[240] This was
necessary
in the absence of Vespasian and Titus.
Tacitus
[234] Gallica.
[235] Capua had adhered to Vitellius. Tarracina had been held
for Vespasian (cp. iii. 57).
[236] See iii. 77.
[237] The insignia of equestrian rank (cp. i. 13).
[238] The chief of these were the powers of tribune,
pro-consul, and censor, and the title of Augustus (cp. i. 47,
ii. 55).
[239] Vindex had risen in Gaul; Galba in Spain; Vitellius in
Germany; Antonius Primus in the Danube provinces (Illyricum);
Vespasian and Mucianus in Judaea, Syria, and Egypt.
[240] This was necessary in the absence of Vespasian and Titus.
[241] See vol. i, note 339.
[242] A triumph could, of course, be held only for victories
over a foreign enemy. Here the pretext was the repulse of the
Dacians (iii. 46).
[243] Vitellius' son-in-law (cp. i. 59).
[244] In the text some words seem to be missing here, but the
general sense is clear.
[245] Cp. ii. 91.
[246] If Tacitus ever told the story of his banishment and
death, his version has been lost with the rest of his history
of Vespasian's reign.
[247] In Samnium.
[248] i.
