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... present to the cohort on guard ( i . 24 ) , Plutarch says that it was Otho himself ( G. 20 ad fin . ) . 15. Plutarch alone mentions the amount of Otho's debts ( G. 21 , 11 ) ; 16. and the fact that Galba had honours paid to Vindex after ...
... present to the cohort on guard ( i . 24 ) , Plutarch says that it was Otho himself ( G. 20 ad fin . ) . 15. Plutarch alone mentions the amount of Otho's debts ( G. 21 , 11 ) ; 16. and the fact that Galba had honours paid to Vindex after ...
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... present at the murder of Caligula . We next hear of him as accompanying Nero in his pro- gress through Greece , and as acting as a kind of herald to the imperial singer ( Suet . Ner . 21 , Dio Cass . 63. 14 ) . He was therefore in a ...
... present at the murder of Caligula . We next hear of him as accompanying Nero in his pro- gress through Greece , and as acting as a kind of herald to the imperial singer ( Suet . Ner . 21 , Dio Cass . 63. 14 ) . He was therefore in a ...
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... present themselves , quite apart from the more settled state of things which was ultimately to result from them . Not only do we get crowded into less than a year three short - lived emperors , but we have an abortive national rising in ...
... present themselves , quite apart from the more settled state of things which was ultimately to result from them . Not only do we get crowded into less than a year three short - lived emperors , but we have an abortive national rising in ...
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... present shrank from the imperial title and the name of Caesar , though he marked clearly enough his defection from Nero and his alliance with Vindex by calling himself the legate of the senate and Roman people.3 Vindex was now able , or ...
... present shrank from the imperial title and the name of Caesar , though he marked clearly enough his defection from Nero and his alliance with Vindex by calling himself the legate of the senate and Roman people.3 Vindex was now able , or ...
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... present , and it fell upon Piso Licinianus , a young man of noble ancestry and exalted character , many members of whose family had fallen victims either to Claudius or Nero , and who had himself only recently returned from exile ...
... present , and it fell upon Piso Licinianus , a young man of noble ancestry and exalted character , many members of whose family had fallen victims either to Claudius or Nero , and who had himself only recently returned from exile ...
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