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Cornelius Tacitus, The Annals (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK II, chapter 86 (search)
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the emperor brought forward a motion for the election of a Vestal virgin in
the room of Occia, who for fifty-seven years had presided with the most
immaculate virtue over the Vestal worship. He formally thanked Fonteius
Agrippa and Domitius Pollio for offering their daughters and so vying with
one another in zeal for the commonwealth. Pollio's daughter was preferred,
only because her mother had lived with one and the same husband, while
Agrippa had impaired the honour of his house byfty-seven years had presided with the most
immaculate virtue over the Vestal worship. He formally thanked Fonteius
Agrippa and Domitius Pollio for offering their daughters and so vying with
one another in zeal for the commonwealth. Pollio's daughter was preferred,
only because her mother had lived with one and the same husband, while
Agrippa had impaired the honour of his house by a divorce. The emperor
consoled his daughter, passed over though she was with a dowry of a million
sesterces.
Cornelius Tacitus, The Annals (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK IV, chapter 16 (search)