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History of the Roman Empire, From the Accession of Augustus to the End of the Empire of the West; Being a Continuation of the History of Rome
History of the Roman Empire From the Accession of Augustus to the End of the Empire of the West Being a Continuation of the History of Rome Author:Thomas Keightley General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1841 Original Publisher: Hilliard, Gray and Company Subjects: Rome History / Ancient / General History / Ancient / Rome Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General B... more »ooks edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. AUGUSTUS. (continued.) A. u. 746-767. B. c. 8-A. D. 14. TIBERIUS. BANISHMENT OF JULIA. GERMAN WARS OF TI- BERIUS. DEFEAT OF VARUS. DEATH AND CHARACTER OF AUGUSTUS. FORM AND CONDITION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Twenty-one years had now elapsed since the return of Augustus, victorious over Antonius, and his assumption of the sole supreme authority in the state. In that period, death had deprived him of his nephew, his nobler stepson, and his two ablest and most attached friends. His hopes now rested on his two grandsons and adopted sons Caius and Lucius, and their posthumous brother, named Agrippa after their father; on Tiberius, and on the children of Drusus. Caius was now (746) in his thirteenth year ; his brother was three years younger. As they grew up, the characters which they displayed were such as caused pain to their grandfather. They were in fact porphyrogeniti, (the first that Rome had seen, t) and therefore were spoiled by public and private flattery, and displayed insolence and presumption in their conduct. Though Augustus was fully aware of the defects in the character of Tiberius, he could not avoid assigning him the place in the state for which his age, and his abilities and experience, qualified him. He had, therefore, on the death of Drusus, committed to him the conduct of the war in Germany; and, in 746 and the following year, the Roman legions were led by him over the Rhine, but no resistance was offered by the Germans. The next year, (748,) Augustus c...« less