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Notes Display Latin text | Galba, Chapter 13: Acceptance of Galba | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
Accordingly his [Note 1] coming was not so welcome as it might have been, and this was apparent at the first performance in the theatre: for when the actors of an Atellan farce began the familiar lines "Here comes Onesimus from his farm" all the spectators at once finished the song in chorus and repeated it several times with appropriate gestures, beginning with that verse. Note 1: his = Galba Event: Galba becomes emperor |