he
pretended
that not all but only a few were to
blame (cp.
blame (cp.
Tacitus
However,
Verginius escaped them, slipping out by the back door of his house
just as they broke in at the front. Rubrius Gallus carried a petition
from the Guards at Brixellum, and obtained immediate pardon.
Simultaneously Flavius Sabinus surrendered to the victor the troops
under his command. [329]
FOOTNOTES:
[273] Pavia.
[274] i. 66.
[275] i. 59 and 64.
[276] See chap. 14.
[277] It is Tacitus who has mixed the metaphors.
[278] See i. 66.
[279] i. e.
he pretended that not all but only a few were to
blame (cp. i. 84).
[280] Valens had by now Legion V, I Italica, detachments from
I, XV, XVI, and Taurus' Horse: Caecina had Legion XXI and
detachments from IV and VII.
[281] Cp. i. 53.
[282] Cp. i. 66.
[283] He had made his name in a Moorish war (A. D. 42), when he
had penetrated as far as Mount Atlas, and increased his
reputation by suppressing the rebellion of Boadicea when he
was governor of Britain (A. D. 59).
[284] Otho held the fleets.
Verginius escaped them, slipping out by the back door of his house
just as they broke in at the front. Rubrius Gallus carried a petition
from the Guards at Brixellum, and obtained immediate pardon.
Simultaneously Flavius Sabinus surrendered to the victor the troops
under his command. [329]
FOOTNOTES:
[273] Pavia.
[274] i. 66.
[275] i. 59 and 64.
[276] See chap. 14.
[277] It is Tacitus who has mixed the metaphors.
[278] See i. 66.
[279] i. e.
he pretended that not all but only a few were to
blame (cp. i. 84).
[280] Valens had by now Legion V, I Italica, detachments from
I, XV, XVI, and Taurus' Horse: Caecina had Legion XXI and
detachments from IV and VII.
[281] Cp. i. 53.
[282] Cp. i. 66.
[283] He had made his name in a Moorish war (A. D. 42), when he
had penetrated as far as Mount Atlas, and increased his
reputation by suppressing the rebellion of Boadicea when he
was governor of Britain (A. D. 59).
[284] Otho held the fleets.
