[Gutenberg 7959] • The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; / With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola
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- Authors
- Tacitus, Cornelius
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Tags
- gnaeus julius , agricola , statesmen -- rome -- biography -- early works to 1800 , 40-93 , germanic peoples -- early works to 1800 , rome -- history -- tiberius , 14-37
- ISBN
- 9798628964460
- Date
- 2020-03-22T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.27 MB
- Lang
- en
Kings were the original Magistrates of Rome: Lucius Brutus founded Liberty and the Consulship: Dictators were chosen occasionally, and used only in pressing exigencies. Little more than two years prevailed the supreme power of the Decemvirate, and the consular jurisdiction of the military Tribunes not very many. The domination of Cinna was but short, that of Sylla not long. The authority of Pompey and Crassus was quickly swallowed up in Caesar; that of Lepidus and Anthony in Augustus. The Commonwealth, then long distressed and exhausted by the rage of her civil dissensions, fell easily into his hands, and over her he assumed a sovereign dominion...