officers of state cast aside the
insignia of office, and shunned the retinues of their friends and domestics;
aged men and women wandered in the darkness of night about the various
streets of the city; few went to their homes, m
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 82 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 84 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 90 (search)
On the 14th of March, after commending the State to the care of
the Senate, he presented to those who had
DISTRESS IN ROME; OTHO DEPARTS
been
recalled from exile what was left of the Neronian confiscations, or had not
yet been paid into the Imperial treasury, a most equitable and apparently
most splendid piece of liberality, but practically worthless, as the
property had been hastily realized long before. Soon afterwards he summoned
an assembly, and enlarged on the dignity of the capital and the unanimity of
the Senate and people in his favour. Of the party of Vitellius he spoke with
moderation, charging the legions with ignorance rather than with crime, and
making no mention of Vitellius himself. This moderation was either his own,
or was due to the writer of the speech, who, fearing for himself, abstained
from invectives against Vitellius. For Otho was believed to avail himself of
the abilities of Galerius Trachalus in civil matters, just as he employed
those of Celsus
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 1 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 9 (search)
Galba had entrusted the government
of Galatia and Pamphylia to
Calpurnius Asprenas. Two triremes from the fleet of Misenum were given him to pursue the adventurer: with
these he reached the island of Cythnus. Persons were
found to summon the captains in the name of Nero. The pretender himself,
assuming a studied appearance of sorrow, and appealing to their fidelity as
old soldiers of his own, besought them to land him in Egypt or Syria. The captains,
perhaps wavering, perhaps intending to deceive, declared that they must
address their soldiers, and that they would return when the minds of all had
been prepared. Every thing, however, was faithfully reported to Asprenas,
and at his bidding the ship was boarded and taken, and the man, whoever he
was, killed. The body, in which the eyes, the hair, and the savage
countenance, were remarkable features, was conveyed to Asia, and thence to Rome.