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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 31 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 79 (search)
With purposes no longer doubtful they parted, Mucianus for Antioch, Vespasian for Cæsarea. These cities are the capitals of Syria and Judæa
respectively. The initiative in transferring the Empire to Vespasian was
taken at Alexandria under the prompt direction of
Tiberius Alexander, who on the 1st of July made the legions swear allegiance
to him. That day was ever after celebrated as the first of his reign, though
the army of Judæa on July 3rd took the oath to
Vespasian in person with such eager alacrity that they would not wait for
the return of his son Titus, who was then on his way back from Syria, acting as the medium between Mucianus and his
father for the communication of their plans. All this was done by the
impulsive action of the soldiers without the preliminary of a formal
harangue or any concentration of the legio
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
III, chapter 48 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
IV, chapter 81 (search)
In the months
during which Vespasian was waiting at Alexandria for
the periodical return of the summer gales and settled weather at sea, many
wonders occurred which seemed to point him out as the object of the favour
of heaven and of the partiality of the Gods. One of the com-
mon
people of Alexandria, well-known for his blindness,
threw himself at the Emperor's knees, and implored him with groans to heal
his infirmity. This he did by the advice of the God Serapis, whom this
nation, devAlexandria, well-known for his blindness,
threw himself at the Emperor's knees, and implored him with groans to heal
his infirmity. This he did by the advice of the God Serapis, whom this
nation, devoted as it is to many superstitions, worships more than any other
divinity. He begged Vespasian that he would deign to moisten his cheeks and
eye-balls with his spittle. Another with a diseased hand, at the counsel of
the same God, prayed that the limb might feel the print of a Cæsar's
foot. At first Vespasian ridiculed and repulsed them. They persisted; and
he, though on the one hand he feared the scandal of a fruitless attempt,
yet, on the other, was induced by the entreaties of the men
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
IV, chapter 82 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
IV, chapter 83 (search)
The origin of this God
Serapis has not hitherto been made generally known by our writers. The
Egyptian priests give this account. While Ptolemy, the first Macedonian king
who consolidated the power of Egypt, was setting up
in the newly-built city of Alexandria
fortifications, temples, and rites of worship, there appeared to him in his
sleep a youth of singular beauty and more than human stature, who counselled
the monarch to send his most trusty friends to Pontus, and fetch his effigy from that country. This, he
said, would bring prosperity to the realm, and great and illustrious would
be the city which gave it a reception. At the same moment he saw the youth
ascend to heaven in a blaze of fire. Roused by so significant and strange an
appearance, Ptolemy disclosed the vision of the night to the Egyptian
priests, whose business it is to understand such matters. As they knew but
little of Pontus or of foreign countries, he
enquired of Timotheus, an Athenian, one of the fami
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
IV, chapter 84 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK V, chapter 1 (search)