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Cornelius Tacitus, The Annals (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK IV, chapter 59 (search)
It
happened at this time that a perilous accident which occurred to the emperor
strengthened vague rumours and gave him grounds for trusting more fully in
the friendship and fidelity of Sejanus. They were dining in a country house
called "The Cave," between the gulf of Amuclæ and the hills of Fundi, in a natural grotto. The rocks at its entrance
suddenly fell in and crushed some of the attendants; thereupon panic seized
the whole company and there was a general flight of the guests. Sejanus hung
over the emperor, and with knee, face, and hand encountered the falling
stones; and was found in this attitude by the soldiers who came to their
rescue. After this he was greater than ever, and though his counsels were
ruinous, he was listened to with confidence, as a man who had no care for
himself. He pretended to act as a judge towards the children of Germanicus,
after having suborned persons to assume the part of prosecutors and to
inveigh specially against Nero, next in succes