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The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 09: Vitellius

Suetonius, 69?-122?; Forester, Thomas [Editor]; Thomson, Alexander, M.D. [Translator]· 2 chapters· 5,682 words

I. Very different accounts are given of the origin of the Vitellian family. Some describe it as ancient and noble, others as recent and obscure, nay, extremely mean. I am inclined to think, that these several representations have been made by the flatterers and detractors of V...

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1. Chapter 1

I. Very different accounts are given of the origin of the Vitellian family. Some describe it as ancient and noble, others as recent and obscure, nay, extremely mean. I am inclin...

2. Chapter 2

XV. In the eighth month of his reign, the troops both in Moesia and Pannonia revolted from him; as did likewise, of the armies beyond sea, those in Judaea and Syria, some of whi...