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&$ tit!es' %ho %as on(e, and not so !on) a)o either, *no%n to &$ riends and re!ati+es and asso(iates as C!a"di"s the Idiot, or That C!a"di"s, or C!a"di"s the Sta&&erer, or C!a"-C!a"-C!a"di"s or at #est as Poor Un(!e C!a"di"s, a& no% a#o"t to %rite this stran)e histor$ o &$ !i e, startin) ro& &$ ear!iest (hi!dhood and (ontin"in) $ear #$ $ear "nti! I rea(h the ate "! -oint o (han)e %here, so&e ei)ht $ears a)o, at the a)e o i t$one, I s"dden!$ o"nd &$se! (a")ht in %hat I &a$ (a!! the )o!den -redi(a&ent ro& %hi(h I ha+e ne+er sin(e #e(o&e disentan)!ed. This is not #$ an$ &eans &$ irst #oo*/ in a(t !iterat"re, and es-e(ia!!$ the %ritin) o histor$--%hi(h as a $o"n) &an I st"died here at Ro&e "nder the #est (onte&-orar$ &asters--%as, "nti! the (han)e (a&e, &$ so!e -ro ession and interest or &ore than thirt$- i+e $ears. M$ reader &"st not there ore #e s"r-rised at &$ -ra(tised
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st$!e. 0It is indeed C!a"di"s hi&se! %ho is %ritin) this #oo*, and no &ere se(retar$ o his, and not one o those o i(ia! anna!ists, either, to %ho& -"#!i( &en are in the ha#it o (o&&"ni(atin) their re(o!!e(tions, in the ho-e that e!e)ant %ritin) %i!! e*e o"t &ea)reness o s"#1e(t-&atter and !atter$ so ten +i(es.2 In the -resent %or*, I s%ear #$ a!! the Gods, I a& &$ o%n &ere se(retar$, and &$ o%n o i(ia! anna!ist/ I a& %ritin) %ith &$ o%n hand, and %hat a+o"r (an I ho-e to %in ro& &$se! #$ !atter$3 I &a$ add that this is not the irst histor$ o &$ o%n !i e that I ha+e %ritten. I on(e %rote another, in ei)ht +o!"&es, as a (ontri#"tion to the Cit$ ar(hi+es. It %as a d"!! a air, #$ %hi(h I set !itt!e store, and on!$ %ritten in res-onse to -"#!i( re4"est. To #e ran*, I %as e5tre&e!$ #"s$ %ith other &atters d"rin) its (o&-osition, %hi(h %as t%o $ears a)o. I di(tated &ost o the irst o"r +o!"&es to a Gree* se(retar$ o &ine and to!d hi& to a!ter nothin) as he %rote (e5(e-t, %here ne(essar$, or the #a!an(e o the senten(es, or to re&o+e (ontradi(tions or re-etitions'. B"t I ad&it that near!$ a!! the se(ond ha! o the %or*, and so&e (ha-ters at !east o the irst, %ere (o&-osed #$ this sa&e e!!o% Po!$#i"s (%ho& I had na&ed &$se! , %hen a s!a+e-#o$, a ter the a&o"s historian' ro& &ateria! that I )a+e hi&. And he &ode!!ed his st$!e so a(("rate!$ on &ine that, rea!!$, %hen he had done, no#od$ (o"!d ha+e )"essed %hat %as &ine and %hat %as his. It %as a d"!! #oo*, I re-eat. I %as in no -osition to (riti(i6e the E&-eror A")"st"s, %ho %as &$ &aterna! )rand"n(!e, or his third and !ast %i e, Li+ia A")"sta, %ho %as &$ )rand&other, #e(a"se the$ had #oth #een o i(ia!!$ dei ied and I %as (onne(ted in a -riest!$ (a-a(it$ %ith their ("!ts, and tho")h I (o"!d ha+e -rett$ shar-!$ (riti(ised A")"st"s7 t%o "n%orth$ I&-eria! s"((essors, I re rained or de(en($7s sa*e. It %o"!d ha+e #een "n1"st to e5("!-ate Li+ia, and A")"st"s hi&se! , in so ar as he de erred to that re&ar*a#!e and--!et &e sa$ at on(e--a#o&ina#!e %o&an, %hi!e te!!in) the tr"th a#o"t the other t%o, %hose &e&ories %ere not si&i!ar!$ -rote(ted #$ re!i)io"s a%e. I !et it #e a d"!! #oo*, re(ordin) &ere!$ s"(h "n(ontro+ersia! a(ts as, or e5a&-!e, that So-and-so &arried Soand-so, the da")hter o S"(h-and-s"(h %ho had this or that n"&#er o -"#!i( hono"rs to his (redit, #"t not &entionin) the -o!iti(a! reasons or the &arria)e nor the #ehind-s(ene #ar)ainin) #et%een the a&i!ies. Or I %o"!d %rite that So-and-so died s"dden!$, a ter eatin) a dish o A ri(an i)s, #"t sa$ nothin) o -oison, or to %hose ad+anta)e the death -ro+ed to #e, "n!ess the a(ts %ere s"--orted #$ a +erdi(t o the Cri&ina! Co"rts. I to!d no !ies, #"t neither did I te!! the tr"th in the sense that I &ean to te!! it here. 8hen I (ons"!ted this #oo* to-da$ in the A-o!!o Li#rar$ on the Pa!atine Hi!!, to re resh &$ &e&or$ or (ertain -arti("!ars o date, I %as interested to (o&e a(ross -assa)es in the -"#!i( (ha-ters %hi(h I (o"!d ha+e s%orn I had %ritten or di(tated, the st$!e %as so -e("!iar!$ &$ o%n, and $et %hi(h I had no re(o!!e(tion o %ritin) or di(tatin). I the$ %ere #$ Po!$#i"s the$ %ere a %onder "!!$ (!e+er -ie(e o &i&i(r$ (he had &$ other histories to st"d$, I ad&it', #"t i the$ %ere rea!!$ #$ &$se! then &$ &e&or$ is e+en %orse than &$ ene&ies de(!are it to #e. Readin) o+er %hat I ha+e 1"st -"t do%n I see that I &"st #e rather e5(itin) than disar&in) s"s-i(ion, irst as to &$ so!e a"thorshi- o %hat o!!o%s, ne5t as to &$ inte)rit$ as an historian, and ina!!$ as to &$ &e&or$ or a(ts. B"t I sha!! !et it stand, it is &$se! %ritin) as I ee!, and as the histor$ -ro(eeds the reader %i!! #e the &ore read$ to #e!ie+e that I a& hidin) nothin)--so &"(h #ein) to &$ dis(redit.
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This is a (on identia! histor$. B"t %ho, it &a$ #e as*ed, are &$ (on idants3 M$ ans%er is/ it is addressed to -osterit$. I do not &ean &$ )reat-)rand(hi!dren, or &$ )reat-)reat-)rand(hi!dren/ I &ean an e5tre&e!$ re&ote -osterit$. 9et &$ ho-e is that $o", &$ e+ent"a! readers o a h"ndred )enerations ahead, or &ore, %i!! ee! $o"rse!+es dire(t!$ s-o*en to, as i #$ a (onte&-orar$/ as o ten Herodot"s and Th"($dides, !on) dead, see& to s-ea* to &e. And %h$ do I s-e(i $ so e5tre&e!$ re&ote a -osterit$ as that3 I sha!! e5-!ain. I %ent to C"&ae, in Ca&-ania, a !itt!e !ess than ei)hteen $ears a)o, and +isited the Si#$! in her (!i (a+ern on Mo"nt Ga"r"s. There is a!%a$s a Si#$! at C"&ae, or %hen one dies her no+i(e-attendant s"((eeds, #"t the$ are not a!! e4"a!!$ a&o"s. So&e o the& are ne+er )ranted a -ro-he($ #$ A-o!!o in a!! the !on) $ears o their ser+i(e. Others -ro-hes$, indeed, #"t see& &ore ins-ired #$ Ba((h"s than #$ A-o!!o, the dr"n*en nonsense the$ de!i+er, %hi(h has #ro")ht the ora(!e into dis(redit. Be ore the s"((ession o Dei-ho#e, %ho& A")"st"s o ten (ons"!ted, and A&a!thea, %ho is sti!! a!i+e and &ost a&o"s, there had #een a r"n o +er$ -oor Si#$!s or near!$ three h"ndred $ears. The (a+ern !ies #ehind a -rett$ !itt!e Gree* te&-!e sa(red to A-o!!o and Arte&is--C"&ae %as an Aeo!ian Gree* (o!on$. There is an an(ient )i!t rie6e a#o+e the -orti(o as(ri#ed to Daeda!"s, tho")h this is -atent!$ a#s"rd, or it is no o!der than i+e h"ndred $ears, i as o!d as that, and Daeda!"s !i+ed at !east e!e+en h"ndred $ears a)o, it re-resents the stor$ o These"s and the Minota"r %ho& he *i!!ed in the La#$rinth o Crete. Be ore #ein) -er&itted to +isit the Si#$! I had to sa(ri i(e a #"!!o(* and a e%e there, to A-o!!o and Arte&is res-e(ti+e!$. It %as (o!d De(e&#er %eather. The (a+ern %as a terri $in) -!a(e, ho!!o%ed o"t ro& the so!id ro(*, the a--roa(h stee-, tort"o"s, -it(h-dar* and "!! or #ats. I %ent dis)"ised, #"t the Si#$! *ne% &e. It &"st ha+e #een &$ sta&&er that #etra$ed &e. I sta&&ered #ad!$ as a (hi!d and tho")h, #$ o!!o%in) the ad+i(e o s-e(ia!ists in e!o("tion, I )rad"a!!$ !earned to (ontro! &$ s-ee(h on set -"#!i( o((asions, $et on -ri+ate and "n-re&editated ones, I a& sti!!, tho")h !ess so than or&er!$, !ia#!e e+er$ no% and then to tri- ner+o"s!$ o+er &$ o%n ton)"e/ %hi(h is %hat ha--ened to &e at C"&ae. I (a&e into the inner (a+ern, a ter )ro-in) -ain "!!$ on a!!- o"rs "- the stairs, and sa% the Si#$!, &ore !i*e an a-e than a %o&an, sittin) on a (hair in a (a)e that h"n) ro& the (ei!in), her ro#es red and her "n#!in*in) e$es shinin) red in the sin)!e red sha t o !i)ht that str"(* do%n ro& so&e%here a#o+e. Her tooth!ess &o"th %as )rinnin). There %as a s&e!! o death a#o"t &e. B"t I &ana)ed to or(e o"t the sa!"tation that I had -re-ared. She )a+e &e no ans%er. It %as on!$ so&e ti&e a ter%ards that I !earned that this %as the &"&&i ied #od$ o Dei-ho#e, the -re+io"s Si#$!, %ho had died re(ent!$ at the a)e o one h"ndred and ten, her e$e-!ids %ere -ro--ed "- %ith )!ass &ar#!es si!+ered #ehind to &a*e the& shine. The rei)nin) Si#$! a!%a$s !i+ed %ith her -rede(essor. 8e!!, I &"st ha+e stood or so&e &in"tes in ront o Dei-ho#e, shi+erin) and &a*in) -ro-itiator$ )ri&a(es--it see&ed a !i eti&e. At !ast the !i+in) Si#$!, %hose na&e %as A&a!thea, 4"ite a $o"n) %o&an too, re+ea!ed herse! . The red sha t o !i)ht ai!ed, so that Dei-ho#e disa--eared--so&e#od$, -ro#a#!$ the no+i(e, had (o+ered "- the tin$ red)!ass %indo%--and a ne% sha t, %hite, str"(* do%n and !it "- A&a!thea seated on an i+or$ throne in the shado%s #ehind. She had a #ea"ti "!, &ad-!oo*in) a(e %ith a hi)h orehead and sat as &otion!ess as Dei-ho#e. B"t her e$es %ere (!osed. M$ *nees shoo* and I e!! into a sta&&er ro& %hi(h I (o"!d not e5tri(ate &$se! .
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O Si#... Si#... Si#... Si#... Si#... I #e)an. She o-ened her e$es, ro%ned and &i&i(*ed &e/ O C!a"... C!a"... C!a",... That sha&ed &e and I &ana)ed to re&e&#er %hat I had (o&e to as*. I said %ith a )reat e ort/ O Si#$!/ I ha+e (o&e to 4"estion $o" a#o"t Ro&e7s ate and &ine. Grad"a!!$ her a(e (han)ed, the -ro-heti( -o%er o+er(a&e her, she str"))!ed and )as-ed, there %as a r"shin) noise thro")h a!! the )a!!eries, doors #an)ed, %in)s s%ished &$ a(e, the !i)ht +anished, and she "ttered a Gree* +erse in the +oi(e o the God/ 8ho )roans #eneath the P"ni( C"rse And stran)!es in the strin)s o -"rse, Be ore she &ends &"st si(*en %orse. Her !i+in) &o"th sha!! #reed #!"e !ies, And &a))ots (ree- a#o"t her e$es. No &an sha!! &ar* the da$ she dies. Then she tossed her ar&s o+er her head and #e)an a)ain/ Ten $ears, i t$ da$s and three, C!a"--C!a"--C!a"--sha!! )i+en #e A )i t that a!! desire #"t he. To a a%nin) e!!o%shiHe sha!! sta&&er, (!"(* and tri-, Dri##!in) a!%a$s %ith his !i-. B"t %hen he7s d"&# and no &ore here, Nineteen h"ndred $ears or near, C!a"--C!a"--C!a"di"s sha!! s-ea* (!ear
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The God !a")hed thro")h her &o"th then, a !o+e!$ $et terri#!e so"nd--hoi hoi hoi... I &ade o#eisan(e, t"rned h"rried!$ and %ent st"&#!in) a%a$, s-ra%!in) head!on) do%n the irst !i)ht o #ro*en stairs, ("ttin) &$ orehead and *nees, and so -ain "!!$ o"t, the tre&endo"s !a")hter -"rs"in) &e. S-ea*in) no% as a -ra(tised di+iner, a -ro essiona! historian and a -riest %ho has had o--ort"nities o st"d$in) the Si#$!!ine #oo*s as re)"!arised #$ A")"st"s, I (an inter-ret the +erses %ith so&e (on iden(e/ B$ the P"ni( C"rse the Si#$! %as re errin) -!ain!$ eno")h to the destr"(tion o Cartha)e #$ "s Ro&ans. 8e ha+e !on) #een "nder a di+ine ("rse #e(a"se o that. 8e s%ore riendshi- and -rote(tion to Cartha)e in the na&e o o"r -rin(i-a! Gods, A-o!!o in(!"ded, and then, 1ea!o"s o her 4"i(* re(o+er$ ro& the disasters o the Se(ond P"ni( %ar, %e tri(*ed her into i)htin) the Third P"ni( 8ar and "tter!$ destro$ed her, &assa(rin) her inha#itants and so%in) her ie!ds %ith sa!t. The strin)s o -"rse are the (hie instr"&ents o this ("rse--a &one$-&adness that has (ho*ed Ro&e e+er sin(e she destro$ed her (hie trade ri+a! and &ade herse! &istress o a!! the ri(hes o the Mediterranean. 8ith ri(hes (a&e s!oth, )reed, (r"e!t$, dishonest$, (o%ardi(e, e e&ina($ and e+er$ other "nRo&an +i(e. 8hat the )i t %as that a!! desired #"t &$se! --and it (a&e e5a(t!$ ten $ears and i t$-three da$s !ater--$o" sha!! read in d"e (o"rse. The !ines a#o"t C!a"di"s s-ea*in) (!ear -"66!ed &e or $ears #"t at !ast I thin* that I "nderstand the&. The$ are, I #e!ie+e, an in1"n(tion to %rite the -resent %or*. 8hen it is %ritten, I sha!! treat it %ith a -reser+ati+e !"id, sea! it in a !ead (as*et and #"r$ it dee- in the )ro"nd so&e%here or -osterit$ to di) "and read. I &$ inter-retation #e (orre(t it %i!! #e o"nd a)ain so&e nineteen h"ndred $ears hen(e. And then, %hen a!! other a"thors o to-da$ %hose %or*s s"r+i+e %i!! see& to sh" !e and sta&&er, sin(e the$ ha+e %ritten on!$ or to-da$, and )"arded!$, &$ stor$ %i!! s-ea* o"t (!ear!$ and #o!d!$. Perha-s on se(ond tho")hts, I sha!! not ta*e the tro"#!e to sea! it "- in a (as*et/ I sha!! &ere!$ !ea+e it !$in) a#o"t. :or &$ e5-erien(e as a historian is that &ore do("&ents s"r+i+e #$ (han(e than #$ intention. A-o!!o has &ade the -ro-he($, so I sha!! !et A-o!!o ta*e (are o the &an"s(ri-t. As $o" see, I ha+e (hosen to %rite in Gree*, #e(a"se Gree*, I #e!ie+e, %i!! a!%a$s re&ain the (hie !iterar$ !an)"a)e o the %or!d, and i Ro&e rots a%a$ as the Si#$! has indi(ated, %i!! not her !an)"a)e rot a%a$ %ith her3 Besides, Gree* is A-o!!o7s o%n !an)"a)e. I sha!! #e (are "! %ith dates (%hi(h $o" see I a& -"ttin) in the &ar)in' and -ro-er na&es. In (o&-i!in) &$ histories o Etr"ria and Cartha)e I ha+e s-ent &ore an)r$ ho"rs than I (are to re(a!!, -"66!in) o"t in %hat $ear this or that e+ent ha--ened and %hether a &an na&ed So-and-so %as rea!!$ So-and-so or %hether he %as a son or )randson or )reat-)randson or no re!ation at a!!. I intend to s-are &$ s"((essors this sort o irritation. Th"s, or e5a&-!e, o the se+era! (hara(ters in the -resent histor$ %ho ha+e the na&e o Dr"s"s--&$ ather, &$se! , a son o &ine, &$ irst (o"sin, &$ ne-he%--ea(h %i!! #e -!ain!$ distin)"ished %here+er &entioned. And, or e5a&-!e a)ain, in s-ea*in) o &$ t"tor, Mar("s Por(i"s Cato, I &"st &a*e it (!ear that he %as neither Mar("s Por(i"s Cato, the Censor, insti)ator o the Third P"ni( %ar, nor his son o the sa&e na&e, the %e!!-*no%n 1"rist, nor his )randson, the Cons"! o the sa&e na&e, nor his )reat-)randson o the sa&e na&e, ;"!i"s Caesar7s ene&$, nor his )reat-)reat-)randson, o the sa&e na&e, %ho e!! at the Batt!e o Phi!i--i, #"t an a#so!"te!$ "ndistin)"ished )reat-)reat-)reat-)randson, sti!! o the sa&e na&e, %ho ne+er #ore an$ -"#!i( di)nit$ and %ho deser+ed none. A")"st"s &ade hi& &$ t"tor and a ter%ards s(hoo!&aster to other $o"n) Ro&an no#!e&en and sons o orei)n *in)s, or tho")h his na&e entit!ed hi& to a -osition o the hi)hest di)nit$, his se+ere, st"-id, -edanti( nat"re
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4"a!i ied hi& or nothin) #etter than that o e!e&entar$ s(hoo!&aster. To i5 the date to %hi(h these e+ents #e!on) I (an do no #etter, I thin*, than to sa$ that &$ #irth o(("rred in the <==th $ear a ter the o"ndation o Ro&e #$ Ro&"!"s, and in the <><th $ear a ter the :irst B.C. ?@ O!$&-iad, and that the E&-eror A")"st"s, %hose na&e is "n!i*e!$ to -erish e+en in nineteen h"ndred $ears o histor$, had #$ then #een r"!in) or t%ent$ $ears. Be ore I (!ose this introd"(tor$ (ha-ter I ha+e so&ethin) &ore to add a#o"t the Si#$! and her -ro-he(ies. I ha+e a!read$ said that, at C"&ae, %hen one Si#$! dies another s"((eeds, #"t that so&e are &ore a&o"s than others. There %as one +er$ a&o"s one, De&o-hi!e, %ho& Aeneas (ons"!ted #e ore his des(ent into He!!. And there %as a !ater one, Hero-hi!e, %ho (a&e to Ain) Tar4"in and o ered hi& a (o!!e(tion o -ro-he(ies at a hi)her -ri(e than he %ished to -a$, %hen he re "sed, so the stor$ r"ns, she #"rned a -art and o ered %hat %as !e t at the sa&e -ri(e, %hi(h he a)ain re "sed. Then she #"rned another -art and o ered %hat %as !e t, sti!! at the sa&e -ri(e--%hi(h, or ("riosit$, this ti&e he -aid. Hero-hi!e7s ora(!es %ere o t%o *inds, %arnin) or ho-e "! -ro-he(ies o the "t"re, and dire(tions or the s"ita#!e -ro-itiator$ sa(ri i(es to #e &ade %hen s"(h and s"(h -ortents o(("rred. To these %ere added, in the (o"rse o ti&e, %hate+er re&ar*a#!e and %e!!-attested ora(!es %ere "ttered to -ri+ate -ersons. 8hene+er, then, Ro&e has see&ed threatened #$ stran)e -ortents or disasters, the Senate orders a (ons"!tation o the #oo*s #$ the -riests %ho ha+e (har)e o the& and a re&ed$ is a!%a$s o"nd. T%i(e the #oo*s %ere -artia!!$ destro$ed #$ ire and the !ost -ro-he(ies restored #$ the (o&#ined &e&ories o the -riests in (har)e. These &e&ories see& in &an$ instan(es to ha+e #een e5tre&e!$ a"!t$/ this is %h$ A")"st"s set to %or* on an a"thoritati+e (anon o the -ro-he(ies, re1e(tin) o#+io"s!$ "nins-ired inter-o!ations or restorations. He a!so (a!!ed in and destro$ed a!! "na"thorised -ri+ate (o!!e(tions o Si#$!!ine ora(!es as %e!! as a!! other #oo*s o -"#!i( -redi(tion that he (o"!d !a$ his hands "-on, to the n"&#er o o+er t%o tho"sand. The re+ised Si#$!!ine #oo*s he -"t in a !o(*ed ("-#oard "nder the -edesta! o A-o!!o7s stat"e in the te&-!e %hi(h he #"i!t or the God (!ose to his -a!a(e on the Pa!atine Hi!!. A "ni4"e #oo* ro& A")"st"s7 -ri+ate histori(a! !i#rar$ (a&e into &$ -ossession so&e ti&e a ter his death. It %as (a!!ed Si#$!!ine C"riosities/ #ein) s"(h -ro-he(ies o"nd in(or-orated in the ori)ina! (anon as ha+e #een re1e(ted as s-"rio"s #$ the -riests o A-o!!o. The +erses %ere (o-ied o"t in A")"st"s7 o%n #ea"ti "! s(ri-t, %ith the (hara(teristi( &is-s-e!!in)s %hi(h, ori)ina!!$ &ade ro& i)noran(e, he e+er a ter%ards adhered to as a -oint o -ride. Most o these +erses %ere o#+io"s!$ ne+er s-o*en #$ the Si#$! either in e(stas$ or o"t o it, #"t (o&-osed #$ irres-onsi#!e -ersons %ho %ished to )!ori $ the&se!+es or their ho"ses or to ("rse the ho"ses o ri+a!s #$ (!ai&in) di+ine a"thorshior their o%n an(i "! -redi(tions a)ainst the&. The C!a"dian a&i!$ had #een -arti("!ar!$ a(ti+e, I noti(ed, in these or)eries. 9et I o"nd one or t%o -ie(es %hose !an)"a)e -ro+ed the& res-e(ta#!$ ar(hai( and %hose ins-iration see&ed di+ine, and %hose -!ain and a!ar&in) sense had e+ident!$ de(ided A")"st"s--his %ord %as !a% a&on) the -riests o A-o!!o--a)ainst ad&ittin) the& into his (anon. This !itt!e #oo* I no !on)er ha+e, #"t I (an re(a!! a!&ost e+er$ %ord o the &ost &e&ora#!e o these see&in)!$ )en"ine -ro-he(ies, %hi(h %as re(orded #oth in the ori)ina! Gree*, and (!i*e &ost o the ear!$ -ie(es in the (anon' in ro")h Latin +erse trans!ation. It ran th"s/ A h"ndred $ears o the P"ni( C"rse And Ro&e %i!! #e s!a+e to a hair$ &an,
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A hair$ &an that is s(ant o hair, E+er$ &an7s %o&an and ea(h %o&an7s &an. The steed that he rides sha!! ha+e toes or hoo+es. He sha!! die at the hand o his son, no son, And not on the ie!d o %ar. The hair$ one ne5t to ens!a+e the State Sha!! #e son, no son, o this hair$ !ast. He sha!! ha+e hair in a )enero"s &o-. He sha!! )i+e Ro&e &ar#!e in -!a(e o (!a$ And etter her ast %ith "nseen (hains, And sha!! die at the hand o his %i e, no %i e, To the )ain o his son, no son. The hair$ third to ens!a+e the State Sha!! #e son, no son, o his hair$ !ast. He sha!! #e &"d %e!! &i5ed %ith #!ood, A hair$ &an that is s(ant o hair. He sha!! )i+e Ro&e +i(tories and de eat And die to the )ain o his son, no son-A -i!!o% sha!! #e his s%ord. The hair$ o"rth to ens!a+e the State Sha!! #e son, no son, o his hair$ !ast
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A hair$ &an that is s(ant o hair, He sha!! )i+e Ro&e -oisons and #!as-he&ies And die ro& a *i(* o his a)ed horse That (arried hi& as a (hi!d. The hair$ i th to ens!a+e the State, To ens!a+e the State, tho")h a)ainst his %i!!, Sha!! #e that idiot %ho& a!! des-ised. He sha!! ha+e hair in a )enero"s &o-. He sha!! )i+e Ro&e %ater and %inter #read, And die at the hand o his %i e, no %i e, To the )ain o his son, no son. The hair$ si5th to ens!a+e the State Sha!! #e son, no son, o this hair$ !ast. He sha!! )i+e Ro&e idd!ers and ear and ire. His hand sha!! #e red %ith a -arent7s #!ood. No hair$ se+enth to hi& s"((eeds And #!ood sha!! )"sh ro& his to&#. No%, it &"st ha+e #een -!ain to A")"st"s that the irst o the hair$ ones, that is, the Caesars ( or Caesar &eans a head o hair', %as his )rand-"n(!e ;"!i"s, %ho ado-ted hi&. ;"!i"s %as #a!d and he %as reno%ned or his de#a"(heries %ith either se5, and his %ar-(har)er, as is a &atter o -"#!i( re(ord, %as a &onster %hi(h had toes instead o hoo+es. ;"!i"s es(a-ed a!i+e ro& &an$ hard- o")ht #att!es on!$ to #e &"rdered at !ast, in the Senate Ho"se, #$ Br"t"s. And Br"t"s, tho")h athered on another, %as #e!ie+ed to #e ;"!i"s7 nat"ra! son/ Tho" too, (hi!dB said ;"!i"s, as Br"t"s (a&e at hi& %ith a da))er. O the P"ni( C"rse I ha+e a!read$ %ritten. A")"st"s &"st ha+e re(o)ni6ed in hi&se! the se(ond o the Caesars. Indeed he hi&se! at the end o his !i e &ade a #oast, !oo*in) at the te&-!es and -"#!i( #"i!din)s that he had
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s-!endid!$ re-edi ied, and thin*in) too o his !i e7s %or* in stren)thenin) and )!ori $in) the E&-ire, that he had o"nd Ro&e in (!a$ and !e t her in &ar#!e. B"t as or the &anner o his death, #e &"st ha+e o"nd the -ro-he($ either "ninte!!i)i#!e or in(redi#!e/ $et so&e s(r"-!e *e-t hi& ro& destro$in) it. 8ho the hair$ third and the hair$ o"rth and the hair$ i th %ere this histor$ %i!! -!ain!$ sho%, and I a& indeed an idiot i , )rantin) the ora(!e7s "ns%er+in) a(("ra($ in e+er$ -arti("!ar "- to the -resent, I do not re(o)nise the hair$ si5th, re1oi(in) on Ro&e7s #eha! that there %i!! #e no hair$ se+enth to s"((eed hi&.

CHAPTER II I CANNOT REMEMBER M9 :ATHER, 8HO DIED 8HEN I 8AS an in ant, #"t as a $o"n) &an I ne+er !ost an o--ort"nit$ o )atherin) in or&ation o the &ost detai!ed sort a#o"t his !i e and (hara(ter ro& e+er$ -ossi#!e -erson--senator, so!dier or s!a+e--%ho had *no%n hi&. I #e)an %ritin) his #io)ra-h$ as &$ a--renti(e-tas* in histor$, and tho")h that %as soon -"t a sto- to #$ &$ )rand&other, Li+ia, I (ontin"ed (o!!e(tin) &ateria! in the ho-e o one da$ #ein) a#!e to inish the %or*. I inished it, a(t"a!!$, 1"st the other da$, and e+en no% there is no sense in tr$in) to -"t it into (ir("!ation. It is so re-"#!i(an in senti&ent that the &o&ent A)ri--ini!!a--&$ -resent %i e--(a&e to hear o its -"#!i(ation e+er$ (o-$ %o"!d #e s"--ressed and &$ "n ort"nate (o-$in)-s(ri#es %o"!d s" er or &$ indis(retions. The$ %o"!d #e !"(*$ to es(a-e %ith their ar&s "n#ro*en and their th"&#s and inde5- in)ers "n!o--ed, %hi(h %o"!d #e a t$-i(a! indi(ation o A)ri--ini!!a7s dis-!eas"re. Ho% that %o&an !oathes &eB M$ ather7s e5a&-!e has )"ided &e thro")ho"t !i e &ore stron)!$ than that o an$ other -erson %hatsoe+er, %ith the e5(e-tion o &$ #rother Ger&ani("s. And Ger&ani("s %as, a!! a)ree, &$ ather7s +er$ i&a)e in eat"re, #od$ (#"t or his thin !e)s', (o"ra)e, inte!!e(t and no#i!it$, so I readi!$ (o&#ine the& in &$ &ind as a sin)!e (hara(ter. I I (o"!d start this stor$ air!$ %ith an a((o"nt o &$ in an($, )oin) no arther #a(* than &$ -arents, I %o"!d (ertain!$ do so, or )enea!o)ies and a&i!$ histories are tedio"s. B"t I sha!! not #e a#!e to a+oid %ritin) at so&e !en)th a#o"t &$ )rand&other Li+ia (the on!$ one o &$ o"r )rand-arents %ho %as a!i+e at &$ #irth' #e(a"se "n ort"nate!$ she is the (hie (hara(ter in the irst -art o &$ stor$ and "n!ess I )i+e a (!ear a((o"nt o her ear!$ !i e her !ater a(tions %i!! not #e inte!!i)i#!e. I ha+e &entioned that she %as &arried to the E&-eror A")"st"s/ this %as her se(ond &arria)e, o!!o%in) her di+or(e #$ &$ )rand ather. A ter &$ ather7s death she #e(a&e the +irt"a! head o o"r a&i!$, s"--!antin) &$ &other Antonia, &$ Un(!e Ti#eri"s (the !e)a! head' and A")"st"s hi&se! --to %hose -o%er "! -rote(tion &$ ather had (o&&itted "s (hi!dren in his %i!!. Li+ia %as o the C!a"dian a&i!$, one o the &ost an(ient o Ro&e, and so %as &$ )rand ather. There is a -o-"!ar #a!!ad, sti!! so&eti&es s"n) #$ o!d -eo-!e, o %hi(h the re rain is that the C!a"dian tree #ears t%o sorts o r"it, the s%eet a--!e and the (ra#, #"t that the (ra#s o"tn"&#er the a--!es. A&on) the (ra# sort the #a!!adist
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re(*ons A--i"s C!a"di"s the Pro"d %ho -"t a!! Ro&e in a t"&"!t #$ tr$in) to ens!a+e and sed"(e a ree-#orn )ir! (a!!ed Cir)inia, and C!a"di"s Dr"s"s %ho in re-"#!i(an da$s tried to &a*e hi&se! Ain) o a!! Ita!$, and C!a"di"s the :air, %ho, %hen the sa(red (hi(*ens %o"!d not eed, thre% the& into the sea, (r$in) Then !et the& drin*, and so !ost an i&-ortant sea-#att!e. And o the or&er sort the #a!!adist &entions A--i"s the B!ind, %ho diss"aded Ro&e ro& a dan)ero"s !ea)"e %ith Ain) P$rrh"s, and C!a"di"s the Tree-tr"n* %ho dro+e the Cartha)inians o"t o Si(i!$, and C!a"di"s Nero (%hi(h in the Sa#ine dia!e(t &eans The Stron)' %ho de eated Hasdr"#a! as he (a&e o"t o S-ain to 1oin or(es %ith his #rother, the )reat Hanni#a!. These three %ere a!! +irt"o"s &en, #esides #ein) #o!d and %ise. And the #a!!adist sa$s that o the C!a"dian %o&en too, so&e are a--!es and so&e are (ra#s, #"t that a)ain the (ra#s o"tn"&#er the a--!es. M$ )rand ather %as one o the #est o the C!a"dians. Be!ie+in) that ;"!i"s Caesar %as the one &an -o%er "! eno")h to )i+e Ro&e -ea(e and se("rit$ in those di i("!t ti&es, he 1oined the Caesarean -art$ and o")ht #ra+e!$ or ;"!i"s in the E)$-tian 8ar. 8hen he s"s-e(ted that ;"!i"s %as ai&in) at -ersona! t$rann$, &$ )rand ather %o"!d not %i!!in)!$ "rther his a&#itions in Ro&e, tho")h he (o"!d not ris* an o-en #rea(h. He there ore as*ed or and se("red the o i(e o -onti and %as sent in that (a-a(it$ to :ran(e to o"nd (o!onies o +eteran so!diers there. On his ret"rn a ter ;"!i"s7 assassination he in("rred the en&it$ o $o"n) A")"st"s, ;"!i"s7 ado-ted son, %ho %as then *no%n as O(ta+ian, and o his a!!$, the )reat Mar* Anton$, #$ #o!d!$ -ro-osin) hono"rs or the t$ranni(ides. He had to !ee ro& Ro&e. In the dist"r#an(es that o!!o%ed he sided no% %ith this -art$ and no% %ith that a((ordin) as the ri)ht see&ed to !ie here or there. At one ti&e he %as %ith $o"n) Po&-e$, at another he o")ht %ith Mar* Anton$7s #rother a)ainst 0B.C. =?2 A")"st"s at Per"sia in Etr"ria. B"t (on+in(ed at !ast that A")"st"s, tho")h #o"nd #$ !o$a!t$ to a+en)e the &"rder o ;"!i"s, his ado-ted ather--a d"t$ %hi(h he r"th!ess!$ -er or&ed--%as not t$rant-hearted and ai&ed at the restoration o the an(ient !i#erties o the -eo-!e, he (a&e o+er to his side and sett!ed at Ro&e %ith &$ )rand&other Li+ia, and &$ "n(!e Ti#erias, then on!$ t%o $ears o!d. He too* no &ore -art in the Ci+i! 8ars, (ontentin) hi&se! %ith his d"ties as a -onti . M$ )rand&other Li+ia %as one o the %orst o the C!a"dians. She &a$ %e!! ha+e #een a re-in(arnation o that C!a"dia, sister o C!a"di"s the :air, %ho %as arrai)ned or hi)h treason #e(a"se on(e %hen her (oa(h %as he!d "- #$ a street (ro%d she (a!!ed o"t, I on!$ &$ #rother %as a!i+eB He *ne% ho% to (!ear (ro%ds a%a$. He "sed his %hi-. 8hen one o the Prote(tors o the Peo-!e 0tri#"nes, in Latin2 (a&e "- and an)ri!$ ordered her to #e si!ent, re&indin) her that her #rother, #$ his i&-iet$, had !ost a Ro&an !eet/ A +er$ )ood reason or %ishin) hi& a!i+e, she retorted. He &i)ht !ose another !eet, and then another. God %i!!in), and thin o this %ret(hed (ro%d a !itt!e. And she added/ 9o"7re a Prote(tor o the Peo-!e, I see, and $o"r -erson is !e)a!!$ in+io!a#!e, #"t don7t or)et that %e C!a"dians ha+e had so&e o $o" -rote(tors %e!! thrashed #e ore no%, and #e da&ned to $o"r in+io!a#i!it$. That %as e5a(t!$ ho% &$ )rand&other Li+ia s-o*e at this ti&e o the Ro&an -eo-!e. Ra##!e and s!a+esB The Re-"#!i( %as a!%a$s a h"&#"). 8hat Ro&e rea!!$ needs is a *in) a)ain. That at !east is ho% she ta!*ed to &$
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)rand ather, "r)in) hi& that Mar* Anton$, and A")"st"s (or O(ta+ian, I sho"!d sa$', and Le-id"s (a ri(h #"t "nener)eti( no#!e&an', %ho #et%een the& no% r"!ed the Ro&an %or!d, %o"!d in ti&e a!! o"t, and that, i he -!a$ed his hand %e!!, he (o"!d "se his di)nit$ as a -onti and the re-"tation or inte)rit$ %hi(h %as (on(eded hi& #$ a!! a(tions as a &eans to #e(o&in) *in) hi&se! . M$ )rand ather re-!ied stern!$ that i she s-o*e in this strain a)ain he %o"!d di+or(e her, or in the o!d st$!e o Ro&an &arria)e the h"s#and (o"!d -"t his %i e a%a$ %itho"t a -"#!i( e5-!anation, ret"rnin) the do%r$ that had (o&e %ith her--#"t *ee-in) the (hi!dren. At this &$ )rand&other %as si!ent and -retended to s"#&it, #"t a!! !o+e #et%een the& died ro& that &o&ent. Un*no%n to &$ )rand ather, she i&&ediate!$ set a#o"t en)a)in) the -assions o A")"st"s. This %as no di i("!t &atter, or A")"st"s %as $o"n) and i&-ressiona#!e and she had &ade a (are "! st"d$ o his tastes/ #esides %hi(h, she %as #$ -o-"!ar +erdi(t one o the three &ost #ea"ti "! %o&en o her da$. She -i(*ed on A")"st"s as a #etter instr"&ent or her a&#itions than Anton$--Le-id"s did not (o"nt--and that he %o"!d sti(* at nothin) to )ain his ends the -ros(ri-tions had sho%n t%o $ears #e ore, %hen t%o tho"sand *ni)hts and three h"ndred senators #e!on)in) to the o--osin) a(tion had #een s"&&ari!$ -"t to death, #$ ar the )reatest n"&#er o these at A")"st"s7 -arti("!ar instan(e. 8hen she had &ade s"re o A")"st"s she "r)ed hi& to -"t a%a$ S(ri#onia--a %o&an o!der than hi&se! , %ho& he had &arried or -o!iti(a! reasons--te!!in) hi& that she had *no%!ed)e o S(ri#onia7s ad"!ter$ %ith a (!ose riend o &$ )rand ather7s. A")"st"s %as read$ to #e!ie+e this %itho"t -ressin) or detai!ed e+iden(e. He di+or(ed S(ri#onia, tho")h she %as 4"ite inno(ent, on the +er$ da$ that she #ore hi& his da")hter, ;"!ia, %ho& he too* 0B.C. DE2 ro& the #irth-(ha&#er #e ore S(ri#onia had as &"(h as seen the !itt!e (reat"re, and )a+e to the %i e o one o his reed&en to n"rse. M$ )rand&other--%ho %as sti!! on!$ se+enteen $ears o!d, nine $ears $o"n)er than A")"st"s--then %ent to &$ )rand ather and said, No% di+or(e &e. I a& a!read$ i+e &onths )one %ith (hi!d, and $o" are not the ather. I &ade a +o% that I %o"!d not #ear another (hi!d to a (o%ard, and I intend to *ee- it. M$ )rand ather, %hate+er he &a$ ha+e e!t %hen he heard this (on ession, said no &ore than Ca!! the ad"!terer here to &e and !et "s dis("ss the &atter to)ether in -ri+ate. The (hi!d %as rea!!$ his o%n, #"t he %as not to *no% this, and %hen &$ )rand&other said that it %as another7s he #e!ie+ed her. M$ )rand ather %as astonished to ind that it %as his -retended riend A")"st"s %ho had #etra$ed hi&, #"t (on(!"ded that Li+ia had te&-ted hi& and that he had not #een -roo a)ainst her #ea"t$, and -erha-s A")"st"s sti!! #ore a )r"d)e a)ainst hi& or the "n!"(*$ &otion that he had on(e introd"(ed in the Senate or re%ardin) ;"!i"s Caesar7s assassins. Ho%e+er it &a$ ha+e #een, he did not re-roa(h A")"st"s. A!! that he said %as/ I $o" !o+e this %o&an and %i!! &arr$ her hono"ra#!$, ta*e her, on!$ !et the de(en(ies #e o#ser+ed. A")"st"s s%ore that he %o"!d &arr$ her i&&ediate!$ and ne+er (ast her o %hi!e she (ontin"ed aith "! to hi&, he #o"nd hi&se! #$ the &ost ri)ht "! oaths. So &$ )rand ather di+or(ed her. I ha+e #een to!d that he re)arded this in at"ation o hers as a di+ine -"nish&ent on hi&se! #e(a"se on(e in Si(i!$ at her insti)ation he had ar&ed s!a+es to i)ht a)ainst Ro&an (iti6ens, &oreo+er, she %as a C!a"dian, one o his o%n a&i!$, so or these t%o reasons he %as "n%i!!in) to sho% her -"#!i( dishono"r. It %as (ertain!$ not or ear o A")"st"s that he assisted in -erson at her &arria)e a e% %ee*s !ater, )i+in) her a%a$ as a ather %o"!d his da")hter and -inin) in the %eddin) h$&n. 8hen I (onsider that he had !o+ed her dear!$ and that #$ his )enerosit$ he ris*ed the na&e o (o%ard and -ander, I a& i!!ed %ith ad&iration or his (ond"(t. B"t Li+ia %as "n)rate "!--an)r$ and asha&ed that he see&ed to ta*e the &atter so (a!&!$, )i+in) her "- ta&e!$ as i she %ere a thin) o !itt!e %orth. And %hen her (hi!d, &$ ather, %as #orn three &onths !ater she %as dee-!$
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+e5ed %ith A")"st"s7 sister O(ta+ia, Mar* Anton$7s %i e--these %ere &$ t%o other )rand-arents--#e(a"se o a Gree* e-i)ra& to the e e(t that -arents %ere ort"nate %ho had three-&onths7 (hi!dren, s"(h short )estation had hitherto #een (on ined to (ats and #it(hes. I do not *no% %hether O(ta+ia %as tr"!$ the a"thor o this +erse, #"t, i she %as, Li+ia &ade her -a$ dear!$ or it #e ore she had done. It is "n!i*e!$ that she %as the a"thor, or she had herse! #een &arried to Mar* Anton$ %hi!e %ith (hi!d #$ a h"s#and %ho had died, and, in the %ords o the -ro+er#, (ri--!es do not &o(* (ri--!es. O(ta+ia7s %as, ho%e+er, a -o!iti(a! &arria)e and !e)a!ised #$ a s-e(ia! de(ree o the Senate, it %as not #ro")ht a#o"t #$ -assion on one side and -ersona! a&#ition on the other. I it is as*ed ho% it ha--ened that the Co!!e)e o Ponti s (onsented to ad&it the +a!idit$ o A")"st"s7 &arria)e %ith Li+ia, the ans%er is that &$ )rand ather and A")"st"s %ere #oth -onti s, and that the Hi)h Ponti %as Le-id"s, %ho did e5a(t!$ %hat A")"st"s to!d hi&. As soon as &$ ather %as %eaned A")"st"s sent hi& #a(* to &$ )rand ather7s ho"se, %here he %as #ro")ht "%ith &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s, the e!der #$ o"r $ears. M$ )rand ather, as soon as the (hi!dren rea(hed the a)e o "nderstandin), too* their ed"(ation in hand hi&se! , instead o entr"stin) it to a t"tor, as %as a!read$ the )enera! ("sto&. He ne+er (eased to insti!! in the& a hatred o t$rann$ and a de+otion to an(ient idea!s o 1"sti(e, !i#ert$, and +irt"e. M$ )rand&other Li+ia had !on) )r"d)ed that her t%o #o$s %ere o"t o her (har)e--tho")h indeed the$ +isited her dai!$ at A")"st"s7 -a!a(e, %hi(h %as 4"ite (!ose to their ho&e on the Pa!atine Hi!!--and %hen she o"nd in %hat %a$ the$ %ere #ein) ed"(ated she %as )reat!$ anno$ed. M$ )rand ather died s"dden!$ %hi!e dinin) 0B.C. DD2 %ith so&e riends, and it %as s"s-e(ted that he had #een -oisoned, #"t the &atter %as h"shed "- #e(a"se A")"st"s and Li+ia had #een a&on) the )"ests. In his %i!! the #o$s %ere !e t to A")"st"s7 )"ardianshi-. M$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s, a)ed on!$ nine, s-o*e the oration at &$ )rand ather7s "nera!. A")"st"s !o+ed his sister O(ta+ia dear!$ and had #een &"(h )rie+ed on her a((o"nt %hen, soon a ter her &arria)e, he !earnt that Anton$, a ter startin) o"t or the East 0iF2 to i)ht a %ar in Parthia, had sto--ed on the %a$ to rene% his inti&a($ %ith C!eo-atra, G"een o E)$-t, and sti!! &ore )rie+ed at the s!i)htin) !etter that O(ta+ia had re(ei+ed ro& Anton$ %hen she %ent o"t to he!- hi& A( ne5t $ear %ith &en and &one$ or his (a&-ai)n. The !etter, %hi(h rea(hed her %hen she %as ha! -%a$ on her 1o"rne$, ordered her (o!d!$ to ret"rn ho&e and attend to her ho"seho!d a airs, $et he a((e-ted the &en and &one$. Li+ia %as se(ret!$ de!i)hted at the in(ident, ha+in) !on) #een assid"o"s in &a*in) &is"nderstandin)s and 1ea!o"sies #et%een A")"st"s and Anton$, %hi(h O(ta+ia had #een as assid"o"s in s&oothin) o"t. 8hen O(ta+ia ret"rned to Ro&e, Li+ia as*ed A")"st"s to in+ite her to !ea+e Anton$7s ho"se and sta$ %ith the&. She re "sed to do so, -art!$ #e(a"se she did not tr"st Li+ia and -art!$ #e(a"se she did not %ish to a--ear a (a"se o the i&-endin) %ar. :ina!!$ Anton$, in(ited #$ C!eo-atra, sent O(ta+ia a #i!! o di+or(e and de(!ared %ar on A")"st"s. This %as the !ast o the Ci+i! 8ars, a d"e! to the death #et%een the on!$ t%o &en !e t on their eet--i I
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&a$ "se the &eta-hor--a ter an a!!-a)ainst-a!! s%ord- i)ht in the "ni+ersa! a&-hitheatre. Le-id"s %as sti!! a!i+e, to #e s"re, #"t a -risoner in a!! #"t na&e, and 4"ite har&!ess--he had #een or(ed to a!! at A")"st"s7 eet and #e) or his !i e. 9o"n) Po&-e$, too, the on!$ other -erson o i&-ortan(e, %hose !eet had tor a !on) ti&e (o&&anded the Mediterranean, had #$ no% #een de eated #$ A")"st"s, and (a-t"red and -"t to death #$ Anton$. The d"e! #et%een A")"st"s and Anton$ %as short. Anton$ %as tota!!$ de eated in the sea #att!e o A(ti"&, in Gree(e. He !ed to A!e5andria 0B.C. D?2, and there too* his o%n !i e--as did C!eo-atra, too. A")"st"s ass"&ed Anton$7s Eastern (on4"ests as his o%n and #e(a&e, as Li+ia had intended, the so!e r"!er o the Ro&an %or!d. O(ta+ia re&ained tr"e to the interests o Anton$7s (hi!dren--not on!$ his son #$ a or&er %i e, #"t a(t"a!!$ his three (hi!dren #$ C!eo-atra, a )ir! and t%o #o$s--#rin)in) the& "- %ith her o%n t%o da")hters, one o %ho&, Antonia the $o"n)er, %as &$ &other. This no#i!it$ o &ind e5(ited )enera! ad&iration at Ro&e. A")"st"s r"!ed the %or!d, #"t Li+ia r"!ed A")"st"s. And I &"st here e5-!ain the re&ar*a#!e ho!d that she had o+er hi&. It %as a!%a$s a &atter o %onder that there %ere no (hi!dren o the &arria)e, seein) that &$ )rand&other had not sho%n herse! "n r"it "! and that A")"st"s %as e-orted to #e the ather o at !east o"r nat"ra! (hi!dren, #esides his da")hter ;"!ia, %ho there is no reason or do"#tin) %as his o%n da")hter. He %as *no%n, &oreo+er to #e -assionate!$ de+oted to &$ )rand&other. The tr"th %i!! not easi!$ #e (redited. The tr"th is that the &arria)e %as ne+er (ons"&&ated. A")"st"s, tho")h (a-a#!e eno")h %ith other %o&en, o"nd hi&se! as i&-otent as a (hi!d %hen he tried to ha+e (o&&er(e %ith &$ )rand&other. The on!$ reasona#!e e5-!anation is that A")"st"s %as, at #otto&, a -io"s &an, tho")h (r"e!t$ and e+en i!!- aith had #een or(ed on hi& #$ the dan)ers that o!!o%ed his )rand"n(!e ;"!i"s Caesar7s assassination. He *ne% that the &arria)e %as i&-io"s/ this *no%!ed)e, it see&s, a e(ted hi& ner+o"s!$, -"ttin) an inner restraint on his !esh. M$ )rand&other, %ho had %anted A")"st"s as an instr"&ent o her a&#ition rather than as a !o+er %as &ore )!ad than sorr$ or this i&-oten(e. She o"nd that she (o"!d "se it as a %ea-on or s"#1e(tin) his %i!! to hers. Her -ra(ti(e %as to re-roa(h hi& (ontin"a!!$ or ha+in) sed"(ed her ro& &$ )rand ather, %ho& she -rotested that she had !o+ed, #$ ass"ran(es to her o dee- -assion and #$ se(ret threats to hi& that i she %ere not )i+en "- he %o"!d #e arrai)ned as a -"#!i( ene&$. 0This !ast %as -er e(t!$ "ntr"e.2 No% !oo*, she said, ho% she had #een tri(*edB The -assionate !o+er had t"rned o"t to #e no &an at a!!, an$ -oor (har(oa!-#"rner or s!a+e %as &ore o a &an than heB E+en ;"!ia %as not his rea! da")hter, and he *ne% it. A!! that he %as )ood or, she said, %as to ond!e and "&#!e and *iss and &a*e e$es !i*e a sin)in) e"n"(h. It %as in +ain that A")"st"s -rotested that %ith other %o&en he %as a Her("!es. Either she %o"!d re "se to #e!ie+e it or she %o"!d a(("se hi& o %astin) en other %o&en %hat he denied her. B"t that no s(anda! o this sho"!d )o a#o"t she -retended on one o((asion to #e %ith (hi!d #$ hi& and then to ha+e a &is(arria)e. Sha&e and "ns!a*a#!e -assion #o"nd A")"st"s (!oser to her than i their &"t"a! !on)in)s had #een ni)ht!$ satis ied or than i she had #orne hi& a do6en ine (hi!dren. And she too* the )reatest (are o his hea!th and (o& ort, and %as aith "! to hi&, not #ein) nat"ra!!$ !"st "! e5(e-t o -o%er, and or this he %as so )rate "! that he !et her )"ide and r"!e hi& in a!! his -"#!i( and -ri+ate a(ts. I ha+e heard it (on ident!$ stated #$ o!d -a!a(e o i(ia!s that, a ter &arr$in) &$ )rand&other, A")"st"s ne+er !oo*ed at another %o&an. 9et a!! sorts o stories %ere ("rrent at Ro&e a#o"t his a airs %ith the %i+es and da")hters o nota#!es, and a ter his death, in e5-!ainin) ho% it %as
