Classical Antiquity

Dio's Rome, Volume 5 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

Cassius Dio Cocceianus, 165?-235?; Foster, Herbert Baldwin, 1874-1906 [Translator]· 5 chapters· 96,978 words

[Sidenote: A.D. 54 (a.u. 807)] [Sidenote:--1--] At the death of Claudius the leadership on most just principles belonged to Britannicus, who had been born a legitimate son of Claudius and in physical development was beyond what would have been expected of his years. Yet by law...

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3. chapter 25 of Dio, and also Tacitus, _Historiae_ I, 9.] [Sidenote:

A.D. 97 (a.u. 850)] Upon his monument was inscribed when he died: "Having conquered Vindex he ascribed the credit of victory not to himself but to his country." [Footnote: Compa...

2. did. With Aulus Vitellius, governor of Lower Germany, at their head they

revolted. All that they had in mind regarding him was the nobility of his birth, and they paid no attention to the fact that he had been a favorite of Tiberius and was a slave t...

1. Book Seventy-seven

[Sidenote: A.D. 54 (a.u. 807)] [Sidenote:--1--] At the death of Claudius the leadership on most just principles belonged to Britannicus, who had been born a legitimate son of Cl...

4. did. His demolition of the walls of the city grieved the inhabitants no

more than did the loss of that reputation which the appearance of the walls had caused them to enjoy; and incidentally he had abolished a strong Roman outpost and base of operat...

5. chapter 12 (two sentences, Dierum [Lacuna] affirmant).] and the length of

days and nights both summer and winter. Thus having been conveyed through practically the whole of the hostile region,--for he was really conveyed in a covered chair most of the...