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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
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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-
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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