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that she had so (o&-!ete a (o&&and o his a e(tions, Li+ia "sed to sa$ that it %as not on!$ #e(a"se she %as aith "! to hi& #"t a!so #e(a"se she ne+er inter ered %ith his -assin) -!o+e-a airs. It is &$ #e!ie that she -"t a!! these s(anda!s a#o"t herse! in order to ha+e so&ethin) to re-roa(h hi& %ith. I I a& (ha!!en)ed as to &$ a"thorit$ or this ("rio"s histor$ I %i!! )i+e it. The irst -art re!atin) to the di+or(e I heard ro& Li+ia7s o%n !i-s in the $ear she died. The re&ainder, a#o"t A")"st"s7 i&-oten(e, I heard ro& a %o&an (a!!ed Briseis, a %ardro#e-&aid o &$ &other7s, %ho had -re+io"s!$ ser+ed &$ )rand&other as a -a)e)ir!, and #ein) then on!$ se+en $ears o!d had #een a!!o%ed to o+erhear (on+ersations that she %as tho")ht too $o"n) to "nderstand. I #e!ie+e &$ a((o"nt tr"e and %i!! (ontin"e to do so "nti! it is s"--!anted #$ one that its the a(ts e4"a!!$ %e!!. To &$ %a$ o thin*in), the Si#$!7s +erse a#o"t %i e, no %i e (on ir&s the &atter. No, I (annot (!ose the &atter here. In %ritin) this -assa)e, %ith the idea, I s"--ose, o shie!din) A")"st"s7 )ood na&e, I ha+e #een ho!din) so&ethin) #a(* %hi(h I sha!! no% a ter a!! set do%n. Be(a"se, as the -ro+er# sa$s, tr"th he!-s the stor$ on. It is this. M$ )rand&other Li+ia in)enio"s!$ (onso!idated her ho!d on A")"st"s #$ se(ret!$ )i+in) hi&, o her o%n a((ord, #ea"ti "! $o"n) %o&en to s!ee- %ith %hene+er she noti(ed that -assion &ade hi& rest!ess. That she arran)ed this or hi&, and %itho"t a %ord said #e orehand or a ter%ards, or#earin) ro& the 1ea!o"s$ that, as a %i e, he %as (on+in(ed that she &"st ee!, that e+er$thin) %as done +er$ de(ent!$ and 4"iet!$, the $o"n) %o&en 0%ho& she -i(*ed o"t herse! in the S$rian s!a+e-&ar*et--he -re erred S$rians2 #ein) introd"(ed into his #edroo& at ni)ht %ith a *no(* and the ratt!e o a (hain or si)na!, and (a!!ed a%a$ a)ain ear!$ in the &ornin) #$ a si&i!ar *no(* and ratt!e, and that the$ *e-t si!en(e in his -resen(e as i the$ %ere s"(("#i %ho (a&e in drea&s--that she (ontri+ed a!! this so tho")ht "!!$ and re&ained aith "! to hi& herse! in s-ite o his i&-oten(e %ith her, he &"st ha+e (onsidered a -er e(t -roo o the sin(erest !o+e. 9o" &a$ o#1e(t that A")"st"s, in his -osition, &i)ht ha+e had the &ost #ea"ti "! %o&en in the %or!d, #ond or ree, &arried or "n&arried, to eed his a--etite, %itho"t the assistan(e o Li+ia as -ro("ress. That is tr"e, #"t it is tr"e ne+erthe!ess that a ter his &arria)e to Li+ia he tasted no &eat, as he on(e said hi&se! , tho")h -erha-s in another (onte5t, that she had not -assed as it or eatin). O %o&en, then, Li+ia had no (a"se to #e 1ea!o"s, e5(e-t on!$ o her sister-in-!a%, &$ other )rand&other, O(ta+ia, %hose #ea"t$ e5(ited as &"(h ad&iration as her +irt"e. Li+ia had ta*en &a!i(io"s -!eas"re in s$&-athisin) %ith her o+er Anton$7s aith!essness. She had )one so ar as to s"))est that it had #een !ar)e!$ O(ta+ia7s o%n a"!t in dressin) in so &odest a %a$ and #eha+in) %ith s"(h de(or"&. Mar* Anton$, she -ointed o"t, %as a &an o stron) -assions, and to ho!d hi& s"((ess "!!$ a %o&an &"st te&-er the (hastit$ o a Ro&an &atron %ith the arts and e5tra+a)an(es o an Orienta! (o"rtesan. O(ta+ia sho"!d ha+e ta*en a !ea ro& C!eo-atra7s #oo*/ or the E)$-tian, tho")h O(ta+ia7s in erior in !oo*s and her senior #$ ei)ht or nine $ears, *ne% %e!! ho% to eed his sens"a! a--etite. Men s"(h as Anton$, rea! &en, -re er the stran)e to the %ho!eso&e. Li+ia inished sententio"s!$, The$ ind &a))ot$ )reen (heese &ore tast$ than resh!$ -ressed ("rds. Aee- $o"r &a))ots to $o"rse! B O(ta+ia !ared at her. Li+ia herse! dressed +er$ ri(h!$ and "sed the &ost e5-ensi+e Asiati( -er "&es, #"t she did not a!!o% the !east e5tra+a)an(e in her ho"seho!d, %hi(h she &ade a #oast o r"nnin) in o!d- ashioned Ro&an st$!e. Her r"!es %ere/
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-!ain #"t -!enti "! ood, re)"!ar a&i!$ %orshi-, no hot #aths a ter &ea!s, (onstant %or* or e+er$one, and no %aste. E+er$one %as not &ere!$ the s!a+es and reed&en #"t e+er$ &e&#er o the a&i!$. The "n ort"nate (hi!d 381 DH.7 ;"!ia %as e5-e(ted to set an e5a&-!e o ind"str$. She !ed a +er$ %ear$ !i e. She had a re)"!ar dai!$ tas* o %oo! to (ard and s-in, and (!oth to %ea+e, and need!e%or* to do, and %as &ade to rise ro& her hard #ed at da%n, and e+en #e ore da%n, in the %inter &onths, to #e a#!e to )et thro")h it. And #e(a"se her ste-&other #e!ie+ed in a !i#era! ed"(ation or )ir!s, she %as set, a&on) other tas*s, to !earn the %ho!e o Ho&er7s I!iad and Od$sse$ #$ heart. ;"!ia had a!so to *ee- a detai!ed diar$, or Li+ia7s #ene it, o %hat %or* she did, %hat #oo*s she read, %hat (on+ersations she had, and so on/ %hi(h %as a )reat #"rden to her. She %as a!!o%ed no riendshi-s %ith &en, tho")h her #ea"t$ %as &"(h toasted. One $o"n) &an o an(ient a&i!$ and irre-roa(ha#!e &ora!s, a Cons"!7s son, %as #o!d eno")h to introd"(e hi&se! to her one da$ at Bai6e on so&e -o!ite -rete5t, %hen she %as ta*in) the ha! -ho"r7s %a!* a!!o%ed her #$ the seaside, a((o&-anied on!$ #$ her d"enna. Li+ia, %ho %as 1ea!o"s o ;"!ia7s )ood !oo*s, and o A")"st"s7 a e(tion or her, had the $o"n) &an sent a +er$ stron) !etter, te!!in) hi& that he &"st ne+er e5-e(t to ho!d -"#!i( o i(e "nder the ather o the )ir! %hose )ood na&e he had tried to #es&ir(h #$ this ins" era#!e a&i!iarit$. ;"!ia herse! %as -"nished #$ #ein) or#idden to ta*e her %a!* o"tside the )ro"nds o the +i!!a. A#o"t this ti&e ;"!ia %ent 4"ite #a!d. I do not *no% %hether Li+ia had a hand in this/ it see&s not i&-ro#a#!e, tho")h (ertain!$ #a!dness %as in the Caesar a&i!$. At a!! e+ents, A")"st"s o"nd an E)$-tian %i)-&a*er %ho &ade her one o the &ost &a)ni i(ent air %i)s that %as e+er seen, and her (har&s %ere th"s rather in(reased than di&inished #$ her &is(han(e, she had not had +er$ )ood hair o her o%n. It is said that the %i) %as not #"i!t, in the "s"a! %a$, on a #ase o hair net #"t %as the %ho!e s(a!- o a Ger&an (hie tain7s da")hter shr"n* to the e5a(t si6e o ;"!ia7s head and *e-t a!i+e and -!iant #$ o((asiona! r"##in) %ith a s-e(ia! oint&ent. B"t I &"st sa$ that I don7t #e!ie+e this. E+er$one *ne% that Li+ia *e-t A")"st"s in stri(t order and that, i not a(t"a!!$ ri)htened o her, he %as at an$ rate +er$ (are "! not to o end her. One da$, in his (a-a(it$ as Censor, he %as !e(t"rin) so&e ri(h &en a#o"t a!!o%in) their %i+es to #edi6en the&se!+es %ith 1e%e!s, :or a %o&an to o+erdress, he said, is "nsee&!$. It is the h"s#and7s d"t$ to restrain his %i e ro& !"5"r$. Carried a%a$ #$ his o%n e!o4"en(e he "n ort"nate!$ added/ I so&eti&es ha+e o((asion to ad&onish &$ o%n %i e a#o"t this. There %as a de!i)hted (r$ ro& the ("!-rits. Oh, A")"st"s, the$ said, do te!! "s in %hat %ords $o" ad&onish Li+ia. It %i!! ser+e as a &ode! or "s. A")"st"s %as e&#arrassed and a!ar&ed. 9o" &is-heard &e, he said, I did not sa$ that I had e+er had o((asion to re-ri&and Li+ia. As $o" *no% %e!!, she is a -ara)on o &atron!$ &odest$. B"t I (ertain!$ %o"!d ha+e no hesitation in re-ri&andin) her, %ere she to or)et her di)nit$ #$ dressin), as so&e o $o"r %i+es do, !i*e an A!e5andrian dan(in)-)ir! %ho has #$ so&e 4"eer t"rn o ate #e(o&e an Ar&enian 4"een-do%a)er. That sa&e e+enin) Li+ia tried to &a*e A")"st"s !oo* s&a!! #$ a--earin) at the dinner ta#!e in the &ost antasti(a!!$ )or)eo"s iner$ she (o"!d !a$ her hands on, the o"ndation o %hi(h %as one o C!eo-atra7s (ere&onia! dresses. B"t he )ot %e!! o"t o an a%*%ard sit"ation #$ -raisin) her or her %itt$ and o--ort"ne -arod$ o the +er$ a"!t he had #een (onde&nin) Li+ia had )ro%n %iser sin(e the ti&e that she had ad+ised &$ )rand ather to -"t a diade& on his head and -ro(!ai& hi&se! *in). The tit!e *in) %as sti!! e5e(rated at Ro&e on a((o"nt o the "n-o-"!ar Tar4"in d$nast$ to %hi(h, a((ordin) to !e)end, the irst Br"t"s 0I (a!! hi& this to distin)"ish hi& ro& the se(ond Br"t"s, %ho &"rdered ;"!i"s2 had -"t an end--e5-e!!in) the ro$a! a&i!$ ro& the Cit$ and #e(o&in) one o the irst t%o
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Cons"!s o the Ro&an Re-"#!i(. Li+ia rea!ised no% that the tit!e o *in) (o"!d #e %ai+ed so !on) as A")"st"s (o"!d (ontro! the s"#stantia! -o%ers o *in)shi-. B$ o!!o%in) her ad+i(e he )rad"a!!$ (on(entrated in his sin)!e -erson a!! the i&-ortant Re-"#!i(an di)nities. He %as Cons"! at Ro&e, and %hen he -assed on the o i(e to a re!ia#!e riend he too* in e5(han)e the Hi)h Co&&and--%hi(h, tho")h no&ina!!$ on a !e+e! %ith the (ons"!shi-, ran*ed in -ra(ti(e a#o+e this or an$ other &a)istra($. He had a#so!"te (ontro! o the -ro+in(es, too, and -o%er to a--oint the -ro+in(ia! )o+ernors)enera!, to)ether %ith the (o&&and o a!! ar&ies and the ri)ht o !e+$in) troo-s and o &a*in) -ea(e I 0HJ2 or %ar. In Ro&e he %as +oted the !i e-o i(e o Peo-!e7s Prote(tor, %hi(h se("red hi& a)ainst a!! inter eren(e %ith his a"thorit$, )a+e hi& the -o%er o +etoin) the de(isions o other o i(e-ho!ders and (arried %ith it the in+io!a#i!it$ o his -erson. The tit!e E&-eror, %hi(h on(e &ere!$ &eant ie!d-&arsha! #"t has re(ent!$ (o&e to &ean s"-re&e &onar(h, he shared %ith other s"((ess "! )enera!s. He a!so had the Censorshi-, %hi(h )a+e hi& a"thorit$ o+er the t%o !eadin) so(ia! orders, those o Senators and Ani)hts, on the -rete5t o &ora! short(o&in)s he (o"!d dis4"a!i $ an$ &e&#er o either order ro& its di)nities and -ri+i!e)es--a dis)ra(e *een!$ e!t. He had (ontro! or the P"#!i( Treas"r$/ he %as s"--osed to render -eriodi( a((o"nts, #"t no#od$ %as e+er #o!d eno")h to de&and an a"dit, tho")h it %as *no%n that there %as (onstant 1"))!in) #et%een the Treas"r$ and Pri+$ P"rse. Th"s he had the (o&&and o the ar&ies, the (ontro! o the !a%s-- or his in !"en(e on the Senate %as s"(h that the$ +oted %hate+er he s"))ested to the&--the (ontro! o -"#!i( inan(es, the (ontro! or so(ia! #eha+io"r, and in+io!a($ o -erson. He e+en had the ri)ht o s"&&ari!$ (onde&nin) an$ Ro&an (iti6en, ro& -!o")h&an to senator, to death or -er-et"a! #anish&ent. The !ast di)nit$ that he ass"&ed %as that o Hi)h Ponti , %hi(h )a+e hi& (ontro! o the entire re!i)io"s s$ste&. The Senate %ere an5io"s to +ote hi& %hate+er tit!e he %o"!d a((e-t, short o Ain)/ the$ %ere a raid to +ote hi& the *in)shi- or ear o the -eo-!e. His rea! %ish %as to #e (a!!ed Ro&"!"s, #"t Li+ia ad+ised hi& a)ainst this. Her ar)"&ent %as that Ro&"!"s had #een a *in) and that the na&e %as there ore dan)ero"s, and "rther that he %as one o the Ro&an t"te!ar$ deities and that to ta*e his na&e %o"!d see& #!as-he&o"s. B"t her rea! ee!in) %as that it %as not a )rand eno")h tide. Ro&"!"s had #een a &ere #andit-(hie tain and %as not a&on) the irst ran* o the Gods. On her ad+i(e he there ore si)ni ied to the Senate that the tit!e A")"st"s %o"!d #e a)reea#!e to hi&. So the$ +oted hi& that. A")"st"s had a se&i-di+ine (onnotation, and the (o&&on tit!e o Ain) %as nothin) #$ (o&-arison. Ho% &an$ &ere *in)s -aid tri#"te to A")"st"sB Ho% &an$ %ere &ar(hed in (hains in Ro&an tri"&-hsB Had not e+en the Hi)h Ain) o re&ote India, hearin) o A")"st"s7 a&e, sent a&#assadors to Ro&e, #e))in) or the -rote(tion o his riendshi-, %ith -ro-itiator$ -resents o re&ar*a#!e si!*s and s-i(es, and r"#ies, e&era!ds and sardon$5, and ti)ers, then or the irst ti&e seen in E"ro-e, and the Indian Her&es, the a&o"s ar&!ess #o$, %ho (o"!d do the &ost e5traordinar$ thin)s %ith his eet3 Had not A")"st"s -"t an end to that !ine o *in)s in E)$-t that %ent #a(* at !east i+e tho"sand $ears #e ore the o"ndation o Ro&e3 And at that ate "! interr"-tion o histor$ %hat &onstro"s -ortents had not #een seen3 Had there not #een !ashes o ar&o"r ro& the (!o"ds and #!ood$ rain a!!in)3 Had not a ser-ent o )i)anti( si6e a--eared in the &ain street o A!e5andria and "ttered an in(redi#!$ !o"d hiss3 Had not the )hosts o dead Pharaohs a--eared3 Had not their stat"es ro%ned3 Had not
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A-is, the sa(red #"!! o Me&-his, "ttered a #e!!o% o !a&entation and #"rst into tears3 This %as ho% &$ )rand&other reasoned %ith herse! . Most %o&en are in(!ined to set a &odest !i&it to their a&#itions, a e% rare ones set a #o!d !i&it. B"t Li+ia %as "ni4"e in settin) no !i&it at a!! to hers, and $et re&ainin) -er e(t!$ !e+e!-headed and (oo! in %hat %o"!d #e 1"d)ed in an$ other %o&an to #e ra+in) &adness. It %as on!$ !itt!e #$ !itt!e that e+en I, %ith s"(h e5(e!!ent o--ort"nities or o#ser+in) her, (a&e to )"ess )enera!!$ %hat her intentions %ere. B"t e+en so, %hen the ina! dis(!os"re (a&e, it (a&e as a sho(* o s"r-rise. Perha-s I had #etter re(ord her +ario"s a(ts in histori(a! se4"en(e, %itho"t d%e!!in) on her hidden &oti+es. On her ad+i(e, A")"st"s -re+ai!ed on the Senate to (reate t%o ne% Di+inities, na&e!$, the Goddess Ro&a, %ho re-resented the e&a!e so"! o the Ro&an E&-ire, and the De&i)od ;"!i"s, the %ar!i*e hero %ho %as ;"!i"s Caesar in a-otheosis. 0Di+ine hono"rs had #een o ered to ;"!i"s, in the East, %hi!e he %as sti!! a!i+e, that he had not re "sed the& %as one o the reasons or his assassination.2 A")"st"s *ne% the +a!"e o a re!i)io"s #ond to "nite the -ro+in(es %ith the Cit$, a #ond ar stron)er than one #ased &ere!$ on ear or )ratit"de. It so&eti&es ha--ened that a ter !on) residen(e in E)$-t or Asia Minor e+en tr"e-#orn 0K<B Ro&ans t"rned to the %orshi- o the )ods the$ o"nd there and or)ot their o%n, there#$ #e(o&in) orei)ners in a!! #"t na&e. On the other hand Ro&e had i&-orted so &an$ re!i)ions ro& the (ities she had (on4"ered, )i+in) a!ien deities, s"(h as Isis and C$#e!e, no#!e te&-!es in the Cit$--and not &ere!$ or the (on+enien(e o +isitors--that it %as reasona#!e that she sho"!d no%, in air e5(han)e, -!ant )ods o her o%n in these (ities. Ro&a and ;"!i"s, then, %ere to #e %orshi--ed #$ s"(h -ro+in(ia!s as %ere Ro&an (iti6ens and %ished to #e re&inded o their nationa! herita)e. The ne5t ste- that Li+ia too* %as to arran)e or de!e)ations o -ro+in(ia!s not ort"nate eno")h to -ossess "!! (iti6enshi- to +isit Ro&e and #e) to #e )i+en a Ro&an God %ho& the$ &i)ht %orshi- !o$a!!$ and %itho"t -res"&-tion. On Li+ia7s ad+i(e A")"st"s to!d the Senate, ha! 1o*in)!$, that these -oor e!!o%s, %hi!e o#+io"s!$ the$ (o"!d not #e a!!o%ed to %orshi- the s"-erior deities, Ro&a and ;"!i"s, &"st not #e denied so&e sort o God, ho%e+er h"&#!e. At this, Mas(enas, one o A")"st"s7 &inisters, %ith %ho& A")"st"s had a!read$ dis("ssed the ad+isa#i!it$ o ta*in) the na&e o Ro&"!"s, said/ Let "s )i+e the& a God %ho %i!! %at(h o+er the& %e!!. Let "s )i+e the& A")"st"s hi&se! . A")"st"s a--eared so&e%hat e&#arrassed #"t ad&itted that Mae(enas7 s"))estion %as a so"nd one. It %as an esta#!ished ("sto& a&on) Orienta!s, and one %hi(h &i)ht %e!! #e t"rned to Ro&an -ro it, to -a$ di+ine hono"rs to their r"!ers, #"t sin(e it %as (!ear!$ i&-ra(ti(a#!e or Eastern (ities to %orshithe %ho!e Senate in a #od$, -"ttin) "- si5 h"ndred stat"es in ea(h o their shrines, one %a$ o"t o the di i("!t$, (ertain!$, %as or the& to %orshi- the Senate7s (hie e5e("ti+e o i(er, %ho ha--ened to #e hi&se! . So the Senate, ee!in) (o&-!i&ented that ea(h &e&#er had in hi& at !east one si5 h"ndredth -art o di+init$, )!ad!$ +oted Mas(enas7 &otion, and shrines to A")"st"s %ere i&&ediate!$ ere(ted in Asia Minor. The ("!t s-read, #"t at irst on!$ in the rontier -ro+in(es, %hi(h %ere "nder the dire(t (ontro! o A")"st"s, not in the ho&e -ro+in(es, %hi(h %ere no&ina!!$ "nder the (ontro! o the Senate, not in the Cit$ itse! . A")"st"s a--ro+ed o Li+ia7s ed"(ati+e &ethods %ith ;"!ia and o her do&esti( arran)e&ents and e(ono&ies. He had si&-!e tastes hi&se! . His -a!ate %as so insensiti+e that he did not noti(e the di eren(e #et%een +ir)in o!i+e oi! and the !ast ran* s4"ee6in)s %hen the o!i+e--aste has )one a third ti&e thro")h the -ress. He %ore
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ho&es-"n (!othes. It %as 1"st!$ said that. :"r$ tho")h Li+ia %as, #"t or her "n%ear$in) a(ti+it$ A")"st"s %o"!d ne+er ha+e #een a#!e to "nderta*e the i&&ense tas* he set hi&se! o restorin) Ro&e to -ea(e and se("rit$ a ter the !on) disasters o the Ci+i! 8ars--in %hi(h he hi&se! had, o (o"rse, -!a$ed so destr"(ti+e a -art. A")"st"s7 %or* i!!ed o"rteen ho"rs a da$, #"t Li+ia7s, it %as said, i!!ed t%ent$- o"r. Not on!$ did she &ana)e her h")e ho"seho!d in the e i(ient %a$ I ha+e des(ri#ed, #"t she #ore an e4"a! share %ith hi& in -"#!i( #"siness. A "!! a((o"nt o a!! the !e)a!, so(ia!, ad&inistrati+e, re!i)io"s and &i!itar$ re or&s %hi(h the$ (arried o"t #et%een the&, to sa$ nothin) o the -"#!i( %or*s %hi(h the$ "ndertoo*, the te&-!es %hi(h the$ redei ied, the (o!onies the$ -!anted, %o"!d i!! &an$ +o!"&es. 9et there %ere &an$ !eadin) Ro&ans o the e!der )eneration %ho (o"!d not or)et that this see&in)!$ ad&ira#!e re(onstit"tion o the State had on!$ #een &ade -ossi#!e #$ the &i!itar$ de eat, se(ret &"rder or -"#!i( e5e("tion o a!&ost e+er$ -erson %ho had de ied the -o%er o this ener)eti( -air. Had their so!e and ar#itrar$ -o%er not #een dis)"ised "nder the or&s o an(ient !i#ert$ the$ %o"!d ne+er ha+e he!d it !on). E+en as it %as, there %ere no !ess than o"r (ons-ira(ies a)ainst A")"st"s7 !i e #$ %o"!d-#e Br"t"ses.

CHAPTER III THE NAME LICIA IS CONNECTED 8ITH THE LATIN 8ORD %hi(h &eans Ma!i)nit$. M$ )rand&other %as a (ons"&&ate a(tress, and the o"t%ard -"rit$ o her (ond"(t, the shar-ness o her %it and the )ra(io"sness o her &anners de(ei+ed near!$ e+er$#od$. B"t no#od$ rea!!$ !i*ed her/ &a!i)nit$ (o&&ands res-e(t, not !i*in). She had a a("!t$ or &a*in) ordinar$ eas$-)oin) -eo-!e ee! a("te!$ (ons(io"s in her -resen(e o their inte!!e(t"a! and &ora! short(o&in)s .? &"st a-o!o)ise or (ontin"in) to %rite a#o"t Li+ia, #"t it is "na+oida#!e, !i*e a!! honest Ro&an histories this is %ritten ro& e)) to a--!e/ I -re er the thoro")h Ro&an &ethod, %hi(h &isses nothin), to that o Ho&er and the Gree*s )enera!!$, %ho !o+e to 1"&- into the &idd!e o thin)s and then %or* #a(*%ards or or%ards as the$ ee! in(!ined. 9es, I ha+e o ten had the notion o re-%ritin) the stor$ o Tro$ in Latin -rose or the #ene it o o"r -oorer (iti6ens %ho (annot read Gree*, #e)innin) %ith the e)) ro& %hi(h He!en %as hat(hed and (ontin"in), (ha-ter #$ (ha-ter, to the a--!es eaten or dessert at the )reat east in (e!e#ration o U!$sses7 ho&e-(o&in) and +i(tor$ o+er his %i e7s s"itors. 8here Ho&er is o#s("re or si!ent on an$ -oint I %o"!d nat"ra!!$ dra% ro& !ater -oets, or ro& the ear!ier Dares %hose a((o"nt, tho")h "!! o -oeti(a! +a)aries, see&s to &e &ore re!ia#!e than Ho&er7s, #e(a"se he a(t"a!!$ too* -art in the %ar, irst %ith the Tro1ans, then %ith the Gree*s. I on(e sa% a stran)e -aintin) on the inside o an o!d (edar (hest %hi(h (a&e, I #e!ie+e, ro& so&e%here in Northern S$ria. The ins(ri-tion, in Gree*, %as Poison is G"een, and the a(e o Poison, tho")h e5e("ted o+er a h"ndred $ears #e ore Li+ia7s #irth, %as "n&ista*a#!$ the a(e o Li+ia. And in this (onte5t I &"st %rite a#o"t Mar(e!!"s, the son o O(ta+ia #$ a or&er h"s#and. A")"st"s, %ho %as de+oted to Mar(e!!"s, had ado-ted hi& as his son, )i+in) hi& ad&inistrati+e d"ties )reat!$ in ad+an(e o his $ears, and had &arried hi& to ;"!ia. The (o&&on o-inion at Ro&e %as that he intended to &a*e Mar(e!!"s his heir.
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Li+ia did not o--ose the ado-tion, and indeed see&ed )en"ine!$ to %e!(o&e it as )i+in) her )reater a(i!it$ or %innin) Mar(e!!"s7 a e(tion and (on iden(e. Her de+otion to hi& see&ed #e$ond 4"estion. It %as #$ her ad+i(e that A")"st"s ad+an(ed hi& so ra-id!$ in ran*, and Mar(e!!"s, %ho *ne% o this, %as d"!$ )rate "! to her. Li+ia7s &oti+e in a+o"rin) Mar(e!!"s %as tho")ht #$ a e% shre%d o#ser+ers to #e that o &a*in) A)ri--a 1ea!o"s. A)ri--a %as the &ost i&-ortant &an at Ro&e a ter A")"st"s/ a &an o !o% #irth, #"t A")"st"s7 o!dest riend and &ost s"((ess "! )enera! and ad&ira!. Li+ia had a!%a$s hitherto done her #est to *ee- A)ri--a7s riendshior A")"st"s. He %as a&#itio"s, #"t on!$ to a de)ree, he %o"!d ne+er ha+e -res"&ed to (ontend or so+erei)nt$ %ith A")"st"s, %ho& he ad&ired e5(eedin)!$, and %anted no )reater )!or$ than that o #ein) his &ost tr"sted &inister. He %as, &oreo+er, o+er-(ons(io"s o his h"&#!e ori)in, and Li+ia, #$ -!a$in) the )rand -atri(ian !ad$, a!%a$s had the %hi--hand o hi&. His i&-ortan(e to Li+ia and A")"st"s did not, ho%e+er, !ie on!$ in his ser+i(es, his !o$a!t$ and his -o-"!arit$ %ith the (o&&ons and the Senate. It %as this, #$ a i(tion %hi(h Li+ia herse! had ori)ina!!$ (reated, he %as s"--osed to ho!d a %at(hin) #rie or the nation on A")"st"s7 -o!iti(a! (ond"(t. At the a&o"s sha&-de#ate sta)ed in the Senate, a ter the o+erthro% or Anton$, #et%een A")"st"s and his t%o riends, A)ri--a and Mae(enas, A)ri--a7s -art had #een that o (o"nse!!in) hi& a)ainst ass"&in) so+erei)n -o%er, on!$ to !et his o#1e(tions #e o+err"!ed #$ the ar)"&ents o Mae(enas and the enth"siasti( de&ands o the Senate. A)ri--a had then de(!ared that he %o"!d aith "!!$ ser+e A")"st"s so !on) as the so+erei)nt$ %as %ho!eso&e and no ar#itrar$ t$rann$. He %as then(e orth -o-"!ar!$ !oo*ed to and tr"sted as a #"ttress a)ainst -ossi#!e en(roa(h&ents o t$rann$, and %hat A)ri--a !et -ass, the nation !et -ass. It %as no% tho")ht #$ these sa&e shre%d o#ser+ers that Li+ia %as -!a$in) a +er$ dan)ero"s )a&e in &a*in) A)ri--a 1ea!o"s o Mar(e!!"s, and e+ents %ere %at(hed %ith )reat interest. Perha-s her de+otion to Mar(e!!"s %as a sha& and her rea! intention %as that A)ri--a sho"!d #e )oaded into -"ttin) hi& o"t o the %a$. It %as r"&o"red that a de+oted &e&oei o A)ri--a7s a&i!$ had o ered to -i(* a 4"arre! %ith Mar(e!!"s and *i!! hi&/ #"t that A)ri--a, tho")h he %as no !ess 1ea!o"s than Li+ia had intended hi& to #e, %as too hono"ra#!e to a((e-t s"(h a #ase s"))estion. It %as )enera!!$ ass"&ed that A")"st"s had &ade Maio( !"s his (hie heir and that Mar(e!!"s %o"!d not on!$ inherit his i&&ense %ea!th #"t the &onar(h$-- or ho% e!se (an I %rite o it #"t as that3--into the #ar)ain. A)ri--a there ore !et it #e *no%n that %hi!e he %as de+oted to A")"st"s and had ne+er re)retted his de(ision to s"--ort his a"thorit$, there %as one thin) that he %o"!d not -er&it, as a -atrioti( (iti6en, and that %as that the &onar(h$ sho"!d #e(o&e hereditar$. B"t Mar(e!!"s %as no% a!&ost as -o-"!ar as A)ri--a, and &an$ $o"n) &en o ran* and a&i!$ to %ho& the 4"estion Monar(h$ or Re-"#!i(3 see&ed a!read$ an a(ade&i( one tried to in)ratiate the&se!+es %ith hi&, ho-in) or i&-ortant hono"rs ro& hi& %hen he s"((eeded A")"st"s. This )enera! readiness to %e!(o&e a (ontin"an(e o the &onar(h$ see&ed to -!ease Li+ia, #"t she -ri+ate!$ anno"n(ed that, in the !a&enta#!e (ase o the death or in(a-a(it$ o A")"st"s, the i&&ediate (ond"(t o State a airs, "nti! s"(h ti&e as "rther arran)e&ents sho"!d #e &ade #$ de(rees o the Senate, &"st #e entr"sted to
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hands &ore e5-erien(ed than those o Mar(e!!"s. 9et Mar(e!!"s %as s"(h a a+o"rite o A")"st"s that, tho")h Li+ia7s -ri+ate anno"n(e&ents "s"a!!$ ended as -"#!i( edi(ts, no#od$ -aid &"(h attention to her on this o((asion, and &ore and &ore -eo-!e (o"rted Mar(e!!"s. The shre%d o#ser+ers %ondered ho% Li+ia %o"!d &eet this ne% sit"ation, #"t !"(* see&ed to #e %ith her. A")"st"s (a")ht a s!i)ht (hi!! %hi(h too* an "ne5-e(ted t"rn, %ith e+ers and +o&itin)/ Li+ia -re-ared his ood %ith her o%n hands d"rin) this i!!ness, 0B.C. KD2 #"t his sto&a(h %as so de!i(ate that he (o"!d *ee- nothin) do%n. He %as )ro%in) %ea*er and %ea*er and e!t at !ast that he %as on the -oint o death. He had o ten #een as*ed to na&e his s"((essor, #"t had not done so or ear o the -o!iti(a! (onse4"en(es, and a!so #e(a"se the tho")ht o his o%n death %as e5tre&e!$ distaste "! to hi&. No% he e!t that it %as his d"t$ to na&e so&eone, and as*ed Li+ia to ad+ise hi&. He said that si(*ness had ro##ed hi& o a!! -o%er o 1"d)&ent, he %o"!d (hoose %hate+er s"((essor, %ithin reason, she s"))ested. So she &ade the de(ision or hi&, and he a)reed to it. She then s"&&oned to his #edside his e!!o%-Cons"!, the Cit$ &a)istrates and (ertain re-resentati+e senators and *ni)hts. He %as too %ea* to sa$ an$thin) #"t handed the Cons"! a re)ister o the na+a! and &i!itar$ or(es and a state&ent o the -"#!i( re+en"es, and then #e(*oned to A)ri--a and )a+e hi& his si)net rin), %hi(h %as as &"(h as to sa$ that A)ri--a %as to s"((eed hi&, tho")h %ith the (!ose (o-o-eration o the Cons"!s. This (a&e as a )reat s"r-rise. E+er$one had e5-e(ted that Mar(e!!"s %o"!d #e (hosen. And ro& this &o&ent A")"st"s #e)an &$sterio"s!$ to re(o+er/ the e+er a#ated and his sto&a(h a((e-ted ood. The (redit or his ("re %ent, ho%e+er, not to Li+ia %ho (ontin"ed attendin) to hi& -ersona!!$, #"t to a (ertain do(tor (a!!ed M"sa %ho had a har&!ess ad a#o"t (o!d !otions and (o!d -otions, A")"st"s %as so )rate "! to M"sa or his s"--osed ser+i(es that he )a+e hi& his o%n %ei)ht in )o!d -ie(es, %hi(h the Senate do"#!ed. M"sa %as a!so, tho")h a reed&an, ad+an(ed to the ran* o *ni)ht, %hi(h )a+e hi& the ri)ht to %ear a )o!d rin) and #e(o&e a (andidate or -"#!i( o i(e, and a sti!! &ore e5tra+a)ant de(ree %as -assed #$ the Senate, )rantin) e5e&-tion ro& ta5es to the %ho!e &edi(a! -ro ession. Mar(e!!"s %as -!ain!$ &orti ied at not #ein) de(!ared A")"st"s7 heir. He %as +er$ $o"n), on!$ in his t%entieth $ear. A")"st"s7 -re+io"s a+o"rs had )i+en hi& an e5a))erated sense #oth o his ta!ents and o his -o!iti(a! i&-ortan(e. He tried to (arr$ the &atter o #$ #ein) -ointed!$ r"de to A)ri--a at a -"#!i( #an4"et. A)ri--a %ith di i("!t$ *e-t his te&-er, #"t that there %as no se4"e! to the in(ident en(o"ra)ed Mar(e!!"s7 s"--orters to #e!ie+e that A)ri--a %as a raid o hi&. The$ e+en to!d ea(h other that i A")"st"s did not (han)e his &ind %ithin a $ear or t%o Mar(e!!"s %o"!d "s"r- the I&-eria! -o%er. The$ )re% so ro%d$ and #oast "!, Mar(e!!"s doin) !itt!e to (he(* the&, that re4"ent (!ashes o(("rred #et%een the& and the -art$ o A)ri--a. A)ri--a %as &ost +e5ed #$ the inso!en(e o this $o"n) -"--$, as he (a!!ed hi&--he %ho had #orne &ost o the (hie o i(es o state and o")ht a n"&#er o s"((ess "! (a&-ai)ns. B"t his +e5ation %as &i5ed %ith a!ar&. The i&-ression (reated #$ these in(idents %as that Mar(e!!"s and he %ere inde(ent!$ %ran)!in) as to %ho sho"!d %ear A")"st"s7 si)net rin) a ter he %as dead. He %as read$ to &a*e a!&ost an$ sa(ri i(e to a+oid see&in) to -!a$ s"(h a -art. Mar(e!!"s %as the o ended and 0DD2 A)ri--a %ished to -"t the %ho!e #"rden on hi&. He de(ided to %ithdra% ro& Ro&e. He %ent to A")"st"s
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and as*ed to #e a--ointed Go+ernor o S$ria. 8hen A")"st"s as*ed hi& the reason or his "ne5-e(ted re4"est he e5-!ained that he tho")ht he (o"!d, in that (a-a(it$, dri+e a +a!"a#!e #ar)ain %ith the Ain) o Parthia. He (o"!d -ers"ade the Ain) to ret"rn the re)i&enta! Ea)!es and the -risoners (a-t"red ro& the Ro&ans thirt$ $ears #e ore, in e5(han)e or the Ain)7s son %ho& A")"st"s %as ho!din) (a-ti+e at Ro&e. He said nothin) a#o"t his 4"arre! %ith Mar(e!!"s. A")"st"s, %ho had hi&se! #een )reat!$ dist"r#ed #$ it, torn #et%een o!d riendshi- or A)ri--a and ind"!)ent -aterna! !o+e or Mar(e!!"s, did not a!!o% hi&se! to (onsider ho% )enero"s!$ A)ri--a %as #eha+in), or that %o"!d ha+e #een a (on ession o his o%n %ea*ness, and so &ade no re eren(e to the &atter either. He )ranted A)ri--a re4"est %ith a!a(rit$, sa$in) ho% i&-ortant it %as to )et the Ea)!es #a(*, and the (a-ti+es--i an$ o the& %ere sti!! a!i+e a ter so !on)--and as*ed ho% soon he %o"!d #e read$ to start. A)ri--a %as h"rt, &is"nderstandin) his &anner. He tho")ht that A")"st"s %anted to )et rid o hi&, rea!!$ #e!ie+in) that he %as 4"arre!!in) %ith Mar(e!!"s a#o"t the s"((ession. He than*ed hi& or )rantin) his re4"est, (o!d!$ -rotested his !o$a!t$ and riendshi-, and said that he %as read$ to sai! the o!!o%in) da$. He did not )o to S$ria. He %ent no arther than the is!and o Les#os, sendin) his !ie"tenants ahead to ad&inister the -ro+in(e or hi&. He *ne% that his sta$ at Les#os %o"!d #e read as a sort o #anish&ent in("rred #e(a"se o Mar(e!!"s. He did not +isit the -ro+in(e, #e(a"se i he #ad done so it %o"!d ha+e )i+en the Mar(e!!ans a hand!e a)ainst hi&/ the$ %o"!d ha+e said that he had )one to the East in order to )ather an ar&$ to)ether to &ar(h a)ainst Ro&e. B"t he !attered hi&se! that A")"st"s %o"!d need his ser+i(es #e ore !on), and "!!$ #e!ie+ed that Mar(e!!"s %as -!annin) to "s"r- the &onar(h$. Les#os %as (on+enient!$ near Ro&e. He did not or)et his (o&&ission/ he o-ened ne)otiations, thro")h inter&ediaries, %ith the Ain) o Parthia #"t did not e5-e(t to (on(!"de the& or a %hi!e. It ta*es a dea! o ti&e and -atien(e to dri+e a )ood #ar)ain %ith an Eastern &onar(h. Mar(e!!"s %as e!e(ted to a Cit$ &a)istra($, his irst o i(ia! a--oint&ent, and &ade this the o((asion or a &a)ni i(ent dis-!a$ o -"#!i( Ga&es. He not on!$ tented in the theatres the&se!+es, a)ainst s"n and rain, and h"n) the& %ith s-!endid ta-estries #"t &ade a )i)anti( &"!ti(o!o"red &ar4"ee o the %ho!e Mar*et P!a(e. The e e(t %as +er$ )or)eo"s, -arti("!ar!$ ro& the inside %hen the s"n shone thro")h. In this tent-&a*in) he "sed a a#"!o"s a&o"nt o red, $e!!o% and )reen (!oth, %hi(h %hen the Ga&es %ere o+er %as ("t "- and distri#"ted to the (iti6ens or (!othes and #ed-!inen. H")e n"&#ers o %i!d #easts %ere i&-orted ro& A ri(a or the (o&#ats in the a&-hitheatre, in(!"din) &an$ !ions, and there %as a i)ht #et%een i t$ Ger&an (a-ti+es and an e4"a! n"&#er o #!a(* %arriors ro& Moro((o. A")"st"s hi&se! (ontri#"ted !a+ish!$ to%ards the e5-enses, and so did O(ta+ia, as Mar(e!!"s7 &other. 8hen O(ta+ia a--eared in the (ere&onia! -ro(ession she %as )reeted %ith s"(h reso"ndin) a--!a"se that Li+ia (o"!d hard!$ restrain tears o an)er and ;ea!o"s$. T%o da$s !ater Mar(e!!"s e!! si(*. His s$&-to&s %ere -re(ise!$ the sa&e as those o A")"st"s in his re(ent i!!ness, so nat"ra!!$ M"sa %as sent or a)ain. He had #e(o&e e5(essi+e!$ ri(h and a&o"s, (har)in) as &"(h as a tho"sand )o!d -ie(es or a sin)!e -ro essiona! +isit, and &a*in) a a+o"r o it at that. In a!! (ases %here si(*ness had not ta*en too stron) a ho!d on his -atients his &ere na&e %as eno")h to #rin) a#o"t an i&&ediate ("re. The (redit %ent to the (o!d !otions and (o!d -otions, the se(ret -res(ri-tions or %hi(h he re "sed to (o&&"ni(ate to an$one. A")"st"s7 (on iden(e in M"sa7s -o%ers %as so )reat that he &ade !i)ht o Mar(e!!"s7 si(*ness and the Ga&es
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(ontin"ed. B"t so&eho%, in s-ite o the "nre&ittin) attention o Li+ia and the +er$ (o!dest !otions and -otions that M"sa (o"!d -res(ri#e, Mar(e!!"s died. The )rie o #oth O(ta+ia and A")"st"s %as "n#o"nded and the death %as &o"rned as a -"#!i( (a!a&it$. There %ere, ho%e+er, a )ood &an$ !e+e!-headed -eo-!e %ho did not re)ret Mar(e!!"s7 disa--earan(e. There %o"!d (ertain!$ ha+e #een (i+i! %ar a)ain #et%een hi& and A)ri--a i A")"st"s had died and he had atte&-ted to ste- into his -!a(e/ no% A)ri--a %as the on!$ -ossi#!e s"((essor. B"t this %as re(*onin) %itho"t Li+ia, %hose i5ed intention it %as, in the e+ent o A")"st"s7 death--C!a"di"s, C!a"di"s, $o" said that $o" %o"!d not &ention Li+ia7s &oti+es #"t on!$ re(ord her a(ts--%hose i5ed intention it %as, in the e+ent o A")"st"s7 death, to (ontin"e r"!in) the E&-ire thro")h &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s, %ith &$ ather in s"--ort. She %o"!d arran)e or the& to #e ado-ted as A")"st"s7 heirs. Mar(e!!"s7 death !e t ;"!ia ree or Ti#eri"s to &an$, and a!! %o"!d ha+e )one %e!! %ith Li+ia7s -!ans had there not #een a dan)ero"s o"t#rea* o -o!iti(a! "nrest at Ro&e, the &o# (!a&o"rin) or a restoration o the Re-"#!i(. 8hen Li+ia tried to address the& ro& the Pa!a(e ste-s the$ -e!ted her %ith rotten e))s and i!th. A")"st"s ha--ened to #e a%a$ on a to"r o the Eastern -ro+in(es, in (o&-an$ %ith Mae(enas, and had rea(hed Athens %hen the ne%s arri+ed. Li+ia %rote short!$ and in haste that the sit"ation in the Cit$ (o"!d not #e %orse and that A)ri--a7s he!- &"st #e se("red at an$ -ri(e. A")"st"s at on(e s"&&oned A)ri--a ro& Les#os and #e))ed hi&, or riendshi-7s sa*e, to ret"rn %ith hi& to Ro&e and restore -"#!i( (on iden(e. B"t A)ri--a had #een n"rsin) his )r"d)e too !on) to #e )rate "! or this s"&&ons. He stood on his di)nit$. In three $ears A")"st"s had %ritten hi& on!$ three !etters and those in a hard o i(ia! tone, and a ter Mar(e!!"s7 death sho"!d (ertain!$ ha+e re(a!!ed hi&. 8h$ sho"!d he he!- A")"st"s no%3 It %as Li+ia, as a &atter o a(t, %ho had #een res-onsi#!e or this estran)e&ent, she had &is(a!("!ated the -o!iti(a! sit"ation #$ dro--in) A)ri--a too soon. She had e+en hinted to A")"st"s that A)ri--a, tho")h a#sent in Les#os, *ne% &ore than &ost -eo-!e a#o"t Mar(e!!"s7 &$sterio"s and ata! i!!ness, so&eone, she said, had to!d her that A)ri--a, %hen he heard the ne%s, had sho%n no s"r-rise and (onsidera#!e (o&-!a(en(e. A)ri--a to!d A")"st"s that he had #een so !on) a%a$ ro& Ro&e that he %as o"t o to"(h %ith Cit$ -o!iti(s and did not ee! (a-a#!e o "nderta*in) %hat %as as*ed o hi&. A")"st"s, earin) that A)ri--a, i he %ent to Ro&e in his -resent &ood, %o"!d #e &ore in(!ined to -"t hi&se! or%ard as a (ha&-ion o -o-"!ar !i#erties than to s"--ort the I&-eria! )o+ern&ent, dis&issed hi& %ith %ords o )ra(io"s re)ret and h"rried!$ s"&&oned Mae(enas to as* his ad+i(e. Mae(enas %anted -er&ission to ta!* to A)ri--a ree!$ on A")"st"s7 #eha! and "ndertoo* to ind o"t ro& hi& e5a(t!$ on %hat ter&s he %o"!d do %hat %as %anted o hi&. A")"st"s #e))ed Mae(enas or God7s sa*e to do so, as 4"i(* as #oi!ed as-ara)"s 0a a+o"rite e5-ression o his2. So Mae(enas too* A)ri--a aside and said/ No%, o!d riend, %hat is it that $o" %ant3 I rea!ise that $o" thin* $o" ha+e #een #ad!$ treated, #"t I ass"re $o" that A")"st"s has a ri)ht to thin* hi&se! e4"a!!$ in1"red #$ $o". Can7t $o" see ho% #ad!$ $o" #eha+ed to%ards hi&, #$ not #ein) ran*3 It %as an ins"!t #oth to his 1"sti(e and to his riendshi- or $o". I $o" had e5-!ained that Mar(e!!"s7 a(tion -"t $o" in a +er$ "n(o& orta#!e -osition and that Mar(e!!"s hi&se! had ins"!ted $o"--I s%ear to $o" that A")"st"s ne+er *ne% a#o"t this "nti! 1"st the other da$ he %o"!d ha+e done a!! in his -o%er to ri)ht &atters. M$ ran* o-inion is that $o" ha+e #eha+ed !i*e a s"!*$ (hi!d--and he has treated $o" !i*e a ather %ho %on7t #e #"!!ied #$ that sort o #eha+io"r. 9o" sa$ that he %rote $o" +er$ (o!d !etters. 8ere $o"r o%n, then, %ritten in s"(h a e(tionate !an)"a)e3 And %hat sort o a )ood-#$e had $o" )i+en hi&3 I %ant to &ediate #et%een the t%o o $o" no%, #e(a"se i this #rea(h (ontin"es it %i!! #e the r"in o "s a!!. 9o" #oth !o+e ea(h other dear!$, as it is on!$ ri)ht that the t%o )reatest !i+in) Ro&ans sho"!d. A")"st"s has to!d &e that he is read$, as soon as $o" sho% $o"r o!d o-enness to hi&, to rene% the riendshi- on
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the sa&e ter&s as #e ore, or e+en &ore inti&ate ones. He said that3 His +er$ %ords. Ma$ I te!! hi& ho% )rie+ed $o" are that $o" o ended hi&, and &a$ I e5-!ain that it %as a &is"nderstandin)--that $o" !e t Ro&e, thin*in) that he %as a%are o Mar(e!!"s7 ins"!t to $o" at the #an4"et3 And that no% $o" are an5io"s, on $o"r side, to &a*e "- or -ast ai!"res in riendshi- and that $o" re!$ on hi& to &eet $o" ha! -%a$3 A)ri--a said/ Mae(enas, $o" are a ine e!!o% and a tr"e riend. Te!! A")"st"s I a& his to (o&&and as a!%a$s. Mae(enas sa$/ I sha!! te!! hi& that %ith the )reatest -!eas"re. And I sha!! add, as &$ o%n o-inion, that it %o"!d 0D<2 not #e sa e to send $o" #a(* to the Cit$ no%. to restore order, %itho"t so&e o"tstandin) &ar* o -ersona! (on iden(e. Then Mae(enas %ent to A")"st"s. I s&oothed hi& do%n ni(e!$. He7!! do an$thin) $o" %ant. B"t he %ants to #e!ie+e that $o" rea!!$ !o+e hi&, !i*e a (hi!d 1ea!o"s o his ather7s !o+e or another (hi!d. I thin* that the on!$ thin) that %o"!d rea!!$ satis $ hi& %o"!d #e or $o" to !et hi& &an$ ;"!ia. A")"st"s had to thin* 4"i(*!$. He re&e&#ered that A)ri--a and his %i e, %ho %as Mar(e!!"s7 sister, had #een on #ad ter&s e+er sin(e the 4"arre! %ith Mar(e!!"s, and that A)ri--a %as s"--osed to #e in !o+e %ith ;"!ia. He %ished Li+ia %ere -resent to ad+ise hi&, #"t there %as no es(a-e ro& an instant de(ision/ i he o ended A)ri--a no% he %o"!d ne+er re(o+er his s"--ort. Li+ia had %ritten at an$ -ri(e/ so he %as ree to &a*e %hat arran)e&ents he -!eased. He sent or A)ri--a a)ain, and Mae(enas sta)ed a di)ni ied s(ene o re(on(i!iation. A")"st"s said that i A)ri--a %o"!d (onsent to &arr$ his da")hter, it %o"!d #e -roo to hi& that the riendshi%hi(h he +a!"ed #e ore an$ other in he %or!d %as esta#!ished on a se("re o"ndation. A)ri--a %e-t tears o 1o$ and as*ed -ardon or his short(o&in)s. He %o"!d tr$ to #e %orth$ o A")"st"s7 !o+in) )enerosit$. A)ri--a ret"rned to Ro&e %ith A")"st"s, and i&&ediate!$ di+or(ed his %i e and &arried ;"!ia. The &arria)e %as so -o-"!ar and its (e!e#ration so &a)ni i(ent!$ !a+ish that the -o!iti(a! dist"r#an(es i&&ediate!$ s"#sided. A)ri--a %on )reat (redit or A")"st"s, too, #$ 0B.C. K? (arr$in) thro")h the ne)otiations or the ret"rn o the Ea)!e standards, %hi(h %ere or&a!!$ handed o+er to Ti#eri"s as A")"st"s7 -ersona! re-resentati+e. The Ea)!es %ere sa(red o#1e(ts, &ore tr"!$ sa(red to Ro&an hearts than an$ &ar#!e stat"es o Gods. A e% (a-ti+es ret"rned, too, #"t a ter thirt$-t%o $ears o a#sen(e the$ %ere hard!$ %orth %e!(o&in) #a(*, &ost o the& -re erred to re&ain in Parthia, %here the$ had sett!ed do%n and &arried nati+e %o&en. M$ )rand&other Li+ia %as ar ro& -!eased %ith the #ar)ain &ade %ith A)ri--a--the on!$ (heer "! side o = CLAUDIUS 0DE2 %hi(h %as the dishono"r done to O(ta+ia #$ the di+or(e o her da")hter. B"t she (on(ea!ed her ee!in)s. It %as nine $ears #e ore A)ri--a7s ser+i(es (o"!d #e B.C. ?K2 s-ared. Then he died s"dden!$ at his (o"ntr$ ho"se. A")"st"s %as a%a$ in Gree(e at the ti&e, so there %as no in4"est on the #od$. A)ri--a !e t a !ar)e n"&#er o (hi!dren #ehind hi&, three #o$s and t%o )ir!s, as A")"st"s7 heirs-at-!a%, it %o"!d #e di i("!t or Li+ia to set their (!ai&s aside in a+o"r o her o%n sons.
