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Notes Do not display Latin text | Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb Book V Chapter 7: The fall of Sejanus. Blaesus[AD 31] | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
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Then detaining those of his friends who were minded to stay with him and converse, or, if otherwise, dismissing them, he thus spent part of the day, and with a numerous circle yet round him, all gazing on his fearless face, and imagining that there was still time to elapse before the last scene, he fell on a sword which he had concealed in his robe. The emperor [Note 1] did not pursue him after his death with either accusation or reproach, although he had heaped a number of foul charges on Blaesus. Note 1: emperor = Tiberius Event: The fall of Sejanus | Tunc singulos, ut cuique adsistere, adloqui animus erat, retinens aut dimittens partem diei absumpsit, multoque adhuc coetu et cunctis intrepidum vultum eius spectantibus, cum superesse tempus novissimis crederent, gladio quem sinu abdiderat incubuit. neque Caesar ullis criminibus aut probris defunctum insectatus est, cum in Blaesum |