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Browsing named entities in Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb). You can also browse the collection for Verona (Italy) or search for Verona (Italy) in all documents.
Your search returned 9 results in 8 document sections:
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 23 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
III, chapter 7 (search)
When this success
became known, two legions, the seventh (Galba's) and the eighteenth (the
Gemina), finding the campaign opening in favour of the Flavianists, repaired
with alacrity to Patavium under the command of
Vedius Aquila the legate. A few days were there taken for rest, and Minucius
Justus, prefect of the camp in the 7th legion, who ruled with more
strictness than a civil war will permit, was withdrawn from the exasperated
soldiery, and sent to Ves-
STAND AT VERONA
pasian. An act that had been long desired
was taken by a flattering construction for more than it was worth, when
Antonius gave orders that the statues of Galba, which had been thrown down
during the troubles of the times, should be restored in all the towns. It
would, he supposed, reflect honour on the cause, if it were thought that
they had been friendly to Galba's rule, and that his party was again rising
into strength.
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
III, chapter 8 (search)
The next question was,
what place should be selected as the seat of war. Verona seemed the most eligible, surrounded as it was
with open plains, suitable for the action of cavalry, in which they were
very strong. At the same time it was thought that in wresting from Vitellius
a colony so rich in resources there would be both profit and glory. They
secured Vicetia by simply passing through it. Though
in itself a small gain, for the town is but of moderate strength, it was
considered an important advantage when they reflected that in this town
Cæcina was born, and that, the general of the enemy had lost his
native place. The people of Verona were a valuable
aid; they served the cause by the example of their zeal and by their wealth,
and the army thus occupied a position between Rhætia and the Julian
Alps. It was to cut off all passage at this point from the armies of
Germany that they had barred this route. All this
was done either without the knowledge, or against the comm
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
III, chapter 9 (search)
Then Antonius by a sudden movement fell upon the
outposts of the enemy, and made trial of their courage in a
slight skirmish, the combatants separating on equal terms. Soon
afterwards, Cæcina strongly fortified a camp between Hostilia, a village belonging to Verona, and the marshes of the river Tartarus, where his position was secure, as his rear was
covered by the river, and his flank by intervening marshes. Had he only been
loyal, those two legions, which had not been joined by the army of Mœsia, might have been crushed by the united
strength of the Vitellianists, or driven back and compelled to evacuate Italy in a disgraceful retreat. Cæcina, however,
by various delays betrayed to the enemy the early opportunities of the
campaign, assailing by letters those whom it was easy to drive out by force
of arms, until by his envoys he settled the conditions of his treachery. In
this interval Aponius Saturninus came up with the 7th legion (Claudius's).
This legion was commanded by
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
III, chapter 10 (search)
On the subsequent arrival of two legions,
the third commanded by Dillius Aponianus, the eighth by Numisius Lupus, it
was resolved to make a demonstration of their
FLAVIANIST SOLDIERS MUTINOUS
strength, and to surround Verona with military lines. It so happened that Galba's
legion had had their work allotted to them on that side the lines which
faced the enemy, and that some of the allied cavalry appearing in the
distance were taken for the enemy, and excited a groundless panic. They flew
to arms, and as the rage of the soldiers at the supposed treachery fell upon
T. Ampius Flavianus, not from any proof of his guilt, but because he had
been long unpopular, they clamoured for his death in a very whirlwind of
passion, vociferating that he was the kinsman of Vitellius, that he had
betrayed Otho, that he had embezzled the donative. He could get no
opportunity of defending himself, even though he stretched out his hands in
entreaty, repeatedly prostrating himself on the ground,
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
III, chapter 15 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
III, chapter 50 (search)
As winter was approaching, and the low country was
flooded by the Padus, the army marched on without
its heavy baggage. The standards and eagles of the victorious legions, the
old and wounded soldiers, and even many effec-
FLAVIANIST SOLDIERS DEMORALIZED
tive men, were left at Verona. The auxiliary infantry and cavalry, with some
picked troops from the legions, appeared sufficient for a war that was all
but finished. They had been joined by the 11th legion, which at first had
hesitated, but now in the hour of success felt alarm at having stood aloof.
A recent levy of 6000 Dalmatians was attached to the legion. They were under
the command of Pompeius Silvanus, a man of consular rank; the real direction
of affairs was in the hands of Annius Bassus, the legate of the legion. This
officer contrived, under an appearance of submission, to govern Silvanus, a
leader without vigour, and apt to waste in words the opportunities of
action. Bassus, with his unobtrusive energy, was rea
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
III, chapter 52 (search)
Antonius and the other generals
of the party judged it expedient to send forward the cavalry and explore the
whole of Umbria for some point where the Apennines presented a more gentle ascent, and also to
bring up the eagles and standards and all the troops at Verona, while they were to cover the Padus and the sea with convoys. Some there were among
the generals who were contriving delays, for Antonius in fact was now
becoming too great a man, and their hopes from Mucianus were more definite.
That commander, troubled at so speedy a success, and imagining that unless
he occupied Rome in person he should lose all share
in the glory of the war, continued to write in ambiguous terms to Varus and
Antonius, enlarging at one time on the necessity of following up their
operations, at another on the advantage of delay, and with expressions so
worded that he could, according to the event, repudiate a disastrous, or
claim a successful policy. To Plotius Griphus, who had lately been ra