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Ho%e+er, Ti#eri"s &arried ;"!ia, %ho had &ade thin)s eas$ or Li+ia #$ a!!in) in !o+e %ith hi&, and #e))in) A")"st"s to "se his in !"en(e %ith Ti#eri"s on her #eha! . A")"st"s (onsented on!$ #e(a"se ;"!ia threatened s"i(ide i he re "sed to he!- her. Ti#eri"s hi&se! hated ha+in) to &arr$ ;"!ia, #"t did not dare re "se. He %as o#!i)ed to di+or(e his o%n %i e, Ci-sania, A)ri--a7s da")hter #$ a or&er &arria)e, %ho& he -assionate!$ !o+ed. On(e %hen he &et her a((identa!!$ a ter%ards in the street he o!!o%ed her %ith his e$es in s"(h a ho-e!ess !on)in) %a$ that A")"st"s, %hen he heard o it, )a+e orders that, or de(en($7s sa*e, this &"st not ha--en a)ain. S-e(ia! !oo*-o"ts &"st #e *e-t #$ the o i(ers o #oth ho"seho!ds to a+oid an en(o"nter. Ci-sania &arried, not !on) a ter%ards, an a&#itio"s $o"n) no#!e (a!!ed Ca!!"s. And #e ore I or)et it, I &"st &ention &$ ather7s &arria)e to &$ &other, Antonia, the $o"n)er da")hter o Mar* Anton$ and O(ta+ia. It had ta*en -!a(e in the $ear o A")"st"s7 i!!ness and Mar(e!!"s7 death. M$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s %as one o the #ad C!a"dians. He %as &orose, reser+ed and (r"e!, #"t there had #een three -eo-!e %hose in !"en(e had (he(*ed these e!e&ents in his nat"re. :irst there %as &$ ather, one o the #est C!a"dians, (heer "!, o-en and )enero"s, ne5t there %as A")"st"s, a +er$ honest, &err$, *ind!$ &an %ho dis!i*ed Ti#eri"s #"t treated hi& )enero"s!$ or his &other7s sa*e, and !ast!$ there %as Ci-sania. M$ ather7s in !"en(e %as re&o+ed, or !essened, %hen the$ %ere #oth o an a)e to do their &i!itar$ ser+i(e and %ere sent on (a&-ai)n to di erent -arts o the E&-ire. Then (a&e the se-aration ro& Ci-sania, and this %as o!!o%ed #$ a (oo!ness %ith A")"st"s, %ho %as o ended #$ &$ "n(!e7s i!!-(on(ea!ed distaste or ;"!ia. 8ith LDFM these three in !"en(es re&o+ed he )rad"a!!$ %ent a!to)ether to the #ad. I sho"!d at this -oint, I thin*, des(ri#e his -ersona! a--earan(e. He %as a ta!!, dar*-haired, air-s*inned, hea+i!$ #"i!t &an %ith a &a)ni i(ent -air o sho"!ders, and hands so stron) that he (o"!d (ra(* a %a!n"t, or #ore a to")h s*inned )reen a--!e thro")h, %ith th"&# and ore in)er. I he had not #een so s!o% in his &o+e&ents #e %o"!d ha+e &ade a (ha&-ion #o5er/ he on(e *i!!ed a (o&rade in a riend!$ #o"t--#are- isted, not %ith the "s"a! &eta! #o5in)-)!o+es--%ith a #!o% on the side o the head that (ra(*ed his s*"!!. He %a!*ed %ith his ne(* thr"st s!i)ht!$ or%ard and his e$es on the )ro"nd. His a(e %o"!d ha+e #een handso&e i it had not #een dis i)"red #$ so &an$ -i&-!es, and i his e$es had not #een so -ro&inent, and i he had not %orn an a!&ost -er-et"a! ro%n. His stat"es &a*e hi& e5tre&e!$ handso&e #e(a"se the$ !ea+e o"t these de e(ts. He s-o*e !itt!e, and that +er$ s!o%!$, so that in (on+ersation %ith hi& one a!%a$s e!t te&-ted to inish his senten(es or hi& and ans%er the& in the sa&e #reath. B"t, %hen he -!eased, he %as an i&-ressi+e -"#!i( s-ea*er. He %ent #a!d ear!$ in !i e e5(e-t at the #a(* o his head, %here he )re% his hair !on), a ashion o the an(ient no#i!it$. He %as ne+er i!!. Ti#eri"s, "n-o-"!ar as he %as in Ro&an so(iet$, %as ne+erthe!ess an e5tre&e!$ s"((ess "! )enera!. He re+i+ed +ario"s an(ient dis(i-!inar$ se+erities, #"t sin(e he did not s-are hi&se! %hen on (a&-ai)n, se!do& s!ee-in) in
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a tent, eatin) and drin*in) no #etter than the &en and a!%a$s (har)in) at their head in #att!e, the$ -re erred to ser+e "nder hi& than "nder so&e )ood-h"&o"red, eas$-)oin) (o&&ander in %hose !eadershi- the$ did not ha+e the sa&e (on iden(e. Ti#eri"s ne+er )a+e his &en a s&i!e o a %ord o -raise and o ten o+er&ar(hed and o+er%or*ed the&. Let the& hate &e, he on(e said, so !on) as the$ o#e$ &e. He *e-t the (o!one!s and re)i&enta! o i(ers in as stri(t order as the &en, so there %ere no (o&-!aints o his -artia!it$. Ser+i(e "nder Ti#eri"s %as not "n-ro ita#!e he "s"a!!$ (ontri+ed to (a-t"re and sa(* the ene&$7s (a&- and (ities. He o")ht s"((ess "! %ars in Ar&enia, Parthia Ger&an$, S-ain, Da!&atia, the A!-s, and :ran(e. M$ ather %as, as I sa$, one o the #est C!a"dians. He %as as stron) as his #rother, ar #etter !oo*in), 4"i(*er o s-ee(h and &o+e&ent and #$ no &eans !ess s"((ess "! as a )enera!. He treated a!! so!diers as Ro&an (iti6ens and there ore as his e4"a!s, e5(e-t in ran* and ed"(ation. He hated ha+in) to in !i(t -"nish&ent on the&/ he )a+e orders that as ar as -ossi#!e a!! o en(es a)ainst dis(i-!ine sho"!d #e dea!t %ith #$ the o ender7s o%n (o&rades, %ho& he ass"&ed to #e 1ea!o"s or the )ood na&e o their se(tion or (o&-an$. He )a+e it o"t that i the$ o"nd that an$ o en(e %as #e$ond their (orre(ti+e -o%ers, or he did not a!!o% the& to *i!! a ("!-rit or in(a-a(itate hi& or his dai!$ &i!itar$ d"ties, it sho"!d #e re erred to the re)i&enta! (o!one!, #"t so ar as -ossi#!e he %ished his &en to #e their o%n 1"d)es. The (a-tains &i)ht !o), #$ -er&ission o their re)i&enta! (o!one!s, #"t on!$ in (ases %here the o en(e, s"(h as (o%ardi(e in #att!e or the t ro& a (o&rade, sho%ed a #aseness o (hara(ter that &ade !o))in) a--ro-riate, #"t he ordered that a &an on(e !o))ed &"st ne+er a ter%ards ser+e as a (o&#atant, he &"st #e de)raded to the trans-ort or (!eri(a! sta . An$ so!dier %ho (onsidered that he had #een "n1"st!$ senten(ed #$ his (o&rades or his (a-tain &i)ht a--ea! to hi&, #"t he tho")ht it "n!i*e!$ that s"(h senten(es %o"!d need to #e re+ised. This s$ste& %or*ed ad&ira#!$, #e(a"se &$ ather %as s"(h a ine so!dier that he ins-ired the troo-s to a +irt"e o %hi(h other (o&&anders did not #e!ie+e the& (a-a#!e. B"t it (an #e "nderstood ho% dan)ero"s it %as or troo-s %ho had #een hand!ed in this %a$ to #e (o&&anded a ter%ards #$ an$ ordinar$ )enera!. The )i t o inde-enden(e on(e )ranted (annot #e !i)ht!$ ta*en a%a$ a)ain. There %as a!%a$s tro"#!e %hen troo-s %ho had ser+ed "nder &$ ather ha--ened to #e dra ted or ser+i(e "nder &$ "n(!e. It ha--ened the other %a$ a#o"t too/ troo-s %ho had ser+ed "nder &$ "n(!e rea(ted %ith s(orn and s"s-i(ion to &$ ather7s dis(i-!inar$ s$ste&. Their ("sto& had #een to shie!d ea(h other7s (ri&es and to -ride the&se!+es on their ("nnin) in a+oidin) dete(tion, and sin(e "nder &$ "n(!e a &an (o"!d #e !o))ed, or e5a&-!e, or addressin) an o i(er %itho"t #ein) irst addressed, or or s-ea*in) %ith too )reat ran*ness, or or #eha+in) inde-endent!$ in an$ %a$, it %as an 0=?2 hono"r rather than a dis)ra(e or a so!dier to #e a#!e to sho% the &ar*s o the !ash on his #a(*. M$ ather7s )reatest +i(tories %ere in the A!-s, :ran(e, the Lo% Co"ntries, #"t es-e(ia!!$ in Ger&an$, %here his na&e %i!!, I thin*, ne+er #e or)otten. He %as a!%a$s in the thi(* o the i)htin). His a&#ition %as to -er or& a eat %hi(h had on!$ #een -er or&ed t%i(e in Ro&an histor$, na&e!$, as )enera! to *i!! the o--osin) )enera! %ith his o%n hands and stri- hi& o his ar&s. He %as &an$ ti&es +er$ (!ose to s"((ess #"t his -re$ a!%a$s es(a-ed hi&. Either the e!!o% )a!!o-ed o the ie!d or s"rrendered instead o i)htin), or so&e o i(io"s -ri+ate so!dier )ot the #!o% in irst. Ceterans te!!in) &e stories o &$ ather ha+e o ten (h"(*!ed ad&irin)!$/ Oh, Sir, it "sed to do o"r hearts )ood to see $o"r ather on his #!a(* horse -!a$in) hide-and-see* in the #att!e %ith one o those Ger&an (hie tains. He7d #e or(ed to ("t do%n nine or ten o the #od$)"ard so&eti&es, to")h &en too, #e ore he )ot near the standard, and #$ then the %i!$ #ird %o"!d #e !o%n.
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The -ro"dest #oast o &en %ho had ser+ed "nder &$ ather %as that he %as the irst Ro&an )enera! %ho had &ar(hed the "!! !en)th o the Rhine ro& S%it6er!and to the North Sea.

CHAPTER IC M9 :ATHER HAD NECER :ORGOTTEN M9 GRAND:ATHER7S tea(hin) a#o"t !i#ert$. As 4"ite a s&a!! #o$ he had a!!en o"! o Mar(e!!"s, i+e $ears his senior, to %ho& A")"st"s had )i+en the tit!e Leader o Cadets. He had to!d Mar(e!!"s that the tit!e had #een a%arded to hi& on!$ or a s-e(i i( o((asion 0a sha&- i)ht (a!!ed Gree*s and Tro1ans o")ht on Mars :ie!d #et%een t%o or(es o &o"nted (adets, the sons o *ni)hts and senators2 and that it did not (arr$ %ith it an$ o the )enera! 1"di(ia! -o%ers %hi(h Mar(e!!"s had sin(e ass"&ed, and that, or hi&se! , as a ree-#orn Ro&an, he %o"!d not s"#&it to s"(h t$rann$. He re&inded Mar(e!!"s that the o--osin) side in the sha& i)ht had #een !ed #$ Ti#eri"s, and that Ti#eri"s had %on the hono"rs o the en)a)e&ent. He (ha!!en)ed Mar(e!!"s to a d"e!. A")"st"s %as +er$ &"(h a&"sed %hen he heard the stor$ and or a !on) ti&e ne+er re erred to &$ ather e5(e-t -!a$ "!!$ as the ree-#orn Ro&an. 8hene+er he %as in Ro&e no% &$ ather (ha ed at the )ro%in) s-irit o s"#ser+ien(e to A")"st"s that he e+er$%here en(o"ntered, and a!%a$s !on)ed to #e #a(* in ar&s. 8hi!e a(tin) as one o the (hie Cit$ &a)istrates d"rin) an a#sen(e o A")"st"s and Ti#eri"s in :ran(e he %as dis)"sted #$ the -re+a!en(e o -!a(e-h"ntin) and -o!iti(a! 1o##er$. He -ri+ate!$ to!d a riend, ro& %ho& I heard it $ears !ater, that there %as &ore o the o!d Ro&an s-irit o !i#ert$ to #e o"nd in a sin)!e (o&-an$ o his so!diers than in the %ho!e senatoria! order. Short!$ #e ore his death he %rote Ti#eri"s a #itter !etter to this e e(t ro& a (a&- in the interior o Ger&an$. He said that he %ished to Hea+en that A")"st"s %o"!d o!!o% the )!orio"s e5a&-!e o the Di(tator S"!!a, %ho, %hen so!e &aster o Ro&e a ter the irst Ci+i! 8ars, a!! his ene&ies #ein) either s"#1")ated or -a(i ied, had on!$2 -a"sed "nti! he had sett!ed a e% State &atters to his !i*in) #e ore !a$in) do%n his rods o o i(e and #e(o&in) on(e &ore a -ri+ate (iti6en. I A")"st"s did not do the sa&e -rett$ soon--and he had a!%a$s )i+en o"t that this %as his "!ti&ate intention--it %o"!d #e too !ate. The ran*s o the o!d no#i!it$ %ere sad!$ thinned/ the -ros(ri-tions and the Ci+i! 8ars had (arried a%a$ the #o!dest and #est, and the s"r+i+ors, !ost a&on) the ne% no#i!it$--no#i!it$ indeedB--tended &ore and &ore to #eha+e !i*e a&i!$ s!a+es to A")"st"s and Li+ia. Soon Ro&e %o"!d ha+e or)otten %hat reedo& &eant and %o"!d a!! at !ast "nder a t$rann$ as #ar#aro"s and ar#itrar$ as those o the East. It %as not to or%ard s"(h a (a!a&it$ that he had o")ht so &an$ %eariso&e (a&-ai)ns "nder A")"st"s7 s"-re&e (o&&and. E+en his !o+e and dee- -ersona! ad&iration or A")"st"s, %ho had #een a se(ond ather to hi&, did not -re+ent hi& ro& e5-ressin) these ee!in)s. He as*ed Ti#eri"s7 o-inion/ (o"!d not the 0=D2 t%o o the& to)ether -ers"ade, e+en (o&-e!, A")"st"s to retire3 I he (onsents I sha!! ho!d hi& in a tho"sand ti&es )reater !o+e and ad&iration than or&er!$, #"t I a& sorr$ to sa$ that the se(ret and
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i!!e)iti&ate -ride that o"r &other Li+ia has a!%a$s deri+ed ro& her e5er(ise o s"-re&e -o%er thro")h A")"st"s %i!! #e the )reatest hindran(e that %e are !i*e!$ to en(o"nter in this &atter. B$ i!!-!"(* the !etter %as de!i+ered to Ti#eri"s %hi!e he %as in the -resen(e o A")"st"s and Li+ia. A des-at(h ro& $o"r no#!e #rotherB the I&-eria! (o"rier (a!!ed o"t, handin) it to hi&. Ti#eri"s, not s"s-e(tin) that there %as an$thin) in the !etter that sho"!d not #e (o&&"ni(ated to Li+ia and A")"st"s, as*ed -er&ission to o-en and read it at on(e. A")"st"s said/ B$ a!! &eans, Ti#eri"s, #"t on (ondition that $o" read it a!o"d to "s. He &otioned the ser+ants o"t o the roo&. Co&e, !et "s !ose no ti&e, %hat are his !atest +i(tories3 I a& i&-atient to hear. His !etters are a!%a$s %e!! %ritten and interestin), &"(h &ore so than $o"rs, &$ dear e!!o%, i $o"7!! -ardon &e or &a*in) the (o&-arison. Ti#eri"s read o"t the irst e% %ords and then )re% +er$ red. He tried to s*i- o+er the dan)ero"s -art, #"t o"nd that there %as !itt!e #"t dan)er thro")ho"t the !etter, e5(e-t 1"st at the end %here &$ ather (o&-!ained o )iddiness ro& a head-%o"nd and to!d o his di i("!t &ar(h to the E!#e. C"rio"s -ortents had o(("rred !ate!$, he %rote. A &ost e5traordinar$ dis-!a$ o shootin) stars, ni)ht a ter ni)ht, so"nds !i*e the !a&entin) o %o&en ro& the orest, and t%o di+ine $o"ths on %hite horses in Gree*, not Ger&an, dress, had s"dden!$ ridden thro")h the &idd!e o the (a&- at da%n. :ina!!$, a Ger&an %o&an o &ore than &orta! si6e had a--eared at his tent door and s-o*en to hi& in Gree*, te!!in) hi& to ad+an(e no "rther #e(a"se ate r"!ed a)ainst it. So Ti#eri"s read a %ord here and there, st"&#!ed, said that the %ritin) %as i!!e)i#!e, started a)ain, st"&#!ed a)ain and ina!!$ e5("sed hi&se! . 8hat7s this3 said A")"st"s. S"re!$ $o" (an &a*e o"t &ore than that. Ti#eri"s -"!!ed hi&se! to)ether. To #e honest. Sir, I (an, #"t the !etter does not deser+e readin). E+ident!$ &$ #rother %as not %e!! at the ti&e o %ritin) it. A")"st"s %as a!ar&ed. He is not serio"s!$ i!!, I ho-e3 B"t &$ )rand&other Li+ia, as i her &other7s an5iet$ or on(e o+errode )ood &anners--tho")h o (o"rse she )"essed at on(e that there %as so&ethin) in the !etter that Ti#eri"s %as a raid to read #e(a"se it re !e(ted either on A")"st"s or herse! --snat(hed it ro& hi&. She read it thro")h, ro%ned )ri&!$ and handed it to A")"st"s, sa$in)/ This is a &atter %hi(h on!$ (on(erns $o". It is not &$ #"siness to -"nish a son, ho%e+er "nnat"ra!, #"t $o"rs as his )"ardian and as the head o the State. A")"st"s %as a!ar&ed, %onderin) %hat in the %or!d (o"!d #e a&iss. He read the !etter, #"t it see&ed to (a!! or disa--ro+a! rather as so&ethin) %hi(h had o"tra)ed &$ )rand&other than as so&ethin) %ritten a)ainst hi&se! . Indeed, e5(e-t or the ")!$ %ord (o&-e!, he se(ret!$ a--ro+ed o the senti&ents e5-ressed in the !etter, e+en tho")h the ins"!t to &$ )rand&other re !e(ted on hi&se! , as ha+in) #een -ers"aded #$ her a)ainst his #etter 1"d)&ent. The Senate %ere (ertain!$ #e(o&in) sha&e "!!$ o#se4"io"s in their &anners to%ards hi& and his a&i!$ and sta . He dis!i*ed the sit"ation as &"(h as &$ ather, and it %as tr"e that as !on) a)o as #e ore the
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de eat and death oL Anton$ he had -"#!i(!$ -ro&ised to retire %hen no -"#!i( ene&$ re&ained in the ie!d a)ainst hi&, and he had se+era! ti&es sin(e re erred in his s-ee(hes to the ha--$ da$ %hen his tas* %o"!d #e done. He %as %ear$ no% o -er-et"a! State #"siness and -er-et"a! hono"rs/ he %anted a rest and anon$&it$. B"t &$ )rand&other %o"!d ne+er a!!o% hi& to )i+e "-/ she %o"!d a!%a$s sa$ that his tas* %as not ha! a((o&-!ished $et, that nothin) #"t (i+i! disorder (o"!d #e e5-e(ted i he retired no%. 9es, he %or*ed hard, she o%ned, #"t she %or*ed sti!! harder and %ith no dire(t -"#!i( re%ard. And he &"st not #e si&-!e-&inded/ on(e o"t o o i(e and a &ere -ri+ate (iti6en he %as !ia#!e to i&-ea(h&ent and #anish&ent, or %orse, and %hat o the se(ret )r"d)es that the re!ations o &en %ho& he had *i!!ed or dishono"red #ore a)ainst hi&3 As a -ri+ate (iti6en he %o"!d ha+e to )i+e "- his #od$)"ard as %e!! as his ar&ies. Let hi& a((e-t another ten $ears o o i(e and at the end o the&, -erha-s, thin)s &i)ht ha+e (han)ed or the #etter. So he a!%a$s )a+e in and (ontin"ed r"!in). He 0=J2 a((e-ted his &onar(hia! -ri+i!e)es in insta!&ents. He %as +oted the& or i+e or ten $ears at a stret(h, "s"a!!$ ten. M$ )rand&other !oo*ed hard at A")"st"s %hen he had inished readin) the "n!"(*$ !etter. 8e!!3 she as*ed. I a)ree %ith Ti#eri"s, he said &i!d!$. The $o"n) &an &"st #e i!!. This is the deran)e&ent o o+erstrain. 9o" noti(e the ina! -ara)ra-h %here he &entions the res"!ts o his head-%o"nd and seein) those +isions--%e!!, that -ro+es it. He needs a rest. The nat"ra! )enerosit$ o his so"! has #een -er+erted #$ the an5ieties o (a&-ai)n. Those Ger&an orests are no -!a(e or a &an si(* in &ind, are the$, Ti#eri"s3 The ho%!in) o %o!+es )ets on one7s ner+es the %orst, I #e!ie+e/ the !a&entin) o %o&en he ta!*s a#o"t %as s"re!$ %o!+es. 8hat a#o"t re(a!!in) hi&, no% that he has )i+en these Ger&ans s"(h a sha*in) as the$7!! ne+er or)et3 It %o"!d do &e )ood to see hi& #a(* here at Ro&e a)ain. 9es, %e &"st (ertain!$ ha+e hi& #a(*. 9o"7!! #e )!ad, dearest Li+ia, to ha+e $o"r #o$ a)ain, %on7t $o"3 M$ )rand&other did not ans%er dire(t!$. She said, sti!! ro%nin), And $o", Ti#eri"s3 M$ "n(!e %as &ore -o!iti( than A")"st"s. He *ne% his &other7s nat"re #etter. He ans%ered/ M$ #rother (ertain!$ see&s i!!, #"t e+en i!!ness (annot e5("se s"(h "n i!ia! #eha+io"r and s"(h )ross o!!$. I a)ree that he sho"!d #e re(a!!ed to #e re&inded o the heino"sness o ha+in) entertained s"(h #ase tho")hts a#o"t his &odest, de+oted and inde ati)a#!e &other, and o the "rther enor&it$ o (o&&ittin) the& to -a-er and sendin) the& #$ (o"rier thro")h "n riend!$ (o"ntr$. Besides, the ar)"&ent ro& the (ase o S"!!a is (hi!dish. As soon as S"!!a %as o"t o -o%er the Ci+i! 8ars #e)an a)ain and his ne% (onstit"tion %as o+ert"rned. So Ti#eri"s (a&e 4"ite %e!! o"t o the a air, #"t &"(h o his se+erit$ a)ainst &$ ather %as )en"ine, or !andin) hi& in so e&#arrassin) a -osition. Li+ia %as (ho*in) %ith ra)e a)ainst A")"st"s or a!!o%in) ins"!ts to her to )o #$ so easi!$, and in her son7s -resen(e too. Her ra)e a)ainst &$ ather %as e4"a!!$ +io!ent. She *ne% that %hen he ret"rned he %as !i*e!$ to (arr$ into e5e("tion his -!an or or(in) A")"st"s to retire. She
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a!so sa% that she %o"!d ne+er no% #e a#!e to r"!e thro")h Ti#eri"s--e+en i she (o"!d ass"re the s"((ession tor hi&--so !on) as &$ ather, a &an o enor&o"s -o-"!arit$ at Ro&e and %ith a!! the 8estern re)i&ents at his #a(*, stood %aitin) to or(e the restoration o -o-"!ar !i#erties. And s"-re&e -o%er or her had (o&e to #e &ore i&-ortant than !i e or hono"r, she had sa(ri i(ed so &"(h or it. 9et she %as a#!e to dis)"ise her ee!in)s. She -retended to ta*e A")"st"s7 +ie% that &$ ather %as &ere!$ si(*, and to!d Ti#eri"s that she tho")ht his (ens"re too se+ere. She a)reed, ho%e+er, that &$ ather sho"!d #e re(a!!ed at on(e. She e+en than*ed A")"st"s or his )enero"s e5ten"ation o her -oor son7s a"!t and said that she %o"!d send hi& o"t her o%n (on identia! -h$si(ian %ith a -ar(e! o he!!e#ore, ro& Anti($ra in Thessa!$, %hi(h %as a a&o"s s-e(i i( or (ases o &enta! %ea*ness. The -h$si(ian set o"t the ne5t da$ in (o&-an$ %ith the (o"rier %ho too* A")"st"s7 !etter. The !etter %as one or riend!$ (on)rat"!ation on his +i(tories and s$&-ath$ or his head-%o"nd, it -er&itted hi& to ret"rn to Ro&e, #"t in !an)"a)e %hi(h &eant that he &"st ret"rn %hether he %ished to (o&e or not. M$ ather re-!ied a e% da$s !ater %ith than*s or A")"st"s7 )enerosit$. He re-!ied that he %o"!d ret"rn as soon as his hea!th -er&itted, #"t that the !etter had rea(hed hi& the da$ a ter a s!i)ht a((ident/ his horse had a!!en "nder hi& at "!! )a!!o-, ro!!ed on his !e) and (r"shed it a)ainst a shar- stone. He than*ed his &other or her so!i(it"de, or the )i t o the he!!e#ore and or sendin) her -h$si(ian, o %hose ser+i(es he had i&&ediate!$ a+ai!ed hi&se! . B"t he eared that e+en his %e!!-*no%n s*i!! had not *e-t the %o"nd ro& ta*in) a serio"s t"rn. He said ina!!$ that he %o"!d ha+e -re erred to sta$ at his -ost #"t that A")"st"s7 %ishes %ere his (o&&ands, and re-eated that as soon as he %as %e!! a)ain he %o"!d ret"rn to the Cit$. He %as at -resent en(a&-ed near the Th"rin)ian Saa!. On hearin) this ne%s, Ti#eri"s, %ho %as %ith A")"st"s and Li+ia at Pa+ia, instant!$ as*ed !ea+e to attend his #rother7s si(*-#ed. A")"st"s )ranted it and he &o"nted his (o# and )a!!o-ed o north, %ith a s&a!! es(ort, &a*in) or the 4"i(*est -ass a(ross the A!-s. A i+e h"ndred &i!e 1o"rne$ !a$ #e ore hi& #"t he (o"!d (o"nt on re4"ent re!a$s o 0=<2 horses at the -ostin)-ho"ses and %hen he %as too %ear$ or the sadd!e he (o"!d (o&&andeer a )i) and snat(h a e% ho"rs7 s!ee- in it %itho"t de!a$in) his -ro)ress. The %eather a+o"red hi&. He %ent o+er the A!-s and des(ended into S%it6er!and, then o!!o%ed the &ain Rhine road, not ha+in) $et sto--ed or as &"(h as a hot &ea!, "nti! he rea(hed a -!a(e (a!!ed Mannhei&. Here he (rossed the ri+er and str"(* north-east #$ ro")h roads thro")h "n riend!$ (o"ntr$. He %as a!one %hen he rea(hed his destination on the e+enin) o the third da$, his ori)ina! es(ort ha+in) !on) a!!en o"t, and the ne% es(ort %hi(h he had -i(*ed "- at Mannhei& not ha+in) #een a#!e to *ee- "- %ith hi& either. It is (!ai&ed that on the se(ond da$ and ni)ht he tra+e!!ed 1"st "nder t%o h"ndred &i!es #et%een noon and noon. He %as in ti&e to )reet &$ ather #"t not in ti&e to sa+e his !i e, or the !e) #$ no% %as )an)rened "- to the thi)h. M$ ather, tho")h on the -oint o death, had 1"st s" i(ient -resen(e o &ind to order the (a&- to -a$ &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s the hono"rs d"e to hi& as an ar&$ (o&&ander. The #rothers e&#ra(ed and &$ ather %his-ered, She read &$ !etter3 Be ore 0B.C. F2 I did &$se! , )roaned &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s.
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Nothin) &ore %as said e5(e-t #$ &$ ather, %ho si)hed, Ro&e has a se+ere &other/ L"(i"s and Gai"s ha+e a dan)ero"s ste-&other. Those %ere his !ast %ords, and -resent!$ &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s (!osed his e$es. I heard this a((o"nt ro& Neno-hon, a Gree* ro& the is!and o Cos, %ho %as 4"ite a $o"n) &an at this ti&e. He %as &$ ather7s sta -s"r)eon and had #een &"(h dis)"sted that &$ )rand&other7s -h$si(ian had ta*en the (ase o"t o his hands. Gai"s and L"(i"s, I sho"!d e5-!ain, %ere A")"st"s7 )rand(hi!dren #$ ;"!ia and A)ri--a. He had ado-ted the& as his o%n sons %hi!e the$ %ere sti!! in ants. There %as a third #o$, Post"&"s, so (a!!ed #e(a"se he %as #orn -osth"&o"s!$, A")"st"s did not ado-t hi& too, #"t !e t hi& to (arr$ on A)ri--a7s na&e. The (a&- %here &$ ather died %as na&ed The A(("rsed and his #od$ %as (arried in a &ar(hin) &i!itar$ -ro(ession to the ar&$7s %inter 4"arters at Main6 on the Rhine, &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s %a!*in) a!! the %a$ as (hie &o"rner. The ar&$ %ished to #"r$ the #od$ there, #"t he #ro")ht it #a(* or a "nera! at Ro&e %here it %as #"rnt on a &onstro"s -$re in Mars :ie!d. A")"st"s hi&se! -rono"n(ed the "nera! oration, in the (o"rse o %hi(h he said, I -ra$ the )ods to &a*e &$ sons Gai"s and L"(i"s as no#!e and +irt"o"s &en as this Dr"s"s and to +o"(hsa e to &e as hono"ra#!e a death as his. Li+ia %as not s"re ho% ar she (o"!d tr"st Ti#eri"s. On his ret"rn %ith &$ ather7s #od$ his s$&-ath$ %ith her had see&ed or(ed and insin(ere, and %hen A")"st"s %ished hi&se! as hono"ra#!e a death as &$ ather7s she sa% a #rie ha! -s&i!e (ross his a(e. Ti#eri"s %ho, it a--ears, had !on) s"s-e(ted that &$ )rand ather had not died a nat"ra! death, %as reso!+ed no% not to (ross his &other7s %i!! in an$thin). Dinin) so o ten at her ta#!e he e!t hi&se! (o&-!ete!$ at her &er($. He %or*ed hard to %in her a+o"r. Li+ia "nderstood %hat %as in his &ind, and %as not dissatis ied. He %as the on!$ one %ho s"s-e(ted her o #ein) a -oisoner, and %o"!d o#+io"s!$ *ee- his s"s-i(ions to hi&se! . She had !i+ed do%n the s(anda! o her &arria)e %ith A")"st"s and %as no% 4"oted in the Cit$ as an e5a&-!e o +irt"e in its stri(test and &ost disa)reea#!e or&. The Senate +oted that o"r stat"es o her sho"!d #e set "- in +ario"s -"#!i( -!a(es, this %as #$ %a$ o (onso!in) her or her !oss. The$ a!so enro!!ed her #$ a !e)a! i(tion a&on) the Mothers o Three Chi!dren. Mothers o three or &ore (hi!dren had s-e(ia! -ri+i!e)es "nder A")"st"s7 !e)is!ation, -arti("!ar!$ as !e)atees-s-insters and #arren %o&en %ere not a!!o%ed to #ene it "nder %i!!s at a!! and their !oss %as the )ain o their r"it "! sisters. C!a"di"s, $o" tedio"s o!d e!!o%, here $o" ha+e (o&e to %ithin an in(h or t%o o the end o the o"rth ro!! o $o"r a"to#io)ra-h$ and $o" ha+en7t e+en rea(hed $o"r #irth-!a(e. P"t it do%n at on(e or $o"7!! ne+er rea(h e+en the &idd!e o $o"r stor$. 8rite, M$ #irth o(("rred at L$ons in :ran(e, on the irst o A")"st, a $ear #e ore &$ ather7s death. So. M$ -arents had had si5 (hi!dren #e ore &e #"t as &$ &other a!%a$s a((o&-anied &$ ather on his (a&-ai)ns a (hi!d had to #e +er$ hard$ to s"r+i+e. On!$ &$ #rother Ger&ani("s, i+e $ears o!der than &$se! , and &$ sister Li+i!!a, a $ear o!der than &$se! , %ere !i+in)/ #oth inherited &$ ather7s &a)ni i(ent (onstit"tion. I did not. 0=F2 I near!$ died on three o((asions #e ore &$ se(ond $ear and, had not &$ ather7s death #ro")ht the a&i!$ #a(* to
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Ro&e, it is &ost "n!i*e!$ that this stor$ %o"!d ha+e #een %ritten.

CHAPTER C AT ROME 8E LICED IN THE BIG HOUSE 8HICH HAD BE!on)ed to &$ )rand ather and %hi(h he had !e t in his %i!! to &$ )rand&other. It %as on the Pa!atine Hi!!, (!ose to A")"st"s7 -a!a(e and the te&-!e o A-o!!o #"i!t #$ A")"st"s, %here the !i#rar$ %as, and not ar ro& the te&-!e o Castor and Po!!"5. 0This %as the o!d te&-!e, #"i!t o ti&#er and sods, %hi(h si5teen $ears !ater Ti#eri"s re-!a(ed, at his o%n e5-ense, %ith a &a)ni i(ent &ar#!e str"(t"re, the interior -ainted and )i!ded and "rnished as s"&-t"o"s!$ as a ri(h no#!e%o&an7s #o"doir. M$ )rand&other Li+ia &ade hi& do this to -!ease A")"st"s, I &a$ sa$. Ti#eri"s %as not re!i)io"s-&inded and +er$ stin)$ %ith &one$.2 It %as hea!thier on that hi!! than do%n in the ho!!o% #$ the ri+er, &ost o the ho"ses there #e!on)ed to senators, I %as a +er$ si(*!$ (hi!d--a +er$ #att!e)ro"nd o diseases, the do(tors said--and -erha-s on!$ !i+ed #e(a"se the diseases (o"!d not a)ree as to %hi(h sho"!d ha+e the hono"r o (arr$in) &e o . To #e)in %ith, I %as #orn -re&at"re!$, at on!$ se+en &onths, and then &$ oster-n"rse7s &i!* disa)reed %ith &e, so that &$ s*in #ro*e o"t in an ")!$ rash, and then I had &a!aria, and &eas!es %hi(h !e t &e s!i)ht!$ dea in one ear, and er$si-e!as, and (o!itis, and ina!!$ in anti!e -ara!$sis %hi(h shortened &$ !e t !e) so that I %as (onde&ned to a -er&anent !i&-. Be(a"se o one or other o these +ario"s i!!nesses I ha+e a!! &$ !i e #een so %ea* in the ha&s that to r"n or %a!* !on) distan(es has ne+er #een -ossi#!e or &e/ a )reat dea! o &$ tra+e!!in) has had to #e done in a sedan-(hair. Then there is the a--a!!in) -ain that (at(hes &e o ten, a ter eatin), in the -it o &$ sto&a(h. It has #een so #ad that on t%o or three o((asions, i &$ riends had not inter+ened, I %o"!d ha+e O-!"n)ed a (ar+in)-*ni e 0%hi(h I &ad!$ snat(hed "-2 into the -!a(e o tor&ent I ha+e heard it said that this -ain, %hi(h the$ (a!! the (ardia( -assion, is %orse than an$ other -ain *no%n to &an e5(e-t the stran)"r$. 8e!!, I &"st #e than* "!, I s"--ose, that I ha+e ne+er had the stran)"r$. It %i!! #e s"--osed that &$ &other Antonia, a #ea"ti "! and no#!e %o&an #ro")ht "- to the stri(test +irt"e #$ her &other O(ta+ia, and the one -assion o &$ ather7s !i e, %o"!d ha+e ta*en the &ost !o+in) (are o &e, her $o"n)est (hi!d, and e+en &ade a -arti("!ar a+o"rite o &e in -it$ or &$ &is ort"nes. B"t s"(h %as not the (ase. She did a!! or &e that (o"!d #e e5-e(ted o her as a d"t$, #"t no &ore. She did not !o+e &e. No, she had a )reat a+ersion to &e, not on!$ #e(a"se o &$ si(*!iness #"t a!so #e(a"se she had had a &ost di i("!t -re)nan($ o &e, and then a &ost -ain "! de!i+er$ ro& %hi(h she #are!$ es(a-ed %ith her !i e and %hi(h !e t her &ore or !ess an in+a!id or $ears. M$ -re&at"re #irth %as d"e to a sho(* that she )ot at the east )i+en in hono"r o A")"st"s %hen he +isited &$ ather at L$ons to ina")"rate the A!tar o Ro&a and A")"st"s there/ &$ ather %as Go+ernor o the Three Pro+in(es o :ran(e, and L$ons %as his head4"arters. A (ra6$ Si(i!ian s!a+e %ho %as a(tin) as %aiter at the east s"dden!$ dre% a da))er and !o"rished it in the air #ehind &$ ather7s ne(*. On!$ &$ &other sa% this ha--enin).
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She (a")ht the s!a+e7s e$e and had -resen(e o &ind eno")h to s&i!e at hi& and sha*e her head in de-re(ation, si)nin) to hi& to -"t the da))er #a(*. 8hi!e he hesitated t%o other %aiters o!!o%ed her )!an(e and %ere in ti&e to o+er-o%er and disar& hi&. Then she ainted and i&&ediate!$ her -ains #e)an. It &a$ %e!! #e #e(a"se o this that I ha+e a!%a$s had a &or#id ear o assassination, or the$ sa$ that a -re-nata! sho(* (an #e inherited. B"t o (o"rse there is no rea! reason or an$ -re-nata! in !"en(es to #e &entioned. Ho% &an$ o the I&-eria! a&i!$ ha+e died a nat"ra! death3 Sin(e I %as an a e(tionate (hi!d &$ &other7s attit"de 0Ji2 (a"sed &e &"(h &iser$. I heard ro& &$ sister Li+i!!a, a #ea"ti "! )ir! #"t (r"e!, +ain and a&#itio"s--in a %ord a t$-i(a! C!a"dian o the #ad +ariet$--that &$ &other had (a!!ed &e a h"&an -ortent and said that %hen I %as #orn the Si#$!!ine #oo*s sho"!d ha+e #een (ons"!ted. A!so that Nat"re had #e)"n #"t ne+er inished &e, thro%in) &e aside in dis)"st as a ho-e!ess start. A!so that the an(ients %ere %iser and no#!er than o"rse!+es/ the$ e5-osed a!! %ea*!$ in ants on a #are hi!!side or the )ood o the ra(e. These &a$ ha+e #een e&#roideries #$ Li+i!!a on !ess se+ere re&ar*s-- or se+en-&onths7 (hi!dren are +er$ horri#!e o#1e(ts--#"t I *no% that on(e %hen &$ &other )re% an)r$ on #earin) that so&e senator had introd"(ed a oo!ish &otion in the Ho"se she #"rst o"t/ That &an o")ht to #e -"t o"t o the %a$B He7s as st"-id as a don*e$--%hat a& I sa$in)3 Don*e$s are sensi#!e #ein)s #$ (o&-arison--he7s as st"-id as... as... Hea+ens, he7s as st"-id as &$ son C!a"di"sB Ger&ani("s %as her a+o"rite, as he %as e+er$one7s a+o"rite, #"t so ar ro& en+$in) hi& or the !o+e and ad&iration that he %on %here+er he %ent I re1oi(ed on his #eha! . Ger&ani("s -itied &e and did the &ost he (o"!d to &a*e &$ !i e ha--ier, and re(o&&ended &e to &$ e!ders as a )ood-hearted (hi!d %ho %o"!d re-a$ )enero"s and (are "! treat&ent. Se+erit$ on!$ ri)htened &e, he %o"!d sa$, and &ade &e &ore si(*!$ than I need #e. And he %as ri)ht. The ner+o"s ti( o &$ hands, the ner+o"s 1er*in) o &$ head, &$ sta&&er, &$ 4"eas$ di)estion, &$ (onstant dri##!in) at the &o"th, %ere -rin(i-a!!$ d"e to the terrors to %hi(h, in the na&e o dis(i-!ine, I %as s"#1e(ted. 8hen Ger&ani("s stood "- or &e &$ &other "sed to !a")h ind"!)ent!$ and sa$, No#!e heart, ind so&e #etter o#1e(t or $o"r o+er !o%B B"t &$ )rand&other Li+ia7s %a$ o ta!*in) %as/ Don7t #e a oo!, Ger&ani("s. It he rea(ts a+o"ra#!$ to dis(i-!ine, %e sha!! treat hi& %ith the *indness he deser+es. 9o"7re -"ttin) the (art #e ore the horse. M$ )rand&other se!do& s-o*e to &e and %hen she did it %as (onte&-t"o"s!$ and %itho"t !oo*in) at &e, &ost!$ to sa$, Get o"t o this roo&, (hi!d, I %ant to #e in it. I she had o((asion to s(o!d &e she ne+er did so #$ %ord o &o"th #"t sent a short, (o!d note. :or e5a&-!e/ It has (o&e to the *no%!ed)e o the Lad$ Li+ia that the #o$ C!a"di"s has #een %astin) his ti&e &oonin) a#o"t the A-o!!o Li#rar$. Unti! he (an -ro it ro& the e!e&entar$ te5t-#oo*s -ro+ided or hi& #$ his t"tors it is a#s"rd or hi& to &edd!e %ith the serio"s %or*s on the Li#rar$ she!+es. Moreo+er his id)etin) dist"r#s )en"ine st"dents. This -ra(ti(e &"st (ease. As or A")"st"s, tho")h he ne+er treated &e %ith (a!("!ated (r"e!t$, he dis!i*ed ha+in) &e in the sa&e roo& %ith hi& as &"(h as &$ )rand&other did. He %as e5traordinari!$ ond o !itt!e #o$s 0re&ainin) to the end o his !i e an o+er)ro%n #o$ hi&se! 2, #"t on!$ o the sort that he (a!!ed ine &an!$ !itt!e e!!o%s, s"(h as &$ #rother
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Ger&ani("s and his )rand(hi!dren, Gains and L"(i"s, %ho %ere a!! e5tre&e!$ )ood-!oo*in). There %ere a n"&#er o sons o (on ederate *in)s or (hie tains, *e-t as hosta)es or their -arents7 )ood #eha+io"r-- ro& :ran(e, Ger&an$, Parthia, North A ri(a, S$ria--%ho %ere ed"(ated %ith his )rand(hi!dren and the sons o !eadin) senators in the Bo$s7 Co!!e)e, and he o ten (a&e into the (!oisters there to -!a$ at ta%s, or *n"(*!e#ones, @? ta). His (hie a+o"rites %ere !itt!e #ro%n #o$s, the Moors and Parthians and S$rians/ and those %ho (o"!d ratt!e a%a$ ha--i!$ to hi& in #o$ish ta!* as i he %ere one o the&se!+es. On!$ on(e did he tr$ to &aster his re-")nan(e to &e and !et &e into a )a&e o ta%s %ith his a+o"rites. #"t it %as so "nnat"ra! an e ort that it &ade &e &ore than "s"a!!$ ner+o"s--and I sta&&ered and shoo* !i*e a &ad thin). He ne+er tried a)ain. He hated d%ar s and (ri--!es and de or&ities, sa$in) that the$ #ro")ht #ad !"(* and sho"!d #e *e-t o"t o si)ht. 9et I (o"!d ne+er ind it in &$ heart to hate A")"st"s as I (a&e to hate &$ )rand&other, or his dis!i*e o &e %as %itho"t &a!i(e and he did %hat he (o"!d to &aster it/ and indeed I &"st ha+e #een a %ret(hed !itt!e oddit$, a dis)ra(e to so stron) and &a)ni i(ent a ather and so ine and state!$ a &other. A")"st"s %as a ine-!oo*in) &an hi&se! , tho")h so&e%hat short, %ith ("r!$ air hair that %ent )re$ on!$ +er$ !ate in his !i e, #ri)ht e$es, &err$ a(e and "-ri)ht )ra(e "! (arria)e. I re&e&#er on(e o+erhearin) an e!e)ia( e-i)ra& that he 0JD2 &ade a#o"t &e, in Gree*, or the #ene it o Athenodor"s, an o!d Stoi( -hi!oso-her, ro& Tars"s in S$ria, %hose si&-!e serio"s ad+i(e he o ten as*ed. I %as a#o"t se+en $ears o!d and the$ (a&e "-on &e #$ the (ar---oo! in the )arden o &$ &other7s ho"se. I (annot re&e&#er the e-i)ra& e5a(t!$, #"t the sense o it %as/ Antonia is o!d- ashioned/ she does not #"$ a -et &ar&oset at )reat e5-ense ro& an Eastern trader. And %h$3 Be(a"se she #reeds the& herse! . Athenodor"s tho")ht or a &o&ent and re-!ied se+ere!$ in the sa&e &etre/ Antonia, so ar ro& #"$in) a -et &ar&oset ro& Eastern traders, does not e+en (osset and eed %ith s")ar--!"&s the -oor (hi!d o her no#!e h"s#and. A")"st"s !oo*ed so&e%hat a#ashed. I sho"!d e5-!ain that neither he nor Athenodor"s, to %ho& I had a!%a$s #een re-resented as a ha! -%it, )"essed that I (o"!d "nderstand %hat the$ %ere sa$in). So Athenodor"s dre% &e to%ards hi& and said -!a$ "!!$ in Latin/ And %hat does $o"n) Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s thin* a#o"t the &atter3 I %as she!tered ro& A")"st"s #$ Athenodor"s7 #i) #od$ and so&eho% or)ot &$ sta&&er. I said strai)ht o"t, in Gree*/ M$ &other Antonia does not -a&-er &e, #"t she has !et &e !earn Gree* ro& so&eone %ho !earned it dire(t!$ ro& A-o!!o. A!! I &eant %as that I "nderstood %hat the$ %ere sa$in). The -erson %ho had ta")ht &e Gree* %as a %o&an %ho had #een a -riestess o A-o!!o on one o the Gree* is!ands #"t had #een (a-t"red #$ -irates and so!d to a #rothe!-*ee-er in T$re. She had &ana)ed to es(a-e, #"t %as not -er&itted to #e -riestess a)ain #e(a"se she had #een a -rostit"te. M$ &other Antonia, re(o)ni6in) her )i ts, too* her into the a&i!$ as a )o+erness. This %o&an "sed to te!! &e that she had !earned dire(t!$ ro& A-o!!o, and I %as &ere!$ 4"otin) her/ #"t as A-o!!o %as the God o !earnin) and -oetr$ &$ re&ar* so"nded ar %ittier than I intended. A")"st"s %as start!ed and Athenodor"s said/ 8e!! s-o*en, !itt!e C!a"di"s/ &ar&osets don7t "nderstand a %ord o Gree*, do the$3 I ans%ered, No, and the$ ha+e !on) tai!s, and stea! a--!es ro& the ta#!e. Ho%e+er, %hen A")"st"s #e)an ea)er!$ 4"estionin) &e, ta*in) &e ro& Athenodor"s7 ar&, I )re% se! (ons(io"s and sta&&ered as #ad!$ as e+er. B"t ro& then(e orth Athenodor"s %as &$ riend. There is a stor$ a#o"t Athenodor"s and A")"st"s %hi(h does )reat (redit to #oth. Athenodor"s to!d A")"st"s one da$ that he did not ta*e near!$ eno")h -re(a"tion a#o"t ad&ittin) +isitors to his -resen(e, one da$ he %o"!d )et a da))er in his +ita!s. A")"st"s re-!ied that he %as ta!*in) nonsense. The ne5t da$ A")"st"s %as to!d that his
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sister, the Lad$ O(ta+ia, %as o"tside and %ished to )reet hi& on the anni+ersar$ o their ather7s death. He )a+e orders or her i&&ediate ad&ittan(e. She %as an in("ra#!e in+a!id %hen this ha--ened--it %as the $ear she died-and %as a!%a$s (arried a#o"t in a (o+ered sedan. 8hen the sedan %as #ro")ht in, the ("rtains -arted and o"t s-ran) Athenodor"s %ith a s%ord, %hi(h he -ointed at A")"st"s7 heart. A")"st"s, so ar ro& #ein) an)r$, than*ed Athenodor"s and (on essed that he had #een +er$ %ron) to treat his %arnin) so (as"a!!$. One e5traordinar$ e+ent in &$ (hi!dhood I &"st not or)et to re(ord. One s"&&er %hen I %as 1"st ei)ht $ears o!d &$ &other, &$ #rother Ger&ani("s, &$ sister Li+i!!a, and I %ere +isitin) &$ A"nt ;"!ia in a #ea"ti "! (o"ntr$-ho"se (!ose to the sea at Anti"&. It %as a#o"t si5 o7(!o(* in the e+enin) and %e %ere o"t ta*in) the (oo! #ree6e in a +ine$ard. ;"!ia %as not %ith "s, #"t Ti#eri"s7 son, that Ti#eri"s Dr"s"s %ho& %e a ter%ards a!%a$s (a!!ed Castor, and Post"&"s and A)ri--ina, ;"!ia7s (hi!dren, %ere in the -art$. S"dden!$ %e heard a )reat s(ree(hin) a#o+e "s. 8e !oo*ed "- and sa% a n"&#er o ea)!es i)htin). :eathers !oated do%n. 8e tried to (at(h the&. Ger&ani("s and Castor ea(h (a")ht one #e ore it e!! and st"(* it in his hair. Castor had a s&a!! %in) eather, #"t Ger&ani("s a s-!endid one ro& the tai!. Both %ere stained %ith #!ood. S-ots o #!ood e!! on Post"&"s7 "-t"rned a(e and on the dresses o Li+i!!a and A)ri--ina. And then so&ethin) dar* dro--ed thro")h the air. I do not *no% %h$ I did so, #"t I -"t o"t a o!d o &$ )o%n and (a")ht it. It %as a tin$ %o! -("#, %o"nded and terri ied. The ea)!es (a&e s%oo-in) do%n to retrie+e it, #"t I had it sa e hidden and %hen %e sho"ted and thre% sti(*s the$ rose #a !ed, and !e% s(rea&in) o . I %as e&#arrassed. I didn7t %ant the ("#. Li+i!!a )ra##ed at it, #"t &$ &other, %ho !oo*ed +er$ 0JJ2 )ra+e, &ade her )i+e it #a(* to &e. It e!! to C!a"di"sO7 she said. He &"st *ee- it. She as*ed an o!d no#!e&an, a &e&#er o the Co!!e)e o A")"rs, %ho %as %ith "s, Te!! &e %hat this -ortends. The o!d &an ans%ered, Ho% (an I sa$3 It &a$ #e o )reat si)ni i(an(e or none. Don7t #e a raid. Sa$ %hat it see&s to &ean to $o":irst send the (hi!dren a%a$, he said. I do not *no% %hether he )a+e her the inter-retation %hi(h, %hen $o" ha+e read &$ stor$, %i!! #e or(ed on $o" as the on!$ -ossi#!e one. A!! I *no% is that %hi!e %e other (hi!dren *e-t o"r distan(e--dear Ger&ani("s had o"nd another tai!- eather or &e, sti(*in) in a ha%thorn #"sh, and I %as -"ttin) it -ro"d!$ in &$ hair--Li+i!!a (re-t "- in4"isiti+e!$ #ehind a rose-hed)e and o+erheard so&ethin). She interr"-ted, !a")hin) noisi!$/ 8ret(hed Ro&e, %ith hi& as her -rote(torB I ho-e to God I7!! #e dead #e ore thenB The A")"r t"rned on her and -ointed %ith his in)er.
