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Notes Display Latin text | Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb Book III Chapter 19: The process against Piso. Comment[AD 20] | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
A few days afterwards the emperor [Note 1] proposed to the Senate to confer the priesthood on Vitellius, Veranius and Servaeus. To Fulcinius he promised his support in seeking promotion, but warned him not to ruin his eloquence by rancour. This was the end of avenging the death of Germanicus, a subject of conflicting rumours not only among the people then living but also in after times. So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity. Drusus meanwhile quitted Rome to resume his command and soon afterwards re-entered the city with an ovation. In the course of a few days his mother Vipsania died, the only one of all Agrippa's children whose death was without violence. As for the rest, they perished, some it is certain by the sword, others it was believed by poison or starvation. Note 1: emperor = Tiberius Event: The process against Piso |