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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
T. Maccius Plautus, Trinummus: The Three Pieces of Money (ed. Henry Thomas Riley) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome, books 1-10 (ed. Rev. Canon Roberts) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
I, chapter 80 (search)
Meanwhile, from a trifling cause, whence nothing was apprehended, there
arose a tumult, which had nearly proved fatal to the capital. Otho had
ordered the 17th cohort to be brought up to Rome
from Ostia, and the charge of arming it was
entrusted to Varius Crispinus, one of the tribunes of the Prætorian
Guard. This officer, thinking that he could carry out the order more at his
leisure, when the camp was quiet, opened the armoury, and ordered the
waggons of the cohort to be laden at night-fall. The time provoked
suspicion, the motive challenged accusation, the elaborate attempt at quiet
ended in a disturbance, and the sight of arms among a drunken crowd excited
the desire to use
them. The soldiers murmured, and charged the
tribunes and centurions with treachery, alleging that the households of the
Senators were being armed to destroy Otho; many acted in ignorance and were
stupefied by wine, the worst among them were seeking an opportunity for
plunder, the mass was as us
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 63 (search)