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I&-"dent )ir!, he said, God %i!! no do"#t )rant $o"r %ish in a %a$ that $o" %on7t !i*eB 9o"7re )oin) to #e !o(*ed "- in a roo& %ith nothin) to eat. Chi!d, said &$ &other. Those %ere o&ino"s %ords too, no% I (o&e to re(a!! the&. Li+i!!a %as *e-t in #o"nds or the rest o her ho!ida$s. She re+en)ed herse! , on &e, & a +ariet$ o in)enio"s!$ s-ite "! %a$s. B"t she (o"!d not te!! "s %hat the A")"r had said, #e(a"se she had #een #o"nd #$ an oath #$ Cesta and o"r ho"seho!d )ods ne+er to re er to the -ortent either dire(t!$ or in a ro"nda#o"t %a$, in the !i eti&e o an$one -resent. 8e %ere a!! &ade to ta*e that oath. Sin(e I ha+e no% or &an$ $ears #een the on!$ one !e t a!i+e o that -art$--&$ &other and the A")"r, tho")h so &"(h o!der, s"r+i+in) a!! the rest--I a& no !on)er #o"nd to si!en(e. :or so&e ti&e a ter this I o ten (a")ht &$ &other !oo*in) ("rio"s!$ at &e, a!&ost res-e(t "!!$, #"t she treated &e no #etter than #e ore. I %as not a!!o%ed to )o to the Bo$s3Co!!e)e, #e(a"se the %ea*ness o &$ !e)s %o"!d not !et &e ta*e -art in the )$&nasti( e5er(ises %hi(h %ere a (hie -art o the ed"(ation, and &$ i!!nesses had &ade &e +er$ #a(*%ard in !essons, and &$ dea ness and sta&&er %ere a handi(a-. So I %as se!do& in the (o&-an$ o #o$s o &$ o%n a)e and (!ass, the sons o the ho"seho!d s!a+es #ein) (a!!ed in to -!a$ %ith &e/ t%o o these. Ga!!on and Pa!!as, #oth Gree*s, %ere !ater to #e &$ se(retaries, entr"sted %ith a airs o the hi)hest i&-ortan(e. Ga!!on #e(a&e the ather o t%o other se(retaries o &ine, Nar(iss"s and Po!$#i"s. I a!so s-ent &"(h o &$ ti&e %ith &$ &other7s %o&en, !istenin) to their tai!s, as the$ sat s-innin) or (ardin) or %ea+in). Man$ o the&, s"(h as &$ )o+erness, %ere %o&en o !i#era! ed"(ation and, I (on ess, I o"nd &ore -!eas"re in their so(iet$ than in that o a!&ost an$ so(iet$ o &en in %hi(h I ha+e sin(e #een -!a(ed/ the$ %ere #road&inded, shre%d, &odest, and *ind!$. M$ t"tor I ha+e a!read$ &entioned, Mar("s Por(i"s Cato %ho %as, in his o%n esti&ation at !east, a !i+in) e&#odi&ent o that an(ient Ro&an +irt"e %hi(h his an(estors had one a ter the other sho%n. He %as a!%a$s #oastin) o his an(estors, as st"-id -eo-!e do %ho are a%are that the$ ha+e done nothin) the&se!+es to #oast a#o"t. He #oasted -arti("!ar!$ o Cato the Censor, %ho o a!! (hara(ters in Ro&an histor$ is to &e -erha-s the &ost hate "!, as ha+in) -ersistent!$ (ha&-ioned the (a"se o an(ient +irt"e and &ade it identi(a! in the -o-"!ar &ind %ith (h"r!ishness, -edantr$ and harshness. I %as &ade to read Cato the Censor7s se! -)!ori $in) %or*s as te5t-#oo*s, and the a((o"nt that he )a+e in one o the& o his (a&-ai)n in S-ain, %here he destro$ed &ore to%ns than he had s-ent da$s in that (o"ntr$, rather dis)"sted &e %ith his inh"&anit$ than i&-ressed &e %ith his &i!itar$ s*i!! or -atriotis&. The -oet Cir)i! has said that the &ission o the Ro&an is to r"!e, To s-are the (on4"ered and %ith %ar the -ro"d, To o+er#ear. Cato o+er#ore the -ro"d, (ertain!$, #"t !ess %ith a(t"a! %ar are than %ith (!e+er &ana)e&ent o inter-tri#a! 1ea!o"sies in S-ain, he e+en e&-!o$ed assassins to re&o+e redo"#ta#!e ene&ies. As or s-arin) the (on4"ered, he -"t &"!tit"des o "nar&ed &en to the s%ord e+en %hen the$ "n(onditiona!!$ s"rrendered their (ities, and he -ro"d!$ re(ords that &an$ h"ndreds o S-aniards (o&&itted s"i(ide, %ith a!! their a&i!ies, rather than taste o Ro&an +en)ean(e. 8as it to #e %ondered that the tri#es rose a)ain as soon as the$ (o"!d )et a e% 0J<2 ar&s to)ether, and that the$ ha+e #een a (onstant thorn in o"r side e+er sin(e3 A!! that Cato %anted %as -!"nder and a tri"&-h/ a tri"&-h %as not )ranted "n!ess so-and-so &an$ (or-ses--I thin* it %as i+e tho"sand at this ti&e--(o"!d #e (o"nted, and he %as &a*in) s"re that no one %o"!d (ha!!en)e hi&, as he had hi&se! 1ea!o"s!$ (ha!!en)ed ri+a!s, or ha+in) -retended to a tri"&-h on an inade4"ate har+est o dead. Tri"&-hs, #$ the %a$, ha+e #een a ("rse to Ro&e. Ho% &an$ "nne(essar$ %ars ha+e #een o")ht #e(a"se
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)enera!s %anted the )!or$ o ridin) (ro%ned thro")h the streets o Ro&e %ith ene&$ (a-ti+es !ed in (hains #ehind the&, and the s-oi!s o %ar hea-ed on (arni+a! %a)ons3 A")"st"s rea!ised this/ on A)ri--a7s ad+i(e, he de(reed that hen(e-- orth no )enera!, "n!ess a &e&#er o the I&-eria! a&i!$, sho"!d #e a%arded a -"#!i( tri"&-h. This de(ree, -"#!ished in the $ear that I %as #orn, read as tho")h A")"st"s %ere 1ea!o"s o his )enera!s, or #$ that ti&e he had inished %ith a(ti+e (a&-ai)nin) hi&se! and no &e&#ers o his a&i!$ %ere o!d eno")h to %in tri"&-hs, #"t a!! i &eant %as that he did not %ish the #o"ndaries o the E&-ire en!ar)ed an$ "rther, and that he re(*oned that his )enera!s %o"!d not -ro+o*e the rontier tri#es to (o&&it a(ts o %ar i the$ (o"!d not ho-e to #e a%arded tri"&-hs #$ +i(tor$ o+er the&. None the !ess he a!!o%ed tri"&-ha! orna&ents--an e&#roidered ro#e, a stat"e, a (ha-!et, and so on--to #e a%arded to those %ho %o"!d other%ise ha+e earned a tri"&-h, this sho"!d #e a s" i(ient in(enti+e to an$ )ood so!dier to i)ht a ne(essar$ %ar. Tri"&-hs, #esides, are +er$ #ad or &i!itar$ dis(i-!ine. So!diers )et dr"n* and o"t o hand and "s"a!!$ inish the da$ #$ #rea*in) "- the %ine-sho-s and settin) ire to the oi!-sho-s and ins"!tin) the %o&en and )enera!!$ #eha+in) as i Ro&e %ere the (it$ the$ had (on4"ered, not so&e &isera#!e !o) h"t en(a&-&ent in Ger&an$ or sand-#"rro%ed +i!!a)e in Moro((o. A ter a tri"&-h (e!e#rated #$ a ne-he% o &ine, %ho& I sha!! soon #e te!!in) $o" a#o"t, o"r h"ndred so!diers and near!$ o"r tho"sand -ri+ate (iti6ens !ost their !i+es one %a$ and another-- i+e #i) #!o(*s o tene&ents in the -rostit"tes7 4"arter o the Cit$ %ere #"rned to the I, C L A U D I C S 0?,E2 )ro"nd and three h"ndred %ine-sho-s sa(*ed, #esides an$ a&o"nt o other da&a)e. B"t I %as on the s"#1e(t o Cato the Censor. His &an"a! o h"s#andr$ and ho"seho!d e(ono&$ %as &ade &$ s-e!!in) #oo* and e+er$ t"ne I st"&#!ed o+er a %ord I "sed to )et t%o #!o%s, one on &$ !e t ear or st"-idit$, and one on &$ ri)ht or ins"!tin) the no#!e Cato. I re&e&#er a -assa)e in the #oo* %hi(h s"&&ed "- the &eanso"!ed e!!o% +er$ %e!!/ A &aster o a ho"seho!d sho"!d se!! his o!d o5en, and a!! the horned (att!e that are o a de!i(ate ra&e, a!! his shee- that are not hard$, their %oo!, their +er$ -e!ts, he sho"!d se!! his o!d %a)ons and his o!d instr"&ents o h"s#andr$, he sho"!d se!! s"(h o his s!a+es as are o!d and in ir& and e+er$thin) e!se that is %orn o"t or "se!ess. :or &$se! , %hen I %as !i+in) as a (o"ntr$ )ent!e&an on &$ !itt!e estate at Ca-"a, I &ade a -oint o -"ttin) &$ %orno"t #easts irst to !i)ht %or* and then to )rass "nti! o!d a)e see&ed too &"(h o a #"rden to the&, %hen I had the& *no(*ed on the head. I ne+er de&eaned &$se! #$ se!!in) the& or a tri !e to a (o"ntr$&an %ho %o"!d %or* the& (r"e!!$ to their !ast )as-. As or &$ s!a+es, I ha+e a!%a$s treated the& )enero"s!$ in si(*ness and hea!th, $o"th and o!d a)e and e5-e(ted the hi)hest de)ree o de+otion ro& the& in ret"rn. I ha+e se!do& #een disa--ointed, tho")h %hen the$ ha+e a#"sed &$ )enerosit$ I ha+e had no &er($ on the&. I ha+e no do"#t o!d Cato7s s!a+es %ere a!%a$s a!!in) si(*, %ith the ho-e o #ein) so!d to a &ore h"&ane &aster, and I a!so thin* it !i*e!$ that he )ot, on the %ho!e, !ess honest %or* and ser+i(e o"t o the& than I )et o"t o &ine. It is oo!ish to treat s!a+es !i*e (att!e. The$ are &ore inte!!i)ent than (att!e, (a-a#!e #esides o doin) &ore da&a)e in a %ee* to one7s -ro-ert$ #$ %i! "! (are!essness and st"-idit$ than the entire -ri(e $o" ha+e -aid or the&. Cato &ade a #oast o ne+er s-endin) &ore than a e% -o"nds on a s!a+e/ an$ e+i!-!oo*in) (ross-e$ed e!!o% that see&ed to ha+e )ood &"s(!es and teeth %o"!d do. Ho% on earth he &ana)ed to ind #"$ers or these #ea"ties %hen he had 4"ite inished %ith the& I (annot sa$. :ro& %hat I *no% o the (hara(ter o his des(endant, %ho %as s"--osed to rese&#!e hi& (!ose!$ in !oo*s-sand$-haired, )reen-e$ed, harsh-+oi(ed and hea+i!$ #"i!t--and in (hara(ter, I )"ess that he #"!!ied his -oor nei)h#o"rs into ta*in) a!! his (ast-o st" at the -ri(e o ne%. M$ dear riend Post"&"s, %ho %as a !itt!e !ess than t%o $ears o!der than &$se! --the tr"est riend, e5(e-t
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Ger&ani("s, that I ha+e e+er had--to!d &e that he had read in a (onte&-orar$ #oo* that o!d Cato %as a re)"!ar (roo* #esides #ein) a s*in !int/ he %as )"i!t$ o so&e +er$ shar- -ra(ti(e in the shi--in) trade, #"t a+oided -"#!i( dis)ra(e #$ &a*in) one o his e5-s!a+es the no&ina! trader. As Censor, in (har)e o -"#!i( &ora!s, he did so&e &i)ht$ 4"eer thin)s/ the$ %ere a!!e)ed!$ in the na&e o -"#!i( de(en($ #"t rea!!$, it see&s, to satis $ his -ersona! s-ites. On his o%n sho%in), he e5-e!!ed one &an ro& the order o senators #e(a"se he had #een %antin) in Ro&an )ra+it$--he had *issed his %i e in da$!i)ht in his da")hter7s -resen(eB 8hen (ha!!en)ed #$ a riend o the e5-e!!ed &an, another senator, as to the 1"sti(e o his de(ision and as*ed %hether he hi&se! and his %i e ne+er e&#ra(ed e5(e-t d"rin) the &arita! a(t, Cato re-!ied hot!$/ Ne+erB 8hat, ne+er3 8e!!, a (o"-!e o $ears a)o, to #e ran* %ith $o", &$ %i e ha--ened to thro% her ar&s aro"nd &e d"rin) a th"nderstor& %hi(h s(ared her, #"t ort"nate!$ no#od$ %as a#o"t and I ass"re $o" it %i!! #e a !on) ti&e #e ore she does it a)ain. Oh, said the senator, -retendin) to &is"nderstand hi&, or Cato &eant, I s"--ose, that he had )i+en his %i e a terri#!e !e(t"re or her %ant o )ra+it$. I7& sorr$ a#o"t that. So&e %o&en aren7t +er$ a e(tionate %ith -!ain!oo*in) h"s#ands, ho%e+er "-ri)ht and +irt"o"s the$ &a$ #e. B"t ne+er &ind, -erha-s ;o+e %i!! #e )ood eno")h to th"nder a)ain soon. Cato did not or)i+e that senator, %ho %as a distant re!ati+e. A $ear !ater he %as )oin) thro")h the ro!! o senators, as his d"t$ as Censor %as, as*in) ea(h &an in t"rn %hether he %as &arried. There %as a !a%, %hi(h has sin(e !a-sed, that a!! senators sho"!d #e hono"ra#!$ &arried. The t"rn (a&e or his re!ati+e to #e e5a&ined, and Cato as*ed hi& in the "s"a! or&"!a, %hi(h en1oined the senator to ans%er in his (on iden(e and honest$. I $o" ha+e a %i e, in $o"r (on iden(e and honest$, ans%er. Cato intoned in his ra"(o"s +oi(e. The &an e!t a !itt!e oo!ish, #e(a"se a ter ;o*in) a#o"t Cato7s %i e7s a e(tion or Cato, he had o"nd that his o%n %i e had so ar !ost her a e(tion or hi&se! that he %as no% or(ed to di+or(e her. So to sho% )ood-%i!! and t"rn the 1o*e de(ent!$ a)ainst hi&se! he re-!ied/ 9es, indeed, I ha+e a %i e, #"t she7s not in &$ (on iden(e an$ &ore, and I %o"!dn7t )i+e &"(h or her honest$, either. Cato there"-on e5-e!!ed hi& ro& the Order or irre+eren(e. And %ho #ro")ht the P"ni( C"rse on Ro&e3 That sa&e o!d Cato %ho, %hene+er he %as as*ed his o-inion in the Senate on an$ &atter %hate+er, %o"!d end his s-ee(h %ith/OThis is &$ o-inion, and &$ "rther o-inion is that Cartha)e sho"!d #e destro$ed/ she is a &ena(e to Ro&e, B$ har-in) in(essant!$ on the &ena(e o Cartha)e he #ro")ht a#o"t s"(h -o-"!ar ner+o"sness that, as I ha+e said, the Ro&ans e+ent"a!!$ +io!ated their &ost so!e&n (o&&it&ents and ra6ed Cartha)e to the )ro"nd. I ha+e %ritten a#o"t o!d Cato &ore than I intended, #"t it is to the -oint/ he is #o"nd "- in &$ &ind #oth %ith the r"in o Ro&e, or %hi(h he %as 1"st as res-onsi#!e as the &en %hose "n&an!$ !"5"r$, he said, ener+ated the State, and %ith the &e&or$ o &$ "nha--$ (hi!dhood "nder that &"!eteer, his )reat-)reat-)reat-)randson. I a& a!read$ an o!d &an and &$ t"tor has #een dead these i t$ $ears, $et &$ heart sti!! s%e!!s %ith indi)nation and
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hatred %hen I thin* o hi&. Ger&ani("s stood "- or &e a)ainst &$ e!ders in a )ent!e -ers"asi+e %a$, #"t Post"&"s %as a !ion-!i*e (ha&-ion. He see&ed not to (are a i) or an$one. He e+en dared to s-ea* o"t strai)ht to &$ )rand&other Li+ia herse! . A")"st"s &ade a a+o"rite o Post"&"s, so or a %hi!e Li+ia -retended to #e a&"sed at %hat she (a!!ed his #o$ish i&-"!si+eness. Post"&"s tr"sted her at irst, #ein) hi&se! in(a-a#!e o de(eit. One da$ %hen I %as t%e!+e and he %as o"rteen he ha--ened to #e -assin) #$ the roo& %here Cato %as )i+in) &e &$ !essons. He heard the so"nd o #!o%s and &$ (ries or &er($ and (a&e #"rstin) an)ri!$ in. Sto- #eatin) hi&, at on(eB he sho"ted. Cato !oo*ed at hi& in s(orn "! s"r-rise and et(hed &e another #!o% that *no(*ed &e o said/ Those that (an7t #eat the ass, #eat the sadd!e. 0That %as a -ro+er# at Ro&e.2 0>?2 I&-"den(e, %hat do $o" &ean3 roared Cato. I &ean, said Post"&"s, that $o"7re re+en)in) $o"rse! on C!a"di"s or %hat $o" (onsider a )enera! (ons-ira($ to *ee- $o" do%n. 9o"7re rea!!$ too )ood or the 1o# o t"torin) hi&, eh3 Post"&"s %as (!e+er/ he )"essed that this %o"!d &a*e Cato an)r$ eno")h to or)et hi&se! . And Cato rose to the #ait, sho"tin) o"t %ith a strin) o o!dashioned ("rses that in the da$s or his an(estor, %hose &e&or$ this sta&&erin) i&- %as ins"!tin), %oe #etide an$ (hi!d %ho ai!ed in re+eren(e to his e!ders, or the$ dea!t o"t dis(i-!ine %ith a hea+$ hand in those da$s. 8hereas in these de)enerate ti&es the !eadin) &en o Ro&e )a+e an$ i)norant oa ish !o"t 0this %as or Post"&"s2 or an$ ee#!e-&inded de(re-it-!i&#ed !itt!e %hi--ersna--er 0this %as or &e2 "!! -er&ission---Post"&"s interr"-ted %ith a %arnin) s&i!e/ So I %as ri)ht. The de)enerate A")"st"s ins"!ts the )reat Censor #$ e&-!o$in) $o" in his de)enerate a&i!$. I s"--ose $o" ha+e to!d the Lad$ Li+ia 1"st ho% $o" ee! a#o"t thin)s3 Cato (o"!d ha+e #itten o his ton)"e %ith +e5ation and a!ar&. I Li+ia sho"!d hear %hat he had said, that %o"!d #e the end o hi&, he had hitherto a!%a$s e5-ressed the &ost -ro o"nd )ratit"de or the hono"r o #ein) entr"sted %ith the ed"(ation o her )rand(hi!d, not to &ention the ree ret"rn o the a&i!$ estates--(on is(ated a ter the Batt!e o Phi!i--i, %here his rather had died i)htin) a)ainst A")"st"s. Cato %as %ise eno")h or (o%ard!$ eno")h to ta*e the hint, and a ter this &$ dai!$ tor&ents %ere (onsidera#!$ a#ated. Three or o"r &onths !ater, &"(h to &$ de!i)ht, he (eased to #e &$ t"tor, on his a--oint&ent to the head&astershi- o the Bo$s7 Co!!e)e. Post"&"s (a&e "nder his t"te!a)e there. Post"&"s %as i&&ense!$ stron). At the a)e o not 4"ite o"rteen he (o"!d #end a #ar o (o!d iron as thi(* as &$ th"&# a(ross his *nee, and I ha+e seen hi& %a!* aro"nd the -!a$)ro"nd %ith t%o #o$s on his sho"!ders, one on his #a(* and one standin) on ea(h o his hands. He %as not st"dio"s, #"t o an inte!!e(t ar s"-erior to Cato7s, to sa$ the !east o it, and in his !ast t%o $ears at the Co!!e)e the #o$s e!e(ted hi& their !eader. In a!! the s(hoo! )a&es he %as The Ain)--stran)e ho% !on) the %ord *in) has s"r+i+ed %ith s(hoo!#o$s--and *e-t a stern
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dis(i-!ine o+er his e!!o%s. Cato had to #e +er$ (i+i! to Post"&"s i he %anted the other #o$s to do %hat he %anted, or the$ a!! too* their ("e ro& Post"&"s. Cato %as no% re4"ired #$ Li+ia to %rite her o"t ha! $ear!$ re-orts on his -"-i!s/ she re&ar*ed that i she e!t the& to #e o interest to A")"st"s she %o"!d (o&&"ni(ate the& to hi&. Cato "nderstood ro& this that his re-orts %ere to #e non(o&&itta! "n!ess he had a hint ro& her to -raise or (ens"re an$ -arti("!ar #o$. Man$ &arria)es %ere arran)ed %hi!e the #o$s %ere sti!! at the Co!!e)e, and a re-ort &i)ht #e "se "! to Li+ia as an ar)"&ent or or a)ainst so&e (onte&-!ated &at(h. Marria)es o the no#i!it$ at Ro&e had to #e a--ro+ed #$ A")"st"s as Hi)h Ponti and %ere or the &ost -art di(tated #$ Li+ia. One da$ Li+ia ha--ened to +isit the Co!!e)e (!oisters, and there %as Post"&"s in a (hair iss"in) de(rees as the Ain). Cato noti(ed that she ro%ned at the si)ht. He %as e&#o!dened to %rite in his ne5t re-ort/ 8ith )reat "n%i!!in)ness #"t in the interests o +irt"e and 1"sti(e, I a& (o&-e!!ed to re-ort that the #o$ A)ri--a Post"&"s is in(!ined to dis-!a$ a sa+a)e, do&ineerin) and intra(ta#!e te&-er. A ter this Li+ia #eha+ed to hi& so )ra(io"s!$ that his ne5t re-ort %as e+en stron)er. Li+ia did not sho% the re-orts to A")"st"s #"t *e-t the& in reser+e, and Post"&"s hi&se! had no *no%!ed)e o the&. Under Post"&"s7 *in)shi- I had the ha--iest t%o $ears o &$ $o"th, I &a$ sa$ o &$ !i e. He )a+e orders to the other #o$s that I %as to #e ree!$ ad&itted to )a&es in the (!oisters, tho")h not a &e&#er o the Co!!e)e, and that he %o"!d re)ard an$ in(i+i!it$ or in1"r$ to &e as in(i+i!it$ or in1"r$ to hi&se! . So I too* -art in %hate+er s-orts &$ hea!th a!!o%ed and it %as on!$ %hen A")"st"s or Li+ia ha--ened to (o&e a!on) that I s!i--ed into the #a(*)ro"nd. In -!a(e o Cato I no% had )ood o!d Athenodor"s or &$ t"tor. I !earned &ore ro& hi& in si5 &onths than I had !earned ro& Cato in si5 $ears. Athenodor"s ne+er #eat &e and "sed the )reatest -atien(e. He "sed to en(o"ra)e &e #$ sa$in) that &$ !a&eness sho"!d #e a s-"r to &$ inte!!i)en(e. C"!(an, the God o a!! (!e+er (ra ts&en, %as !a&e too. As or &$ sta&&er, De&osthenes the no#!est 0>32 orator o a!! ti&e had #een #orn %ith a sta&&er, #"t had (orre(ted it #$ -atien(e and (on(entration. De&osthenes had "sed the +er$ &ethod that he %as no% tea(hin) &e. :or Athenodor"s &ade &e de(!ai& %ith &$ &o"th "!! o -e##!es/ in tr$in) to o+er(o&e the o#str"(tion o the -e##!es I or)ot a#o"t the sta&&er and then the -e##!es %ere re&o+ed one at a ti&e "nti! none re&ained, and I o"nd to &$ s"r-rise that I (o"!d s-ea* as %e!! as an$one. B"t on!$ in de(!a&ations. In ordinar$ (on+ersation I sti!! sta&&ered #ad!$. He &ade it a -!easant se(ret #et%een hi&se! and &e that I (o"!d de(!ai& so %e!!. One da$, Cer(o-ithe(ion, %e sha!! s"r-rise A")"st"s, he %o"!d sa$. B"t %ait a !itt!e !on)er. 8hen he (a!!ed &e Cer(o-ithe(ion 0!itt!e &ar&oset2, it %as or a e(tion, not s(orn, and I %as -ro"d o the na&e. 8hen I did #ad!$ he %o"!d sha&e &e #$ ro!!in) o"t, Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s Dr"s"s Nero Ger&ani("s, re&e&#er %ho $o" are and %hat $o" are doin). 8ith Post"&"s and Athenodor"s and Ger&ani("s as &$ riends I )rad"a!!$ #e)an to %in se! -(on iden(e. Athenodor"s to!d &e, the +er$ irst da$ o his t"torshi-, that he -ro-osed to tea(h &e not a(ts %hi(h I (o"!d -i(* "- an$%here or &$se! , #"t the --ro-er -resentation o a(ts. And this he did. One da$, or e5a&-!e, he as*ed &e, *ind!$ eno")h, %h$ I %as so e5(ited/ 0A.D. K2 I see&ed "na#!e to (on(entrate on &$ tas*. I to!d hi& that I had 1"st seen a h")e dra")ht o re(r"its -aradin) on Mars :ie!d "nder A")"st"s7 ins-e(tion #e ore #ein) sent o to Ger&an$, %here %ar had re(ent!$ #ro*en o"t a)ain. 8e!!, said Athenodor"s, sti!! in the sa&e *ind!$ +oi(e,
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sin(e this is so &"(h on $o"r &ind that $o" (an7t a--re(iate the #ea"ties o Hesiod, Hesiod (an %ait "nti! to&orro%. A ter a!!, he7s %aited se+en h"ndred $ears or &ore, so he %on7t )r"d)e "s another da$. And &ean%hi!e, s"--ose $o" %ere to sit do%n and ta*e $o"r ta#!ets and %rite &e a !etter, a short a((o"nt o a!! that $o" sa% on Mars :ie!d, as i I had #een i+e $ears a#sent ro& Ro&e and $o" %ere sendin) &e a !etter a(ross the sea, sa$ to &$ ho&e in Tars"s. That %o"!d *ee- $o"r rest!ess hands e&-!o$ed and #e )ood -ra(ti(e too. So I )!ad!$ s(ri##!ed a%a$ on the %a5, and then %e read the !etter thro")h or a"!ts o s-e!!in) and (o&-osition. I %as or(ed 0>=2 to ad&it that I had to!d #oth too !itt!e and too &"(h, and had a!so -"t &$ a(ts in the %ron) order. The -assa)e des(ri#in) the !a&entations o the &others and s%eethearts o the $o"n) so!diers, and ho% the (ro%d r"shed to the #rid)ehead or a ina! (heer o the de-artin) (o!"&n, sho"!d ha+e (o&e !ast, not irst. And I need not-ha+e &entioned that the (a+a!r$ had horses/ -eo-!e too* that or )ranted. And I had t%i(e -"t in the in(ident o A")"st"s7 (har)er st"&#!in)/ on(e %as eno")h i the horse on!$ st"&#!ed on(e. And %hat Post"&"s had to!d &e, as %e %ere )oin) ho&e, a#o"t the re!i)io"s -ra(ti(es o the ;e%s, %as interestin), #"t did not #e!on) here #e(a"se the re(r"its %ere Ita!ians, not ;e%s. Besides, at Tars"s he %o"!d -ro#a#!$ ha+e &ore o--ort"nities o st"d$in) ;e%ish ("sto&s than Post"&"s had at Ro&e. On the other hand I had not &entioned se+era! thin)s that he %o"!d ha+e #een interested to hear--ho% &an$ re(r"its there %ere in the -arade, ho% ar ad+an(ed their &i!itar$ trainin) %as, to %hat )arrison to%n the$ %ere #ein) sent, %hether the$ !oo*ed )!ad or sorr$ to )o, %hat A")"st"s said to the& in his s-ee(h. Three da$s !ater Athenodor"s &ade &e %rite o"t a des(ri-tion o a #ra%! #et%een a sai!or and (!othes dea!er %hi(h %e had %at(hed to)ether that da$ as %e %ere %a!*in) in the ra)-&ar*et, and I did &"(h #etter. He irst a--!ied this dis(i-!ine to &$ %ritin), then to &$ de(!a&ations, and ina!!$ to &$ )enera! (on+ersation %ith hi&. He too* end!ess -ains %ith &e, and )rad"a!!$ I )re% !ess s(atter-#rained, or he ne+er !et an$ (are!ess, irre!e+ant, or ine5a(t -hrase o &ine -ass %itho"t (o&&ent. He tried to interest &e in s-e("!ati+e -hi!oso-h$, #"t %hen he sa% that I had no #ent that %a$ he did not or(e &e to e5(eed the "s"a! #o"nds o -o!ite ed"(ation in the s"#1e(t. It %as he %ho irst in(!ined &e to histor$. He had (o-ies o the irst t%ent$ +o!"&es o Li+$7s histor$ o Ro&e, %hi(h he )a+e &e to read as an e5a&-!e o !"(id and a)reea#!e %ritin). Li+$7s stories en(hanted &e and Athenodor"s -ro&ised &e that as soon as I had &astered &$ sta&&er I sho"!d &eet Li+$ hi&se! , %ho %as a riend o his. He *e-t his %ord. Si5 &onths !ater he too* &e into the A-o!!o Li#rar$ and introd"(ed &e to a #earded stoo-in) 0>J2 &an o a#o"t si5t$ %ith a $e!!o%ish (o&-!e5ion, a ha--$ e$e and a -re(ise %a$ o s-ea*in), %ho )reeted &e (ordia!!$ as the son o a rather %ho& he had so &"(h ad&ired. Li+$ %as at this ti&e not 4"ite ha! -%a$ thro")h his histor$, %hi(h %as to #e (o&-!eted in one h"ndred and i t$ +o!"&es and to r"n ro& the ear!iest !e)endar$ ti&es to the death o &$ ather so&e t%e!+e $ears -re+io"s!$. It %as at this date that he had #e)"n -"#!ishin) his %or*, at the rate o i+e +o!"&es a $ear, and he had no% rea(hed the date at %hi(h ;"!i"s Ceasar %as #orn. Li+$ (on)rat"!ated &e on ha+in) Athenodor"s as &$ t"tor. Athenodor"s said that I %e!! re-aid the -ains he s-ent on &e, and then I to!d Li+$ %hat -!eas"re I had deri+ed ro& readin) his #oo*s sin(e Athenodor"s had re(o&&ended the& to &e as a &ode! or %ritin). So e+er$#od$ %as -!eased, es-e(ia!!$ Li+$. 8hatB Are $o" to #e a historian too, $o"n) &an3 he as*ed. I sho"!d !i*e to #e %orth$ o that hono"ra#!e na&e, I re-!ied, tho")h I had indeed ne+er serio"s!$ (onsidered the &atter. Then he s"))ested that I sho"!d %rite a !i e o &$ ather, and o ered to he!- &e #$ re errin) &e to the &ost re!ia#!e histori(a! so"r(es. I %as &"(h !attered and deter&ined to start the #oo* ne5t da$. B"t Li+$ said that %ritin) %as the historian7s !ast tas*/ irst he had to )ather his &ateria!s and shar-en his -en. Athenodor"s %o"!d !end &e his !itt!e shar- -en*ni e, Li+$ 1o*ed. Athenodor"s %as a state!$ o!d &an %ith
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dar* )ent!e e$es, a hoo*ed nose and the &ost %onder "! #eard that s"re!$ e+er )re% on h"&an (hin. It s-read in %a+es do%n to his %aist and %as as %hite as a s%an7s %in). I do not &a*e this as an id!e -oeti(a! (o&-arison or I a& not the sort o historian %ho %rites in -se"do-e-i( st$!e, I &ean that it %as !itera!!$ as %hite as a s%an7s %in). There %ere so&e ta&e s%ans on an arti i(ia! !a*e in the Gardens o Sa!!"st, %here Athenodor"s and I on(e ed the& %ith #read ro& a #oat, and I re&e&#er noti(in) that his #eard and their %in)s as he !eaned o+er the side %ere o e5a(t!$ the sa&e (o!o"r. Athenodor"s "sed to stro*e his #eard s!o%!$ and rh$th&i(a!!$ as he ta!*ed, and to!d &e on(e that it %as this that &ade it )ro% so !"5"riant!$. He said that in+isi#!e seeds o ire strea&ed o ro& his in)ers, %hi(h %ere ood or the hairs. I>>2 This %as a t$-i(a! Stoi( 1o*e at the e5-ense o E-i("rean s-e("!ati+e -hi!oso-h$. Mention o Athenodor"s7 #eard re&inds &e o S"!-i(i"s, %ho, %hen I %as thirteen $ears o!d, %as a--ointed #$ Li+ia as &$ s-e(ia! histor$-t"tor. S"!-i(i"s had, I thin*, the &ost %ret(hed-!oo*in) #eard I ha+e e+er seen/ it %as %hite, #"t the %hite o sno% in the streets o Ro&e a ter a tha%--a dirt$ )re$ish-%hite strea*ed %ith $e!!o%, and +er$ ra))ed. He "sed to t%ist it in his in)ers %hen he %as %orried and %o"!d e+en -"t the ends in his &o"th and (he% the&. Li+ia (hose hi&, I #e!ie+e, #e(a"se she tho")ht hi& the &ost #orin) &an in Ro&e and ho-ed #$ &a*in) hi& &$ t"tor to dis(o"ra)e &$ histori(a! a&#itions, or she soon (a&e to hear o the&. Li+ia %as ri)ht/ S"!-i(i"s had a )eni"s or &a*in) the &ost interestin) thin)s see& "tter!$ +a-id and dead B"t e+en S"!-i(i"s7 dr$ness (o"!d not t"rn &e a%a$ ro& &$ %or*, and there %as this a#o"t hi&, that he had a &ost e5traordinar$ a(("rate &e&or$ :or a(ts. I I e+er %anted so&e o"t-o -%a$ in or&ation, i"(h or instan(e, as the !a%s o s"((ession to the (hie tainshi- a&on) one o the A!-ine tri#es a)ainst %ho& &$ :ather had o")ht, or the &eanin) and et$&o!o)$ o their o"t!andish #att!e-(r$, S"!-i(i"s %o"!d *no% %hat a"thorit$ had treated o these -oints, in %hi(h #oo*, and ro& %hi(h she! o %hi(h (ase in %hi(h roo& o %hi(h !i#rar$ the$ %ere to #e o#tained. He had no (riti(a! sense and %rote -&isera#!$, the a(ts (ho*in) ea(h other, !i*e So%ers in a seed-#ed that has not #een thinned o"t. B"t he -ro+ed an in+a!"a#!e assistant %hen !ater I !earned to "se hi& as s"(h instead o as a t"tor, and he %or*ed or &e "nti! his death it the a)e o ei)ht$-se+en, near!$ thirt$ $ears !ater, his &e&or$ re&ainin) "ni&-aired to the !ast, and his #eard as dis(o!o"red and thin and disordered as e+er.

