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... emperor on the Danube ( de princ . Γεία , ὡς ἱστοροῦσιν οἱ νῦν μετὰ τοῦ Καίσαρος ἐπὶ τοῦ Ίστρου διαχειμίσαντες , which probably refers to Trajan in the winter of 97-98 A.D. ) . From this it appears that he was born about 46 A.D. and ...
... emperor on the Danube ( de princ . Γεία , ὡς ἱστοροῦσιν οἱ νῦν μετὰ τοῦ Καίσαρος ἐπὶ τοῦ Ίστρου διαχειμίσαντες , which probably refers to Trajan in the winter of 97-98 A.D. ) . From this it appears that he was born about 46 A.D. and ...
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... emperor is contained in one short chapter ( cap . 3 ) , while of Otho's earlier history we learn absolutely nothing except the notorious incident in connection with Poppaea , and that , as already stated , under the account of Galba ...
... emperor is contained in one short chapter ( cap . 3 ) , while of Otho's earlier history we learn absolutely nothing except the notorious incident in connection with Poppaea , and that , as already stated , under the account of Galba ...
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... Hispania quam rexit absens , " so that Spain was not technically ' vacua ' by the departure of Cluvius . Nor did a new emperor need any such excuse for sending a new governor . Pliny , as well as Cluvius Rufus , wrote a lii INTRODUCTION .
... Hispania quam rexit absens , " so that Spain was not technically ' vacua ' by the departure of Cluvius . Nor did a new emperor need any such excuse for sending a new governor . Pliny , as well as Cluvius Rufus , wrote a lii INTRODUCTION .
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... emperors . Hitherto the position of the princeps had been , though not technically hereditary , still practi- cally confined to the members of a single family , ' and the election of the new emperor had taken place at Rome with a ...
... emperors . Hitherto the position of the princeps had been , though not technically hereditary , still practi- cally confined to the members of a single family , ' and the election of the new emperor had taken place at Rome with a ...
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... emperor's command to put an end to his own life . " In the West Scribonius Rufus and Scribonius Proculus had for some time been entrusted with the two Ger- man provinces , but in 67 A.D. they were sent for by tyrant and shared the fate ...
... emperor's command to put an end to his own life . " In the West Scribonius Rufus and Scribonius Proculus had for some time been entrusted with the two Ger- man provinces , but in 67 A.D. they were sent for by tyrant and shared the fate ...
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