On the whole the
bankrupt rich preferred 'knock-about comedy' to the very real
dangers of a combat.
bankrupt rich preferred 'knock-about comedy' to the very real
dangers of a combat.
Tacitus
i.
90.
As Trachalus' gentile name was Galerius, she
was presumably a relative.
[355] Between the Loire and the Allier.
[356] Mariccus being a provincial 'of no family', Tacitus
hardly likes to mention him.
[357] The word _trahebat_ may here mean 'began to plunder',
but this seems less likely.
[358] This punishment seems to have been reserved,
appropriately enough, for those who stirred up popular
sedition.
[359] From Vitellius' point of view the Othonians were rebels,
since he had been declared emperor before Otho: or else as
rebels against Galba.
[360] Cp. i. 22.
[361] i. e. as gladiators. Juvenal says this is what the
spendthrifts come to: and also that they would do it for
money, without any Nero to compel them.
On the whole the
bankrupt rich preferred 'knock-about comedy' to the very real
dangers of a combat.
[362] i. 88.
[363] Cp. i. 80.
[364] Terni.
[365] Cp. i. 62.
[366] See chap. 58.
[367] i. e. the property, not of Vitellius personally, but of
the imperial household.
[368] He would entertain some natural doubt as to who _was_
emperor.
was presumably a relative.
[355] Between the Loire and the Allier.
[356] Mariccus being a provincial 'of no family', Tacitus
hardly likes to mention him.
[357] The word _trahebat_ may here mean 'began to plunder',
but this seems less likely.
[358] This punishment seems to have been reserved,
appropriately enough, for those who stirred up popular
sedition.
[359] From Vitellius' point of view the Othonians were rebels,
since he had been declared emperor before Otho: or else as
rebels against Galba.
[360] Cp. i. 22.
[361] i. e. as gladiators. Juvenal says this is what the
spendthrifts come to: and also that they would do it for
money, without any Nero to compel them.
On the whole the
bankrupt rich preferred 'knock-about comedy' to the very real
dangers of a combat.
[362] i. 88.
[363] Cp. i. 80.
[364] Terni.
[365] Cp. i. 62.
[366] See chap. 58.
[367] i. e. the property, not of Vitellius personally, but of
the imperial household.
[368] He would entertain some natural doubt as to who _was_
emperor.