CHAPTER CI I MUST NO8 GO BACA A :E8 9EARS TO 8RITE ABOUT M9 "n(!e Ti#eri"s, %hose ort"nes are #$ no &eans irre!e+ant to this stor$. He %as in an "nha--$ -osition, or(ed a)ainst his %i!! to #e (ontin"a!!$ in the -"#!i( e$e, no% as )enera! in so&e rontier-(a&-ai)n, no% as Cons"! at Ro&e, no% as s-e(ia! (o&&issioner to the -ro+0B.C. > in(es, %hen a!! he %anted %as a !on) rest and -ri+a($. P"#!i( hono"rs &eant !itt!e to hi&, i on!$ #e(a"se the$ %ere a%arded hi&, as he on(e (o&-!ained to &$ rather, rather as #ein) (hie errand-#o$ to A")"st"s and Li+ia, than as one a(tin) in his o%n ri)ht and on his o%n res-onsi#i!it$. Moreo+er, %ith the di)nit$ o the I&-eria! a&i!$ to &aintain and Li+ia (ontin"a!!$ s-$in) on hi&, he had to #e +er$ (are "! o his -ri+ate
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&ora!s. He had e% riends, #ein), as I thin* I ha+e said, o a s"s-i(io"s, 1ea!o"s, reser+ed and &e!an(ho!$ te&-era&ent, and those rather han)ers-on than riends, %ho& he treated %ith the ($ni(a! (onte&-t that the$ deser+ed. And, !ast!$, thin)s had )one ro& #ad to %orse #et%een hi& and ;"!ia sin(e his &arria)e %ith her i+e $ears #e ore. A #o$ had #een #orn #"t he had died, and then Ti#eri"s had re "sed to s!ee- %ith her e+er a)ain, or three reasons. The irst %as that ;"!ia %as #$ no% )ettin) &idd!e-a)ed and !osin) her s!ender i)"re--Ti#eri"s -re erred i&&at"re %o&en, the &ore #o$ish the #etter, and Ci-sania had #een a !itt!e %is- o a thin). The se(ond %as that ;"!ia &ade -assionate de&ands on hi& %hi(h he %as "n%i!!in) to &eet and that she "sed to #e(o&e h$steri(a! %hen he re-"!sed her. The third %as that he o"nd, a ter re-"!sin) her, that she %as re+en)in) herse! #$ indin) )a!!ants to )i+e her %hat he %ithhe!d. Un ort"nate!$ he (o"!d )et no -roo o ;"!ia7s in ide!ities a-art ro& the e+iden(e o s!a+es, or she &ana)ed thin)s +er$ (are "!!$, and s!a+e-e+iden(e %as not )ood eno")h to 0>E2 o er A")"st"s as )ro"nds or di+or(in) his #e!o+ed on!$ da")hter. Rather than te!! Li+ia a#o"t it, ho%e+er, or he &istr"sted her as &"(h as he hated her, he -re erred to s" er in si!en(e. It o(("rred to hi& that, i he (o"!d on(e )et a%a$ ro& Ro&e and ;"!ia, the (han(es %ere that she $o"!d )ro% (are!ess and A")"st"s %o"!d e+ent"a!!$ ind D"t or hi&se! a#o"t her #eha+io"r. His on!$ (han(e o es(a-e !a$ in another %ar #rea*in) o"t so&e%here on one o the rontiers i&-ortant eno")h or hi& to #e sent there in (o&&and. B"t no si)ns o %ar a--eared in an$ 4"arter ind, #esides, he %as si(* o i)htin). He had s"((eeded &$ ather in (o&&and o the Ger&an ar&ies 0;"!ia had insisted on a((o&-an$in) hi& to the Rhine2 and had no% on!$ #een #a(* in Ro&e or a e% &onths/ #"t A")"st"s had %or*ed hi& !i*e a s!a+e e+er sin(e his ret"rn, )i+in) ri& the di i("!t and "n-!easant tas* o in+esti)atin) the id&inistration o %or*ho"ses and !a#o"r (onditions )enera!!$ in the -oorer 4"arters o Ro&e. One da$, in an "n)"arded &o&ent, he #"rst o"t to Li+ia/ O &other, to #e ree, or on!$ a e% &onths e+en, ro& this into!era#!e !i e. She ri)htened hi& #$ &a*in) no ans%er and ha")hti!$ !ea+in) the roo&, #"t !ater in the sa&e da$ (a!!ed hi& to her and s"r-rised hi& #$ sa$in) that she had de(ided to )rant his %ish and o#tain te&-orar$ !ea+e o reire&ent or hi& ro& A")"st"s. She too* the de(ision -art!$ #e(a"se she %anted to -"t hi& "nder a de#t o )rati"de to her, and -art!$ #e(a"se she no% *ne% a#o"t ;"!ia7s !o+e-a airs and had the sa&e idea as Ti#eri"s a#o"t )i+in) her ro-e and !ettin) her han) herse! %ith it. B"t her (hie reason %as that Post"&"s7 e!der #rothers, Gai"s and -. L"(i"s, %ere )ro%in) "- and re!ations #et%een the& and heir ste- ather Ti#eri"s %ere strained. Gai"s, %ho %as not a #ad e!!o% at #otto& 0and neither %as L"(i"s2 had to so&e e5tent (o&e to i!! the -!a(e in A")"st"s7 a e(tions that Mar(e!!"s had on(e he!d. B"t he s-oi!t the& #oth so sha&e!ess!$, in s-ite o Li+ia7s %arnin)s, that the %onder is that the$ did not t"rn o"t ar %orse than the$ did. The$ tended to #eha+e inso!ent!$ to%ards their e!ders, -arti("!ar!$ &en to%ards %ho& the$ *ne% A")"st"s %o"!d se(ret!$ !i*e the& to #eha+e so, and to !i+e %ith )reat e5tra+a)an(e. 8hen Li+ia sa% that it %as 0>F2 "se!ess tr$in) to *ee- A")"st"s7 ne-otis& in (he(* she (han)ed her -o!i($ and en(o"ra)ed hi& to &a*e )reater a+o"rites o the& than e+er. B$ doin) so, and !ettin) the& *no% she %as doin) so, she ho-ed to )ain their (on iden(e. She (a!("!ated, too, that i their se! -i&-ortan(e %as in(reased on!$ a !itt!e &ore the$ %o"!d or)et the&se!+es and tr$ to sei6e the &onar(h$ or the&se!+es. Her s-$-s$ste& %as e5(e!!ent and she %o"!d )et %ind o an$ s"(h -!ot in )ood ti&e to ha+e the& arrested. She en(o"ra)ed A")"st"s to ha+e Gai"s e!e(ted Cons"!, or o"r $ears ahead, %hen he %as on!$ i teen, tho")h the $o"n)est a)e at %hi(h a &an (o"!d !e)a!!$ #e(o&e Cons"! had #een i5ed #$ S"!!a at ort$-three, #e ore %hi(h he had to i!! three di erent &a)istrata! o i(es o as(endin) i&-ortan(e. Later, L"(i"s %as )i+en the sa&e hono"r. She a!so s"))ested that A")"st"s sho"!d -resent the& to
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the Senate as Leaders o Cadets. The tit!e %as not, as in the (ase o Mar(e!!"s, )i+en the& or a s-e(i i( o((asion on!$, #"t -"t the& in a -osition o -er&anent a"thorit$ o+er a!! their e4"a!s in a)e and ran*. It see&ed -er e(t!$ (!ear no% that A")"st"s intended Gai"s as his s"((essor, so it %as not to #e %ondered ;t that the7 sa&e sort o $o"n) no#!e&en as had #oasted the "ntried -o%ers o $o"n) Mar(e!!"s a)ainst the &inisteria! and &i!itar$ re-"tation o the +eteran A)ri--a no% did the sa&e or A)ri--a7s son Gai"s a)ainst the +eteran re-"tation o Ti#eri"s, %ho& the$ s"#1e(ted to &an$ s!i)hts. Li+ia intended Ti#eri"s to o!!o% the e5a&-!e o A)ri--a. I he no% retired, %ith so &an$ +i(tories and -"#!i( hono"rs to his (redit, to so&e near-#$ Gree* is!and and !e t the -o!iti(a! ie!d (!ear or Gai"s and L"(i"s, this %o"!d (reate a #etter i&-ression and %in hi& ar &ore -o-"!ar s$&-ath$ than i he sta$ed #ehind to dis-"te it. 0The histori(a! -ara!!e! %o"!d #e(o&e sti!! (!oser i Gai"s and L"(i"s %ere to die d"rin) Ti#eri"s7 retire&ent and A")"st"s %ere to ee! the need o his ser+i(es a)ain.2 So she -ro&ised to -re+ai! on A")"st"s to )rant hi& inde inite !ea+e o a#sen(e ro& Ro&e and -er&ission to resi)n ro& a!! his o i(es, #"t to )i+e hi& the honorar$ ran* o Prote(tor o the Peo-!e--%hi(h %o"!d &a*e hi& se("re a)ainst assassination #$ Gai"s, sho"!d Gai"s thin* o re&o+in) hi&. Li+ia o"nd it e5tre&e!$ di i("!t to *ee- her -ro&ise, or Ti#eri"s %as A")"st"s7 &ost "se "! &inister and &ost s"((ess "! )enera!, and or a !on) ti&e the o!d &an re "sed to treat the re4"est serio"s!$. B"t Ti#eri"s -!eaded i!! hea!th and "r)ed that his a#sen(e %o"!d re!ie+e Gains and L"(i"s o &"(h e&#arrass&ent/ he ad&itted that he did !ot )et on %e!! %ith the&. Sti!! A")"st"s %o"!d not !isten. Gai"s and L"(i"s %ere &ere !ads, tota!!$ ine5-erien(ed as $et in %ar or state(ra t, and %o"!d #e o no ser+i(e to hi& it a!! sho"!d serio"s dist"r#an(es #rea* o"t in the Cit$, in he -ro+in(es, or on the rontier. He rea!ised, -erha-s or he irst ti&e, that Ti#eri"s %as no% his on!$ stand-#$ in an$ s"(h e&er)en($. B"t he %as irritated at ha+in) the rea!i6ation or(ed on hi&. He re "sed Ti#eri"s7 re4"est &d said that he %o"!d !isten to no ar)"&ents. Sin(e there +as no he!- or it, there ore, Ti#eri"s %ent to ;"!ia and o!d her %ith st"died #r"ta!it$ that their &arria)e had #e, o&e s"(h a ar(e that he (o"!d not #ear to re&ain in the sa&e ho"se %ith her a da$ !on)er. He s"))ested that she sho"!d )o to A")"st"s and (o&-!ain that she had #een i!!-treated #$ her r" ian!$ h"s#and and %o"!d not #e ha--$ "nti! she had a di+or(e. A")"st"s, he said, %as or a&i!$ reasons "n!i*e!$, %orse !"(*, to (onsent to the di+or(e, #"t %o"!d -ro#a#!$ #anish hi& ro& Ro&e. He %as read$ e+en to )o into e5i!e rather than (ontin"e to !i+e %ith her. ;"!ia de(ided to or)et that she had e+er !o+ed Ti#eri"s. She had s" ered &"(h ro& hi&. Not on!$ did he treat her %ith the )reatest (onte&-t %hene+er the$ %ere a!one to)ether, #"t he had #$ no% #e)"n (a"tio"s!$ e5-eri&entin) in those !"di(ro"s!$ i!th$ -ra(ti(es %hi(h !ater &ade "s na&e so detesta#!e to a!! de(ent-&inded -eo-!e, and she had o"nd o"t a#o"t it. So she too* hi& at his %ord and (o&-!ained to A")"st"s in ar stron)er ter&s than Ti#eri"s 0%ho %as +ain eno")h to #e!ie+e that she sti!! !o+ed hi& in s-ite o e+er$thin)2 (o"!d ha+e oreseen. A")"st"s had a!%a$s had )reat di i("!t$ in (on(ea!in) his dis!i*e or Ti#eri"s as a son-in-!a%--%hi(h had o (o"rse en(o"ra)ed the Gai"s a(tion--and no% %ent stor&in) "- and do%n his st"d$ (a!!in) Ti#eri"s a!! the na&es that he (o"!d !a$ his ton)"e on. B"t he ne+erthe!ess re&inded !"!ia that she had on!$ herse! to #!a&e or
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her disa--ointed &ent in a h"s#and a#o"t %hose (hara(ter he had ne+er ai!ed to %arn her. And, &"(h as he !o+ed and -itied her, he (o"!d not disso!+e the &arria)e. :or his da")hter and ste-son to se-arate a ter a "nion that had #een )i+en s"(h -o!iti(a! i&-ortan(e %o"!d ne+er do, and Li+ia %o"!d see the &atter in the sa&e !i)ht as hi&se! , he %as s"reSo ;"!ia #e))ed that Ti#eri"s sho"!d at !east #e sent a%a$ so&e%here or a $eai or t%o, #e(a"se at the &o&ent she (o"!d not a#ide his -resen(e %ithin a h"ndred &i!es o her. To this he e+ent"a!!$ a)reed, and a e% da$s !ater Ti#eri"s %as on his %a$ to the is!and o Rhodes, %hi(h #e had, !on) #e ore this, (hosen as the idea! -!a(e or retire&ent. B"t A")"st"s, %hi!e )rantin) hi& the ran* o Prote(tor, at Li+ia7s "r)ent insisten(e, had &ade it -!ain that i he ne+er sa% his a(e a)ain it %o"!d #e no )rie to hi&. No#od$ #"t the -rin(i-a!s in this ("rio"s dra&a *ne% %h$ Ti#eri"s %as !ea+in) Ro&e, and Li+ia "sed A")"st"s7 "n%i!!in)ness to dis("ss the &atter -"#!i(!$, to Ti#eri"s7 ad+anta)e. She to!d her riends, in (on iden(e, that Ti#eri"s had de(ided to retire as a -rotest a)ainst the s(anda!o"s #eha+io"r o the -art$ o Gai"s and L"(i"s. She a!so said that A")"st"s had s$&-athised )reat!$ %ith hi&, and had at irst re "sed to a((e-t h s resi)nation, -ro&isin) to si!en(e the o enders, Ti#eri"s had then insisted that he did not %ish to &a*e "rther #ad #!ood #et%een hi&se! and his %i e7s sons, and had de&onstrated the i5it$ o his -"r-ose #$ )oin) %itho"t ood or o"r da$s. Li+ia *e-t "- the ar(e #$ a((o&-an$in) Ti#eri"s to his shi- at Ostia, the -ort o Ro&e, and #esee(hin) hi&, in A")"st"s7 na&e and her o%n, to re(onsider his de(ision. She e+en arran)ed that a!! the &e&#ers o her i&&ediate a&i!$--Ti#eri"s7 $o"n) son Castor, and &$ &other, and Ger&ani("s, Li+i!!a and &$se! --sho"!d (o&e a!on) %ith her and in(rease the -oi)nan($ o the o((asion #$ addin) o"r -!eas to hers. ;"!ia did not a--ear, and her a#sen(e itted in %e!! %ith the i&-ression that Li+ia %as tr$in) to (reate--that she had #een sidin) %ith her sons a)ainst her h"s#and. It %as a ridi("!o"s #"t %e!!-sta)ed s(ene. M$ &other -!a$ed "%e!!, and the three e!der (hi!dren, %ho had #een (are "!!$ (oa(hed, rea!!$ s-o*e their -arts as i the$ &eant the&. I %as #e%i!dered and d"&# "nti! Li+i!!a )a+e &e a )ood -in(hin), at %hi(h I #"rst into tears and so did #etter than an$ o the&. I %as o"r $ears o!d %hen i!! this ha--ened, #"t I had t"rned t%e!+e #e ore A")"st"s %as re!"(tant!$ (o&-e!!ed to re(a!! &$ "n(!e to Ro&e, the -o!iti(a! sit"ation ha+in) #$ then )reat!$ (han)ed. No% ;"!ia deser+es ar )reater s$&-ath$ than she has -o-"!ar!$ %on. She %as, I #e!ie+e, nat"ra!!$ a de(ent, )oodhearted %o&an, tho")h ond o -!eas"res and e5(ite&ents, &d the on!$ one o &$ e&a!e re!ations %ho had a *ind!$ %ord or &e. I a!so #e!ie+e that there %ere no )ro"nds or the (har)es &ade a)ainst her &an$ $ears !ater, o in ide!it$ to A)ri--a %hi!e she %as &arried to hi&. Certain!$ a!! her three #o$s rese&#!ed hi& (!ose!$. The tr"e stor$ is as o!!o%s. In her %ido%hood, as I ha+e re!ated, she e!! in !o+e %ith Ti#eri"s and -ers"aded A")"st"s to !et her &arr$ hi&. Ti#eri"s, enra)ed at ha+in) had to di+or(e his o%n i+i e or her sa*e, treated her +er$ (o!d!$. She %as then i&-r"dent eno")h to a--roa(h Li+ia, %ho& she eared #"t tr"sted, and as* her ad+i(e. Li+ia )a+e her a !o+e--hi!tre, %hi(h she %as to drin*, sa$in) that %ithin a $ear it %o"!d &a*e her irresisti#!e to her h"s#and, #"t that she &"st ta*e it on(e a &onth, at "!! &oon, and &a*e (ertain -ra$ers to Cen"s, sa$in) nothin) a#o"t it to a !i+in) so"!, or the dr") %o"!d !ose its +irt"e and do her a )reat dea! o har&. 8hat Li+ia +er$ (r"e!!$ )a+e her %as a disti!!ation o the (r"shed #odies o (ertain !itt!e )reen !ies, ro& S-ain, i+hi(h so sti&"!ated her se5"a! a--etite that she #e(a&e !i*e a de&ented %o&an. 0I %i!! e5-!ain !ater ho% I (a&e to !earn a!! this.2 :or a %hi!e indeed she ired Ti#eri"s7 i--etite #$ the a#andoned %antonness to %hi(h the dr") iro+e her, a)ainst her nat"ra! &odest$, #"t soon she %earied hi& and he re "sed to ha+e an$ "rther &arita! (o&&er(e %ith her. She %as or(ed #$ the a(tion o the dr"), %hi(h I s"--ose #e(a&e a ha#it %ith her, to satis $
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ner se5"a! (ra+in)s #$ ad"!tero"s inter(o"rse %ith %hate+er $o"n) (o"rtiers she (o"!d tr"st to #eha+e %ith dis(retion she did this in Ro&e, I &ean/ in Ger&an$ and :ran(e she sed"(ed -ri+ate so!diers o Ti#eri"s7 #od$)"ard and e+en Ger&an s!a+es, threatenin), i the$ hesitated, to a(("se the& o o erin) her a&i!iarities and to ha+e the& t<D2 !o))ed to death. As she %as sti!! a ine-!oo*in) %o&an, the$ a--arent!$ did not hesitate !on). A ter Ti#eri"s7 #anish&ent ;"!ia )re% (are!ess, and a!! Ro&e soon (a&e to *no% o her in ide!ities, Li+ia ne+er said a %ord to A")"st"s, (on ident that in d"e ti&e he %o"!d (o&e to hear a#o"t the& ro& so&e other 4"arter. B"t A")"st"s7 #!ind !o+e or ;"!ia %as a #$-%ord and no#od$ dared to sa$ an$thin) to hi&. A ter a ti&e it %as )enera!!$ ass"&ed that he (o"!d no !on)er #e i)norant, and that his (ondonation o her #eha+io"r %as a "rther (a"tion to si!en(e. ;"!ia7s no(t"rna! or)ies in the Mar*et P!a(e and on the Oration P!at or& itse! had #e(o&e a &atter o )ra+e -"#!i( s(anda!, $et it %as o"r $ears #e ore so &"(h as a r"&o"r rea(hed A")"st"s. Then he heard the %ho!e stor$ ro& none other than her sons, Gai"s and L"(i"s, %ho (a&e to)ether into his -resen(e and an)ri!$ as*ed hi& ho% !on) %as he )oin) to -er&it hi&se! and his )rand(hi!dren to #e dis)ra(ed. The$ "nderstood, the$ said, that re)ard or the a&i!$7s )ood na&e &ade hi& +er$ -atient %ith their &other, #"t s"re!$ there %as a !i&it to his !on)s" erin)i 8ere the$ to %ait "nti! she -resented the& %ith a !itter o &an$- athered #astard #rothers #e ore an$ o i(ia! noti(e %as ta*en o her -ran*s3 A")"st"s !istened %ith horror and a&a6e&ent and or a !on) ti&e (o"!d do no &ore than )a-e and &o+e his !i-s. 8hen he o"nd his +oi(e it %as to (a!! in stran)!ed tones or Li+ia. The$ re-eated their stor$ in her -resen(e, and she -retended to so#, sa$in) that it had #een her )reatest )rie these three $ears that A")"st"s had de!i#erate!$ sh"t his ears to the tr"th. Se+era! ti&es, she said, she had )athered "- (o"ra)e to s-ea* to hi&, #"t it had #een 4"ite (!ear that he did not %ant to !isten to a %ord she said. I %as (on ident that $o" rea!!$ *ne% a!! a#o"t it and that the s"#1e(t %as too -ain "! or $o" to dis("ss e+en %ith &e.... A")"st"s, %ee-in), %ith his head #et%een his hands, &"ttered that he had ne+er heard the s!i)htest %his-er, or entertained the aintest s"s-i(ion that his da")hter %as not the (hastest %o&an at Ro&e. Li+ia as*ed, %h$ then did he s"--ose that her son Ti#eri"s had )one into e5i!e. :or !o+e o e5i!e3 No, it %as #e(a"se he %as "na#!e to (he(* the e5(esses o his %i e and $et %as distressed that A")"st"s %as (ondonin) the&, 0<=2 or so he #e!ie+ed, and sin(e he did not %ish to anta)onise Gai"s and L"(i"s, her sons, #$ as*in) A")"s/ "s or !ea+e to di+or(e her, there %as no (o"rse o-en or hi& #"t to %ithdra% de(ent!$ ro& the s(ene. This ta!* a#o"t Ti#eri"s %as %asted on A")"st"s, %ho thre% a o!d o his ro#e o+er his head and )ro-ed his %a$ to the -assa)e !eadin) to his #edroo&, %here he !o(*ed hi&se! in and %as seen #$ no#od$, not e+en #$ Li+ia, or 3 o"r %ho!e da$s, d"rin) %hi(h ti&e he too* no ood or irin*, nor an$ s!ee-, and %hat %as sti!! stron)er -roo --i an$ %as re4"ired--o the +io!en(e o his )rie , %ent a!! that ti&e "nsha+ed. :ina!!$ he -"!!ed the strin) %hi(h ran thro")h a ho!e in the %a!! and tin*!ed a !itt!e si!+er #e!! in Li+ia7s roo&. Li+ia (a&e h"rr$in) to hi& %ith a a(e o !o+in) (on(ern, and A")"st"s, not $et tr"stin) his +oi(e, %rote do%n on his %a5-ta#!et the sin)!e senten(e, in Gree*/ Let her #e #anished or !i e, #"t do not te!! &e %here. He handed Li+ia his sea!-rin) so that she &i)ht %rite !etters to the Senate #$ his a"thorit$, re(o&&endin) the #anish&ent. 0This sea!, #$ the %a$, %as the )reat e&era!d ("t %ith the he!&eted head o A!e5ander the Great ro& %hose to&# it had #een sto!en, a!on) %ith a s%ord and #reast--!ate and other -ersona! tra--in)s o the hero. Li+ia insisted on his "sin) it, in s-ite o his s(r"-!es--he rea!ised ho% -res"&-t"o"s it %as--"nti! one ni)ht he had a drea& in %hi(h A!e5ander, ro%nin)
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an)ri!$, ha(*ed o %ith his s%ord the in)er on %hi(h he %ore it. Then he had a sea! o his o%n, a r"#$ ro& India, ("t #$ the a&o"s )o!ds&ith Dios("rides, %hi(h a!! his s"((essors ha+e "sed as the to*en o their so+erei)nt$.2 Li+ia %rote the re(o&&endation or #anish&ent in +er$ stron) ter&s. It %as (o&-osed in A")"st"s7 o%n !iterar$ st$!e, %hi(h %as eas$ to i&itate #e(a"se it a!%a$s sa(riE(ed e!e)an(e to (!arit$-- or e5a&-!e, #$ a deter&ined re-etition o the sa&e %ord, %here it o(("rred o ten in a -assa)e, instead o h"ntin) a#o"t or a s$non$& or -eri-hrasis 0%hi(h is the (o&&on !iterar$ -ra(ti(e2. And he had a tenden($ to o+er--re-ositiona!i6e his +er#s. She did not sho% the !etter to A")"st"s #"t sent it dire(t to the Senate, %ho i&&ediate!$ +oted a de(ree o -er-et"a! #anish&ent. Li+ia had !isted ;"!ia7s (ri&es in s"(h detai! and had (redited 0<J2 A")"st"s %ith s"(h (a!& e5-ressions o detestation or the& that she &ade it i&-ossi#!e or hi& e+er a ter%ards to (han)e his &ind and as* the Senate to (an(e! their de(ision. She did a )ood -ie(e o #"siness on the side, too, #$ sin)!in) o"t or s-e(ia! &ention as ;"!ia7s -artners in ad"!ter$ three or o"r &en %ho& it %as to her interest to r"in. A&on) the& %as an "n(!e o &ine, !"!"s, a son o Anton$, to %ho& A")"st"s had sho%n )reat a+o"r or O(ta+ia7s sa*e, raisin) hi& to the Cons"!shi-. Li+ia, in na&in) hi& in her !etter to the Senate, stron)!$ e&-hasi6ed the in)ratit"de that he had sho%n his #ene a(tor and hinted that he and ;"!ia %ere (ons-irin) to)ether to sei6e the s"-re&e -o%er. !"!"s (o&&itted s"i(ide. I #e!ie+e that the (har)e o (ons-ira($ %as )ro"nd!ess, #"t as the on!$ s"r+i+in) son o Anton$, #$ his %i e :"!+ia--A")"st"s had -"t Ant$!!"s, the e!dest, to death i&&ediate!$ a ter his ather7s s"i(ide, and the other t%o, Pto!e&$ and A!e5ander, his sons #$ C!eo-atra, had died $o"n)--and as an e5-Cons"! and the h"s#and o Mar(e!!"s7 sister, %ho& A)ri--a had di+or(ed, he see&ed dan)ero"s. Po-"!ar dis(ontent %ith A")"st"s o ten e5-ressed itse! in a %ish that it had #een Anton$ %ho had %on the Batt!e o A(ti"&. The other &en %ho& Li+ia a(("sed o ad"!ter$ %ere #anished. A %ee* !ater A")"st"s as*ed Li+ia %hether a (ertain de(ree had #een d"!$ -assed-- or he ne+er &entioned ;"!ia #$ na&e a)ain and se!do& e+en #$ a ro"nda#o"t e5-ression, tho")h she -!ain!$ %as &"(h in his tho")hts. Li+ia to!d hi& that a (ertain -erson had #een senten(ed to -er-et"a! (on ine&ent on an is!and and %as a!read$ on her %a$ there. At this he see&ed "rther do%n(ast, that ;"!ia had not done the one hono"ra#!e thin) !e t to her to do, na&e!$ to ta*e her o%n !i e. Li+ia &entioned that Ph(e#e, %ho %as ;"!ia7s !ad$-in-%aitin) and (hie (on idant, had han)ed herse! as soon as the de(ree o #anish&ent had #een -"#!ished. A")"st"s said/ I %ish to God I had #een Phoe#e7s ather. He de!a$ed his -"#!i( a--earan(e or a "rther ortni)ht. I %e!! re&e&#er that dread "! &onth. 8e (hi!dren %ere a!!, #$ Li+ia7s orders, &ade to %ear &o"rnin) and not a!!o%ed to -!a$ or &a*e a noise or e+en s&i!e. 8hen %e sa% A")"st"s a)ain he !oo*ed ten % $ears o!der and it %as &onths #e ore he had the heart to +isit the -!a$)ro"nd in the Bo$s7 Co!!e)e or e+en to res"&e his dai!$ &ornin) e5er(ise, %hi(h (onsisted o a #ris* %a!* aro"nd the Pa!a(e )ro"nds %ith a r"n at the end o+er a (o"rse o !o% h"rd!es. Ti#eri"s had the ne%s a#o"t ;"!ia sent hi& at on(e #$ Li+ia. At her -ro&-tin) he %rote t%o or three !etters to A")"st"s, #e))in) hi& to or)i+e ;"!ia, as he did hi&se! , and sa$in) that ho%e+er #ad!$ she had #eha+ed as a %i e he %ished her to *ee- a!! the -ro-ert$ that he had at an$ ti&e &ade o+er to her. A")"st"s did not ans%er.
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He ir&!$ #e!ie+ed that Ti#eri"s7 ori)ina! (o!dness and (r"e!t$ to ;"!ia, and the e5a&-!e o i&&ora!it$ he had )i+en her, %ere res-onsi#!e or her &ora! de)eneration. So ar ro& re(a!!in) hi& ro& #anish&ent he re "sed e+en to rene% his Prote(torate %hen it (a&e to an end the o!!o%in) $ear. There is a so!diers7 &ar(hin)-#a!!ad (a!!ed The Three Grie s o Lord A")"st"s, (o&-osed in the ro")h tra)i(o&i( st$!e o the (a&-, %hi(h %as s"n) &an$ $ears !ater #$ the re)i&ents stationed in Ger&an$. The the&e is that A")"st"s )rie+ed irst or Mar(e!!"s, ne5t or ;"!ia, and the third ti&e or the !ost Ea)!es o Car"s. Dee-!$ or Mar(e!!"s7 death, &ore dee-!$ or ;"!ia7s dis)ra(e, #"t &ost dee-!$ o a!! or the Ea)!es, or %ith ea(h Ea)!e had +anished a %ho!e re)i&ent o Ro&e7s #ra+est &en. The #a!!ad !a&ents in a n"&#er o +erses the "nha--$ ate o the Nineteenth, T%ent$-:i th and T%ent$-Si5th Re)i&ents %hi(h, %hen I %as nineteen $ears o!d, %ere a&#"shed and &assa(red #$ the Ger&ans in a re&ote &arsh$ orest, and te!!s ho%, a ter the ne%s o this "n-ara!!e!ed disaster rea(hed hi&. Lord A")"st"s *e-t *no(*in) his head a)ainst the %a!!/ Lord A")"st"s ea(h ti&e #a%!in) As he et(hed his head a (ra(*, Car"s, Car"s, Genera! Car"s, Gi+e &e &$ three Ea)!es #a(*B Lord A")"st"s tore his #ed(!othes, B!an*ets, sheet and (o"nter-ane. Car"s, Car"s, Genera! Car"s, Gi+e &$ Re)i&ents #a(* a)ain. The ne5t +erses sa$ that he ne+er a ter%ards or&ed ne% re)i&ents "nder the n"&#ers o the three destro$ed, #"t *e-t the )a- in the Ar&$ List. He is &ade to s%ear that Mar(e!!"s7 !i e and ;"!ia7s hono"r had #een nothin) to hi& #$ (o&-arison %ith the !i e and hono"r o his so!diers, and that his s-irit %o"!d ha+e no &ore rest than a !ea in an o+en "nti! a!! three Ea)!es %ere re(o+ered and sa e!$ !aid in the Ca-ito!. B"t tho")h sin(e then the Ger&ans had #een thrashed a)ain and a)ain in #att!e, no#od$ had #een a#!e to dis(o+er %here the !ost Ea)!es %ere roostin)--the (o%ards *e-t the& so (!ose!$ hidden. That %as ho% the troo-s #e!itt!ed A")"st"s7 )rie or ;"!ia, #"t it is &$ o-inion that or e+er$ ho"r he )rie+ed or the Ea)!es he &"st ha+e )rie+ed a "!! &onth or her. He did not %ish to *no% %here she had #een sent, #e(a"se this %o"!d ha+e &eant that his &ind %o"!d #e (ontin"a!!$ t"rnin) there and he %o"!d hard!$ #e a#!e to restrain hi&se! ro& ta*in) shi- and +isitin) her. So it %as eas$ or Li+ia to treat ;"!ia %ith )reat re+en)e "!ness. She %as not a!!o%ed %ine, (os&eti(s, ine (!othes or !"5"ries o an$ sort and her )"ard (onsisted o e"n"(hs and +er$ o!d &en. She %as a!!o%ed no +isitors and %as e+en set to %or* on a dai!$ s-innin) tas* as in her s(hoo!)ir! da$s. The is!and %as o the Ca&-anian (oast. It %as a +er$ s&a!! one and Li+ia -"r-ose!$ in(reased her s" erin)s #$ *ee-in) the sa&e )"ards there $ear a ter
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$ear %itho"t re!ie , the$ nat"ra!!$ #!a&ed her or their #anish&ent in that (on ined and "nhea!th$ s-ot. The one -erson %ho (o&es %e!! o"t o this ")!$ stor$ is ;"!ia7s &other, S(ri#onia, %ho& it %i!! #e re(a!!ed A")"st"s had di+or(ed in order to #e a#!e to &arr$ Li+ia. No% a +er$ o!d %o&an, %ho had !i+ed in retire&ent or a n"&#er o $ears, she #o!d!$ %ent to A")"st"s and as*ed -er&ission to share her da")hter7s #anish&ent. She to!d hi& in Li+ia7s -resen(e that her da")hter had #een sto!en ro& her as soon as #orn #"t that she had a!%a$s %orshi--ed her ro& a distan(e and, no% that the %ho!e %or!d %as set a)ainst her dar!in), she %ished to sho% %hat tr"e &other7s !o+e %as. And in her o-inion the -oor (hi!d %as not to #!a&e/ thin)s had #een &ade +er$ di i("!t or her. Li+ia !a")hed (onte&-t"o"s!$ #"t &"st ha+e e!t 0<E2 -rett$ "n(o& orta#!e. A")"st"s, &asterin) his e&otion, ii)ned that the re4"est %as )ranted. :i+e $ears !ater, on ;"!ia7s #irthda$, A")"st"s as*ed Li+ia s"dden!$/ Ho% #i) is the is!and3 8hi(h is!and3 as*ed Li+ia. The is!and... %here an "n!"(*$ %o&an is !i+in). Oh, a e% &in"tes7 %a!* ro& end to end, I #e!ie+e, Li+ia said %ith a e(ted (are!essness. A e% &in"tes %a!*B Are $o" 1o*in)3 He had tho")ht o her as an e5i!e on so&e #i) is!and, !i*e C$-r"s or Les#os or Cor ". A ter a %hi!e he as*ed/ 8hat is it (a!!ed3 It7s (a!!ed Pandataria! 8hat3 M$ God, that deso!ate -!a(e3 @ (r"e!B :i+e $ears on PandatariaB Li+ia !oo*ed at hi& se+ere!$ and said/ I s"--ose $o" %ant her #a(* here at Ro&e3 A")"st"s then %ent o+er to the &a- o Ita!$, en)ra+ed on a thin sheet o )o!d st"dded %ith s&a!! 1e%e!s to &ar* the (ities, %hi(h h"n) on the %a!! o the roo& in %hi(h the$ %ere. He %as "na#!e to s-ea*, #"t -ointed to Re))io, a -!easant Gree* to%n on the straits o Messina. So ;"!ia %as sent to Re))io, %here she %as )i+en so&e%hat )reater !i#ert$, and e+en a!!o%ed to see +isitors--#"t a +isitor had irst to a--!$ in -erson to Li+ia or -er&ission. He had to e5-!ain %hat #"siness he had %ith ;"!ia, and i!! in a detai!ed -ass-ort or Li+ia7s si)nat"re, )i+in) the (o!o"r o his hair and e$es and !istin) distin)"ishin) &ar*s and s(ars, so that on!$ he hi&se! (o"!d "se it. :e% (ared to s"#&it to these -re!i&inaries. ;"!ia7s da")hter A)ri--ina as*ed -er&ission to )o, #"t Li+ia re "sed o"t o (onsideration, she said, or A)ri--ina7s &ora!s. ;"!ia %as sti!! *e-t "nder se+ere dis(i-!ine and had no riend !i+in) %ith her, her &other ha+in) died o e+er on the is!and. On(e or t%i(e %hen A")"st"s %as %a!*in) in the streets o Ro&e there %ere (ries ro& the (iti6ens/ Brin) $o"r da")hter #a(*! She7s s" ered eno")hB Brin) $o"r da")hter #a(*! This %as +er$ -ain "! to A")"st"s, One da$ he
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&ade his -o!i(e-)"ard et(h ro& the (ro%d t%o &en %ho %ere sho"tin) this o"t &ost !o"d!$, and to!d the& )ra+e!$ that ;o+e %o"!d s"re!$ -"nish their o!!$ #$ !ettin) the& #e de(ei+ed and dis)ra(ed #$ their o%n %i+es and da")h0<F2 ters. These de&onstrations e5-ressed not so &"(h -it$ or ;"!ia as hosti!it$ to Li+ia, %ho& e+er$one 1"st!$ #!a&ed or the se+erit$ o ;"!ia7s e5i!e and or so -!a$in) on A")"st"s7 -ride that he (o"!d not a!!o% hi&se! to re!ent. As or Ti#eri"s on his (o& orta#!$ !ar)e is!and, it s"ited hi& +er$ %e!! or a $ear or t%o. The (!i&ate %as e5(e!!ent, the ood )ood, and he had a&-!e !eis"re tor res"&in) his !iterar$ st"dies. His Gree* -rose st$!e %as not at a!! #ad and he %rote se+era! e!e)ant si!!$ e!e)ia( Gree* -oe&s in i&itation o s"(h -oets as E"-horion and Partheni"s. I ha+e a #oo* o the& so&e%here. He s-ent &"(h o his ti&e in riend!$ dis-"tation %ith the -ro essors at the "ni+ersit$. The st"d$ o C!assi(a! &$tho!o)$ a&"sed hi& and he &ade an enor&o"s )enea!o)i(a! (hart, in (ir("!ar or&, %ith the ste&s ra$in) o"t ro& o"r ear!iest an(estor Chaos, the ather o :ather Ti&e, and s-readin) to a (on "sed -eri&eter thi(*!$ stre%n %ith n$&-hs and *in)s and heroes. He "sed to de!i)ht in -"66!in) the &$tho!o)i(a! e5-erts, %hi!e #"i!din) "- the (hart, %ith 4"estions !i*e/ 8hat %as the na&e o He(tor7s &aterna! )rand&other3 and Had the Chi&asra an$ &a!e iss"e3 and then (ha!!en)in) the& to 4"ote the re!e+ant +erse ro& the an(ient -oets in s"--ort o their ans%er. It %as, #$ the %a$, ro& a re(o!!e(tion o this ta#!e, no% in &$ -ossession, that &an$ $ears a ter%ards &$ ne-he% Ca!i)"!a &ade his a&o"s 1o*e a)ainst A")"st"s/ Oh, $es, he %as &$ )reat"n(!e. He stood in -re(ise!$ the sa&e re!ationshi- to &e as the Do) Cer#er"s did to A-o!!o. As a &atter o a(t, no% that I (onsider the &atter, Ca!i)"!a &ade a &ista*e here, did he not3 A-o!!o7s )reat-"n(!e %as s"re!$ the &onster T$-hoe"s %ho a((ordin) to so&e a"thorities %as the ather, and a((ordin) to others the )rand ather o Cer#er"s. B"t the ear!$ )enea!o)i(a! tree o the Gods is so (on "sed %ith in(est"o"s a!!ian(es--son %ith &other, #rother %ith sister--that it &a$ #e that Ca!i)"!a (o"!d ha+e -ro+ed his (ase. As a Prote(tor o the Peo-!e Ti#eri"s %as he!d in )reat a%e #$ the Rhodians, and -ro+in(ia! o i(ia!s sai!in) o"t to ta*e "- their -osts in the East, or ret"rnin) ro& there, a!%a$s &ade a -oint o t"rnin) aside in their (o"rse and -a$in) hi& their res-e(ts. B"t he insisted that he %as &ere!$ a -ri+ate (iti6en and de-re(ated an$ -"#!i( hono"rs -aid to hi&. He "s"a!!$ dis-ensed %ith his o i(ia! es(ort o $eo&en. On!$ on(e did he e5er(ise the 1"di(ia! -o%ers that his Prote(torshi- (arried %ith it/ he arrested and s"&&ari!$ (onde&ned to a &onth in )ao! a $o"n) Gree* %ho, in a )ra&&ati(a! de#ate %here he %as a(tin) as (hair&an, tried to de $ his a"thorit$ as s"(h. He *e-t hi&se! in )ood (ondition #$ ridin) and ta*in) -art in the s-orts at the )$&nasi"&, and %as in (!ose to"(h %ith a airs at Ro&e--he had &onth!$ ne%s-!etters ro& Li+ia. Besides his ho"se in the is!and (a-ita! he o%ned a s&a!! +i!!a so&e distan(e ro& it, #"i!t on a !o t$ -ro&ontor$ o+er!oo*in) the seaThere %as a se(ret -ath to it "the (!i , #$ %hi(h a tr"sted reed&an o his, a &an o )reat -h$si(a! stren)th, "sed to (ond"(t the disre-"ta#!e (hara(ters---rostit"tes, -athi(s, ort"ne-te!!ers and &a)i(ians--%ith %ho& he ("sto&ari!$ -assed his e+enin)s. It is said that +er$ o ten there (reat"res, i the$ had dis-!eased Ti#eri"s, so&eho% &issed their ootin) on the ret"rn 1o"rne$ and e!! into the sea ar #e!o%. I ha+e a!read$ &entioned that A")"st"s re "sed to rene% Ti#eri"s7 Prote(torshi- %hen the i+e $ears e5-ired. It (an #e i&a)ined that this -"t hi& in a +er$ a%*%ard -osition at Rhodes, %here he %as -ersona!!$ "n-o-"!ar/
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the Rhodians seein) hi& de-ri+ed o his $eo&an es(ort, his &a)isteria! -o%ers, and the in+io!ateness o his -erson, #e)an to treat hi& irst %ith a&i!iarit$ and then %ith (ont"&e!$. :or e5a&-!e, one a&o"s Gree* -ro essor o -hi!oso-h$ to %ho& he a--!ied or !ea+e to 1oin his (!asses to!d hi& that there %as no +a(an($ #"t that he (o"!d (o&e #a(* in se+en da$s7 ti&e and see %hether one had o(("rred. Then ne%s (a&e ro& Li+ia that Gai"s had #een sent to the East as Go+ernor o Asia Minor. B"t tho")h not ar a%a$, at Chios, Gai"s did not (o&e and -a$ Ti#eri"s the e5-e(ted +isit. Ti#eri"s heard ro& a riend that Gai"s #e!ie+ed the a!se re-orts (ir("!atin) at Ro&e that he and Li+ia %ere -!ottin) a &i!itar$ re#e!!ion and that a &e&#er o Gai"s7 s"ite had e+en o ered, at a -"#!i( #an4"et at %hi(h e+er$one %as so&e%hat dr"n*, to sai! a(ross to Rhodes and #rin) #a(* the head o The E5i!e. Gai"s had to!d the e!!o% that he had no ear o The E5i!e/ 0E?2 !et hi& *ee- his "se!ess head on his "se!ess sho"!ders. Ti#eri"s s%a!!o%ed his -ride and sai!ed at on(e to Chios to &a*e his -ea(e %ith his ste-son, %ho& he treated %ith a h"&i!it$ that %as &"(h (o&&ented "-on. Ti#eri"s, the &ost distin)"ished !i+in) Ro&an, a ter A")"st"s, -a$in) (o"rt to a #o$ not $et o"t o his teens, and the son o his o%n dis)ra(ed %i eB Gai"s re(ei+ed hi& (o!d!$ #"t %as &"(h !attered. Ti#eri"s #e))ed hi& to ha+e no ears, or the r"&o"rs that had rea(hed hi& %ere as )ro"nd!ess as the$ %ere &a!i(io"s. He said that he did not intend to res"&e the -o!iti(a! (areer %hi(h he had interr"-ted o"t o re)ard or Gai"s hi&se! and his #rother L"(i"s/ a!! that he %anted no% %as to #e a!!o%ed to s-end the rest o his !i e in the -ea(e and -ri+a($ %hi(h he had !earned to -ri6e #e ore a!! -"#!i( hono"rs. Gai"s, !attered at the (han(e o #ein) &a)nani&o"s, "ndertoo* to or%ard a !etter to Ro&e as*in) A")"st"s7 -er&ission or Ti#eri"s to ret"rn there, and to endorse it %ith his o%n -ersona! re(o&&endation. In this !etter Ti#eri"s said that he had !e t Ro&e on!$ in order not to e&#arrass the $o"n) -rin(es, his ste-sons, #"t that, no% the$ %ere )ro%n "- and ir&!$ esta#!ished, the o#sta(!es to his !i+in) 4"iet!$ at Ro&e %ere no !on)er -resent, he added that he %as %ear$ o Rhodes and !on)ed to see his riends and re!ations a)ain, Gai"s or%arded the !etter %ith the -ro&ised endorse&ent. A")"st"s re-!ied, to Gai"s not to Ti#eri"s, that Ti#eri"s had )one a%a$, in s-ite o the stron) -!eas o his riends and re!ations, %hen the State had &ost need o hi&, he (o"!d not no% &a*e his o%n ter&s a#o"t (o&in) #a(*. The (ontents o this !etter #e(a&e )enera!!$ *no%n and Ti#eri"s7 an5iet$ in(reased. He heard that the -eo-!e o N"nes in :ran(e had o+erthro%n the stat"es ere(ted there in &e&or$ o his +i(tories, and that L"(i"s too had no% #een )i+en a!se in or&ation a)ainst hi& %hi(h he %as in(!ined to #e!ie+e. He re&o+ed ro& the (it$ and !i+ed in a s&a!! ho"se in a re&ote -art o the is!and, on!$ o((asiona!!$ +isitin) his +i!!a on the -ro&ontor$. He no !on)er too* an$ (are o his -h$si(a! (ondition or e+en o his -ersona! a--earan(e, rare!$ sha+in) and )oin) a#o"t in dressin)-)o%n and s!i--ers. He ina!!$ %rote a -ri+ate !etter to Li+ia, e5-!ainin) his dan)ero"s sit"ation. He -!ed)ed hi&se! , i she &ana)ed to se("re -er&ission or hi& to ret"rn, to #e so!e!$ )"ided #$ her in e+er$thin) so !on) as the$ #oth !i+ed. He said that he addressed her not so &"(h as his de+oted &other #"t as the tr"e, tho")h so ar "na(*no%!ed)ed, he!&s&an o the Shi- o State. This %as 1"st %hat Li+ia %anted, she had -"r-ose!$ re rained hitherto ro& -ers"adin) A")"st"s to re(a!! Ti#eri"s. She %anted hi& to #e(o&e as %ear$ o ina(tion and -"#!i( (ont"&e!$ as he had -re+io"s!$ #een o a(tion and -"#!i( hono"r. She sent #a(* a #rie &essa)e A.D. K2 to sa$ that she had his !etter sa e, and that it %as a #ar)ain. A e% &onths !ater L"(i"s died &$sterio"s!$ at Marsei!!es, on his %a$ to S-ain, and %hi!e A")"st"s %as sti!! st"nned #$ the sho(* Li+ia #e)an %or*in) on his ee!in)s #$ sa$in) ho% &"(h she had &issed the s"--ort o her dear son Ti#eri"s a!! these $ears, or %hose ret"rn she had not "nti! no% +ent"red to -!ead. He had (ertain!$ done %ron), #"t had a!so (ertain!$ !earned his !esson #$ no% and his -ri+ate !etters to her #reathed the
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)reatest de+otion and !o$a!t$ to A")"st"s. Gai"s, %ho had endorsed that -etition or his ret"rn, %o"!d, she "r)ed, need a tr"st%orth$ (o!!ea)"e no% that his #rother %as dead. One e+enin) a ort"ne-te!!er (a!!ed Thras$!!"s, #$ #irth an Ara#, (a&e to Ti#eri"s at his ho"se on the -ro&ontor$. He had #een t%o or three ti&es #e ore and had &ade a n"&#er o +er$ en(o"ra)in) -redi(tions, #"t none o these had $et #een "! i!!ed. Ti#eri"s, )ro%in) s(e-ti(a!, to!d his reed&an that i Thras$!!"s did not entire!$ satis $ hi& this ti&e he %as to !ose his ootin) on his %a$ do%n the (!i . 8hen Thras$!!"s arri+ed, the irst thin) that Ti#eri"s said %as, 8hat is the as-e(t o &$ stars to-da$3 Thras$!!"s sat do%n and &ade +er$ (o&-!i(ated astro!o)i(a! (a!("!ations %ith a -ie(e o (har(oa! on the to- o a stone ta#!e. At !ast he -rono"n(ed, The$ are in a &ost "n"s"a!!$ a+o"ra#!e (on1"n(tion. The e+i! (risis o $o"r !i e is no% ina!!$ -assin). Hen(e orth $o" are to en1o$ nothin) #"t )ood ort"ne. E5(e!!ent, said Ti#eri"s, dri!$, and no% %hat a#o"t $o"r o%n3 Thras$!!".7i &ade another set o (a!("!ations, and then !oo*ed "- in rea! or -retended terror. Great Hea+ensB he e5(!ai&ed, an a--a!!in) dan)er threatens &e ro& air and %ater. An$ (han(e o (ir("&+entin) it3 as*ed Ti#eri"s. I (annot sa$. I I (o"!d s"r+i+e the ne5t t%e!+e ho"rs, &$ ort"ne %o"!d #e, in its de)ree, as ha--$ e+en as $o"rs, #"t near!$ a!! the &a!e+o!ent -!anets are in (on1"n(tion a)ainst &e and the dan)er see&s a!! #"t "na+oida#!e. On!$ Cen"s (an sa+e &e. 8hat %as that $o" said 1"st no% a#o"t her3 I or)et. That she is &o+in) into S(or-io, %hi(h is $o"r si)n, -ortendin) a &ar+e!!o"s!$ ha--$ (han)e in $o"r ort"nes. Let &e +ent"re a "rther ded"(tion ro& this a!!-i&-ortant &o+e&ent/ $o" are soon to #e en)ra ted into the ;"!ian ho"se, %hi(h, I need hard!$ re&ind $o", tra(es dire(t des(ent ro& Cen"s, the &other o IEneas. Ti#eri"s, &$ h"&#!e ate is ("rio"s!$ #o"nd "- %ith $o"r i!!"strio"s one. I )ood ne%s (o&es to $o" #e ore da%n to&orro%, it is a si)n that I ha+e a!&ost as &an$ ort"nate $ears #e ore &e as $o"rse! . The$ %ere sittin) o"t on the -or(h and s"dden!$ a %ren or so&e s"(h s&a!! #ird ho--ed on Thras$!!"s7 *nee and, (o(*in) its head on one side, #e)an to (hir- at hi&. Thras$!!"s said to the #ird, Than* $o", sisteri It (a&e on!$ 1"st in ti&e. Then he t"rned to Ti#eri"s/ Hea+en #e -raisedB That shi- has )ood ne%s or $o", the #ird sa$s, and I a& sa+ed. The dan)er is a+erted. Ti#eri"s s-ran) "- and e&#ra(ed Thras$!!"s, (on essin) %hat his intentions had #een. And, s"re eno")h, the shi- (arried I&-eria! dis-at(hes ro& A")"st"s in or&in) Ti#eri"s o L"(i"s7 death and sa$in) that in the
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(ir("&stan(es he %as )ra(io"s!$ -er&itted to ret"rn to Ro&e, tho")h or the -resent on!$ as a -ri+ate (iti6en. As or Gai"s, A")"st"s had #een an5io"s that he sho"!d ha+e no tas* assi)ned to hi& or %hi(h he %as not itted, and that the East sho"!d re&ain 4"iet d"rin) his )o+ernorshi-. Un ort"nate!$ the Ain) o Ar&enia re+o!ted and the Ain) o Parthia threatened to 1oin or(es %ith hi&, %hi(h -"t A")"st"s in a 4"andar$. Tho")h Gai"s had sho%n hi&se! an a#!e -ea(e-ti&e )o+ernor, A")"st"s did not #e!ie+e hi& (a-a#!e o (ond"(tin) so i&-ortant a %ar as this, and he hi&se! %as too o!d to )o (a&-ai)nin) and had too &an$ a airs to attend to at Ro&e, #esides. 9et he (o"!d not send o"t an$#od$ e!se to ta*e o+er the Eastern re)i&ents ro& Gai"s #e(a"se Gai"s %as Cons"! and sho"!d ne+er ha+e #een a!!o%ed to enter "-on the o i(e i he %as in(a-a#!e o hi)h &i!itar$ (o&&and. There %as nothin) to #e done #"t to !et Gai"s #e and ho-e or the #est. Gai"s %as !"(*$ at irst. The dan)er ro& the Ar&enians %as re&o+ed #$ an in+asion o their Eastern #order #$ a %anderin) tri#e o #ar#arians. The Ain) o Ar&enia %as *i!!ed %hi!e (hasin) the& a%a$. The Ain) o Parthia, hearin) o this and a!so o the !ar)e ar&$ that Gai"s %as )ettin) to)ether, then (a&e to ter&s %ith hi&/ to the )reat re!ie o A")"st"s. B"t A")"st"s7 ne% no&inee to the throne o Ar&enia, a Mede, %as not a((e-ta#!e to the Ar&enian no#!es, and %hen Gai"s had sent ho&e his e5tra or(es as no !on)er ne(essar$ ths$ de(!ared %ar a ter a!!. Gai"s reasse&#!ed his ar&$, and &ar(hed to Ar&enia, %here a e% &onths >ter he %as trea(hero"s!$ %o"nded #$ one o the ene&$ )enera!s %ho had in+ited hi& to a -ar!e$. It %as not a serio"s %o"nd. He tho")ht !itt!e o it at the ti&e and (on(!"ded the (a&-ai)n s"((ess "!!$. B"t so&eho% he %as )i+en the %ron) &edi(a! treat&ent, and his hea!th, %hi(h ro& no a--arent (a"se had #een ai!in) hi& or the !ast t%o $ears, #e(a&e serio"s!$ a e(ted/ he !ost a!! -o%er o &enta! (on(entration. :ina!!$ he %rote to A")"st"s or -er&ission to retire into -ri+ate !i e. A")"st"s A.D. =2 %as )rie+ed, #"t )ranted his -!ea. Gai"s died on his %a$ ho&e. Th"s o ;"!ia7s sons on!$ i teen$ear o!d Post"&"s no% re&ained and A")"st"s %as so ar re(on(i!ed to Ti#eri"s that, as Thras$!!"s oreto!d, he en)ra ted hi& into the ;"!ian ho"se #$ ado-tin) hi&, 1oint!$ %ith Post"&"s, as his son and heir. The East %as 4"iet no% or a ti&e, #"t %hen the %ar that had #ro*en o"t in Ger&an$ a)ain--I &entioned it in (onne(tion %ith &$ s(hoo!#o$ (o&-osition or Athenodor"s--too* a serio"s t"rn, A")"st"s &ade Ti#eri"s ar&$(o&&ander and sho%ed his rene%ed (on iden(e in hi& #$ a%ardin) hi& a ten $ears7 Prote(torshi-. The (a&-ai)n %as a se+ere one and Ti#eri"s hand!ed it %ith his o!d or(e and 0E32 s*i!!. Li+ia, ho%e+er, insisted on his &a*in) re4"ent +isits to Ro&e so as not to !ose to"(h %ith -o!iti(a! e+ents there. Ti#eri"s %as *ee-in) his -art o the #ar)ain %ith her and a!!o%ed hi&se! to #e !ed #$ her in e+er$thin).

CHAPTER CII I 8ENT BACA IN TIME A :E8 9EARS TO TELL O: M9 UNCLE Ti#eri"s, #"t #$ o!!o%in) that histor$ thro")h "nti! his ado-tion #$ A")"st"s, I ha+e (o&e o"t ahead o &$ o%n stor$. I sha!! tr$ to de+ote these ne5t (ha-ters stri(t!$ to e+ents that ha--ened #et%een &$ ninth and si5teenth $ears. Most!$ it is a re(ord o the
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#etrotha!s and &arria)es o "s $o"n) no#!es. :irst Ger&ani("s 0B. C. i (a&e o a)e--Se-te&#er the Ioth %as his o"rteenth #irthda$, #"t the (o&in)-o -a)e (e!e#rations a!%a$s too* -!a(e in Mar(h. As the ("sto& %as, he %ent o"t )ar!anded ro& o"r ho"se on the Pa!atine, in the ear!$ &ornin), %earin) his -"r-!e-#ordered #o$7s dress or the !ast ti&e. Cro%ds o (hi!dren ran ahead, sin)in) and s(atterin) !o%ers, an es(ort o his no#!e riends %a!*ed %ith hi&, and an i&&ense thron) o (iti6ens o!!o%ed #ehind, in their de)rees. The -ro(ession %ent s!o%!$ do%n the s!o-e o the Hi!!, thro")h the Mar*et P!a(e, %here Ger&ani("s %as )reeted "-roario"s!$. He ret"rned the )reetin) in a short s-ee(h. :ina!!$ the -ro(ession &o+ed on "- the s!o-e o the Ca-ito!ine Hi!!. At the Ca-ito!, A")"st"s and Li+ia %ere %aitin) to )reet hi&, and he sa(ri i(ed a %hite #"!! in the te&-!e there to Ca-ito!ine ;o+e, the Th"nderer, and -"t on his %hite &an!$-)o%n or the irst ti&e. M"(h to &$ disa--oint&ent I %as not a!!o%ed to (o&e too. The %a!* %o"!d ha+e #een too &"(h or &e and it %o"!d ha+e (reated a #ad i&-ression i I had #een (arried in a sedan. A!! I %itnessed o the (ere&onies %as his dedi(ation, %hen he ret"rned, o his #o$7s dress and orna&ents to the ho"seho!d 0E>2 )ods, and the s(atterin) ot (a*es and -en(e to the (ro%d ro& the ste-s o the ho"se. A $ear !ater he &arried. A")"st"s did a!! he (o"!d #$ !e)is!ation to en(o"ra)e &arria)e a&on) &en o a&i!$. The E&-ire %as +er$ #i) and needed &ore o i(ia!s and senior ar&$ o i(ers than the no#i!it$ and )entr$ %ere a#!e to s"--!$, in s-ite o (onstant re(r"itin) to their ran*s ro&7 the -o-"!a(e. 8hen there %ere (o&-!aints ro& &en o a&i!$ a#o"t the +"!)arit$ o these ne%(o&ers, A")"st"s "sed to ans%er testi!$ that he (hose the !east +"!)ar he (o"!d End. The re&ed$ %as in their o%n hands, he said/ e+er$ &an and %o&an o ran* sho"!d &arr$ $o"n) and #reed as !ar)e a a&i!$ as -ossi#!e. The stead$ de(rease in the n"&#er o #irths and &arria)es in the )o+ernin) (!asses #e(a&e an o#session %ith A")"st"s. On one o((asion %hen the No#!e Order o Ani)hts, ro& %ho& the senators %ere (hosen, (o&-!ained o the se+erit$ o his !a%s a)ainst #a(he!ors, he s"&&oned the entire order into the Mar*et P!a(e or a !e(t"re. 8hen he had the& asse&#!ed there he di+ided the& "- into t%o )ro"-s, the &arried and the "n&arried. The "n&arried %ere a +er$ &"(h !ar)er )ro"- than the &arried and he addressed se-arate s-ee(hes to ea(h )ro"-. He %or*ed hi&se! "- into a )reat -assion %ith the "n&arried, (a!!in) the& #easts and #ri)ands and, #$ a 4"eer i)"re o s-ee(h, &"rderers o their -osterit$. B$ this ti&e A")"st"s %as an o!d &an %ith a!! the -et"!an(e and (ran*iness o an o!d &an %ho has #een at the head o a airs a!! his !i e. He as*ed the&, had the$ an ha!!"(ination that the$ %ere Cesta! Cir)ins3 At !east a Cesta! Cir)in s!e-t a!one, %hi(h %as &ore than the$ did. 8o"!d the$, -ra$, e5-!ain %h$ instead o sharin) their #eds %ith de(ent %o&en o their o%n (!ass and #e)ettin) hea!th$ (hi!dren on the&, the$ s4"andered a!! their +iri!e ener)$ on )reas$ s!a+e-)ir!s and nast$ Asiati(-Gree* -rostit"tes3 And i he %ere to #e!ie+e %hat he heard, the -artner o their ni)ht!$ #ed--!a$ %as &ore o ten one o those (reat"res o a !oathso&e -ro ession %ho& he %o"!d not e+en na&e, !est the ad&ission o their e5isten(e in the Cit$ sho"!d #e (onstr"ed as a (ondonation o it. I he had his %a$, a &an %ho shir*ed his so(ia! o#!i)ations and at the sa&e ti&e !i+ed a !i e o se5"a! de#a"(h sho"!d #e s"#1e(t 0E<2 to the sa&e dread "! -ena!ties as a Cesta! %ho or)ot her +o%s--to #e #"ried ah+e. As or "s &arried &en, or I %as a&on) the& #$ this ti&e, he )a+e "s a &ost s-!endid e"!o)$, s-readin) o"t his ar&s as i to e&#ra(e "s. There are on!$ a +er$ e% o $o", in (o&-arison %ith the h")e -o-"!ation o the Cit$.
