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THE ANNALS OF TACITUS:<br />

CHAPTERS 1—16 :<br />

BOOK IV.<br />

EVENTS<br />

OF 23 A.D.<br />

1. C. Asinio C. Antistio consulibus nonus Tiberio<br />

annus erat compositae rei publicae, florentis donius<br />

(nam Germanici mortem inter prospera ducebat),<br />

cum repente turbare fortuna coepit, saeuire ipse aut<br />

saeuientibus uires praebere. initium et causa penes s<br />

Aelium Seianum coliortibus praetoriis praefectuni,<br />

nunc originem,<br />

cuius de potentia supra memoraui :<br />

mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit<br />

expediam. genitus Vulsiniis patre Seio Strabone<br />

equite Romano, et prima iuuenta Claium Caesarem lo<br />

diui Augusti nepotem sectatus, mox Tiberium uariis<br />

artibus deuinxit, adeo ut obscurum aduersum alios<br />

sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret, non tarn<br />

sollertia (quippe isdem artibus uictus est) quam<br />

deum ira in rem Romanam, cuius pari exitio uiguit 15<br />

ceciditque. corpus illi laborum tolerans, animus<br />

audax; sui obtegens, in alios crirainator; iuxta<br />

adulatio et superbia; palam compositus pudor, intus<br />

summa apiscendi libido, eiusqvie causa modo largitio<br />

E. T. 1

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