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xvi TACITUS, ANNALS IV to defend the character and government of the Emperor,— good example of historical white- washing. We cannot do more here than indicate some important points in the dis- cussion. There seems to be no doubt that the attacks_ of Taci tus on Tiberius are overdo ne. In iv (y T^xnt.us readilv as(;riV)es to Tiiierins in liis Par]\L. time a remarkable ideal o f ri^htei^ns gnvernmpnt,. Pubhp business and most iniportnnf, pT-ivnf.P afyairs are. fra.Titiaffpd in the Senate. The Empp'-r>r fif^t.si nrlmirablv a.s the fountain nf honour. His appointments are excellent : sua constdibu^ sua praetoribus species. The Ieaserjliagiatrates_alaQ_exfimsfi. their proper functions. It is i n _23-tA- D- that we come (according to Tacitus') to the turning-point in the reign of Tiber i us,— Tiberio mutati in detenus principatus initium ille an »y-t n.ft/iili}. (iv 7} These words qualify what has been said in the previous chapter. The system there described was maintained till the murder of the Emperor's son Drusus by the arch-traitor Sejanus. Tiberius still preserves his dignity especially in the striking scene of the in troduction to the Senate of the boys Nero _and Drusus. He is ^ dctcrmiued (he says) to seek corirfort e com - plexu rei publicae Civ 8). He still dwells on his alleged wish to restore the old commonwealth. For Tiberius' dignity^nd ejoquence compare a later spppi^h (iv 38). The following words form a lurid commentary on the situation as conceived by Tacitus : sed quia Seianus facinorum omnium repertor kabebatur, ex nimia caritate in eum Caesaris et ceterorum in utrnmque odio quamuis fabidosa et immania credebanhir, atrociore semper fama erga domiyiantium exitus (iv 11). Then, after Bury\ we may note a special excuse for the unhappy Emperor :— ' Tn2Priiisi vyas now surrounded by fojir imperial widow s, who mad^ his court a, scene of jjfiijjetual 1 StudenVs Roman Empire (27 b.c.-IOO a.d.), p. 197. — a
INTRODUCTION xvii j ealousy a,n rl intiri^Aie. Thpv(^. vv?ia Viis m otib"»- '^ Jida ^nd his daughter-in-law Li villa , h is sister-in-law Antonja, and_ Agrippina. Tho will (>f ^^^(r,^ ovorf. if ' It is importan t to notinp. tlui.t ovnn -A.t (I'lpri TihprniH gmia strict attention to the details of st,i,to, l)iisiiiass ; and he was i n constant communication with the Senate . Buryjsuggeata. that, by his retirement^ 'he may have wished t'> givp Npr(^^ the eldest son of Germanicus, a chance of gm.dii;i11y tftkipg ^n active part in the govern iTi'^"^-"^"^ -^^ ronrlm-infT tl^» n > i>.i t^- .i,,op which he had himself given to Augustus.' Tn i v fi7, Tacitiia tells ns that thp F.ui ppi-or ohjpp.tpd jhq strongly to town li fe.—indgpijtn thp ma.inla.iii-1 a.K a whnlp^ that heburied himself in attraction for him . These (kp ri ; its SQlitudcJaeijig^^itsniaiii words, as Ramsay remarks, im i^ly a morbid shrinking from the public view, which would account for the retirement to Capri without calling for th e gXPSSer insinuations of \ \ ^1 whprp ^ i f ; > qllpgad that thp island rocks were the ^screen of lifpnfinnsnpss Others, ac- cordi ng to Tacitus, said he wished to conceal the deformities^ of old age. Others held tbat,__a,s we hfivp mentioned a bove , ^ he had been driven away by his mother's imperioiisjgm per. This is~Til5erius'^ last phase as conceived by Tacitus in a later book : — postremo in scelera simul ac dedecora prorupit, postquam remoto pudore et metu suo tantum ingenio utehatur (vi 51). Compare vi 48 id dommationis conuuUus et mutatus sit. Ramsay is doubtless right when, following Tarver, he says : 'Intellectually and morally he stood head and shoulders above the evil emperors of the first century. Tacitus visited upon him the sins of the worst of his successors.'
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Chapters 62—67: Events of 27 A.D.
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NOTES ABBREVIATIONS 'i^. = Nipperde
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ON CHAPTERS 1, 2 57 19. summa apisc
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ON CHAPTERS 2—4 59 construction c
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ON CHAPTERS 4, 5 61 and Virg. Georg
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ON CHAPTERS 5, 6 63 5. apud patres
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ON CHAPTERS 6-8 65 13. precandam...
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ON CHAPTERS 8—11 67 9. eo audacia
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ON CHAPTERS 12—14 71 bavin}:! hel
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ON CHAPTERS U, 15 73 0. Rbodii sece
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ON CHAPTERS 15, 16 75 snlpmn—r.n^
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8. turn uero, ' now ON CHAPTERS 16
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ON CHAPTERS 21—23 83 interdicto i
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ON CHAPTERS 23—25 85 8. primo sui
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ON CHAPTERS 28, 29 89 4. senectutis
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ON CHAPTERS 31—33 93 14. magnarum
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ON CHAPTERS 48—50 111 which were
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ON CHAPTERS 57—60 121 castra quib
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ON CHAPTERS 60—62 123 orationis,
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ON CHAPTERS 62—65 125 9. ignotos.
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ON CHAPTERS 66, 67 127 which lies i
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ON CHAPTERS 67—70 129 II. auonam
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APPENDIX ON SELECT VARIOUS READINGS
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ON SELECT VARIOUS READINGS 141 Med.
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Actium, 5 Aegium, 13 Aesculapius, 1
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