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9o" are ar !ess n"&ero"s than $o"r e!!o%s o+er there, %ho are "n%i!!in) to -er or& an$ o their nat"ra! so(ia! d"ties. 9et or this +er$ reason I -raise $o" the &ore, and a& do"#!$ )rate "! to $o" or ha+in) sho%n $o"rse!+es o#edient to &$ %ishes and or ha+in) done $o"r #est to &an the State. It is #$ !i+es so !i+ed that the Ro&ans o the "t"re %i!! #e(o&e a )reat nation. At irst %e %ere a &ere hand "!, $o" *no%, #"t %hen %e too* to &arria)e and #e)ot (hi!dren %e (a&e to +ie %ith nei)h#o"rin) states not on!$ in the &an!iness o o"r (iti6ens #"t in the si6e o o"r -o-"!ation too. 8e &"st a!%a$s re&e&#er this. 8e &"st (onso!e the &orta! -art o o"r nat"re %ith an end!ess s"((ession o )enerations, !i*e tor(h-#earers in a ra(e, so that thro")h one another %e &a$ i&&orta!ise the one side o o"r nat"re in %hi(h %e a!! short o di+ine ha--iness. It %as or this reason (hie !$ that the, irst and )reatest God %ho (reated "s di+ided the h"&an ra(e in t%o/ he &ade one ha! o it &a!e and the other ha! e&a!e and i&-!anted in these ha!+es &"t"a! desire or ea(h other, &a*in) their inter(o"rse r"it "! so that #$ (ontin"a! -ro(reation he &i)ht, in a sense, &a*e e+en &orta!it$ i&&orta!. Indeed, tradition sa$s that so&e o the Gods the&se!+es are &a!e and others e&a!e, and that the$ are a!! interre!ated #$ se5"a! ties o *inshi- and -arenta)e. So $o" see that e+en a&on) those #ein)s %ho ha+e rea!!$ no need o s"(h a de+i(e, &arria)e and the -ro(reation o (hi!dren ha+e #een a--ro+ed as a no#!e ("sto&. I %anted to !a")h, not on!$ #e(a"se I %as #ein) -raised or %hat had #een or(ed on &e )reat!$ a)ainst &$ %i!!-I %i!! soon te!! $o" a#o"t Ur)"!ani!!a, to %ho& I %as &arried at this ti&e--#"t #e(a"se the %ho!e #"siness %as s"(h an "tter ar(e. 8hat %as the "se o A")"st"s addressin) "s in this %a$, %hen he %as -er e(t!$ %e!! a%are that it %as not the &en %ho %ere shir*in), as he (a!!ed it, #"t the %o&en3 I he had s"&&oned the %o&en it is 1"st -ossi#!e that he &i)ht ha+e a((o&-!ished so&ethin) #$ ta!*in) to the& in the ri)ht %a$. I re&e&#er on(e hearin) t%o o &$ &other7s reed%o&en dis("ssin) &odern &arria)e ro& the -oint o +ie% o a %o&an o a&i!$. 8hat did she )ain #$ it3 the$ as*ed. Mora!s %ere so !oose no% that no#od$ too* &arria)e serio"s!$ an$ !on)er. Granted, a e% o!d- ashioned &en re--s-e(ted it s" i(ient!$ to ha+e a -re1"di(e a)ainst (hi!dren #ein) athered on the& #$ their riends or ho"seho!d ser+ants, and a e% o!d- ashioned %o&en res-e(ted their h"s#ands7 ee!in)s s" i(ient!$ to #e +er$ (are "! not to #e(o&e -re)nant to an$ #"t the&. B"t as a r"!e an$ )ood!oo*in) %o&an no%ada$s (o"!d ha+e an$ &an to s!ee- %ith %ho& she (hose. I she did &an$ and then tired o her h"s#and, as "s"a!!$ ha--ened, and %anted so&eone e!se to a&"se herse! %ith, there &i)ht easi!$ #e her h"s#and7s -ride or 1ea!o"s$ to (ontend %ith. Nor in )enera! %as she #etter o inan(ia!!$ a ter &arria)e. Her do%r$ -assed into the hands o her h"s#and, or her ather-in!a% as &aster o the ho"seho!d, i he ha--ened to #e a!i+e, and a h"s#and, or ather-in!a%, %as "s"a!!$ a &ore di i("!t -erson to &ana)e than a ather, or e!der #rother, %hose oi#!es she had !on) (o&e to "nderstand. Bein) &arried 1"st &eant +e5atio"s ho"seho!d res-onsi#i!it$. As or (hi!dren, %ho %anted the&3 The$ inter ered %ith the !ad$7s hea!th and a&"se&ent or se+era! &onths #e ore #irth and, tho")h she had a oster-&other or the& i&&ediate!$ a ter%ards, it too* ti&e to re(o+er ro& the %ret(hed #"siness o (hi!d#irth, and it o ten ha--ened that her i)"re %as r"ined a ter ha+in) &ore than a (o"-!e. Loo* ho% the #ea"ti "! ;"!ia had (han)ed #$ o#edient!$ )rati $in) A")"st"s7 desire or des(endants. And a !ad$7s h"s#and, i she %as ond o hi&, (o"!d not #e e5-e(ted to *ee- o other %o&en thro")ho"t the ti&e o her -re)nan($, and an$%a$ he -aid +er$ !itt!e attention to the (hi!d %hen it %as #orn. And then, as i a!! this %ere not eno")h,
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oster&others %ere sho(*in)!$ (are!ess no%ada$s and the (hi!d o ten died. 8hat a #!essin) it %as that those Gree* do(tors %ere so (!e+er, i the thin) had not )one too ar--the$ (o"!d rid an$ !ad$ o an "n%anted (hi!d in t%o or three da$s and no#od$ #e an+ the %orse or %iser. O (o"rse 0EF2 so&e !adies, e+en +er$ &odern !adies, had an o!d- ashioned han*erin) or (hi!dren, #"t the$ (o"!d a!%a$s #"$ a (hi!d or ado-tion into their h"s#and7s a&i!$, ro& so&e &an o de(ent #irth %ho %as hard -ressed #$ his (reditors.... A")"st"s )a+e the No#!e Order o Ani)hts -er&ission to &arr$ (o&&oners, e+en reed%o&en, #"t this did not i&-ro+e thin)s +er$ &"(h. Ani)hts, i the$ &arried at a!!, &arried or ri(h do%ries, not or (hi!dren or or !o+e, and a reed%o&an %as not &"(h o a (at(h, and #esides *ni)hts, es-e(ia!!$ those re(ent!$ raised to the order, had stron) ee!in)s a)ainst &arr$in) #eneath the&. In a&i!ies o the an(ient no#i!it$ the di i("!t$ %as sti!! )reater. Not on!$ %ere there e%er %o&en to (hoose ro& in the (orre(t de)ree o *inshi-, #"t the &arria)e (ere&on$ %as stri(ter. The %i e %as &ore a#so!"te!$ in the -o%er o the &aster o the ho"seho!d into %hi(h she &arried. E+er$ sensi#!e %o&an tho")ht t%i(e #e ore (o&&ittin) herse! to this (ontra(t, ro& %hi(h there %as no es(a-e #"t di+or(e, and a ter di+or(e it %as di i("!t to re(o+er the -ro-ert$ that she had #ro")ht hi& as do%r$. In other than an(ient no#!e a&i!ies, ho%e+er, a %o&an (o"!d &an$ a &an !e)a!!$ and $et re&ain inde-endent, %ith (ontro! o her o%n -ro-ert$--i she (ared to sti-"!ate that she sho"!d s!ee- three ni)hts o the $ear o"tside her h"s#and7s ho"se, or this (ondition %o"!d interr"-t his ri)ht o+er her as a -er&anent (hatte!. 8o&en !i*ed this or& o &arria)e or o#+io"s reasons, the +er$ reasons or %hi(h their h"s#ands dis!i*ed it. The -ra(ti(e started a&on) the !o%est a&i!ies o the Cit$ #"t %or*ed "-%ards, and soon #e(a&e the r"!e in a!! e5(e-t the an(ient!$ no#!e a&i!ies. Here there %as a re!i)io"s reason a)ainst it. :ro& these a&i!ies the State -riests %ere (hosen, and #$ re!i)io"s !a% a -riest had to #e a &arried &an, &arriedin the stri(t or&, and the (hi!d o a stri(t- or& &arria)e too. As ti&e %ent on s"ita#!e (andidates or -riesthood %ere in(reasin)!$ di i("!t H to ind. :ina!!$ there %ere +a(an(ies in the Co!!e)es o Priests that (o"!d not #e i!!ed and so&ethin) had to #e done a#o"t it, so the !a%$ers o"nd a %a$ o"t. 8o&en o ran* %ere a!!o%ed, on (ontra(tin) stri(t- or& &ania)es, to sti-"!ate that the (o&-!ete s"nender o the&se!+es and -ro-ert$, NCLAUDIUS 0F3%as as to"(hin) sa(red &atters and that other%ise the$ en1o$ed a!! the #ene its o ree &arria)eB"t that (a&e !ater. Mean%hi!e the #est that A")"st"s (o"!d do, a-art ro& his !e)a! -ena!i6ation o #a(he!ors and (hi!d!ess &arried &en, %as to -"t -ress"re on &asters o ho"seho!ds to &arr$ o their $o"n) -eo-!e 0%ith instr"(tions to in(rease and &"!ti-!$2 %hi!e the$ %ere sti!! too $o"n) to rea!ise to %hat the$ %ere #ein) (o&&itted or to do an$thin) #"t o#e$ i&-!i(it!$. To sho% a )ood e5a&-!e there ore, a!! %e $o"n)er &e&#ers o the a&i!ies o A")"st"s and Li+ia %ere #etrothed and &arried at the ear!iest -ossi#!e a)e. It &a$ so"nd stran)e, #"t A")"st"s %as a )reat-)rand ather at the a)e o i t$- o"r and a )reat-)reat)rand ather #e ore he died at the a)e o se+ent$-si5, %hi!e ;"!ia, as a res"!t o her se(ond &arria)e too, had a &arria)ea#!e )randda")hter #e ore she %as herse! #e$ond (hi!d-#earin) a)e. The )enerations so&e%hat o+er!a--ed in this %a$ and the )enea!o)i(a! tree o the I&-eria! a&i!$ #e(a&e a ri+a! in (o&-!e5it$ to that o O!$&-"s. This %as not on!$ #e(a"se o the re4"ent ado-tions and the &arr$in) o &e&#ers in (!oser de)ree o *inshi- than re!i)io"s ("sto& rea!!$ -er&itted-- or the I&-eria! a&i!$ %as #$ this ti&e )ettin) a#o+e the !a%, #"t #e(a"se as soon as a &an died his %ido% %as &ade to &arr$ a)ain and a!%a$s in the sa&e s&a!! (ir(!e o re!ationshi-. I sha!! do &$ #est no% to strai)hten the &atter o"t at this -oint, %itho"t #ein) too !on)-%inded. I ha+e &entioned ;"!ia7s (hi!dren, A")"st"s7 (hie heirs sin(e ;"!ia herse! had #een #anished and ("t o"t o his
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%i!!, na&e!$, her three #o$s, Gai"s, L"(i"s and Post"&"s, and her t%o da")hters, ;"!i!!a and A)ri--ina, The $o"n)er &e&#ers o Li+ia7s a&i!$ %ere Ti#eri"s7 son, Castor, and his three irst-(o"sins, na&e!$, &$ #rother Ger&ani("s, &$ sister Li+i!!a and &$se! . B"t I &"st not or)et ;"!ia7s )rand(hi!d-- or ;"!i!!a had in the a#sen(e o an$ -ossi#!e h"s#and ro& Li+ia7s a&i!$ &arried a %ea!th$ senator (a!!ed OE&i!i"s 0her irst-(o"sin thro")h a -re+io"s &arria)e o S(ri#onia7s2 and. had #o&e hi& a da")hter (a!!ed OE&i!ia. ;"!i!!a7s &arria)e %as "n ort"nate, or Li+ia )r"d)ed that an$ )randda")hter o A")"st"s sho"!d &arr$ an$ #"t a )randson o her o%n, #"t as $o" %i!! soon see it 0FI2 did not tro"#!e her or !on), and &ean%hi!e Ger&ani("s &arried A)ri--ina, a handso&e serio"s )ir! to %ho& he had as a &atter o a(t #een !on) de+oted. Gai"s &arried &$ sister Li+i!!a #"t died soon a ter%ards, !ea+in) no (hi!dren. L"(i"s, %ho had #een #etrothed to IE&i!ia #"t not $et &arried, %as a!read$ dead. On L"(i"s7 death the 4"estion arose o a s"ita#!e &at(h or OE&i!ia. A")"st"s had a shre%d notion that Li+ia intended OE&i!ia7s h"s#and to #e no other than &$se! , #"t he had tender ee!in)s or the (hi!d and (o"!d not #ear the idea o her &arr$in) a si(*!$ (reat"re !i*e &e. He reso!+ed to o--ose the &at(h/ or on(e, he -ro&ised hi&se! , Li+ia sho"!d not ha+e her %a$. It ha--ened short!$ a ter the death o L"(i"s that A")"st"s %as dinin) %ith Med"!!in"s, one o his o!d )enera!s, %ho tra(ed his des(ent ro& the di(tator Ca&i!!"s. Med"!!in"s to!d hi&, s&i!in), %hen the %ine ("-s had #een i!!ed se+era! ti&es, that he had a $o"n) )randda")hter o %ho& he %as +er$ ond. She had s"dden!$ sho%n a s"r-risin) ad+an(e in her !iterar$ st"dies and he "nderstood that he had a $o"n) re!ati+e o his &ost hono"red )"est7s to than* or this i&-ro+e&ent. A")"st"s %as -"66!ed. 8ho on earth (an that #e3 I ha+e heard nothin) o it. 8hat is ha--enin)3 Is it a se(ret !o+e a air %ith a !iterar$ sa"(e3 9es, so&ethin) o the sort, said Med"!!in"s )rinnin). I ha+e s-o*en to the $o"n) e!!o%, and or a!! his -h$si(a! &is ort"nes and (a-a#i!ities I (an7t he!- !i*in) hi&. He has a ran* and no#!e nat"re, and as a $o"n) s(ho!ar he i&-resses &e (onsidera#!$. A")"st"s as*ed in(red"!o"s!$, 8hat, $o" don7t &ean $o"n) Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s3 9es, that7s the one, said Med"!!in"s. A")"st"s7 a(e !it "- %ith a s"dden reso!"tion and he as*ed rather &ore hasti!$ than %as de(ent/ Listen, Med"!!in"s, o!d riend, %o"!d $o" ha+e an$ o#1e(tion to hi& as $o"r )randda")hter7s h"s#and3 I $o" a)ree to the &at(h I sha!! #e on!$ too )!ad to arran)e it. 9o"n) Ger&ani("s is no% no&ina!!$ &aster o the ho"seho!d, #"t in &atters I !(e this he ta*es the ad+i(e o his e!ders. 8e!!, it (ertain!$ isn7t e+er$ )ir! %ho (o"!d o+er(o&e her -h$si(a! re-")nan(e to s"(h a -oor dea , sta&&erin) (ri--!e, and Li+ia and &$se! ha+e had a nat"ra! de!i(a($ in #etrothin) hi& to an$one. B"t i $o"r )randda")hter o her o%n ree %i!!---Med"!!in"s said/ The (hi!d has s-o*en to &e a#o"t this &arria)e herse! and %ei)hed &atters +er$ (are "!!$. She te!!s &e that $o"n) Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s is &odest and tr"th "! and *ind-hearted, and that his !a&eness %i!! ne+er a!!o% hi& to )o to the %ars and #e i!!ed--- 56 275 http://www.en8848.com.cn/

Or to r"n a ter other %o&en, !a")hed A")"st"s. And that his dea ness is on!$ on the one side, and as or his )enera! hea!th---I s"--ose the !itt!e &in5 has it %or*ed o"t that he is not (ri--!ed in that -art o the #od$ or %hi(h honest %i+es sho% the &ost so!i(it"de3 9es, %h$ sho"!dn7t he #e (a-a#!e o #e)ettin) -er e(t!$ hea!th$ (hi!dren on her3 M$ o!d !a&e, %hist!in) st"d-sta!!ion B"(e-ha!"s has sired &ore (hariot-ra(e %inners than an$ horse in Ro&e. B"t, 1o*in) a-art, Med"!!in"s, $o"rs is a +er$ hono"ra#!e ho"se and &$ %i e7s a&i!$ %i!! #e -ro"d to #e (onne(ted %ith it #$ &arria)e. Do $o" serio"s!$ &ean that $o" a--ro+e the &at(h3 Med"!!in"s said that the )ir! (o"!d do +er$ &"(h %orse, 4"ite a-art ro& the "n!oo*ed- or hono"r to the a&i!$ o #ein) a!!ied in &arria)e %ith the :ather o the Co"ntr$. No% Med"!!ina, the )randda")hter, %as &$ irst !o+e, and ne+er, I s%ear, %as there s"(h a #ea"ti "! (hi!d seen in a!! the %or!d. I &et her one s"&&er a ternoon in the Gardens o Sa!!"st, %here I %as ta*en #$ S"!-i(i"s in the a#sen(e o Athenodor"s, %ho %as "n%e!!. S"!-i(i"s7 da")hter %as &arried to Med"!!ina7s "n(!e, :"ri"s Ca&i!!"s, a distin)"ished so!dier %ho %as Cons"! si5 $ears !ater. 8hen I irst sa% her it %as %ith a sho(* o s"r-rise, not on!$ at her #ea"t$, #"t at her s"dden a--earan(e, or she (a&e "- on &$ dea side %hi!e I %as readin) a #oo*, and %hen I raised &$ e$es, there she %as standin) o+er &e !a")hin) at &$ -reo(("-ation. She %as s!ender, %ith ri(h #!a(* hair, %hite s*in and +er$ dar* #!"e e$es, and a!! her &o+e&ents %ere 4"i(* and #irdh*e. 8hat7s $o"r na&e3 she as*ed, in a riend!$ +oi(e. Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s Dr"s"s Nero Ger&ani("s. 9e )ods, a!! thati Mine7s Med"!!ina Ca&i!!a. Ho% o!d are $o"3 Thirteen, I said, &asterin) &$ sta&&er %e!!. I7& on!$ e!e+en, #"t I #et I (an ra(e $o" to that (eda tree and #a(*. Are $o" a (ha&-ion r"nner, then3 I (an #eat an$ )ir! in Ro&e, 7and &$ e!der #rother, too. 8e!!, I7& a raid $o" %in #$ de a"!t. I (an7t r"n at a!!, I7& !a&e. Oh, $o" -oor e!!o%. Ho% did $o" (o&e here then3 Ho##!e-ho##!in) a!! the %a$3
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No, Ca&i!!a, in a sedan-(hair, !i*e a !a6$ o!d &an. 8h$ do $o" (a!! nie #$ &$ !ast na&e3 Be(a"se it7s the &ore a--ro-riate one. Ho% do $o" &a*e that o"t, (!e+er3 Be(a"se a&on) the Etr"s(ans 7Ca&i!!a7 is %hat the$ (a!! the $o"n) h"ntin) -riestesses dedi(ated to Diana. 8ith a na&e !i*e Ca&i!!a one is #o"nd to #e a (ha&-ion r"nner. That7s ni(e. I ne+er heard that. I sha!! &a*e a!! &$ riends (a!! &e Ca&i!!a no%. And (a!! &e C!a"di"s, %i!! $o" That7s &$ a--ro-riate na&e. It &eans a (ri--!e. M$ a&i!$ "s"a!!$ (a!! &e Ti#eri"s, and that7s ina--ro-riate #e(a"se the Ti#er r"ns +er$ ast. She !a")hed. 8e!! then, C!a"di"s, te!! &e %hat do $o" do a!! dPH$ i $o" (an7t r"n a#o"t %ith the other #o$s3 I read, &ost!$, and %rite. I ha+e read s(ores o #oo*s this $ear a!read$ and it7s on!$ ;"ne. This one7s Gree*. I (an7t read Gree* $etI on!$ 1"st *no% the a!-ha#et. M$ )rand ather is (ross %ith &e--I ha+e no ather, $o" *no%--he (a!!s &e !a6$ O (o"rse, I "nderstand Gree* %hen I hear it ta!*ed/ +e a!%a$s ha+e to ta!* Gree* at &ea!s and %hene+er +isitors (o&e. 8hat7s the #oo* a#o"t3 It7s -art o Th"($dides7 histor$. This -assa)e is a#o"t ho% a -o!iti(ian, a tanner (a!!ed C!eon, #e)an (riti(isin) the )enera!s %ho %ere #!o(*adin) the S-artans in an is!and. He said that the$ %ere not doin) their #est and that i he %ere )enera! he %o"!d #rin) #a(* the %ho!e S-artan or(e as (a-ti+es %ithin t%ent$ da$s. The Athenians %ere so si(* o his ta!* that the$ a--ointed hi& to (o&&and the or(es hi&se! . 7That %as a "nn$ idea. 8hat ha--ened3 He *e-t his -ro&ise. He (hose a )ood sta -o i(er and to!d hi& to i)ht in an$ %a$ he !i*ed so !on) as he %on the #att!e, and the &an *ne% his 1o#, so %ithin t%ent$ da$s C!eon #ro")ht #a(* to Athens a h"ndred and t%ent$ S-artans o the hi)hest ran*. Ca&i!!a said/ I7+e heard &$ "n(!e :"ri"s sa$ that the (!e+erest !eader is one %ho (hooses (!e+er -eo-!e to thin* or hi&. Then she said/ 9o" &"st #e +er$ %ise #$ no%, C!a"di"s. I a& s"--osed to #e an "tter oo! and the &ore I read the &ore o a oo! the$ thin* &e.
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I thin* $o"7re +er$ sensi#!e. 9o" te!! thin)s so ni(e!$. B"t I sta&&er. M$ ton)"e7s a C!a"dian too. Perha-s that7s 1"st ner+o"sness. 9o" don7t *no% &an$ )ir!s, do $o"3 No, I said, and $o"7re the irst one I ha+e &et %ho hasn7t !a")hed at &e. Co"!dn7t %e see ea(h other no% and then, Ca&i!!a3 9o" (o"!dn7t tea(h &e to r"n, #"t I (o"!d tea(h $o" to read Gree*. 8o"!d $o" !i*e that3 Oh, I7d !o+e it. B"t %i!! $o" tea(h &e ro& interestin) #oo*s3 :ro& an$ #oo* $o" !i*e. Do $o" !i*e histor$3 I thin* I !i*e -oetr$ #est, there are so &an$ na&es and dates to re&e&#er in histor$. M$ e!dest sister ra+es a#o"t the !o+e--oetr$ o Partheni"s. Ha+e $o" read an$ o it3 So&e o it, #"t I don7t H*e it. It7s so arti i(ia!. I !i*e rea! #oo*s. So do I. B"t is there an$ Gree* !o+e--oetr$ that isn7t arti i(ia!3 There7s Theo(rit"s. I !i*e hi& +er$ &"(h. Get $o"r a"nt to #rin) $o" here to-&orro% at the sa&e ti&e and I7!! #rin) Theo(rit"s and %e7!! #e)in at on(e. 9o" -ro&ise he7s not #orin)3 No, he7s +er$ )ood. A ter this %e "sed to &eet in the )arden near!$ e+er$ da$ and sit in the shade to)ether and read Theo(rit"s and ta!*. I &ade S"!-i(i"s -ro&ise not to te!! an$#od$ a#o"t 0FJ2 it, or ear Li+ia sho"!d hear o it and sto- &$ )oin). Ca&i!!a said one da$ that I %as the *indest #o$ she had e+er &et and that she !i*ed &e #etter than a!! her #rothers7 riends. Then I to!d her ho% &"(h I !i*ed her and she %as +er$ -!eased and %e *issed sh$!$. She as*ed %hether there %as an$ -ossi#!e (han(e o o"r )ettin) &arried. She said that her )rand ather %o"!d do an$thin) or her and that she %o"!d #rin) hi& a!on) one da$ to the )ardens and introd"(e "s, #"t %o"!d &$ ather a--ro+e3 8hen I to!d her that I had no ather and that it a!! rested %ith A")"st"s and Li+ia she #e(a&e de-ressed. 8e had not ta!*ed &"(h a#o"t a&i!ies "nti! then. She had ne+er heard an$ )ood o Li+ia, #"t I said that it %as -ossi#!e she &i)ht (onsent, #e(a"se she dis!i*ed &e so &"(h that I didn7t thin* she (ared +er$ &"(h %hat I did, so !on) as I didn7t dis)ra(e her. Med"!!in"s %as a strai)ht di)ni ied o!d &an and so&ethin) o a historian, %hi(h &ade (on+ersation #et%een "s eas$. He had #een &$ ather7s s"-erior o i(er in his irst (a&-ai)n and %as "!! o ane(dotes o hi&, &an$ o %hi(h I noted do%n )rate "!!$ or &$ #io)ra-h$. One da$ %e #e)an ta!*in) a#o"t Ca&i!!a7s an(estor Ca&i!!"s, and %hen he as*ed &e %hat a(tion o Ca&i!!"s7 I &ost ad&ired I said, 8hen the trea(hero"s s(hoo!&aster o
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:a!erii de(o$ed the (hi!dren "nder his (har)e to the %a!!s o Ro&e, sa$in) that the :a!erians %o"!d o er an$ ter&s to )et the& #a(*, Ca&i!!"s disdained the o er. He had hi& stri--ed na*ed and tied his hands #ehind his #a(* and )a+e the #o$s rods and s(o"r)es to %hi- the traitor #a(* ho&e. 8asn7t that &a)ni i(ent3 In readin) this stor$ I had -i(t"red the s(hoo!&aster as Cato, the #o$s as Post"&"s and &$se! , and so &$ enth"sias& or Ca&i!!"s %as a !itt!e &i5ed. B"t Med"!!in"s %as -!eased. 8hen Ger&ani("s %as as*ed or his a--ro+a! o o"r &arria)e he )a+e it )!ad!$, or I had to!d hi& o &$ !o+e or Ca&i!!a, and &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s raised no o#1e(tion, and &$ )rand&other Li+ia hid her an)er as "s"a! and (on)rat"!ated A")"st"s on ha+in) #een so 4"i(* to ta*e Med"!!in"a at his %ord--he &"st ha+e #een dr"n*, she said, to ha+ a--ro+ed the &at(h, tho")h indeed the do%r$ %as s&a!! d the hono"r o the a!!ian(e )reat or a &an o his a&i!$. The ho"se o Ca&i!!as had #red no &en o o"tstandin) (a-a(it$ or re-"tation or &an$ )enerations. Ger&ani("s to!d &e that e+er$thin) had #een arran)ed and that the #etrotha! (ere&on$ %as to ta*e -!a(e on the ne5t !"(*$ da$--%e Ro&ans are +er$ s"-erstitio"s 0A.D. D2 a#o"t da$s, no#od$ %o"!d drea&, or instan(e, o i)htin) a #att!e or &arr$in) or #"$in)7 a ho"se on ;"!$ i>th, the da$ o the A!!ia disaster in Ca&i!!"s7 ti&e. I (o"!d hard!$ #e!ie+e &$ )ood ort"ne. I too had eared that I %o"!d #e &ade to &arr$ IE&i!ia, an i!!-te&-ered a e(ted !itt!e )ir! %ho (o-ied &$ sister Li+i!!a in teasin) and &a*in) a oo! o &e %hene+er she (a&e to "s on a +isit, %hi(h %as o ten. The #etrotha! (ere&on$, Li+ia insisted, %as to #e as -ri+ate as -ossi#!e, #e(a"se she (o"!d not tr"st &e not to &a*e a oo! o &$se! i there %as a (ro%d. I -re erred it that %a$, I hated (ere&onies. On!$ the ne(essar$ %itnesses %o"!d attend, and there %o"!d #e no east, &ere!$ the "s"a! rit"a! sa(ri i(e o a ra& %hose entrai!s %o"!d then #e e5a&ined to see %hether the a"s-i(es %ere a+o"ra#!e. O (o"rse the$ %o"!d #e, A")"st"s, o i(iatin) as -riest, in (o&-!i&ent to Li+ia, %o"!d see to that. Then a (ontra(t %o"!d #e si)ned or the se(ond (ere&on$ to ta*e -!a(e as soon as ? (a&e o a)e, %ith sti-"!ations a#o"t the do%r$. Ca&i!!a and I %o"!d 1oin hands and *iss and then I %o"!d )i+e her a )o!d rin) and she %o"!d ret"rn to her )rand ather7s ho"se--4"iet!$, as she had (o&e, %itho"t an$ train o sin)in) attendants. It h"rts &e e+en no% to %rite a#o"t that da$. I stood, +er$ ner+o"s!$, in &$ (ha-!et and (!ean ro#e %aitin) %ith Ger&ani("s #$ the a&i!$ a!tar or Ca&i!!a to a--ear. She %as !ate. She %as +er$ !ate. The %itnesses #e)an to )ro% i&-atient and (riti(ise the #ad &anners o o!d Med"!!in"s in *ee-in) the& %aitin) on a (ere&onia! o((asion !i*e this. At !ast the -orter anno"n(ed Ca&i!!a7s "n(!e :"ri"s and he (a&e in, ash$-%hite and %earin) &o"rnin) )ar&ents. A ter a short s-ee(h o )reetin) and a-o!o)$ to A"e"st"s and the rest o the (o&-an$ or his tardiness and i!!-o&ened a--earan(e he said/ A )reat (a!a&it$ has ha--ened. M$ nie(e is dead. DeadB (ried A")"st"s. 8hat 1o*e is this3 8e had 82 a &essa)e on!$ ha! an ho"r a)o that she %as a!read$ on her %a$ here. She died #$ -oison. A (ro%d )athered at the door, as (ro%ds %i!!, %hen the$ heard that the da")hter o the ho"se %as a#o"t to )o to her #etrotha!. 8hen &$ nie(e (a&e o"t, the %o&en a!! -ressed ad&irin)!$ aro"nd her. She )a+e a !itt!e (r$ as i so&eone had trod on her oot, #"t no#od$ tho")ht an$thin) o it, and she ste--ed into
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the sedan. 8e had not )one the !en)th o the street #e ore &$ %i e, S"!-i(ia, %ho %as %ith her, sa% her !ose (o!o"r and as*ed %hether she e!t ri)htened. 7Oh, a"nt,7 she said, 7that %o&an st"(* a need!e into &$ ar& and I ee! taint.7 Those %ere her !ast %ords, &$ riends. She died a e% &in"tes !ater. I h"rried here as soon as I Had (han)ed &$ (!othes. 9o" %i!! or)i+e &e. I #"rst into tears and #e)an to so# h$steri(a!!$. M$ &other, "rio"s at &$ dis)ra(e "! (ond"(t, to!d one o the reed&en to !ead &e a%a$ to &$ roo&, %here I re&ained or da$s, in a ner+o"s e+er, "na#!e to eat or s!ee-. B"t or the (o& ort that dear Post"&"s )a+e &e, I #e!ie+e I sho"!d ha+e !ost &$ %its a!to)ether. The &"rderess %as ne+er o"nd and no#od$ %as a#!e to e5-!ain %hat &oti+e she (o"!d ha+e had. Li+ia re-orted to A7")"st"s a e% da$s !ater that a((ordin) to re-orts %hi(h see&ed re!ia#!e one o the %o&en in the (ro%d had #een a Gree* )ir! %ho (onsidered herse! , no do"#t )ro"nd!ess!$, to ha+e #een %ron)ed #$ the )ir!7s "n(!e and &a$ ha+e de(ided to re+en)e herse! in this &onstro"s %a$. 8hen I %as %e!! a)ain, or no i!!er than "s"a!, Li+ia (o&-!ained to A")"st"s that the death o $o"n) Med"!!ina Ca&i!!a had ha--ened &ost "n ort"nate!$. In s-ite o A")"st"s7 -ardona#!e senti&ent a)ainst s"(h a &at(h, she eared that $o"n) IE&i!ia %o"!d, a ter a!! no%, ha+e to #e #etrothed to her i&-ossi#!e )randson/ e+er$#od$, she said, had #een s"r-rised that she had not #een &at(hed %ith hi& #e ore. So, as "s"a!, Li+ia had her %a$. I %as #etrothed to E&i!ia a e% %ee*s !ater, and %ent thro")h the (ere&on$ %itho"t dis)ra(e, #e(a"se )rie or Ca&i!!a had &ade &e 4"ite indi erent. B"t -E&i!ia7s e$es %ere red %hen she arri+ed, ro& tears not o )rie #"t o ra)e. No% as to Post"&"s, -oor e!!o%, he %as in !o+e %ith &$ sister Li+i!!a, o %ho& he sa% &"(h #e(a"se she had )one to !i+e in the Pa!a(e %hen she &arried his #rother Gai"s, and %as sti!! there. It %as )enera!!$ e5-e(ted that he %o"!d &arr$ her, to rene% the a&i!$ (onne5ion #ro*en #$ his #rother7s death. Li+i!!a %as !attered #$ his -assionate de+otion. She !irted %ith hi& (onstant!$, #"t had no !o+e or hi&. Castor %as her (hoi(e--a (r"e!, disso!"te, hand--so&e e!!o% %ho see&ed &ade or her. I *ne% o the "nderstandin) #et%een Li+i!!a and Castor, %hi(h I had dis(o+ered a((identa!!$, and this &ade &e +er$ "nha--$ on Post"&"s7 #eha! , the &ore so #e(a"se Post"&"s had no s"s-i(ion o her (hara(ter and I did not dare to te!! hi& o it. 8hene+er Li+i!!a and I and he %ere to)ether she "sed to sho% &e -retended a e(tion, %hi(h to"(hed Post"&"s as &"(h as it an)ered &e. I *ne% that as soon as he had )one she %o"!d #e)in her s-ite "! tri(*s a)ain. Li+ia )ot %ind o the intri)"e #et%een Li+i!!a and Castor and *e-t a (are "! %at(h on the&/ one ni)ht she %as re%arded #$ a &essa)e ro& a tr"sted ser+ant that Castor had 1"st (!i&#ed in at Li+i!!a7s %indo% #$ the #a!(on$. She -"t an ar&ed )"ard on the #a!(on$ and then *no(*ed at Li+i!!a7s door, (a!!in) her #$ na&e. A ter a &in"te or so Li+i!!a o-ened the door, -retendin) to ha+e #een so"nd as!ee-, #"t Li+ia %ent inside and o"nd Castor #ehind the ("rtain. She ta!*ed +er$ -!ain!$ to the& and a--ears to ha+e &ade the& "nderstand that the &atter %o"!d not #e re-orted to A")"st"s, %ho %o"!d (ertain!$ #anish the& i it %as, on!$ on (ertain (onditions, and that i these sa&e (onditions %ere stri(t!$ o#ser+ed she %o"!d e+en arran)e that the$ sho"!d &arr$. Not !on) a ter &$ #etrotha! to IE&i!ia, Li+ia so sett!ed &atters %ith A")"st"s that Post"&"s %as #etrothed, &"(h to his )rie , to a )ir! (a!!ed Do&itia, a irst(o"sin o &ine on &$ &other7s 0A.D. =2 side, and Castor &arried Li+i!!a. This %as the $ear that Ti#eri"s and Post"&"s %ere ado-ted as A")"st"s7 sons.
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Li+ia (onsidered ;"!i!!a and her h"s#and OE&i!i"s as a -ossi#!e o#sta(!e to her desi)ns. She %as !"(*$ eno")h to )et e+iden(e that IE&i!i"s and Corne!i"s, a )randson o Po&-e$ the Great, %ere -!ottin) to re&o+e A")"st"s ro& -o%er and to di+ide "- Bis o i(es #et%een the&se!+es and 0FF2 (ertain e5-Cons"!s, a&on) the& Ti#eri"s, tho")h Ti#eri"s had not $et #een so"nded or his o-inion. The -!ot ne+er )athered &"(h %a$, #e(a"se the irst e5-Cons"! %ho& 1E&i!i"s and Corne!i"s a--roa(hed re "sed to ha+e an$thin) to do %ith it. A")"st"s did not -"nish either IE&i!i"s or Corne!i"s #$ death or #anish&ent. It had #een %e!(o&e -roo o the stren)th o his o%n -osition that the$ (o"!d )et so !itt!e s"--ort or their -!ot, and #$ s-arin) the& he -ro+ed it sti!! stron)er. He &ere!$ (a!!ed the& to his -resen(e and !e(t"red the& on their o!!$ and in)ratit"de. Corne!i"s e!! at his eet and than*ed hi& a#1e(t!$ or his (!e&en($, and A")"st"s #e))ed hi& not to &a*e a "rther oo! o hi&se! . He %as not a t$rant, he said, either to (ons-ire a)ainst, or to %orshi- or sho%in) a t$rant7s (!e&en($/ he %as &ere!$ a State-o i(ia! o the Ro&an Re-"#!i( %ho had #een te&-orari!$ )ranted %ide -o%ers or the #etter &aintenan(e o order. IE&i!ias had e+ident!$ !ed hi& astra$ #$ &isre-resentations. The #est ("re or this nonsense %as or Corne!i"s to #e(o&e Cons"! ne5t $ear in d"e (o"rse and so satis $ his a&#itions #$ attainin) e4"a! hono"r %ith hi&se! , or there %as no hi)her ran* than Cons"! in Ro&e. 0Theoreti(a!!$ this %as tr"e.2 IE&i!i"s %as -ro"d and re&ained standin), and A")"st"s to!d hi& that as his re!ati+e #$ &arria)e he o")ht to ha+e sho%n &ore de(en($, and as an e5-Cons"! he o")ht to ha+e sho%n &ore sense. He there"-on de-ri+ed hi& o a!! his hono"rs. An a&"sin) eat"re o this (ase %as that Li+ia %on a!! the (redit or A")"st"s7 (!e&en($ #$ (!ai&in) to ha+e -!eaded, %ith a %o&an7s tenderness, or the !i+es o the t%o (ons-irators, o %ho&, she said, A")"st"s had -ra(ti(a!!$ de(ided to &a*e an e5a&-!e. She )ot his (onsent to the -"#!i(ation o a !itt!e #oo* %hi(h she had %ritten (a!!ed A Pi!!o% De#ate on :or(e and Gent!eness, "!! o inti&ate to"(hes. A")"st"s is re-resented as rest!ess and %orried and "na#!e to s!ee-. Li+ia #e)s hi& -retti!$ to s-ea* his &ind and the$ )o to)ether o+er the 4"estion o the -ro-er treat&ent o OE&i!i"s and Corne!i"s. A")"st"s e5-!ains that he does not %ish to -"t the& to death, $et he ears that he &"st do so, or i he !ets the& o it %i!! #e tho")ht that he is a raid o the&, and others %i!! #e te&-ted to (ons-ire a)ainst hi&. To #e a!%a$s "nder the ne(essit$ o ta*in) +en)ean(e and in !i(tin) -"nish&ents is a +er$ -ain "! -osition or an$ hono"ra#!e &an to #e in, &$ dearest %i e. Li+ia ans%ers/ 9o" are 4"ite ri)ht and ? ha+e a -ie(e o ad+i(e to )i+e $o"--that is, i $o" are %i!!in) to a((e-t it and %i!! not #!a&e &e or darin), tho")h a %o&an, to s")-s )est to $o" so&ethin) %hi(h no#od$ e!se, e+en o $o"r &ost inti&ate riends, %o"!d dare to s"))est. A")"st"s sa$s/ O"t %ith it, %hate+er it is. Li+ia ans%ers/ I %i!! te!! $o" %itho"t hesitation, #e(a"se I ha+e an e4"a! share in $o"r )ood ort"ne and i!! ort"ne and as !on) as $o" are sa e I a!so ha+e &$ -art in rei)nin), %hereas i $o" (o&e to an$ har&, %hi(h the Gods or#id, that is the end o &e too.... She ad+ises or)i+eness. So t %ords t"rn a%a$ %rath, as harsh %ords e5(ite %rath e+en in a )ent!e s-irit, or)i+eness %i!! &e!t the &ost arro)ant heart, as -"nish&ent %i!! harden e+en the h"&#!est.... I do not &ean #$ this that %e &"st s-are a!! (ri&ina!s %itho"t distin(tion/ or there is s"(h a thin) as an in("ra#!e and -ersistent de-ra+it$ on %hi(h *indness is %asted. A &an %ho o ends in this %a$
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sho"!d #e re&o+ed at on(e as a (an(er in the #od$ -o!iti(. B"t in the (ase o the rest, %hose errors, (o&&itted %i! "!!$ or other%ise, are d"e to $o"th or i)noran(e or &isa--rehension, %e sho"!d, I #e!ie+e, &ere!$ re#"*e the&, or -"nish the& in the &i!dest -ossi#!e %a$. Let "s &a*e the e5-eri&ent, there ore, startin) %ith these +er$ &en. A")"st"s a--!a"ds her %isdo& and (on esses hi&se! -ers"aded. B"t note the reass"ran(e to the %or!d that on A")"st"s7 death Li+ia7s r"!e %o"!d end, and "rther note and re&e&#er the -hrase in("ra#!e and -ersistent de-ra+it$. M$ )rand&other Li+ia %as a s!$ oneB Li+ia no% to!d A")"st"s that the -ro-osed &arria)e #et%een IE&i!ia and &$se! &"st #e (an(e!!ed as a si)n o I&-eria! dis-!eas"re %ith her -arents, and A")"st"s %as de!i)hted to a)ree to this, #e(a"se IE&i!ia had #een (o&-!ainin) #itter!$ to hi& o her &is ort"ne in ha+in) to &arr$ &e. Li+ia had !itt!e to ear ro& ;"!i!!a no%, %ho& A")"st"s s"s-e(ted o #ein) an a((o&-!i(e in her h"s#and7s s(he&es/ #"t she %o"!d &a*e s"re o her too, #e ore 0?@?2 she had done. Mean%hi!e she had to -a$ a de#t o hono"r to her riend Ur)"!ania, a %o&an %ho& I ha+e not $et &entioned #"t %ho is one o the &ost "n-!easant (hara(ters in &$ stor$.

CHAPTER CIII URGULANIA 8AS LICIA7S ONL9 CON:IDANT AND BOUND TO her #$ the stron)est ties o interest and )ratit"de. She had !ost her h"s#and, a -artisan o 9o"n) Po&-e$7s, in the Ci+i! 8ars and %ith her in ant son had #een she!tered #$ Li+ia, then sti!! &arried to &$ )rand ather, ro& the #r"ta!it$ o A")"st"s7 so!diers. Li+ia, on &arr$in) A")"st"s, insisted that he sho"!d restore to Ur)"!ania her h"s#and7s (on is(ated estates, and in+ite her to !i+e %ith the& as a &e&#er o the a&i!$. B$ Li+ia7s in !"en(e-- or in A")"st"s7 na&e Li+ia (o"!d or(e Le-id"s, the Hi)h Ponti , to &a*e %hate+er a--oint&ents she -!eased--she %as set in a -osition o s-irit"a! a"thorit$ o+er a!! the &arried no#!e%o&en o Ro&e. I &"st e5-!ain that. E+er$ $ear, ear!$ in De(e&#er, these %o&en had to attend an i&-ortant sa(ri i(e to the Good Goddess -resided o+er #$ the Cesta! Cir)ins, on the -ro-er (ond"(t o %hi(h %o"!d de-end the %ea!th and se("rit$ o Ro&e or the ens"in) t%e!+e &onths. No &an %as a!!o%ed to -ro ane these &$steries on -ain o death. Li+ia, %ho had -"t herse! into the )ood )ra(es o the Cesta!s #$ re#"i!din) their Con+ent, "rnishin) it in !"5"rio"s st$!e, and %innin) the&, thro")h A")"st"s, &an$ -ri+i!e)es ro& the Senate, s"))ested to the Chie Cesta! that the (hastit$ o so&e o the %o&en %ho attended these sa(ri i(es %as not #e$ond s"s-i(ion. She said that the tro"#!es o Ro&e d"rin) the Ci+i! 8ars &i)ht %e!! ha+e #een d"e to the Good Goddess7 an)er at the !e%dness o those %ho attended her &$steries. She s"))ested "rther that i a so!e&n oath %ere to #e )i+en to an$ %o&an %ho (on essed to a !a-se ro& &ora! stri(tness that her (on ession %o"!d not #e re-orted to an+ ear o &an, and th"s not in+o!+e her in -"#!i( dis)ra(e, there %o"!d #e a )reater (han(e o the Goddess #ein) ser+ed on!$ #$ the (haste, and her an)er a--eased. The Chie Cesta!, a re!i)io"s!$-&inded %o&an, a--ro+ed o the idea #"t as*ed Li+ia7s a"thorit$ or this in-? no+ation. Li+ia to!d her that she had seen the Goddess in a drea& on!$ the ni)ht #e ore, and that she had as*ed that, sin(e the Cesta!s the&se!+es %ere not e5-erien(ed in &atters o se5, a %ido% o )ood a&i!$ sho"!d #e
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a--ointed Mother Con essor or this +er$ -"r-ose. The Chie Cesta! as*ed %hether the sins (on essed sho"!d -ass "n-"nished. Li+ia re-!ied that she (o"!d not ha+e e5-ressed an o-inion had not the Goddess ort"nate!$ &ade a -rono"n(e&ent on this -oint in the sa&e drea&/ that the Mother Con essor %o"!d #e e&-o%ered to -res(ri#e e5-iator$ -enan(es and that the -enan(es sho"!d #e a &atter o ho!$ (on iden(e #et%een the (ri&ina! and the Mother Con essor. The Chie Cesta!, she said, %o"!d #e in or&ed &ere!$ that s"(h-and-s"(h a %o&an %as "n it to ta*e -art in the &$steries o this $ear, or that s"(h-and-s"(h had no% -er or&ed her -enan(e. This s"ited the Chie Cesta! %e!!, #"t she %as a raid to s"))est a na&e or ear that Li+ia %o"!d t"rn it do%n. Li+ia then said that the Hi)h Ponti %as o#+io"s!$ the &an to &a*e the a--oint&ent, and that i the Chie Cesta! -er&itted her, she %o"!d e5-!ain &atters to hi& and as* hi& to na&e a s"ita#!e -erson, a ter -er or&in) the ne(essar$ (ere&onies to ens"re a (hoi(e a+o"ra#!e to the Goddess. So Ur)"!ania %as a--ointed, and o (o"rse Li+ia did not te!! Le-id"s or A")"st"s the -o%ers that the a--oint&ent (arried. She s-o*e o it (as"a!!$ as a -osition o ad+isor$ assistant to the Chie Cesta! in &ora! &atters, the Chie Cesta!, -oor %o&an, #ein) so "n%or!d!$. The sa(ri i(e %as ("sto&ari!$ he!d at the ho"se o a Cons"!, #"t no% a!%a$s at A")"st"s7 -a!a(e, #e(a"se he ran*ed a#o+e the Cons"!s. This %as (on+enient or Ur)"!ania, %ho &ade the %o&en (o&e into her roo& there 0%hi(h %as arran)ed in a %a$ to ins-ire ear and tr"th "!ness2, #o"nd the& to te!! the tr"th #$ the &ost ri)ht "! 0i@D2 oaths, and %hen the$ had (on essed, dis&issed the& %hi!e she (onsidered the a--ro-riate -enan(eLi+ia, %ho %as in the roo& (on(ea!ed #ehind a ("rtain, %o"!d then s"))est one. The t%o )ot a )reat dea! o a&"se&ent o"t o this )a&e and Li+ia -!ent$ o "se "! in or&ation and assistan(e in her -!ans. As Mother Con essor in t!ie ser+i(e o the Good Goddess, Ur)"!ania (onsidered herse! a#o+e the !a%. Later I sha!! te!! ho% on(e, %hen s"&&oned #$ a senator to %ho& she o%ed a !ar)e s"& o &one$ to a--ear #e ore the &a)istrate in the De#tors7 Co"rt, she re "sed to o#e$ the s"&&ons, and ho%, to a+oid the s(anda!, Li+ia -aid "-. On another o((asion she %as s"#-oenaed as a %itness in a Senatoria! en4"ir$/ ha+in) no intention o #ein) (ross-e5a&ined she e5("sed herse! ro& attendin) and a &a)istrate %as sent to ta*e her de-osition do%n in %ritin) instead. She %as a dread "! o!d %o&an %ith a (!e t (hin and hair *e-t #!a(* %ith !a&--soot 0the )re$ sho%in) -!ain!$ at the roots2, and she !i+ed to a )reat a)e. Her son, Si!+an"s, had re(ent!$ #een Cons"! and %as one o those %ho& IE&i!i"s a--roa(hed at the ti&e o his -!ot. Si!+an"s %ent strai)ht to Ur)"!ania and to!d her a#o"t $E&i!i"s7 intentions. She -assed the ne%s on to Li+ia and Li+ia -ro&ised to re%ard the& or this +a!"a#!e in or&ation #$ &arr$in) Si!+an"s7 da")hter Ur)"!an !a to &e and so a!!$in) the& %ith the I&-eria! a&i!$. Ur)"!ania %as in Li+ia7s (on iden(e and %as -rett$ s"re that &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s--not Post"&"s, tho")h he %as A")"st"s7 nearest heir--%o"!d #e the ne5t E&-eror/ so this &arria)e %as e+en &ore hono"ra#!e than it see&ed. I had ne+er seen Ur)"!ani!!a. No#od$ had. 8e *ne% that she !i+ed %ith an a"nt at Her("!ane"&, a to%n on the s!o-es o Ces"+i"s, %here o!d Ur)"!ania had -ro-ert$, #"t she ne+er (a&e to Ro&e e+en on a +isit. 8e (on(!"ded that she &"st #e de!i(ate. B"t %hen Li+ia %rote &e one o her ("rt (r"e! notes, to the e e(t that it had 1"st #een de(ided at a a&i!$ (o"n(i! that I sho"!d &an$ the da")hter o Si!+an"s P!a"ti"s, and that this %as a &ore a--ro-riate &at(h or &e, (onsiderin) &$ in ir&ities, than the t%o -re+io"s!$ -ro1e(ted, I s"s-e(ted that there %as so&ethin) &"(h &ore serio"s!$ %ron) %ith this Ur)"!ani!!a than &ere i!!-hea!th. A (!e t -a!ate,
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-erha-s, or a stra%#err$ &ar* a(ross ha! her a(e3 So&ethin) at an$ rate that &ade her 4"ite "n-resenta#!e. Perha-s she %as a (ri--!e !i*e &$se! . I %o"!dn7t &ind that. Perha-s she %as a +er$ ni(e )ir! rea!!$, #"t &is"nderstood. 8e &i)ht ha+e a !ot in (o&&on. O (o"rse, it %o"!d not #e !i*e &arr$in) Ca&i!!a, #"t it &i)ht at !east #e #etter than &arr$in).OE&i!ia. The da$ %as (hosen or o"r #etrotha!. I as*ed Ger&ani("s a#o"t Ur)"!ani!!a, #"t he %as as &"(h in the dar* as I %as, and see&ed a !itt!e asha&ed o ha+in) (onsented to the &arria)e %itho"t &a*in) (are "! en4"iries #e orehand. He %as +er$ ha--$ %ith A)ri--ina and %anted &e to #e ha--$ too. 8e!!, the da$ (a&e, a !"(*$ one, and there I %as a)ain in &$ (ha-!et and (!ean )o%n a)ain %aitin) at the a&i!$-a!tar or the #ride to arri+e. The third ti&e7s !"(*$, said Ger&ani("s. I a& s"re she7s a #ea"t$, rea!!$, and *ind and sensi#!e and 1"st the sort or $o". B"t %as she3 8e!!, in &$ !i e I ha+e had &an$ (r"e! #ad 1o*es -!a$ed on &e, #"t I thin* that this %as the (r"e!!est and %orst. Ur)"!ani!!a %as--%e!!, in #rie , she !i+ed "- to her na&e, %hi(h is the Latin or& o Her("!ani!!a. A $o"n) e&a!e Her("!es she indeed %as. Tho")h on!$ i teen $ears o!d, she %as o+er si5 oot three in(hes in hei)ht and sti!! )ro%in), and #road and stron) in -ro-ortion, %ith the !ar)est eet and hands I ha+e e+er seen on an$ h"&an #ein) in &$ !i e %ith the sin)!e e5(e-tion o the )i)anti( Parthian hosta)e %ho %a!*ed in a (ertain tri"&-ha! -ro(ession &an$ $ears !ater. Her eat"res %ere re)"!ar #"t hea+$ and she %ore an a!&ost -er-et"a! s(o%!. She stoo-ed. She ta!*ed as s!o%!$ as &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s 0%ho&, #$ the %a$, she rese&#!ed (!ose!$--there %as e+en ta!* o her #ein) rea!!$ his da")hter2. She had no !earnin), %it, a((o&-!ish&ents, or an$ endearin) 4"a!ities. And it is stran)e, #"t the irst tho")hts that str"(* roe %hen I sa% her %ere/ This %o&an is (a-a#!e o &"rder #$ +io!en(e and I sha!! #e +er$ (are "! ro& the irst to hide &$ re-")nan(e to her, and )i+e her no 1"st (a"se to har#o"r resent&ent a)ainst &e. :or i on(e she (o&es to hate &e, &$ !i e is not sa e. I a& a -rett$ )ood a(tor, and tho")h the so!e&nit$ o the (ere&on$ %as #ro*en #$ s&ir*s, %his-ered 1o*es and re-ressed titters ro& the (o&-an$, Ur)"!ani!!a had no 0i32 (a"se to #!a&e &e or this inde(oro"sness. A ter it %as o+er the t%o o "s %ere s"&&oned into the -resen(e o Li+ia and Ur)"!ania. 8hen the door %as sh"t and %e stood there a(in) the&--&$se! ner+o"s and id)et$, Ur)"!ani!!a &assi+e and e5-ression!ess and (!en(hin) and "n(!en(hin) her )reat ists--the so!e&nit$ o these t%o e+i! o!d )rand&others )a+e %a$, and the$ #"rst into "n(ontro!!ed !a")hter. I had ne+er heard either o the& !a")h !i*e that #e ore and the e e(t %as ri)htenin). It %as not de(ent hea!th$ !a")hter #"t a he!!ish so##in) and s(ree(hin), !i*e that o t%o o!d dr"n*en -rostit"tes %at(hin) a tort"re or (r"(i i5ion. Oh, $o" t%o #ea"tiesB so##ed Li+ia at !ast, %i-in) her7e$es, 8hat %o"!dn7t I )i+e to see $o" in #ed to)ether on $o"r %eddin) ni)htB It %o"!d #e the "nniest s(ene sin(e De"(a!ion7s :!oodB And %hat ha--ened -arti("!ar!$ "nn$ on that a&o"s o((asion, &$ dear3 as*ed Ur)"!ania. 78h$, don7t $o" *no%3 God destro$ed the %ho!e %or!d %ith a !ood, e5(e-t De"(a!ion and his a&i!$, and a e% ani&a!s that too* re ")e on the &o"ntain to-s. Ha+en7t $o" read Aristo-hanes7 :!ood3 It7s &$ a+o"rite -!a$ o his. The s(ene is !aid on Mo"nt Parnass"s. Cario"s ani&a!s are asse&#!ed, "n ort"nate!$ on!$ one o ea(h *ind, and ea(h thin*s hi&se! the so!e s"r+i+or o his s-e(ies. So in order to re-!enish the earth so&eho% %ith ani&a!s the$ ha+e to &ate %ith one another in s-ite o &ora! s(r"-!es and o#+io"s di i("!ties. The Ca&e! is #etrothed #$ De"(a!ion to the She-E!e-hant.
