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And now the consuls called the senate together into the temple of
Jupiter the Conqueror, while it was still night; but some of those senators
concealed themselves in the city, being uncertain what to do, upon the
hearing of this summons; and some of them went out of the city to their
own farms, as foreseeing whither the public affairs were going, and despairing
of liberty; nay, these supposed it much better for them to be slaves without
danger to themselves, and to live a lazy and inactive life, than by claiming
the dignity of their forefathers, to run the hazard of their own safety.
However, a hundred and no more were gotten together; and as they were in
consultation about the present posture of affairs, a sudden clamor was
made by the soldiers that were on their side, desiring that the senate
would choose them an emperor, and not bring the government into ruin by
setting up a multitude of rulers. So they fully declared themselves to
be for the giving the government not to all, but to one; but they gave
the senate leave to look out for a person worthy to be set over them, insomuch
that now the affairs of the senate were much worse than before, because
they had not only failed in the recovery of their liberty, which they boasted
themselves of, but were in dread of Claudius also. Yet were there those
that hankered after the government, both on account of the dignity of their
families and that accruing to them by their marriages; for Marcus Minucianus
was illustrious, both by his own nobility, and by his having married Julia,
the sister of Caius, who accordingly was very ready to claim the government,
although the consuls discouraged him, and made one delay after another
in proposing it: that Minucianus also, who was one of Caius's murderers,
restrained Valerius of Asia from thinking of such things; and a prodigious
slaughter there had been, if leave had been given to these men to set up
for themselves, and oppose Claudius. There were also a considerable number
of gladiators besides, and of those soldiers who kept watch by night in
the city, and rowers of ships, who all ran into the camp; insomuch that,
of those who put in for the government, some left off their pretensions
in order to spare the city, and others out of fear for their own persons.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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