The History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine, Volume 5J. and P. Knapton, 1756 - Emperors |
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Page 219 - ... rum adverfarumque rerum ordo erit. Nam fi " vincimus, honorem, quem dederis, habebo : " difcrimen ac pericula ex aequo patiemur : im" mo, ut melius eft, tu hos exercitus rege, mihi " bellum, & prœliorum incerta trade.
Page 62 - ... pericula jubet. Igitur milites Romani , quafi Vologefen , aut Pacorum , avito Arfacidarum folio depulfuri , ac non imperatorem fuum inermem & fenem trucidare pergerent , disjeââ plèbe , proculcato fenatu , truces armis , rapidis equis forum irrumpunt.
Page 157 - Fruetur Vitellius fratre, conjuge, liberis. Mihi non ultione, neque folatiis opus eft. Alii diutius imperium tenuerint : nemo tarn fortiter reliquerit. An ego tantum...
Page 271 - Gregarius miles , futuri socors et ignobilitate tutior, perstabat : vagi per vias, in domibus abditi , pacem ne tum quidem orabant , quum bellum posuissent. Primores castrorum nomen atque imagines Vitellii amoliuntur : catenas...
Page 157 - Romanae pubis, tôt egregios exercitus, fterni rurfus, & reipublicae eripi patiar? Eat hie mecum animus , tamquam perituri pro me fueritis; fed efte fuperftites: nee diu moremur, ego incolumitatem veftram, vos conftantiam meam. Piara de extremis loqui, pars ignaviae eft. Praecipuum deftinationis meae documentum habete, quodde nemine queror; nam incufare déos, vel homines, ejus eft, qui vivere veut".
Page 38 - Pifonera fuerunt ftatim intuentibus, & mox conjeftis in cum omnium oculis, nullum turbati aut exfultantis animi que reverens, de fe moderatus ; nihil in vultu habituque mutatum : quafi imperare poffet magis quam vellet.
Page 326 - Cinna, vidloribus, nee tune minus crudelitatis : nunc inhumana fecuritas, & ne mininio quidem temporis voluptates intermiffs, velut feftis diebus id quoque gaudium accederet. Ex'fultabant, fruebantur, nulla partium cura, malis publicis, Ixd.
Page 29 - Mucianus, vir fecundis adverfifquc juxta famofus. Infignes amicitias juvenis ambitiofe coluerat. Mox attritis opibus, lubrico ftatu, fufpefta etiam Claudii iracuncia, in fccretuni Afiae repofitus, tarn prope ab exfule fuit, quam poflea a Principe.