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Ca&e! and E!e-hantB That7s a ine oneB (a(*!ed Ur)"!ania. Loo* at Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s7 !on) ne(* and s*inn$ #od$ and !on) si!!$ a(e. And &$ Ur)"!ani!!a7s )reat eet and )reat !a--in) ears, and !itt!e -i)-e$esB Ha, Ha, Ha, HaB And %hat %as their o s-rin)3 Gira e3 Ha, Ha, Ha, HaB The -!a$ doesn7t )et that ar. Iris (o&es on the sta)e or the &essen)er s-ee(h and re-orts another re ")e o ani&a!s on Mo"nt At!as. Iris #rea*s o the n"-tia!s 1"st in ti&e. 8as the Ca&e! disa--ointed3 Oh, &ost #itter!$. And the E!e-hant3 The E!e-hant 1"st s(o%!ed. Did the$ *iss on -artin)37H Aristo-hanes does not te!!. B"t I7& s"re the$ did. Co&e on, Beasts. AissB I s&i!ed oo!ish!$, Ur)"!ani!!a s(o%!ed. Aiss, I sa$, Li+ia insisted in a +oi(e that &eant that %e had to o#e$. So %e *issed, and started the o!d %o&en on their h$s73teri(s a)ain. 8hen %e %ere o"tside the roo& a)ain I %his-ered to Ur)"!ani!!a/ I7& sorr$. It7s not &$ a"!t. B"t she did not ans%er e5(e-t to s(o%! &ore dee-!$ than #e ore. There %as sti!! a $ear #e ore %e %ere a(t"a!!$ to &arr$, or the a&i!$ had de(ided that I sho"!d not (o&e o a)e "nti! I %as i teen and a ha! , and &"(h &i)ht ha--en in that ti&e. I on!$ Iris %o"!d (o&eB B"t she didn7tPost"&"s had his tro"#!es too/ he had a!read$ (o&e o a)e no% and it %as on!$ a e% &onths #e ore Do&itia %o"!d #e o &arria)ea#!e a)e. M$ -oor Post"&"s, he %as sti!! in !o+e %ith Li+i!!a, tho")h she %as &arried. B"t #e ore I (ontin"e %ith the stor$ o Post"&"s I &"st te!! o &$ &eetin) %ith the Last o the Ro&ans.

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CHAPTER IN HIS NAME 8AS POLLIO AND I 8ILL RECALL THE ENACT (ir("&stan(es o o"r &eetin), %hi(h too* -!a(e M"st a %ee* a ter &$ #etrotha! to Ur)"!ani!!a. I %as readin) in the A-o!!o Li#rar$ %hen a!on) (a&e Li+$ and a !itt!e #ris* o!d &an in the ro#e o a senatoi. Li+$ %as sa$in)/ It see&s then, that %e &a$ as %e!! a#andon a!! ho-e o indin) it, "n!ess -erha-s.... 8h$, there7s S"!-i(i"s! He7!! *no% i an$one does. Good &ornin), S"!-i(i"s. I %ant $o" to do a a+o"r or Asini"s Po!ho and &$se! . There7s a #oo* %e %ant to !oo* at, a (o&&entar$ #$ a Gree* (a!!ed Po!e&o(!es on Po!$#i"s7 Mi!itar$ Ta(ti(s. I see& to re&e&#er (o&in) a(ross it here on(e, #"t the (ata!o)"e does 0?@<2 not &ention it and the !i#rarians, here are -er e(t!$ "se!ess. S"!-i(i"s )na%ed his #eard or a%hi!e and then said/ 9o"7+e )ot the na&e %ron). Po!e&o(rates %as the na&e and he %asn7t a Gree*, in s-ite o his na&e, #"t a ;e%. :i teen $ears a)o I re&e&#er seein) it on that to- she! , the o"rth ro& the %indo%, ri)ht at the #a(*, and the tit!e ta) had 1"st 7A Dissertation on Ta(ti(s7 on it. Let &e )et it or $o". I don7t e5-e(t it7s #een &o+ed sin(e then. Then Li+$ sa% &e. H"!!o, &$ riend, ho% )oes it3 Do $o" *no% the a&o"s Asini"s Po!!io3 I sa!"ted the& and Po!!io said/ 8hat7s that $o"7re readin), #o$3 Trash, I7!! #e #o"nd, #$ the sha&e a(ed %a$ $o" hide it. 9o"n) e!!o%s no%ada$s read on!$ trash. He t"rned to Li+$/ I #et $o" ten )o!d -ie(es that it7s so&e %ret(hed 7Art o Lo+e7, or Ar(adian -astora! nonsense, or so&ethin) o that sort. I7!! ta*e the #et, said Li+$. 9o"n) C!a"di"s is not that sort o $o"n) &an at a!!. 8e!!, C!a"di"s, %hi(h o "s %ins3 I said, sta&&erin), to Po!!io/ I7& )!ad to sa$, sir, that $o" !ose. Po!!io ro%ned an)ri!$ at &e, 8hat7s that $o" sa$3 G!ad that I !ose, eh3 Is that a -ro-er %a$ to s-ea* to an o!d &an !i*e &e, and a senator too3 I said/ I said it in a!! res-e(t, sir. I a& )!ad that $o" !ose. I sho"!d not !i*e to hear this #oo* (a!!ed trash. It7s $o"r o%n histor$ o the Ci+i! 8ars and, i I &a$ +ent"re to -raise it, a +er$ ine #oo* indeed. Po!!io7s a(e (han)ed. He #ea&ed and (h"(*!ed and -"!!ed o"t his -"rse, -ressin) the (oins on Li+$. Li+$, %ith %ho& he see&ed on ter&s o riend!$ ani&osit$--i $o" *no% %hat I &ean--re "sed the& %ith &o(*-serio"s insisten(e. M$ dear Po!!io, I (o"!dn7t -ossi#!$ ta*e the &one$. 9o" %ere 4"ite ri)ht/ these $o"n) e!!o%s no%ada$s read the &ost %ret(hed st" . Not another %ord, -!ease/ I a)ree that I7+e !ost the #et. Here are ten )o!d -ie(es o &$ o%n and I7& )!ad to -a$ the&. Po!!io a--ea!ed to &e. No%, sir--I don7t *no% %ho $o" are #"t $o" see& to #e a !ad o sense--ha+e $o" read o"r riend Li+$7s %or*3 I a--ea! to $o", isn7t that at !east trashier %ritin) than &ine3 I s&i!ed. 8e!!, at !east it7s easier to read.
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Easier, eh. Ho%7s that3 He &a*es the -eo-!e o An(ient Ro&e #eha+e and ta!* as i the$ %ere a!i+e no%. Po!!io %as de!i)hted. He has $o" there, Li+$, on $o"r %ea*est s-ot. 9o" (redit the Ro&ans o se+en (ent"ries a)o %ith i&-ossi#!$ &odern &oti+es and ha#its and s-ee(hes. 9es, it7s reada#!e a!! ri)ht, #"t it7s not histor$. Be ore I re(ord &ore o this (on+ersation ? &"st sa$ a e% %ords a#o"t o!d Po!!io, -erha-s the &ost )i ted &an o his da$, not e+en e5(e-tin) A")"st"s. He %as no% near!$ ei)ht$ $ears o!d #"t in "!! -ossession o his &enta! -o%ers and see&in)!$ in #etter -h$si(a! hea!th than &an$ a &an o si5t$. He had (rossed the R"#i(on %ith ;"!i"s Caesar and o")ht %ith hi& a)ainst Po&-e$, and ser+ed "nder &$ )rand ather Anton$, #e ore his 4"arre! %ith A")"st"s, and had #een Cons"! and Go+ernor o :"rther S-ain and o Lo&#ard$, and had %on a tri"&-h or a +i(tor$ in the Ba!*ans and had #een a -ersona! riend o Ci(ero7s "nti! he )re% dis)"sted %ith hi&, and a -atron o the -oets, Cir)i! and Hora(e. Besides a!! this he %as a distin)"ished orator and %riter o tra)edies. B"t he %as a #etter historian than he %as either tra)edian or orator, #e(a"se he had a !o+e or !itera! tr"th, a&o"ntin) to -edantr$, %hi(h he (o"!d not s4"are %ith the (on+entions or these other !iterar$ or&s. 8ith the s-oi!s o the Ba!*an (a&-ai)n he had o"nded a -"#!i( !i#rar$, the irst -"#!i( !i#rar$ at Ro&e. There %ere no% t%o others/ the one %e %ere in and another (a!!ed a ter &$ )rand&other O(ta+ia, #"t Po!!io7s %as &"(h #etter or)anised or readin) -"r-oses than either. S"!-i(i"s had no% o"nd the #oo*, and a ter a %ord o than*s to hi& the$ rene%ed their ar)"&ent. Li+$ said/ The tro"#!e %ith Po!!io is that %hen he %rites histor$ he ee!s o#!i)ed to s"--ress a!! his iner, &ore -oeti(a! ee!in)s, and &a*e his (hara(ters #eha+e %ith (ons(ientio"s d"!!ness, and %hen he -"ts a s-ee(h into their &o"ths he denies the& the !east oratori(a! a#i!it$. Po!!io said/ 9es, Poetr$ is Poetr$, and Orator$ is Orator$, and Histor$ is Histor$, and $o" (an7t &i5 the&. Can7t I3 Indeed I (an. said Li+$. Do $o" &ean to 0?@F2 sa$ that I &"stn7t %rite a histor$ %ith an e-i( the&e #e(a"se that7s a -rero)ati+e o -oetr$ or -"t %orth$ e+e-o -#att!e s-ee(hes in the &o"ths o &$ )enera!s #e(a"se to (o&-ose s"(h s-ee(hes is the -rero)ati+e o orator$3 That is -re(ise!$ %hat I do &ean. Histor$ is a tr"e re(ord o %hat ha--ened, ho% -eo-!e !i+ed and died, %hat the$ did and said, an e-i( the&e &ere!$ distorts the re(ord. As or $o"r )enera!7s s-ee(hes the$ are ad&ira#!e as orator$ #"t da&na#!$ "nhistori(a!/ not on!$ is there no -arti(!e o e+iden(e or an$ one o the&, #"t the$ are ina--ro-riate. I ha+e heard &ore e+e-o -#att!e s-ee(hes than &ost &en and tho")h the )enera!s that &ade the&, Caesar and Anton$ es-e(ia!!$, %ere re&ar*a#!$ ine -!at or& orators, the$ %ere a!! too )ood so!diers to tr$ an$ -!at or& #"siness on the troo-s. The$ s-o*e to the& in a (on+ersationa! %a$, the$ did not orate. 8hat sort o s-ee(h did Caesar &a*e #e ore the Batt!e o Pharsa!ia3 Did he #e) "s to re&e&#er o"r %i+es and (hi!dren and the sa(red te&-!es o Ro&e and the )!ories o o"r -ast (a&-ai)ns3
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B$ God, he didn7t! He (!i&#ed "- on the st"&- o a -inetree %ith one o those &onster-radishes in one hand and a !"&- o hard so!diers7 #read in the other, and 1o*ed, #et%een &o"th "!s. Not daint$ 1o*es #"t the rea! st" to!d %ith the strai)htest a(e/ a#o"t ho% (haste Po&-e$7s !i e %as (o&-ared %ith his o%n re-ro#ate one. The thin)s he did %ith that radish %o"!d ha+e &ade an o5 !a")h. I re&e&#er one #road ane(dote a#o"t ho% Po&-e$ %on his s"rna&e The Great--oh, that radishB--and another sti!! %orse one a#o"t ho% he hi&se! had !ost his hair in the Ba6aar at A!e5andria. I7d te!! $o" the& #oth no% #"t or this #o$ here, and #"t or $o"r #ein) (ertain to &iss the -oint, not ha+in) #een ed"(ated in Caesar7s (a&-. Not a %ord a#o"t the a--roa(hin) #att!e e5(e-t 1"st at the (!ose/ 7Poor o!d Po&-e$B U- a)ainst ;"!i"s Caesar and his &enB 8hat a (han(e he hasB7 9o" didn7t -"t an$ o this in $o"r histor$, said Li+$. Not in the -"#!i( editions, said Po!!io. I7& not a oo!. Sti!! i $o" !i*e to #orro% the -ri+ate S"--!e&ent %hi(h I ha+e 1"st inished %ritin), $o"7!! ind it there. B"t -erha-s $o"7!! ne+er #other. I7!! te!! $o" the rest/ Caesar %as a %onder "! &i&i(, $o" *no%, and he )a+e the& Po&-e$7s d$in) s-ee(h, -re-arator$ to a!!in) on his s%ord 0the radish a)ain--%ith the end #itten o 2. He rai!ed, in Po&-e$7s na&e, at the I&&orta! Gods or a!%a$s a!!o%in) +i(e to tri"&-h o+er +irt"e. Ho% the$ !a")hed! Then he #e!!o%ed/ 7And isn7t it tr"e, tho")h Po&-e$ sa$s it3 Den$ it i $o" (an, $o" da&ned orni(atin) do)s, $o"B7 And he !"n) the ha! -radish at the&. And the roar that %ent "-B Ne+er %ere there so!diers !i*e Caesar7s. Do $o" re&e&#er the son) the$ san) at his :ren(h tri"&-h3 7Ho&e %e #rin) the #a!d %hore-&on)er, Ro&ans, !o(* $o"r %i+es a%a$.7 Li+$ said. Po!!io, &$ dear e!!o%, %e %ere not dis("ssin) Caesar7s &ora!s, #"t the -ro-er %a$ to %rite histor$. Po!!io said. 9es, that7s ri)ht. O"r inte!!i)ent $o"n) riend %as (riti(isin) $o"r &ethod, "nder the res-e(t "! dis)"ise o -raisin) $o"r reada#i!it$. Bo$, ha+e $o" an$ "rther (har)es to #rin) a)ainst the no#!e Li+$3 I said/ P!ease, sir, don7t &a*e &e #!"sh. I ad&ire Li+$7s %or* )reat!$. The tr"th, #o$! Ha+e $o" e+er (a")ht hi& o"t in an$ histori(a! ina(("ra(ies3 9o" see& to #e a e!!o% %ho reads a )ood dea!. I %o"!d rather not +ent"re... O"t %ith it. There &"st #e so&ethin). So I said/ There is one thin) that -"66!es &e, I (on ess. That is the stor$ o Lars Porsena. A((ordin) to Li+$, Porsena tai!ed to (a-t"re Ro&e, #ein) irst -re+ented #$ the heroi( #eha+io"r o Horati"s at the #rid)e and then dis&a$ed #$ the asto"ndin) darin) o S(ae+o!a, Li+$ re!ates that S(ae+o!a, (a-t"red a ter an atte&-t at
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assassinatin) Porsena, thr"st his hand into the !a&e on the a!tar and s%ore that three h"ndred Ro&ans !i*e hi&se! had #o"nd the&se!+es #$ an oath to ta*e Porsena7s !i e. And so Lars Porsena &ade -ea(e. B"t I ha+e seen the !a#$rinth to&# o Lars Porsena at C!"si"& and there is a rie6e on it o Ro&ans e&er)in) ro& the Cit$ )ate and #ein) !ed "nder a $o*e. There7s an Etr"s(an -riest %ith a -air o shears ("ttin) o the #eards o the :athers. And e+en Dion$si"s o Ha!i(a&ass"s, %ho %as +er$ a+o"ra#!$ dis-osed to%ards 0in2 "s, states that the Senate +oted Porsena an i+or$ throne, a s(e-tre, a )o!den (ro%n and a tri"&-ha! ro#e, %hi(h (an on!$ &ean that the$ -aid hi& so+erei)n hono"rs. So -erha-s Lars Porsena did (a-t"re Ro&e, in s-ite o Horati"s and S(ai+o!a. And Ar"ns the -riest at Ca-"a 0he7s s"--osed to #e the !ast &an %ho (an read Etr"s(an ins(ri-tions2 to!d &e !ast s"&&er that a((ordin) to Etr"s(an re(ords the &an %ho e5-e!!ed the Tar4"ins ro& Ro&e %as not Br"t"s #"t Porsena, and that Br"t"s and Co!!atin"s, the irst t%o Cons"!s at Ro&e, %ere &ere!$ the Cit$ Ste%ards a--ointed to (o!!e(t his ta5es. Li+$ )re% 4"ite an)r$. I a& s"r-rised at $o", C!a"di"s. Ha+e $o" no re+eren(e or Ro&an tradition that $o" sho"!d #e!ie+e the !ies to!d #$ o"r an(ient ene&ies to di&inish o"r )reatness3 I on!$ as*ed, I said h"&#!$, %hat rea!!$ ha--ened then. Co&e on, Li+$, said Po!!io. Ans%er the $o"n) st"dent. 8hat rea!!$ ha--ened3 Li+$ said, Another ti&e. Let7s *ee- to the &atter in hand no%, %hi(h is a )enera! dis("ssion o the -ro-er %a$ to %rite histor$. C!a"di"s, &$ riend, $o" ha+e a&#itions that %a$. 8hi(h o "s t%o o!d %orthies %i!! $o" (hoose as a &ode!3 9o" &a*e it +er$ di i("!t or the #o$, $o" ea!o"s e!!o%s, -"t in S"!-i(i"s. 8hat do $o" e5-e(t hi& to ans%er3 The tr"th %i!! o end neither o "s, ans%ered Po!!io. I !oo*ed ro& one a(e to the other. At !ast I said, I thin* I %o"!d (hoose Po!!io. As I a& s"re that I (an ne+er ho-e to attain Li+$7s ins-ired !iterar$ e!e)an(e, I sha!! do &$ #est to i&itate Po!!io7s a(("ra($ and di!i)en(e. Li+$ )r"nted and %as a#o"t to %a!* o , #"t Po!!io restrained hi&. Bott!in) do%n his )!ee as %e!! as he (o"!d he said/ Co&e, Li+$, $o" %on7t )r"d)e &e one !itt!e dis(i-!e, %i!! $o", %hen $o" ha+e the& in re)i&ents a!! o+er the %or!d3 Bo$, did $o" e+er hear a#o"t the o!d &an ro& Cadi63 No, it7s not dirt$. In a(t. it7s rather sad. He (a&e on oot to Ro&e, %hat to see3 Not the te&-!es or the theatres or the stat"es or the (ro%ds or the sho-s or the Senate Ho"se. B"t a Man. 8hat &an3 The &an %hose head is on the (oins3 No, no. A )reater than he. He (a&e to see none other than o"r riend Li+$, %hose %or*s, it see&s, he *ne% #$ heart. He sa% hi& and sa!"ted hi& and %ent strai)ht #a(* to Cadi6--%here he i&&ediate!$ died, the disi!!"sion and the !on) %a!* had #een too &"(h or hi&. Li+$ said, At an$ rate &$ readers are )en"ine readers, Bo$, do $o" *no% ho% Po!!io has #"i!t "- his re-"tation3
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8e!!, he7s ri(h and has a +er$ !ar)e, #ea"ti "! ho"se and a s"r-risin)!$ )ood (oo*. He in+ites a )reat (ro%d o !iterar$ -eo-!e to dinner, )i+es the& a -er e(t &ea! and a ter%ards (as"a!!$ -i(*s "- the !atest +o!"&e o his histor$. He sa$s h"&#!$, 7Gent!e&en, there are a e% -assa)es here that I a& not 4"ite s"re a#o"t. I ha+e %or*ed +er$ hard at the& #"t the$ sti!! need the ina! -o!ish %hi(h I a& (o"ntin) on $o" to )i+e the&. B$ $o"r !ea+e....7 Then he #e)ins to read. No#od$ !istens +er$ (are "!!$. E+er$one7s #e!!$ is st" ed. he (oo*7s a )eni"s3 the$ are a!! thin*in). he &"!!et %ith -i4"ant sa"(e, and those at st" ed thr"shes and the %i!d-#oar %ith tr" !es--%hen did I eat so %e!! !ast3 Not sin(e Po!!io7s !ast readin), I #e!ie+e. Ah, here (o&es the s!a+e %ith the %ine a)ain. That e5(e!!ent C$-rian %ine. :o!!io7s ri)ht/ it7s #etter than an$ Gree* %ine on the &ar*et.7 Mean%hi!e Po!!io7s +oi(e--and it7s a ni(e +oi(e to !isten to, !i*e a -riest7s at an e+enin) sa(ri i(e in s"&&er--)oes s&ooth!$ on and e+er$ no% and then he as*s h"&#!$, s that a!! ri)ht, do $o" thin*37 And e+er$one sa$s, thin*in) o the thr"shes a)ain, or -erha-s o the !itt!e si&ne! (a*es, 7Ad&ira#!e. Ad&ira#!e, Po!!io.7 No% and then he %i!! -a"se and as*/ 7No% %hi(h is the ri)ht %ord to "se here3 Sha!! I sa$ that the ret"rnin) en+o$s -ers"aded or e5(ited this tri#e to re+o!t3 Or sha!! I sa$ that the a((o"nt the$ )a+e o the sit"ation in !"en(ed the tri#e in its de(ision to re+o!t3 A(t"a!!$, I thin*, the$ )a+e an i&-artia! a((o"nt o %hat the$ had seen.7 Then a &"r&"r )oes "- ro& the (o"(hes, 7In !"en(ed, Po!!io. Use in !"en(ed.3 han* $o", riends,7 he sa$s, 7$o" are +er$ *ind. S!a+e, &$ -en*ni e and -en. I7!! (han)e the senten(e at on(e i $o"7!! or)i+e &e.7 Then he -"#!ishes the #oo* and sends ea(h o the diners a ree (o-$. The$ sa$ to their riends, (hattin) at the P"#!i( Baths/ 7Ad&ira#!e #oo*, this. Ha+e $o" read it3 Po!!io7s the )reatest historian o o"r 0ii32 a)e, and not a#o+e as*in) ad+i(e in s&a!! -oints o st$!e ro& &en o taste, either. 8h$, this %ord in !"en(ed I )a+e hi& &$se! .7 Po!!io said/ That7s ri)ht. M$ (oo*7s too )ood. Ne5t ti&e I7!! #orro% $o"rs and a e% do6en #ott!es o $o"r so(a!!ed :a!ernian %ine and then I7!! )et rea!!$ honest (riti(is&. S"!-i(i"s &ade a )est"re o de-re(ation/ Gent!e&en, )ent!e&en, this is #e(o&in) -ersona!. Li+$ %as a!read$ )oin) a%a$. B"t Po!!io )rinned at the retreatin) #a(* and said in a !o"d +oi(e or his #ene it/ A de(ent e!!o%, Li+$ is, #"t there7s one thin) %ron) %ith hi&. It7s a disease (a!!ed Pad"anit$. This &ade Li+$ sto- and r"& ro"nd. 8hat7s %ron) %ith Pad"a3 I %on7t hear a %ord a)ainst the -!a(e. :o!!io e5-!ained to &e. It7s %here he %as #orn, $o" *no%. So&e%here in the Northern Pro+in(es. There7s a a&o"s hot-s-rin) there, o e5traordinar$ -ro-erties. 9o" (an a!%a$s te!! a Pad"an. B$ #athin) in the %ater o the s-rin) or drin*in) it--and I7& to!d that the$ do #oth thin)s si&"!taneo"s!$--Pad"ans are a#!e to #e!ie+e %hate+er the$ !i*e and #e!ie+e it so stron)!$ that the$ (an &a*e an$one e!se #e!ie+e it. That7s ho% the (it$ has )ot s"(h a %onder "! (o&&er(ia! re-"tation. The #!an*ets and r")s the$ &a*e there are rea!!$ no #etter than an$ other sort, in a(t rather in erior, #e(a"se the !o(a! shee- are $e!!o% and (oarse- !ee(ed, #"t to the Pad"ans the$ are so t and %hite as )oose- eathers. And the$ ha+e -ers"aded the rest o the %or!d that it7s so. I said, -!a$in) "- to hi&/ 9e!!o% shee-B That7s a rarit$. Ho% do the$ )et that (o!o"r, sir3 8h$, #$ drin*in) the s-rin)-%ater. There7s s"!-h"r in it. A!! Pad"ans are $e!!o%. Loo* at Li+$,
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Li+$ (a&e s!o%!$ to%ards "s. A 1o*e is a 1o*e, Po!!io, and I (an ta*e it in )ood -art. B"t there7s a!so a serio"s &atter in 4"estion and that is, the -ro-er %ritin) o histor$. It &a$ #e that I ha+e &ade &ista*es. 8hat historian is ree ro& the&3 I ha+e not, at !east, to!d de!i#erate a!sehoods/ $o"7!! not a(("se &e o that. An$ !e)endar$ e-isode ro& ear!$ histori(a! %ritin)s %hi(h #ears on &$ the&e o the an(ient )reatness o Ro&e I )!ad!$ in(or-orate in the stor$/ tho")h it &a$ not #e tr"e in a(t"a! detai!, it is tr"e in s-iritI I (o&e a(ross t%o +ersions o the sa&e e-isode I (hoose the one nearest &$ the&e, and $o" %on7t ind &e )r"##in) aro"nd Etr"s(an (e&eteries in sear(h o an$ third a((o"nt %hi(h &a$ !at!$ (ontradi(t #oth--%hat )ood %o"!d that do3 It %o"!d ser+e the (a"se o the tr"th, said Po!!io )ent!$. 8o"!dn7t that #e so&ethin)3 And i #$ ser+in) the (a"se o tr"th %e ad&it o"r re+ered an(estors to ha+e #een (o%ards, !iars and traitors3 8hat then3 I7!! !ea+e this #o$ to ans%er the 4"estion. He7s 1"st startin) in !i e. Co&e on, #o$, ans%er itB I said at rando&/ Li+$ #e)ins his histor$ #$ !a&entin) &odern %i(*edness and -ro&isin) to tra(e the )rad"a! de(!ine o an(ient +irt"e as (on4"ests &ade Ro&e %ea!th$. He sa$s that he %i!! &ost en1o$ %ritin) the ear!$ (ha-ters #e(a"se he %i!! #e a#!e, in doin) so, to (!ose his e$es to the %i(*edness o &odern ti&es. B"t in (!osin) his e$es to &odern %i(*edness hasn7t he so&eti&es (!osed his e$es to an(ient %i(*edness as %e!!3 8e!!3 as*ed Li+$, narro%in) his e$es. 8e!!, I "&#!ed. Perha-s there isn7t so &"(h di eren(e rea!!$ #et%een their %i(*edness and o"rs. It &a$ #e 1"st a &atter o s(o-e and o--ort"nit$. Po!!io said/ In a(t, #o$, the Pad"an hasn7t &ade $o" see his s"!-h"r !ee(es as sno%-%hite3 I %as +er$ "n(o& orta#!eI ha+e )ot &ore -!eas"re ro& readin) Li+$ than ro& an$ other a"thor, I re-eated. Oh, $es, Po!!io )rinned, that7s 1"st %hat the o!d &an o Cadi6 said. B"t !i*e the o!d &an o Cadi6 $o" ee! a !itt!e disi!!"sioned no%, eh3 Lars Porsena and S(as+o!a and Br"t"s and (o&-an$ sti(* in $o"r throat3 It7s not disi!!"sion, sir. I see no%, tho")h I hadn7t (onsidered the &atter #e ore, that there are t%o di erent %a$s o %ritin) histor$/ one is to -ers"ade &en to +irt"e and the other is to (o&-e! &en to tr"th. The irst is Li+$7s %a$ and the other is $o"rs/ and -erha-s the$ are not irre(on(i!a#!e. 8h$, #o$, $o"7re an orator, said Po!!io de!i)hted!$. S"!-i(i"s %ho had #een standin) on one !e) %ith his oot he!d in his hand, as his ha#it %as %hen e5(ited or i&-atient, and t%istin) his #eard in *nots, no% s"&&ed "-/ 9es, Li+$ %i!! ne+er !a(* readers. Peo-!e !o+e #ein)
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7-ers"aded to an(ient +irt"e7 #$ a (har&in) %riter, -arti("!ar!$ %hen the$ are to!d in the sa&e #reath that &odern (i+i!i6ation has &ade s"(h +irt"e i&-ossi#!e o attain&ent. B"t &ere tr"thte!!ers--7"nderta*ers %ho !a$ o"t the (or-se o histor$7 0to 4"ote -oor Cat"!!"s7 e-i)ra& on the no#!e Po!!io2---eo-!e %ho re(ord no &ore than a(t"a!!$ o(("rred--s"(h &en (an on!$ ho!d an a"dien(e %hi!e the$ ha+e a )ood (oo* and a (e!!ar o C$-rian %ine. This &ade Li+$ rea!!$ "rio"s. He said, Po!!io, this ta!* is id!e. 9o"n) C!a"di"s here has a!%a$s #een (onsidered d"!!-%itted #$ his a&i!$ and riends #"t I didn7t a)ree %ith the )enera! +erdi(t "nti! to-da$. 9o"7re %e!(o&e to $o"r dis(i-!e. And S"!-i(i"s (an -er e(t his d"!!ness/ there7s no #etter tea(her o d"!!ness in Ro&e. Then he )a+e "s his Parthian shot/ Et a-"d A-o!!ine& ist"& Po!!ionis Po!!in(tore& di"tissi&e -oUeat. 8hi(h &eans, tho")h the -"n is !ost in Gree*/ And &a$ he !o"rish !on) at the shrine o that Underta*er A-o!!o o Po!!io7sB Then o he %ent, snortin). Po!!io sho"ted (heer "!!$ a ter hi&/ G"od (erte -o!!(it% Po!!io. Po!!"(i#i!iter -o!!e#it -"er.I 0Po!!io -ro&ises $o" he %i!!, the #o$ %i!! !o"rish &i)hti!$.2 8hen %e t%o %ere a!one, S"!-i(i"s ha+in) )one o to ind a #oo*, Po!!io #e)an 4"estionin) &e. 8ho are $o", #o$3 C!a"di"s is $o"r na&e, isn7t it3 9o" o#+io"s!$ (o&e o )ood a&i!$, #"t I don *no% $o". I a& Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s Dr"s"s Nero Ger&ani("s. M$ GodB B"t Li+$7s ri)ht. 9o"7re s"--osed to #e a ha! -%it. 9es. M$ a&i!$ is asha&ed o &e #e(a"se I sta&&er, and I7& !a&e and "s"a!!$ i!!, so I )o a#o"t +er$ !itt!e in so(iet$. B"t d"!!-%itted3 9o"7re one o the #ri)htest $o"n) e!!o%s I ha+e &et or $ears. 9o" are +er$ *ind, sir. Not at a!!. B$ God, that %as a nast$ hit at o!d Li+$ a#o"t Lars Porsena. Li+$ has no (ons(ien(e, that7s the tr"th. I7& a!%a$s (at(hin) hi& o"t. I as*ed hi& on(e i he a!%a$s had the sa&e tro"#!e as I had in indin) the #rass ta#!ets he %anted a&on) the !itter o the P"#!i( Re(ord O i(e. He said, 7Oh, no tro"#!e at a!!.7 And it t"rned o"t that he has ne+er on(e #een there to (on ir& a sin)!e a(tB Te!! &e, %h$ %ere $o" readin) &$ histor$3 I %as readin) $o"r a((o"nt o the sie)e o Per"sia. M$ )rand ather, Li+ia7s irst h"s#and $o" *no%, %as there. I7& interested in that -eriod and I7& )ettin) to)ether &ateria!s or a !i e o &$ ather. M$ t"tor Athenodor"s re erred &e to $o"r #oo*/ he said it %as honest. M$ or&er t"tor, Mar("s Por(i"s Cato, had on(e to!d &e that it %as a tiss"e o !ies, so I %as the &ore read$ to #e!ie+e Athenodor"s. 9es, Cato %o"!dn7t !i*e the #oo*. The Catos o")ht on the %ron) side. I he!-ed to dri+e his )rand ather o"t o
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Si(i!$. B"t I thin* $o" are the irst $o"th "! historian I ha+e e+er &et. Histor$ is an o!d &an7s )a&e. 8hen are $o" )oin) to %in #att!es !i*e $o"r ather and )rand ather3 Perha-s in &$ o!d a)e. He !a")hed. I don7t see %h$ a historian %ho has &ade a !i e-st"d$ o &i!itar$ ta(ti(s sho"!dn7t #e in+in(i#!e as a (o&&ander, )i+en )ood troo-s and (o"ra)e-And )ood sta -o i(ers, I -"t in, re&e&#erin) C!eon. And )ood sta -o i(ers, (ertain!$--tho")h he7s ne+er a(t"a!!$ hand!ed a s%ord or shie!d in his !i e. I %as #o!d eno")h to as* Po!!io %h$ he %as o ten (a!!ed The Last o the Ro&ans. He !oo*ed -!eased at the 4"estion and re-!ied/ A")"st"s )a+e &e the na&e. It %as %hen he in+ited &e to 1oin hi& in his %ar a)ainst $o"r )rand ather Anton$. I as*ed hi& %hat sort o a &an he too* &e or/ Anton$ had #een one o &$ #est riends. 7Asini"s Po!!io,7 he said, 7I #e!ie+e that $o"7re the !ast o the Ro&ans. The tit!e is %asted on that assassin, Cassi"s.7 7And i I7& the !ast o the Ro&ans,7 I ans%ered, 7%hose a"!t is that3 And %hose a"!t %i!! it #e %hen $o"7+e destro$ed Anton$, that no#od$ #"t &$se! %i!! e+er dare ho!d his head "- in $o"r -resen(e or s-ea* o"t o t"rn37 7Not &ine, Asini"s,7 he said a-o!o)eti(a!!$, 7it is Anton$ %ho has de(!ared %ar, not I. And as soon as Anton$ is #eaten I sha!! o (o"rse restore Re-"#!i(an )o+ern&ent.7 7I the Lad$ Li+ia does not inter-ose her +eto,7 I said. The o!d &an then too* &e #$ the sho"!ders. B$ the %a$, I7!! te!! $o" so&ethin), C!a"di"s. I7& a +er$ o!d &an and tho")h I !oo* #ris* eno")h I ha+e rea(hed the end. In three da$s I sha!! #e dead, and I *no% it. ;"st #e ore one dies there (o&es a stran)e !"(idit$. One s-ea*s -ro-heti(a!!$. No% !istenB Do $o" %ant to !i+e a !on) #"s$ !i e, %ith hono"r at the end o it3 9es. Then e5a))erate $o"r !i&-, sta&&er de!i#erate!$, sha& si(*ness re4"ent!$, !et $o"r %its %ander, 1er* $o"r head and t%it(h %ith $o"r hands on a!! -"#!i( or se&i--"#!i( o((asions. I $o" (o"!d see as &"(h as I (an see, $o" %o"!d *no% that this %as $o"r on!$ ho-e o sa et$ and e+ent"a! )!or$. I said/ Li+$7s stor$ o Br"t"s--the irst Br"t"s, I &ean--&a$ #e "nhistori(a!, #"t it7s a-t. Br"t"s -retended to #e a ha! -%it, too, to #e #etter a#!e to restore -o-"!ar !i#ert$. 8hat7s that3 Po-"!ar !i#ert$3 9o" #e!ie+e in that3 I tho")ht that -hrase had died o"t a&on) the $o"n)er )eneration.
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M$ ather and )rand ather #oth #e!ie+ed in it---9es, Po!!io interr"-ted shar-!$, that7s %h$ the$ died. 8hat do $o" &ean3 I &ean that7s %h$ the$ %ere -oisoned. PoisonedB B$ %ho&3 H&B Not so !o"d, #o$. No. I7!! not &ention na&es. B"t I7!! )i+e $o" a s"re to*en that I7& not 1"st re-eatin) )ro"nd!ess s(anda!. 9o"7re %ritin) a !i e o $o"r ather $o" sa$3 9es. 8e!!, $o"7!! see that $o" %on7t #e a!!o%ed to )et #e$ond a (ertain -oint in it. And the -erson %ho sto-s $o"---S"!-i(i"s (a&e sh" !in) #a(* at this -oint and nothin) &ore %as said o an$ interest e5(e-t %hen I too* &$ !ea+e o Po!!io and he dre% &e aside and &"ttered/ Litt!e C!a"di"s, )ood-#$eB B"t don7t #e a oo! a#o"t -o-"!ar !i#ert$. That (annot (o&e $et. Thin)s &"st #e ar %orse #e ore the$ (an #e #etter. Then he raised his +oi(e/ And one thin) &ore I , %hen I7& dead, $o" e+er (o&e a(ross an$ i&-ortant -oint in &$ histories that $o" ind "nhistori(a! I )i+e $o" -er&ission--I7!! sti-"!ate that $o" ha+e the a"thorit$--to -"t the (orre(tions in a s"--!e&ent. Aee- the& "- to date. Boo*s %hen the$ )ro% o"t o date on!$ ser+e as %ra--in)s or ish. I said that this %o"!d #e an hono"ra#!e d"t$. Three da$s !ater Po!!io died. He !e t &e in his %i!! a (o!!e(tion o ear!$ Latin histories, #"t the$ %ere %ithhe!d ro& &e. M$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s said that it %as a &ista*e/ that the$ %ere intended or hi&, o"r na&es #ein) so si&i!ar. His sti-"!ation a#o"t &$ ha+in) the a"thorit$ to &a*e (orre(tions e+er$one treated as a 1o*e, #"t I *e-t &$ -ro&ise to Po!!io so&e t%ent$ $ears !ater. I o"nd that he had %ritten +er$ se+ere!$ on the (hara(ter o Ci(ero--a +ain, +a(i!!atin), ti&oro"s e!!o%--and %hi!e not disa)reein) %ith this +erdi(t I e!t it ne(essar$ to -oint o"t that he %as not a traitor too, as Po!!io had &ade hi& o"t. Po!!io %as re!$in) on so&e (orres-onden(e o Ci(ero7s %hi(h I %as a#!e to -ro+e a or)er$ #$ C!odi"s P"!(her. Ci(ero had in("rred C!odi"s7 en&it$ #$ %itnessin) a)ainst hi& %hen he %as a(("sed o attendin) the sa(ri i(e o the Good Goddess dis)"ised as a %o&an-&"si(ian. This C!odi"s %as another o the #ad C!a"dians.

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CHAPTER N 8HEN I CAME O: AGE, TIBERIUS HAD LATEL9 BEEN ORdered #$ A")"st"s to ado-t Ger&ani("s as his son, tho")h he a!read$ had Castor as an heir, th"s #rin)in) hi& o+er ro& the C!a"dian into the ;"!ian a&i!$. I no% o"nd &$se! head o the senior #ran(h o the C!a"dians A.D. >2 and in indis-"ta#!e -ossession o the &one$ and estates inherited ro& &$ rather. I #e(a&e &$ &other7s )"ardian-- or she had ne+er &arried a)ain-%hi(h she e!t as a h"&i!iation. She treated &e 0iiF2 %ith rather &ore se+erit$ than #e ore, tho")h a!! #"siness do("&ents had to (o&e to &e or si)nat"re and I %as the a&i!$ -riest. M$ (o&in) o a)e (ere&on$ (ontrasted ("rio"s!$ %ith that o Ger&ani("s. I -"t on &$ &an!$-)o%n at &idni)ht and %itho"t an$ attendants or -ro(ession %as (arried into the Ca-ito! in a sedan, %here I sa(ri i(ed and %as then (arried #a(* to #ed. Ger&ani("s and Post"&"s %o"!d ha+e (o&e, #"t in order to (a!! as !itt!e attention to &e as -ossi#!e Li+ia had arran)ed a #an4"et that ni)ht at the Pa!a(e %hi(h the$ (o"!d not #e e5("sed ro& attendin). 8hen I &arried Ur)"!ani!!a, the sa&e sort o thin) ha--ened. Cer$ e% -eo-!e %ere a%are o o"r &arria)e "nti! the da$ a ter it had #een so!e&nised. There %as nothin) irre)"!ar a#o"t the (ere&on$. Ur)"!ani!!a7s sa ron(o!o"red shoes and !a&e-(o!o"red +ei!, the ta*in) o the a"s-i(es, the eatin) o ho!$ (a*e, the t%o stoo!s (o+ered %ith shee-s*in, the !i#ation I -o"red, the anointin) #$ her o the door-osts, the three (oins, &$ -resent to her o ire and %ater--e+er$thin) %as in order, e5(e-t that the tor(h!i)ht -ro(ession %as o&itted and that the %ho!e -er or&an(e %as (arried thro")h -er "n(tori!$, and h"rried!$ and %ith #ad )ra(e. In order not to st"&#!e o+er her h"s#and7s thresho!d the irst ti&e she enters, a Ro&an #ride is a!%a$s !i ted o+er it. The t%o C!a"dians %ho had to do the !i tin) %ere #oth e!der!$ &en and "ne4"a! to Ur)"!ani!!a7s %ei)ht. One o the& s!i--ed on the &ar#!e and Ur)"!ani!!a (a&e do%n %ith a #"&-, -"!!in) the& %ith her in a s-ra%!in) hea-. There is no %eddin) o&en %orse than that. And $et it %o"!d #e "ntr"e to sa$ that it t"rned o"t an "nha--$ &arria)e/ there %as not eno")h strain #et%een "s to 1"sti $ the ter& "nha--$. 8e s!e-t to)ether at irst #e(a"se that see&ed e5-e(ted o "s, and e+en o((asiona!!$ had se5"a! re!ations--&$ irst e5-erien(e o se5--#e(a"se that too see&ed -art o &arria)e, and not ro& either !"st or a e(tion. I %as a!%a$s as (onsiderate and (o"rteo"s to her as -ossi#!e and she re%arded &e #$ indi eren(e, %hi(h %as the #est that I (o"!d ho-e ro& a %o&an o her (hara(ter. She #e(a&e -re)nant three &onths a ter o"r &arria)e and #ore &e a son (a!!ed Dr"si!!"s, or %ho& I o"nd it i&-ossi#!e to ha+e an$ ather!$ ee!in). He too* a ter &$ sister Li+i!!a in s-ite "!ness and a ter Ur)"!ani!!a7s #rother P!a"ti"s in the rest o his (hara(ter. Soon I sha!! te!! $o" a#o"t P!a"ti"s, %ho %as &$ &ora! e5e&-!ar and -ara)on, a--ointed #$ A")"st"s. A")"st"s and Li+ia had a &ethodi(a! ha#it o ne+er (o&in) to an$ de(ision on an$ i&-ortant &atter re!atin) to the a&i!$ or the State %itho"t re(ordin) in %ritin) #oth the de(ision and the de!i#erations that !ed "- to it, "s"a!!$ in the or& o !etters e5(han)ed #et%een ea(h other. :ro& the &ass o (orres-onden(e !e t #ehind the& on their deaths I ha+e &ade trans(ri-ts o se+era! %hi(h i!!"strate A")"st"s7 attit"de to &e at this ti&e. M$ irst e5tra(t is dated three $ears #e ore &$ &arria)e. M9 DEAR LICIA, I %ish to -"t on re(ord a stran)e thin) that ha--ened to-da$. I hard!$ *no% %hat to &a*e o it. I %as ta!*in) to Athenodor"s and ha--ened to sa$ to hi&/ 7I ear that t"torin) $o"n) Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s &"st #e rather a %ear$ tas*. He see&s to &e to )ro% dai!$ &ore &isera#!e-!oo*in) and ner+o"s and in(a-a#!e.7
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Athenodor"s said/ 7Don7t 1"d)e the #o$ too harsh!$. He ee!s &ost *een!$ the a&i!$7s disa--oint&ent in hi& and the s!i)hts that he e+er$%here &eets. B"t he7s +er$ ar ro& in(a-a#!e and, #e!ie+e it or not, I )et )reat -!eas"re ro& his so(iet$. 9o" ne+er heard hi& de(!ai&, did $o"37 7De(!ai&B7 I said, !a")hin). 79es, de(!ai&,7 Athenodor"s re-eated. 7No% !et &e &a*e a s"))estion. 9o" set a s"#1e(t or de(!a&ation and in ha! an ho"r7s ti&e (o&e and hear %hat he &a*es o it. B"t hide #ehind a ("rtain or $o"7!! hear nothin) %orth !istenin) to.7 I set or a s"#1e(t 7Ro&an Con4"ests in Ger&an$7 and, !istenin) ha! an ho"r !ater #ehind that ("rtain, I ha+e ne+er #een so astonished #e ore in &$ !i e. He had his a(ts at his in)ers7 ends, his &ain headin)s %ere %e!! (hosen, and his detai! set in -ro-er re!ation and -ro-ortion to the&, &ore than this, his +oi(e %as "nder (ontro! and he did not sta&&er. God stri*e &e dead i it %asn7t -ositi+e!$ -!easant and instr"(ti+e to !isten to hi&B B"t ho% a e!!o% %hose dai!$ (on+ersation is so ho-e!ess!$ oo!ish (an &a*e a set s-ee(h, at short noti(e too, in so -er e(t!$ rationa! and e+en !earned a st$!e is #e$ond &e. I s!i--ed a%a$, te!!in) 0?K?2 Athenodor"s not to &ention that I had #een there or ho% s"r-rised I had #een, #"t ee! o#!i)ed to te!! $o" o the &atter, and e+en to s"))est that %e &i)ht hen(e orth o((asiona!!$ a!!o% hi& to dine %ith "s at ni)ht, %hen there are e% )"ests there, on the "nderstandin) that he *ee-s his &o"th sh"t and his ears o-en. I there is, a ter a!!, as I a& in(!ined to thin*, so&e ho-e that he %i!! e+ent"a!!$ t"rn o"t a res-onsi#!e &e&#er o the a&i!$, he o")ht to #e )rad"a!!$ a(("sto&ed to &i5 %ith his so(ia! e4"a!s. 8e (an7t *ee- hi& sh"t a%a$ %ith his t"tors and reed&en or e+er. There is, o (o"rse, )reat di+ision o o-inion on the 4"estion o his &enta! (a-a(ities. His "n(!e Ti#eri"s, his &other Antonia and his sister Li+i!!a, are "nani&o"s in re)ardin) hi& as an idiot. On the other side, Athenodor"s, S"!-i(i"s, Post"&"s and Ger&ani("s s%ear that he7s as sensi#!e, %hen he %ishes, as an$ &an #"t that he7s easi!$ -"t o his #a!an(e #$ ner+o"sness. As or &$se! , I re-eat that I (annot &a*e "- &$ &ind on the &atter $et. To %hi(h Li+ia re-!ied/ M9 DEAR AUGUSTUS, The s"r-rise that $o" had #ehind that ("rtain %as no )reater and no !ess than the s"r-rise %e on(e had %hen the Indian A&#assador too* the si!* (!oth o the )o!d (a)e %hi(h his &aster the Hi)h Ain) had sent "s, and %e sa% the #ird Parrot or the irst ti&e %ith his e&era!d eathers and r"#$ ne(*!et and heard hi& sa$, 7Hai! Caesar, :ather o the Co"ntr$B7 It %as not the re&ar*a#!eness o the -hrase, or an$ !itt!e !is-in) (hi!d (an sa$ as &"(h, #"t that a #ird s-o*e it astonished "s. And no#od$ #"t a oo! %o"!d -raise Parrot or his %it in (o&in) o"t %ith the a--ro-riate %ords, or he did not *no% the &eanin) o an$ one o the&. The (redit )oes to the &an %ho trained the #ird, #$ in(redi#!e -atien(e, to re-eat the -hrase, or, as $o" *no%, on other o((asions he is trained to sa$ other thin)s, and in )enera! (on+ersation he ta!*s the &ost arrant nonsense and %e ha+e to *ee- his (a)e (o+ered to si!en(e hi&. So %ith C!a"di"s, tho")h it is hard!$ (o&-!i&entar$ to Parrot, an "ndenia#!$ handso&e #ird, to (o&-are &$ )randson to hi&/ %hat $o" heard %as %itho"t the !east do"#t a s-ee(h that he had ha--ened to !earn #$ heart. A ter a!!, 7Ro&an Con4"ests in Ger&an$7 is a +er$ o#+io"s s"#1e(t, and Athenodor"s &a$ %e!! ha+e &ade hi& %ord--er e(t in ha! a do6en or &ore &ode! de(!a&ations o the sa&e sort. Mind $o", I don7t sa$ that I7& not -!eased to hear that he is so a&ena#!e to trainin)/ I a& e5tre&e!$ -!eased. It &eans, or instan(e, that %e %i!! #e 7 a#!e to (oa(h hi& thro")h his &arria)e(ere&on$. B"t $o"r s"))estion a#o"t his s"--in) %ith "s is ridi("!o"s. I re "se e+er to eat in the sa&e roo& as that e!!o%/ it %o"!d )i+e &e indi)estionAs or the testi&on$ in a+o"r o his &enta! so"ndness, e5a&ine it. Ger&ani("s as a (hi!d s%ore to his d$in) ather to !o+e and -rote(t his in ant #rother/ $o" *no% Ger&ani("s7 no#i!it$ o so"! and that rather than #etra$ this sa(red tr"st he %o"!d &a*e o"t the #est (ase -ossi#!e or his
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#rother7s %its, ho-in) that the$ &i)ht ha--en one da$ to i&-ro+e. It is e4"a!!$ (!ear %h$ Athenodor"s and S"!-i(i"s -retend to (onsider hi& i&-ro+a#!e, the$ are +er$ %e!! -aid to i&-ro+e hi& and their a--oint&ents )i+e the& an e5("se or han)in) a#o"t the Pa!a(e and )i+in) the&se!+es airs as -ri+$ (o"nse!!ors. As or Post"&"s, I ha+e #een (o&-!ainin) no% or so&e &onths -ast, ha+en7t I, that I (annot "nderstand that $o"n) &an at a!!. I (onsider that Death has #een e5tre&e!$ "n*ind to ta*e o his t%o ta!ented #rothers and !ea+e "s on!$ hi&. He de!i)hts in startin) an ar)"&ent %ith his seniors, %here no ar)"&ent is ne(essar$, the a(ts #ein) (!ear!$ #e$ond dis-"te, &ere!$ to e5as-erate "s and sho% his o%n i&-ortan(e as $o"r sin)!e s"r+i+in) )randson. His (ha&-ionshi- o C!a"di"s7 inte!!i)en(e is a (ase in -oint. He %as -ositi+e!$ inso!ent to &e the other da$ %hen I ha--ened to re&ar* that S"!-i(i"s %as %astin) his ti&e in t"torin) the #o$, he a(t"a!!$ said that in his o-inion C!a"di"s had &ore -enetration than &ost o his i&&ediate re!ati+es--%hi(h I s"--ose %as intended to in(!"de &eB B"t Post"&"s is another -ro#!e&. :or the &o&ent the 4"estion is a#o"t C!a"di"s, and I (annot, I re-eat, ha+e hi& dinin) in &$ (o&-an$-- or -h$si(a! reasons, %hi(h I ho-e $o" %i!! a--re(iate. LICIA. He %rote to Li+ia a $ear !ater, %hen she %as a%a$ or a e% da$s in the (o"ntr$/ ... As or $o"n) C!a"di"s I sha!! ta*e ad+anta)e o $o"r a#sen(e to in+ite hi& to s"--er e+er$ ni)ht. I ad&it that his -resen(e sti!! e&#arrasses &e, #"t I do not thin* it )ood or hi& a!%a$s to s"- a!one %ith his S"!-i(i"s and Athenodor"s. The ta!* he has %ith the& is too -"re!$ #oo!dsh and, e5(e!!ent e!!o%s tho")h the$ #oth are, the$ are not idea! (o&-anions or a #o$ o his a)e and station. I do sin(ere!$ %ish that he %o"!d (hoose so&e $o"n) &an o ran* on %hose #earin) and dress and #eha+io"r he &i)ht &ode! his o%n. B"t his ti&idit$ and di iden(e -re+ent this. He has a hero%orshi- or o"r dear Ger&ani("s, #"t ee!s his o%n short(o&in)s so *een!$ that he %o"!d no &ore dare to i&itate hi& than I %o"!d )o a#o"t in !ion7s s*in and (!"# and (a!! &$se! Her("!es. The -oor, (reat"re is "n ort"nate, or in &atters o i&-ortan(e 0%hen his &ind is not %oo!-)atherin)2 the no#i!it$ o his heart is (!ear!$ sho%n... A third !etter %ritten short!$ a ter &$ &arria)e, %hen I had 1"st #een no&inated as a -riest o Mars, is a!so o interest/ M9 DEAR LICIA, As $o" ad+ised &e, I ha+e dis("ssed %ith o"r Ti#eri"s %hat %e are to do a#o"t $o"n) C!a"di"s %hen these Ga&es in hono"r o Mars are he!d. No% that he has (o&e o a)e and #een a--ointed to the +a(an($ in the Co!!e)e o the Priests o Mars %e (annot -"t o o"r de(ision %ith re)ard to his "t"re &"(h !on)er/ %e a)ree a#o"t that, do %e not3 I he is s" i(ient!$ so"nd in &ind and #od$ to #e e+ent"a!!$ re(o)nised as a re-"ta#!e &e&#er o the a&i!$--as I #e!ie+e he is, or I %o"!d not ha+e ado-ted #oth Ti#eri"s and Ger&ani("s and !e t hi& as head o the senior #ran(h o the C!a"dian ho"se--then o#+io"s!$ he sho"!d #e ta*en in hand and )i+en the sa&e o--ort"nities or ad+an(e&ent as Ger&ani("s. I ad&it that I &a$ sti!! #e &ista*en--his re(ent i&-ro+e&ent has not #een stri*in). B"t i %e de(ide that, a ter a!!, the in ir&ities o his #od$ are #o"nd "- %ith a sett!ed in ir&it$ o &ind, %e &"st not )i+e &a!i(io"s -eo-!e a (han(e o &a*in) "n o hi& and "s. I re-eat, %e &"st de(ide -rett$ 4"i(*!$ on(e and or a!! a#o"t the !ad--i on!$ #e(a"se %e %o"!d ind it a (ontin"a! tro"#!e and e&#arrass&ent i %e had to de(ide a resh on e+er$ o((asion that -resented itse! %hether or not %e (onsidered hi& a#!e to "nderta*e those d"ties o State or %hi(h his #irth #e its hi&.
