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Notes Display Latin text | Nero, Chapter 18: The empire | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
So far from being actuated by any wish or hope of increasing or extending the empire, he [Note 1] even thought of withdrawing the army from Britain and changed his purpose only because he was ashamed to seem to belittle the glory of his father [That is, his adoptive father Claudius]. He increased the provinces only by the realm of Pontus, when it was given up by Polemon, and that of Cottius in the Alps on the latter's death. Note 1: he = Nero Event: Further problems in Britain |