Tacitus

ISBN: 9781330711859 出版年：2016 页码：400 Cornelius Tacitus Forgotten Books

Sizer. I. Preface to the History — II. Summary view of the whole work; state of the city, the armies, and the pro vinces — VI. Galba's court, and the reigning vices — VIII. Condition of Spain, Gaul, the Upper and Lower Germany, Syria, Egypt, and Africa; the war against the Jews con ducted by Vespasian — XII. Revolt of the legions in Upper Germany Galba consults about the chorce of a successor; different opinions among his ministers, Vinias, Laco, and Icelus, one of his freedmen; Otho has hopes of the nomina tion — XIV. Choice of Piso for the succession — X V. Galba's speech on the occasion; he declares his adoption of Piso in the camp, and in the senate; ill-timed severity of Galba; an embassy to the German: legions — XXI. Otho plans a revolution; he corrupts the pretorian guards two common soldiers undertake to dispose of the sovereignty Otho proclaimed emperor — XXIX. Galba, in the mean time, employed in a sacrifice in the capitol; Piso's Speech to the soldiers — XXXVII. Otho harangues the pretorians in the camp — XL. The pretorians rush into the city.