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8e!!, the i&&ediate 4"estion is %hat to do a#o"t hi& at these Ga&es. I %o"!d ha+e no o#1e(tion to his #ein) -"t in (har)e o the -riests7 &ess-roo&, #"t on the stri(t "nderstandin) that he !ea+es e+er$thin) to his #rother-in!a%, $o"n) P!a"ti"s Si!+an"s, and &ere!$ does %hat he is to!d. He (o"!d !earn a )ood dea! in this %a$ and there is no reason or hi& to dis)ra(e hi&se! i he !earns his !esson %e!!. B"t o (o"rse it is o"t o the 4"estion or hi& to sit %ith &e in the President7s Bo5, a!on) %ith the sa(red Stat"e, or e+er$#od$ in the theatre %i!! (onstant!$ #e !oo*in) in that dire(tion and an$ oddities in his #eha+io"r %i!! #e (o&&ented "-on. Another -ro#!e& is %hat to do %ith hi& at the Latin :esti+a!. Ger&ani("s is )oin) to the A!#an Hi!! %ith the Cons"!s to ta*e -art in the sa(ri i(e and C!a"di"s %ishes, I "nderstand, to )o %ith hi&. B"t there a)ain I a& not s"re %hether he (an #e tr"sted not to &a*e a oo! o hi&se! / Ger&ani("s %i!! #e #"s$ %ith his d"ties and "na#!e to !oo* a ter hi& a!! the ti&e. And i he does )o -eo-!e %i!! %ant to *no% %hat he7s doin) there in an$ (ase, the$ %i!! as* %h$ %e ha+e not a--ointed hi& to a(t as Cit$ 8arden at Ro&e or the d"ration o the esti+a!, in the a#sen(e o the &a)istrates--an hono"r %hi(h, $o" %i!! re(a!!, %e ha+e )ranted in t"rn to Gai"s, L"(i"s, Ger&ani("s, $o"n) Ti#eri"s and Post"&"s, as soon as the$ (a&e o a)e, as their irst taste o o i(e. The #est %a$ o"t o the di i("!t$ is to re-ort hi& si(* #e(a"se, o (o"rse, the Cit$ 8ardenshi- is o"t o the 4"estion or hi&. I $o" (are to sho% Antonia this !etter I ha+e no o#1e(tion/ ass"re her that %e sha!! soon de(ide one %a$ or the other a#o"t her son. It is an in(on)r"o"s -osition or her to #e !e)a!!$ "nder his )"ardianshi-. AUGUSTUS. E5(e-t that it %as &$ irst -"#!i( d"t$ there is nothin) re&ar*a#!e to re(ord a#o"t &$ &ana)e&ent o the -riests7 &ess. P!a"ti"s, a +ain, natt$ !itt!e (o(*-s-arro% o a &an, did a!! the %or* or &e and did not e+en tro"#!e to e5-!ain the (aterin) s$ste& and the r"!es o -riest!$ -re(eden(e, e+en re "sed to ans%er &$ 4"estions a#o"t s"(h &atters. A!! he did %as to dri!! &e in (ertain or&a! )est"res and -hrases %hi(h I %as to "se on %e!(o&in) the -riests, and at +ario"s sta)es o the &ea!, and or#ade &e to sa$ another %ord. This %as e5tre&e!$ "n(o& orta#!e or &e #e(a"se re4"ent!$ I (o"!d ha+e ta*en a "se "! -art in the (on+ersation, and &$ d"&#ness and s"#ser+ien(e to P!a"ti"s )a+e a #ad i&-ression. The )a&es the&se!+es I did not see. 9o" %i!! ha+e noti(ed Li+ia7s dis-ara)in) re&ar*s a#o"t Post"&"s. :ro& this ti&e on the$ )ro% &ore and &ore re4"ent in her !etters and A")"st"s, tho")h at irst he tries to stand "- or his )randson, )rad"a!!$ ad&its disa--oint&ent in hi&. I thin* that Li+ia &"st ha+e to!d A")"st"s a )ood dea! &ore than a--ears in their (orres-onden(e, or Post"&"s to ha+e or eited his a+o"r so easi!$, #"t (ertain de inite thin)s a--ear. :irst, Ti#eri"s is re-orted #$ Li+ia as (o&-!ainin) o an i&-"dent re eren(e #$ Post"&"s to the Uni+ersit$ o Rhodes. Then Cato is re-orted #$ her as (o&-!ainin) o Post"&"s7 #ad in !"en(e on the $o"n)er s(ho!ars in de $in) his
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dis(i-!ine, then Li+ia -rod"(es Cato7s (on identia! re-orts, sa$in) that she has he!d the& #a(* so !on) in ho-e o a (han)e. Ne5t (o&e %orried re eren(es to his &oroseness and s"!!enness--this %as the ti&e o Post"&"s7 disa--oint&ent o+er Li+i!!a and his )rie or the death o his #rother Gai"s. Then there is a re(o&&endation, %hen he (o&es o a)e, that the %ho!e o his inheritan(e ro& his ather A)ri--a sha!! not #e &ade o+er to hi& or a e% $ears, #e(a"se that &i)ht )i+e hi& o--ort"nities or e+en )reater -ro !i)a($ than he no% ind"!)es in. 8hen he is enro!!ed a&on) the $o"n) &en o &i!itar$ a)e he is -osted to the G"ards as a si&-!e sta !ie"tenant and )i+en none o the e5traordinar$ hono"rs a%arded to Gai"s and L"(i"s. A")"st"s hi&se! is o o-inion that this is the sa est (o"rse to ta*e, or Post"&"s is a&#itio"s/ the sa&e sort o "n(o& orta#!e sit"ation &"st not arise as %hen the $o"n) no#!es s"--orted Mar(e!!"s a)ainst A)ri--a or Gai"s a)ainst Ti#eri"s. Soon %e read that Post"&"s ta*es this i!!, te!!in) A")"st"s that he does not %ant the hono"rs on their o%n a((o"nt #"t that their #ein) %ithhe!d has #een &isinter-reted #$ his riends, %ho #e!ie+e hi& "nder a (!o"d at the Pa!a(e. Then o!!o% &ore serio"s notes. Post"&"s has !ost his te&-er %ith P!a"ti"s--#"t neither o the t%o %i!! te!! Li+ia !ater %hat the (ir("&stan(es o their 4"arre! %ere--and has -i(*ed hi& "- and thro%n hi& into a o"ntain, in the -resen(e o se+era! &en o ran* and their !a(*e$s. He is then (a!!ed to a((o"nt #$ A")"st"s, and sho%s no (ontrition, insistin) that P!a"ti"s deser+ed his d"(*in) or s-ea*in) in an ins"!tin) %a$ to &e, at the sa&e ti&e he (o&-!ains to A")"st"s that his inheritan(e is #ein) "n1"st!$ %ithhe!d. Soon he is re-ri&anded #$ Li+ia or his (han)ed &anner and or his s"r!iness to%ards her. 8hat7s -oisoned $o"3 she as*s. He re-!ies, )rinnin), Ma$#e $o"7+e #een -"ttin) so&ethin) in &$ so"-. 8hen she de&ands an e5-!anation o this e5traordinar$ 1o*e he re-!ies, )rinnin) sti!! &ore +"!)ar!$/ P"ttin) thin)s in so"- is an o!d tri(* a&on) ste-&others. A")"st"s soon a ter this has a (o&-!aint ro& Post"&"s7 )enera! that he does not &i5 %ith the other $o"n) o i(ers #"t s-ends a!! his !eis"re ti&e at the sea, ishin). He has earned the ni(*na&e Ne-t"ne or this. M$ d"ties as -riest o Mars %ere not ard"o"s and P!a"ti"s, %ho %as a -riest o the sa&e (o!!e)e, %as detai!ed to %at(h &e %hene+er there %as a (ere&on$. I %as (o&in) to hate P!a"ti"s. The ins"!tin) re&ar* or %hi(h Post"&"s had thro%n hi& into the o"ntain %as one o &an$. He had (a!!ed &e a Le&"r and said that it %as on!$ !o$a!t$ to A")"st"s and Li+ia that -re+ented hi& ro& s-ittin) at &e e+er$ ti&e I as*ed hi& oo!ish and s"-er !"o"s 4"estions.

CHAPTER NI THE 9EAR BE:ORE I CAME O: AGE AND MARRIED HAD BEEN a #ad $ear or Ro&e. There %as a series o earth4"a*es in the So"th o Ita!$ %hi(h destro$ed se+era! (ities. Litt!e rain e!! in the S-rin) and the (ro-s !oo*ed &isera#!e a!! o+er the (o"ntr$/ then 1"st #e ore har+est ti&e there %ere torrentia! stor&s %hi(h #eat do%n 0A.D. J and s-oi!t %hat !itt!e (orn had (o&e to ear. The do%n-o"r %as so +io!ent that the Ti#er (arried a%a$ the #rid)e and &ade the !o%er -art o the Cit$ na+i)a#!e #$ #oat or se+en da$s. A a&ine see&ed threatenin) and A")"st"s sent (o&&issioners to E)$-t and other -arts to #"$ h")e 4"antities o (orn. The -"#!i( )ranaries had #een de-!eted #e(a"se o a #ad har+est the $ear #e ore--tho")h not so #ad as this. The (o&&issioners s"((eeded in #"$in) a (ertain a&o"nt o (orn, #"t at a hi)h -ri(e and not rea!!$ eno")h. There %as )reat distress7that %inter,
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the &ore so #e(a"se Ro&e %as o+er(ro%ded--its -o-"!ation had do"#!ed in the !ast t%ent$ $ears, and Ostia, the -ort, %as "nsa e or shi--in) in the %inter, so that )rain-(on+o$s ro& the East %ere "na#!e to dis(har)e their (ar)oes or %ee*s on end. A")"st"s did %hat he (o"!d to !i&it the a&ine. He te&-orari!$ #anished a!! #"t ho"seho!ders and their a&i!ies to (o"ntr$ distri(ts not nearer than a h"ndred &i!es ro& the Cit$, a--ointed a rationin)-#oard (o&-osed o e5-Cons"!s, and -rohi#ited -"#!i( #an4"ets, e+en on his o%n #irthda$. M"(h o the )rain he i&-orted at his o%n e5-ense and distri#"ted ree to the need$. As "s"a!, a&ine #ro")ht riotin), and riotin) #ro")ht arson/ %ho!e streets o sho-s %ere set on ire at ni)ht #$ ha! star+ed !ooters ro& the %or*ers7 4"arters. A")"st"s or)anised a #ri)ade o ni)ht-%at(h&en, in se+en di+isions, to -re+ent this sort o thin)/ this #ri)ade -ro+ed so "se "! that it has ne+er sin(e #een dis#anded. B"t enor&o"s da&a)e had #een done #$ the rioters. A ne% ta5 %as i&-osed a#o"t this ti&e to -ro+ide &one$ or the Ger&an %ars, and %hat %ith the a&ine, the ires, and the ta5es, the (o&&ons #e)an to )et rest!ess and o-en!$ dis("ss re+o!"tion. Threatenin) &ani estos %ere -inned at ni)ht on the doors o -"#!i( #"i!din)s. A h")e (ons-ira($ %as said to #e on oot. The Senate o ered a re%ard or a!! in or&ation %hi(h %o"!d !ead to the arrest o a rin)!eader and &an$ &en (a&e or%ard to %in it, in or&in) a)ainst their nei)h#o"rs, #"t this on!$ &ade the (on "sion %orse. A--arent!$ no rea! (ons-ira($ e5isted, on!$ ho-e "! ta!* o (ons-ira(ies. E+ent"a!!$ (orn #e)an to (o&e in ro& E)$-t, %here the har+est is &"(h ear!ier than o"rs, and the tension re!a5ed. A&on) the -eo-!e re&o+ed ro& Ro&e d"rin) the a&ine %ere the s%ord- i)hters. The$ %ere not n"&ero"s, #"t A")"st"s tho")ht that i there %ere an$ (i+i! dist"r#an(es the$ %o"!d #e !i*e!$ to -!a$ a dan)ero"s -art in the&. :or the$ %ere a des-erate (re%, so&e o the& #ein) &en o ran* %ho had #een so!d as s!a+es or de#t--to -"r(hasers %ho had a)reed to !et the& earn the -ri(e o their reedo& #$ s%ord- i)htin). I a $o"n) )ent!e&an ran into de#t, as so&eti&es ha--ened, thro")h no a"!t o his o%n or ro& $o"th "! tho")ht!essness, his distant re!ations %o"!d sa+e hi& ro& s!a+er$, or A")"st"s hi&se! %o"!d inter+ene. So these )ent!e&en s%ord- i)hters %ere &en %ho& no#od$ had re)arded as %orth sa+in) ro& their ate, and %ho, #e(o&in) the nat"ra! !eaders o the G!adiatoria! G"i!d, %ere 1"st the sort to head an ar&ed re#e!!ion. 8hen thin)s i&-ro+ed the$ %ere re(a!!ed and it %as de(ided to -"t e+er$#od$ in a )ood h"&o"r #$ e5hi#itin) a #i) -"#!i( s%ord- i)ht and %i!d-#east h"nt in the na&es o Ger&ani("s and &$se! , in &e&or$ o o"r ather. Li+ia %ished to re&ind Ro&e o his )reat e5-!oits %ith a +ie% to (a!!in) attention to Ger&ani("s, %ho rese&#!ed hi& so (!ose!$ and %ho %o"!d soon, it %as e5-e(ted, #e sent to Ger&an$ to he!- his "n(!e Ti#eri"s, another a&o"s so!dier, %in resh (on4"ests there. M$ &other and Li+ia (ontri#"ted to the e5-enses o the sho%, the &ain #"rden o %hi(h, ho%e+er, e!! on Ger&ani("s and &e. It %as (onsidered, ho%e+er, that Ger&ani("s in his -osition needed &ore &one$ than I did, so &$ &other e5-!ained to &e that it %o"!d #e on!$ ri)ht or &e to (ontri#"te t%i(e as 0FQ &"(h as he did. I %as on!$ too )!ad to do %hat I (o"!d or Ger&ani("s. B"t %hen I o"nd o"t %hen it %as a!! o+er %hat had #een s-ent I %as sta))ered, the sho% %as -!anned re)ard!ess o (ost, and #esides the "s"a! e5-enses o a s%ord- i)ht and %i!d-#east h"nt %e thre% sho%ers o si!+er to the -o-"!a(e. In the -ro(ession to the a&-hitheatre Ger&ani("s and I rode, #$ s-e(ia! de(ree o the Senate, in o"r ather7s o!d %ar-(hariot. 8e had 1"st o ered a sa(ri i(e to his &e&or$, at the )reat to&# %hi(h A")"st"s had #"i!t or hi&se! %hen he sho"!d (o&e to die--and %here he had interred o"r ather7s ashes, a!on)side those o Mar(e!!"s. 8e %ent do%n the A--ian 8a$ and "nder o"r ather7s &e&oria! ar(h, %ith the (o!ossa! e4"estrian i)"re o hi& on it, %hi(h had #een de(orated %ith !a"re! in hono"r o the o((asion. There %as a north-east %ind #!o%in) and
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the do(tors %o"!d not a!!o% &e to (o&e %itho"t a (!oa*, so %ith one e5(e-tion I %as the on!$ -erson -resent at the s%ord- i)ht--%here I sat ne5t to Ger&ani("s as 1oint--resident %ith hi&--%ho %as %earin) one. The e5(e-tion %as A")"st"s hi&se! , %ho %as sittin) on the other side o Ger&ani("s. He e!t e5tre&es o heat and (o!d se+ere!$ and in %inter %ore no !ess than o"r (oats #esides a +er$ thi(* )o%n and a !on) %aist(oat. There %ere so&e -resent %ho sa% an o&en in this si&i!arit$ #et%een &$ dress and A")"st"s7, "rther re&ar*in) that I had #een #o& on the irst da$ o the &onth na&ed a ter hi&, and at L$ons, too, on the +er$ da$ that he had dedi(ated an a!tar there to hi&se! . Or, at an$ rate, that %as %hat the$ said the$ had said, &an$ $ears a ter. Li+ia %as in the Bo5 too--a -e("!iar hono"r -aid her as &$ ather7s &other. Nor&a!!$ she sat %ith the Cesta! Cir)ins. The r"!e %as or %o&en and &en to sit a-art. It %as the irst s%ord- i)ht I had #een -er&itted to attend, and to ind &$se! in the President7s Bo5 %as a!! the &ore e&#arrassin) or &e on this a((o"nt. Ger&ani("s did a!! the %or*, tho")h -retendin) to (ons"!t &e %hen a de(ision had to #e &ade, and (arried it thro")h %ith )reat ass"ran(e and di)nit$. It %as &$ !"(* that this i)ht %as the #est that had e+er #een e5hi#ited at the a&-hitheatre. As it %as &$ irst, ho%e+er, I (o"!d not a--re(iate its e5(e!!en(e, ha+in) no #a(*)ro"nd o -re+io"s dis-!a$s to "se or -"r-oses o (o&-arison. B"t (ertain!$ I ha+e ne+er seen a #etter sin(e and I &"st ha+e seen near!$ a tho"sand i&-ortant ones. Li+ia %anted Ger&ani("s to )ain -o-"!arit$ as his ather7s son and had s-ared no e5-ense in hirin) the #est -er or&ers in Ro&e to i)ht, a!! o"t. Us"a!!$ -ro essiona! s%ord- i)hters %ere +er$ (are "! a#o"t h"rtin) the&se!+es and ea(h other and s-ent &ost o their ener)$ on eints and -arries and #!o%s %hi(h !oo*ed and so"nded Ho&eri( #"t %hi(h %ere rea!!$ 4"ite har&!ess, !i*e the th%a(*s that s!a+es )i+e ea(h other %ith sta)e-(!"#s in !o%-(o&ed$. It %as on!$ o((asiona!!$, %hen the$ !ost their te&-er %ith ea(h other or had an o!d s(ore to sett!e, that the$ %ere %orth %at(hin). This ti&e Li+ia had )ot the heads o the G!adiatoria! G"i!d to)ether and to!d the& that she %anted her &one$7s %orth. Un!ess e+er$ #o"t %as a rea! one she %o"!d ha+e the )"i!d #ro*en "-/ there had #een too &an$ &ana)ed i)hts in the -re+io"s s"&&er. So the i)hters %ere %arned #$ the )"i!d-&asters that this ti&e the$ %ere not to -!a$ *iss-in-the-rin) or the$ %o"!d #e dis&issed ro& the )"i!d. In the irst si5 (o&#ats one &an %as *i!!ed, one so serio"s!$ %o"nded that he died the sa&e da$, and a third had his shie!d-ar& !o--ed o (!ose to the sho"!der, %hi(h (a"sed roars o !a")hter. In ea(h o the other three (o&#ats one o the &en disar&ed the other, #"t not #e ore he had )i+en s"(h a )ood a((o"nt o hi&se! that Ger&ani("s and I, %hen a--ea!ed to, %ere a#!e to (on ir& the a--ro+a! o the a"dien(e #$ raisin) o"r th"&#s in to*en that his !i e sho"!d #e s-ared. One o the +i(tors had #een a +er$ ri(h *ni)ht a $ear or t%o #e ore. In a!! these (o&#ats the r"!e %as that the anta)onists sho"!d not i)ht %ith the sa&e sort o %ea-on. It %as s%ord a)ainst s-ear, or s%ord a)ainst #att!e-a5e, or s-ear a)ainst &a(e. The se+enth (o&#at %as #et%een a &an ar&ed %ith a re)"!ation ar&$ s%ord and an o!d- ashioned ro"nd #rass-#o"nd shie!d and a &an ar&ed %ith a three-ron)ed tro"t-s-ear and a short net. The s%ord-&an or (haser %as a so!dier o the G"ards %ho had re(ent!$ #een (onde&ned to death or )ettin) dr"n* and stri*in) his (a-tain. His senten(e had #een (o&&"ted to a i)ht a)ainst this net and trident &an--a -ro essiona! 0I2 ro& Thessa!$, +er$ hi)h!$ -aid, %ho had *i!!ed &ore than t%ent$ o--onents in the -re+io"s i+e $ears, so Ger&ani("s to!d &e.
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M$ s$&-athies %ere %ith the so!dier, %ho (a&e into the arena !oo*in) +er$ %hite and sha*$--he had #een in -rison or so&e da$s and the stron) !i)ht #othered hi&. B"t his entire (o&-an$, %ho it a--ears s$&-athised +er$ &"(h %ith hi&, or the (a-tain %as a #"!!$ and a #east, sho"ted in "nison or hi& to -"!! hi&se! to)ether and de end the (o&-an$7s hono"r. He strai)htened "- and sho"ted, I7!! do &$ #est, !adsB His (a&- ni(*na&e, as it ha--ened, %as Roa(h, and this %as eno")h to -"t the )reater -art o the a"dien(e on his side, tho")h the G"ards %ere -rett$ "n-o-"!ar in the Cit$. I a roa(h %ere to *i!! a isher&an that %o"!d #e a )ood 1o*e. To ha+e the a&-hitheatre on one7s side is ha! the #att!e to a &an i)htin) or his !i e. The Thessa!ian, a %ir$, !on)-ar&ed, !on)-!e))ed e!!o%, (a&e s%a))erin) in (!ose #ehind hi&, dressed on!$ in a !eather t"ni( and a hard ro"nd !eather (a-. He %as in a )ood h"&o"r, (ra(*in) 1o*es %ith the ront-#en(hes, or his o--onent %as an a&ate"r, and Li+ia %as -a$in) hi& a tho"sand )o!d -ie(es or the a ternoon and i+e h"ndred &ore i he *i!!ed his &an a ter a )ood i)ht. The$ (a&e to)ether in ront o the Bo5 and sa!"ted irst A")"st"s and Li+ia and then Ger&ani("s and &e as 1oint--residents, %ith the "s"a! or&"!a/ Greetin)s, Sirs. 8e sa!"te $o" in Death7s shado%B 8e ret"rned the )reetin)s %ith a or&a! )est"re, #"t Genr&ani("s said to A")"st"s/ 8h$, sir, that (haser7s one o &$ ather7s +eterans. I *no% hi& %e!!. He %on a (ro%n in Ger&an$ or #ein) the irst &an o+er an ene&$ sto(*ade. A")"st"s %as interested. Good, he said, this sho"!d #e a )ood i)ht, then. B"t in that (ase the net-&an &"st #e ten $ears $o"n)er, and $ears (o"nt in this )a&e. Then Genr&ani("s si)na!!ed or the tr"&-ets to so"nd and the i)ht #e)an. Roa(h stood his )ro"nd, %hi!e the Thessa!ian dan(ed aro"nd hi&. Roa(h %as not s"(h a oo! as to %aste his stren)th r"nnin) a ter his !i)ht!$ ar&ed o--onent or $et to #e -ara!$sed into i&&o#i!it$. The Thessa!ian tried to &a*e hi& !ose his te&-er #$ ta"ntin) hi&, #"t Roa(h %as not to #e dra%n. On!$ on(e %hen the Thessa!ian (a&e a!&ost %ithin !"n)in) distan(e did he sho% an$ readiness to ta*e the o ensi+e, and the 4"i(*ness o his thr"st dre% a roar o de!i)ht ro& the #en(hes. B"t the Thessa!ian %as a%a$ in ti&e. Soon the i)ht )re% &ore !i+e!$, the Thessa!ian &ade sta#s, hi)h and !o%, %ith his !on) trident, %hi(h Roa(h -arried easi!$, #"t %ith one e$e on the net, %ei)hted %ith s&a!! !ead -e!!ets, %hi(h the Thessa!ian &ana)ed %ith his !e t hand. Bea"ti "! %or*B I heard Li+ia sa$ to A")"st"s. The #est net-&an in Ro&e. He7s -!a$in) %ith the so!dier. Did $o" see that3 He (o"!d ha+e entan)!ed hi& and )ot his stro*e in then i he had %ished. B"t he7s s-innin) o"t the i)ht. 9es, said A")"st"s. I7& a raid the so!dier is done or. He sho"!d ha+e *e-t o drin*. A")"st"s had hard!$ s-o*en %hen Roa(h *no(*ed "- the trident and 1"&-ed or%ard, ri--in) the Thessa!ian7s !eather t"ni( #et%een ar& and #od$. The Thessa!ian %as a%a$ in a !ash and as he ran he s%"n) the net a(ross Roa(h7s a(e. B$ i!!-!"(* a -e!!et str"(* Roa(h in the e$e, &o&entari!$ #!indin) hi&. He (he(*ed his -a(e and the Thessa!ian, seein) his ad+anta)e, t"rned and *no(*ed the s%ord s-innin) o"t o his hand. Roa(h s-ran) to retrie+e it #"t the Thessa!ian )ot there irst, ran %ith it to the #arrier and tossed it a(ross to a ri(h -atron sittin) in the ront ran* o the seats reser+ed or the Ani)hts. Then he ret"rned to the -!easant tas* o )oadin) and dis-at(hin) an "nar&ed &an. The net %hist!ed ro"nd Roa(h7s head and the trident 1a##ed here and there, #"t Roa(h %as sti!! "ndis&a$ed, and on(e &ade a snat(h at the trident and near!$ )ot -ossession o it. The
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Thessa!ian had no% %or*ed hi& to%ards o"r Bo5 to &a*e a s-e(ta("!ar *i!!in). That7s eno")hB said Li+ia in a &atter-o - a(t +oi(e, he7s done eno")h -!a$in) a#o"t. He o")ht to inish hi& no%. The Thessa!ian needed no -ro&-tin). He &ade a si&"!taneo"s s%ee- o his net aro"nd Roa(h7s head and a sta# at his #e!!$ %ith the trident. And then %hat a roar %ent "-B Roa(h had (a")ht the net %ith his ri)ht hand and, !in)in) his #od$ #a(*, *i(*ed %ith a!! his stren)th at the sha t o the trident a oot or t%o ro& his ene&$7s hand. The %ea-on !e% "- o+er the Thessa!ian7s head, 0?JD2 t"rned in the air and st"(* 4"i+erin) into the %ooden #arrier. The Thessa!ian stood astonished or a &o&ent, then !e t the net in Roa(h7s hands and dashed -ast hi& to re(o+er the trident. Roa(h thre% hi&se! or%ard and side%a$s and (a")ht hi& in the ri#s, as he ran, %ith the s-i*ed #oss o his shie!d. The Thessa!ian e!!, )as-in), on a!! o"rs. Roa(h re(o+ered hi&se! 4"i(*!$ and %ith a shar- do%n%ard s%in) o the shie!d (a")ht hi& on the #a(* o his ne(*. The ra##it-#!o%B said A")"st"s. I7+e ne+er seen that done in an arena #e ore, ha+e $o", &$ dear Li+ia3 Eh3 Ai!!ed hi& too, I s%ear. The Thessa!ian %as dead. I e5-e(ted Li+ia to #e )reat!$ dis-!eased #"t a!! she said %as/ And ser+ed hi& ri)ht. That7s %hat (o&es o "nderratin) one7s o--onent. I7& disa--ointed in that net-&an. Sti!!, it has sa+ed &e that i+e h"ndred in )o!d, so I (an7t (o&-!ain, I s"--ose. To (ro%n the a ternoon7s en1o$&ent there %as a i)ht #et%een t%o Ger&an hosta)es %ho ha--ened to #e!on) to ri+a! (!ans and had +o!"ntari!$ en)a)ed ea(h other to a death-d"e!. It %as not -rett$ i)htin), #"t sa+a)e ha(*in) %ith !on) s%ord and ha!#erd/ ea(h %ore a s&a!!, hi)h!$ orna&ented shie!d stra--ed on the !ert orear&. This %as an "n"s"a! &anner o i)htin), or the ordinar$ Ger&an so!dier does a!! his %or* %ith the s!i&-sha ted, narro%headed asse)ai/ the #road-headed ha!#erd and the !on) s%ord are &ar*s o hi)h ran*. One o the (o&#atants, a $e!!o%headed &an o+er si5 eet ta!! &ade short %or* o the other, ("ttin) hi& a#o"t terri#!$ #e ore he )a+e his ina! s&ashin) #!o% on the side o the ne(*. The (ro%d )a+e hi& a )reat (heer, %hi(h %ent to his head, or he &ade a s-ee(h in a &i5t"re o Ger&an and (a&--Latin, sa$in) that he %as a reno%ned %arrior in his (o"ntr$ and had *i!!ed si5 Ro&ans in #att!e, in(!"din) an o i(er, #e ore he had #een )i+en "- as a hosta)e #$ his 1ea!o"s "n(!e, the tri#a! (hie . He no% (ha!!en)ed an$ Ro&an o ran* to &eet hi&, s%ord to s%ord, and &a*e the !"(*$ se+enth or hi&. The irst (ha&-ion %ho s-ran) into the rin) %as a $o"n) sta -o i(er o an o!d #"t i&-o+erished a&i!$, (a!!ed Cassi"s Chserea. He (a&e r"nnin) to the #o5 or -er&ission to ta*e "- the (ha!!en)e. His ather, he said, had #een *i!!ed I CLAUDIUS 0?D=2 in Ger&an$ "nder that )!orio"s )enera! in %hose &e&or$ this dis-!a$ %as #ein) he!d/ &i)ht he -io"s!$ sa(ri i(e that #oast "! e!!o% to his ather7s )host3 Cassi"s %as a ine en(er. I had o ten %at(hed hi& on Mars :ie!d. Ger&ani("s (ons"!ted %ith A")"st"s and then %ith &e, %hen A")"st"s )a+e his (onsent and I &"&#!ed &ine Cassi"s %as to!d to ar& hi&se! . He %ent to the dressin)-roo&s and #orro%ed Roa(h7s s%ord, shie!d and #od$ ar&o"r, tor )ood !"(* and o"t o (o&-!i&ent to Roa(h.
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Soon there #e)an a ar )rander i)ht than an$ that the -ro essiona!s had sho%n, the Ger&an s%in)in) his )reat s%ord and Cassi"s -arr$in) %ith his shie!d and a!%a$s tr$in) to )et in "nder the Ger&an7s )"ard--#"t the e!!o% %as as a)i!e as he %as stron) and t%i(e #eat Cassi"s to his *nees. The (ro%d %as -er e(t!$ si!ent, as i it %ere a re!i)io"s -er or&an(e the$ %ere %at(hin), and nothin) %as heard #"t the (!ash o stee! on stee! and the ratt!e o shie!ds. A")"st"s said, The Ger&an7s too stron) or hi&, I7& a raid. 8e sho"!dn7t ha+e -er&itted this. I Cassi"s )ets *i!!ed it %i!! (reate a #ad i&-ression on the rontier %hen the ne%s )ets there. Then Cassi"s7 oot s!i--ed in a #!ood -oo! and he e!! o+er on his #a(*. The Ger&an stradd!ed o+er hi& %ith a tri"&-hant s&i!e on his a(e and then... and then there %as a roarin) in &$ ears and a #!a(*ness #e ore &$ e$es and I ainted a%a$. The e&otion o seein) &en *i!!ed or the irst ti&e in &$ !i e, and then the (o&#at #et%een Roa(h and the Thessa!ian, in %hi(h I e!t so stron)!$ or Roa(h, and no% this i)ht in %hi(h it see&ed that it %as I &$se! %ho %as des-erate!$ #att!in) or !i e %ith the Ger&an--it %as too &"(h or &e. So I did not %itness Cassi"s7 %onder "! re(o+er$ as the Ger&an !i ted that ")!$ s%ord to (rash in his s*"!!, the 4"i(* "-%ard thr"st %ith the shie!d-#oss at the Ger&an7s !oins, the side%a$s ro!!, and the 4"i(* de(isi+e sta# "nder the ar&--it. 9es, Cassi"s *i!!ed his &an a!! ri)ht. Do not or)et this Cassi"s, or he t%i(e and three ti&es -!a$s an i&-ortant -art in this stor$. As or &e, no#od$ noti(ed that I had ainted or so&e ti&e, and %hen the$ did I %as a!read$ (o&in) to. The$ -ro--ed &e "- a)ain in &$ -!a(e "nti! the sho% had 0?DJ2 or&a!!$ ended. To ha+e #een (arried o"t %o"!d ha+e #een a dis)ra(e or e+er$one. The ne5t da$ the Ga&es (ontin"ed, #"t I %as not there. It %as anno"n(ed that I %as i!!. I &issed one o the &ost s-e(ta("!ar (ontests e+er %itnessed in the a&-hitheatre, #et%een an Indian e!e-hant--the$ are &"(h #i))er than the A ri(an #reed--and a rhino(eros. E5-erts #etted on the rhino(eros, or a!tho")h it %as #$ ar the s&a!!er ani&a! its hide %as &"(h thi(*er than the e!e-hant7s and it %as e5-e(ted to &a*e short %or* o the e!e-hant %ith its !on) shar- ho&. In A ri(a, the$ %ere sa$in), e!e-hants had !earned to a+oid the ha"nts o the rhino(eros, %hi(h ho!ds "ndis-"ted s%a$ in its o%n territor$. This Indian e!e-hant ho%e+er--as Post"&"s des(ri#ed the i)ht to &e a ter%ards--sho%ed no an5iet$ or ear %hen the rhino(eros (a&e (har)in) into the arena, &eetin) hi& ea(h ti&e %ith his t"s*s and !"&#erin) a ter hi& %ith (!"&s$ s-eed %hen he retired dis(o& ited. B"t indin) hi&se! "na#!e to -enetrate the thi(* ar&o"r o tne #east7s ne(* as he (har)ed, this antasti( (reat"re had re(o"rse to ("nnin). He -i(*ed "- %ith his tr"n* a ro")h #roo& &ade o a thorn #"sh %hi(h a s%ee-er had !e t on the sand and darted it in his ene&$7s a(e the ne5t ti&e he (har)ed/ he s"((eeded in #!indin) irst one e$e and then the other. The rhino(eros, distra(ted %ith ra)e and -ain, dashed here and there in -"rs"it o the e!e-hant and ina!!$ ran "!! ti!t a)ainst the %ooden #arrier, )oin) ri)ht thro")h it and shatterin) his ho& and st"nnin) hi&se! on the &ar#!e #arrier #ehind. Then "- (a&e the e!e-hant %ith his &o"th o-en as i he %ere !a")hin) and, irst en!ar)in) the #rea(h in the %ooden #arrier, #e)an tra&-!in) on his a!!en ene&$7s s*"!!, %hi(h he (r"shed in. He then nodded his head as i in ti&e to &"si( and -resent!$ %a!*ed 4"iet!$ a%a$. His Indian dri+er (a&e r"nnin) o"t %ith a h")e #o%! "!! o s%eet&eats, %hi(h the e!e-hant -o"red into his &o"th %hi!e the a"dien(e roared a--!a"se. Then the #east he!-ed the dri+er "- on his ne(*, o erin) his tr"n* as a !adder, and trotted o+er to A")"st"s, %here he tr"&-eted the ro$a! sa!"te--%hi(h these e!e-hants are ta")ht on!$ to "tter or &onar(hs--and *ne!t in ho&a)e. B"t, as I sa$, I
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&issed this -er or&an(e, That e+enin) Li+ia %rote to A")"st"s/ M9 DEAR AUGUSTUS, C!a"di"s7 "n&an!$ #eha+io"r $esterda$ in aintin) at the si)ht o t%o &en i)htin), to sa$ nothin) or the )rotes4"e t%it(hin)s o his hands and head, %hi(h at a so!e&n esti+a! in (o&&e&oration o his ather7s +i(tories %ere a!! the &ore sha&e "! and "n ort"nate, has at !east had this ad+anta)e, that %e (an no% de inite!$ de(ide on(e and or a!! that e5(e-t in the di)nit$ o -riest-- or the +a(an(ies in the (o!!e)es &"st #e i!!ed so&eO!o% and P!a"ti"s has &ana)ed to (oa(h hi& %e!! eno")h in his d"ties--C!a"di"s is -er e(t!$ "n it to a--ear in -"#!i(. 8e &"st #e (ontent to %rite hi& o as a !oss, e5(e-t -erha-s or #reedin) -"r-oses, or I hear he has no% done his d"t$ #$ Ur)"!ani!!a--#"t I %on7t #e s"re o that "nti! I see the (hi!d, %hi(h &a$ %e!! #e a &onster !i*e hi&. Antonia has to-da$ a#stra(ted ro& his st"d$ %hat a--ears to #e a note#oo* o histori(a! &ateria! %hi(h he has #een (o!!e(tin) or a !i e o his ather, %ith it she o"nd a -ain "!!$ (o&-osed introd"(tion to the -ro1e(ted %or*, %hi(h I send $o" here%ith. 9o" %i!! o#ser+e that C!a"di"s has sin)!ed o"t or -raise his dear ather7s one inte!!e(t"a! oi#!e--that %i! "! #!indness o his to the &ar(h o ti&e, the a#s"rd de!"sion that the -o!iti(a! or&s that s"ited Ro&e %hen Ro&e %as a s&a!! to%n at %ar %ith nei)h#o"rin) s&a!! to%ns (o"!d #e reesta#!ished a ter Ro&e had #e(o&e the )reatest *in)do& *no%n sin(e the da$s o A!e5ander, Loo* %hat ha--ened %hen A!e5ander died and no#od$ (o"!d #e o"nd stron) eno")h to s"((eed hi& as s"-re&e &onar(h--%h$, the E&-ire si&-!$ e!! to -ie(es. B"t I sho"!d not %aste &$ ti&eand $o"rs in &a*in) histori(a! -!atit"des. Athenodor"s and S"!-i(i"s, %ith %ho& I ha+e 1"st had a (on eren(e, sa$ that the$ had not seen this introd"(tion "nti! I sho%ed it the& and a)ree on its e5tre&e inad+isa#i!it$. The$ s%ear that the$ ha+e ne+er -"t an$ s"#+ersi+e ideas into his head, and s"))est that he &"st ha+e )ot the& ro& o!d #oo*s. Persona!!$ I thin* that he inherited the&--his )rand ather had the sa&e ("rio"s in ir&it$, $o" re&e&#er--and it is 1"st !i*e C!a"di"s to ha+e (hosen that 0?D<2 one %ea*ness to inherit and to ha+e re "sed an$ !e)a($ o -h$si(a! or &ora! so"ndnessB Than* God or Ti#eri"s and Ger&ani("sB There7s no re-"#!i(an nonsense a#o"t the&, so ar as I *no%. Nat"ra!!$ I a& instr"(tin) C!a"di"s that he &"st desist ro& his #io)ra-hi(a! !a#o"rs, sa$in) that i he dis)ra(es his ather7s &e&or$ #$ aintin) at the so!e&n Ga&es )i+en in his hono"r, he is o#+io"s!$ "n it to %rite his !i e/ !et hi& ind so&e other e&-!o$&ent or his -en. LICIA. E+er sin(e Po!!io had to!d &e a#o"t the -oisonin) o &$ ather and )rand ather I had #een )reat!$ -er-!e5ed. I (o"!d not &a*e "- &$ &ind %hether the o!d &an had #een ta!*in) seni!e nonsense, or 1o*in), or %hether he rea!!$ *ne% so&ethin). 8ho #"t A")"st"s hi&se! %as s" i(ient!$ interested in the &onar(h$ to ha+e -oisoned a no#!e&an &ere!$ #e(a"se he #e!ie+ed in re-"#!i(an )o+ern&ent3 9et I (o"!d not #e!ie+e A")"st"s the &"rderer/ -oison %as a &ean %a$ o *i!!in), a s!a+e7s %a$, and A")"st"s %o"!d ne+er ha+e stoo-ed to it. Besides, he %as not a h$-o(rite and %hen he ta!*ed a#o"t &$ ather it %as a!%a$s %ith ad&iration and a e(tion. I (ons"!ted t%o or three re(ent histories, #"t the$ to!d &e nothin) that I had not a!read$ hdard ro& Ger&ani("s o the (ir("&stan(es o &$ ather7s death. It %as on!$ a (o"-!e o da$s #e ore the Ga&es that I ha--ened to #e ta!*in) to o"r -orter, %ho had #een &$ ather7s order!$ thro")ho"t his (a&-ai)ns, The honest e!!o% had #een drin*in) rather too &"(h, #e(a"se &$
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ather7s na&e %as on e+er$one7s !i-s at the ti&e and his +eterans had (o&e in or a )ood dea! o re !e(ted )!or$. Te!! &e %hat $o" *no% o &$ ather7s death, I said #o!d!$. 8ere there an$ stories ("rrent in the (a&- that he &et his death other than #$ a((ident3 He re-!ied/ I %o"!dn7t sa$ it to an$#od$, sir, #"t $o"rse! , #"t I (an tr"st $o", sir. 9o"7re the son o $o"r ather and I ne+er *ne% a &an %ho didn7t tr"st hi&. 9es, sir, there %as a r"&o"r )oin) a#o"t and there %as &ore in it than in &ost (a&- r"&o"rs. 9o"r #ra+e and no#!e ather, sir, %as -oisoned, it7s &$ s"re #e!ie . A (ertain Person, %hose na&e I %on7t &ention #e(a"se $o"7!! *no% it %itho"t &$ sa$in), %as 1ea!o"s o $o"r ather7s +i(tories and sent hi& an order o re(a!!. That7s not a stor$, or r"&o"r, that7s histor$. The order (a&e %hen $o"r ather had #ro*en his !e), not &"(h o a da&a)e either, and it %as (o&in) a!on) %e!! eno")h "nti! that do(tor e!!o% arri+ed ro& Ro&e, at the sa&e ti&e as the &essa)e, %ith his !itt!e #a) o -oisons in his hand. 8ho sent that do(tor e!!o%3 The sa&e -erson %ho sent the &essa)e. T%o and t%o7s o"r, isn7t it, sir3 8e order!ies %anted to *i!! that do(tor e!!o% #"t he )ot #a(* sa e to Ro&e "nder s-e(ia! es(ort. 8hen I read &$ )rand&other Li+ia7s note te!!in) &e to desist ro& %ritin) &$ ather7s !i e, &$ -er-!e5it$ in(reased. Po!!io (o"!d s"re!$ not ha+e &eant to -oint to &$ )rand&other as the &"rderess o her or&er h"s#and and her son3 It %as "nthin*a#!e. And %hat (o"!d ha+e #een her &oti+e3 9et %hen I (a&e to (onsider the &atter I (o"!d &ore easi!$ #e!ie+e that it %as Li+ia than that it %as A")"st"s. That s"&&er Ti#eri"s needed &en or his East Ger&an %ar, and !e+ies %ere (a!!ed or ro& Da!&atia, a -ro+in(e that had !ate!$ #een 4"iet and do(i!e. B"t %hen the (onti)ent asse&#!ed it ha--ened that the ta5(o!!e(tor %as &a*in) his ann"a! +isit to those -arts and e5a(tin) ro& the -ro+in(e not &ore than the s"& i5ed #$ A")"st"s #"t &ore than it (o"!d easi!$ -a$. There %ere !o"d -rotests o -o+ert$. The ta5-(o!!e(tor e5er(ised his ri)ht o sei6in) )ood-!oo*in) (hi!dren ro& the +i!!a)es %hi(h (o"!d not -a$ and (arr$in) the& o to #e so!d as s!a+es. The athers o so&e o the (hi!dren th"s sei6ed %ere &e&#ers o the (ontin)ent and nat"ra!!$ &ade a )reat o"t(r$. The entire or(e re+o!ted, *i!!in) their Ro&an (a-tains. A Bosnian tri#e rose in s$&-ath$ and soon the %ho!e o o"r rontier -ro+in(es #et%een Ma(edonia and the A!-s %as in a #!a6e. :ort"nate!$ Ti#eri"s %as a#!e to (on(!"de a -ea(e %ith the Ger&ans, at their instan(e not his o%n--and &ar(h a)ainst the re#e!s. The Da!&atians %o"!d not &eet hi& in a -it(hed #att!e #"t #ro*e "- into s&a!! (o!"&ns and (arried on a s*i!! "! )"erri!!a %ar are. The$ %ere !i)ht!$ ar&ed and *ne% the (o"ntr$ %e!! and %hen %inter (a&e e+en dared to raid Ma(edonia. A")"st"s at Ro&e -(o"!d not a--re(iate the di i("!ties %ith %hi(h Ti#eri"s had to (ontend and s"s-e(ted hi& o -"r-ose!$ de!a$in) o-erations or so&e se(ret -ri+ate ends %hi(h he (o"!d not atho&. He de(ided to send o"t Ger&ani("s, %ith an ar&$ o his o%n, to s-"r Ti#eri"s to a(tion. Ger&ani("s, %ho %as no% in his t%ent$-third $ear, had 1"st entered, i+e $ears #e ore the ("sto&ar$ a)e, on his irst Cit$ &a)istra($. The &i!itar$ a--oint&ent (a"sed s"r-rise/ e+er$one e5-e(ted Post"&"s to #e (hosen. Post"&"s had no &a)isteria! a--oint&ent, #"t %as #"s$ on Mars :ie!d trainin) the re(r"its or this ne% ar&$/ he no% #ore the ran* or re)i&enta! (o&&ander. He %as three $ears $o"n)er than Ger&ani("s, #"t his #rother Gai"s had #een sent to )o+ern Asia at the a)e o nineteen and had #e(o&e a Cons"! in the $ear o!!o%in). Post"&"s %as #$ no &eans !ess (a-a#!e than Gai"s, it %as a)reed, and, a ter a!!, he %as A")"st"s7 sin)!e s"r+i+in) )randson.
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M$ o%n ee!in)s on hearin) the ne%s, %hi(h had not $et #een &ade -"#!i(, %ere torn #et%een 1o$ on Ger&ani("s7 a((o"nt and sorro% on Post"&"s7. I %ent to ind Post"&"s and arri+ed at his 4"arters in the Pa!a(e at the sa&e ti&e as Ger&ani("s. Post"&"s )reeted "s #oth a e(tionate!$ and (on)rat"!ated Ger&ani("s on his (o&&and. Ger&ani("s said/ It is #e(a"se o this that I ha+e (o&e, dear Post"&"s. 9o" *no% %e!! eno")h that I a& +er$ -ro"d and )!ad to ha+e #een (hosen, #"t &i!itar$ re-"tation is nothin) to &e i I in1"re $o" #$ it. 9o" are as (a-a#!e a so!dier as I a& and as A")"st"s7 heir $o" sho"!d o#+io"s!$ ha+e #een (hosen. 8ith $o"r (onsent I -ro-ose to )o to hi& no% and o er to resi)n in $o"r a+o"r. I7!! -oint o"t the &is(onstr"(tion that the Cit$ %i!! #e s"re to -"t on his -re eren(e o &e to $o". It is not too !ate $et to &a*e the a!teration. Post"&"s ans%ered/ Dear Ger&ani("s, $o" ar( +er$ )enero"s and no#!e, and or that reason I sha!! s-ea* ran*!$. 9o" are ri)ht in sa$in) that the Cit$ %i!! treat this as a s!i)ht on &e. The a(t that $o"r d"ties as a &a)istrate are #ein) interr"-ted #$ the a--oint&ent, %hi!e I a& -er e(t!$ ree to #e sent, a))ra+ates the &atter. B"t, #e!ie+e &e, the disa--oint&ent that I ee! is a&-!$ re(o&-ensed #$ this "rther -roo $o" ha+e )i+en &e o $o"r riendshi-, and I %ish $o" a s-eed$ re(o+er$ and e+er$ -ossi#!e s"((ess. Then I said/ I $o" %i!! #oth or)i+e &e or e5-ressin) an o-inion, I thin* that A")"st"s has (onsidered the sit"ation &ore (are "!!$ than $o" )i+e hi& (redit or ha+in) done. :ro& so&ethin) I o+erheard &$ &other sa$in) this 7 &ornin), I )ather that he s"s-e(ts &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s o -"r-ose!$ -ro!on)in) the %ar. I he %ere to send Post"&"s o"t %ith the ne% or(es, a ter that o!d histor$ o &is"nderstandin) #et%een &$ "n(!e and Post"&"s7 #rothers, &$ "n(!e &i)ht #e s"s-i(io"s and o ended. Post"&"s %o"!d see& !i*e a s-$ and a ri+a!. B"t Ger&ani("s is his ado-ted son and %o"!d see& to #e sent o"t &ere!$ as a re& or(e&ent. I don7t thin* that there is &ore to #e said than that Post"&"s %i!! )et his (han(e e!se%here, no do"#t, and soon eno")h. The$ %ere #oth +er$ -!eased %ith this ne% +ie% o the &atter, %hi(h did (redit to the& #oth, and %e a!! -arted on the &ost riend!$ ter&s. That sa&e ni)ht, or rather in the ear!$ ho"rs o the o!!o%in) &ornin), I %as %or*in) !ate in &$ roo& on the "--er stor$ o o"r ho"se %hen I heard distant sho"tin) and -resent!$ a s!i)ht s(" !in) noise ro& the #a!(on$ o"tside. I %ent to the door and sa% a head a--ear o+er the to- o the #a!(on$ and then an ar&. It %as a &an in &i!itar$ dress, %ho thre% his !e) o+er the #a!(on$ and -"!!ed hi&se! "-. I %as -ara!$sed or a &o&ent, and the irst %i!d tho")ht that (a&e into &$ head %as, It7s an assassin sent #$ Li+ia. I %as 1"st )oin) to sho"t or he!%hen he said in a !o% +oi(e/ H"shB It7s a!! ri)ht. I7& Post"&"s. O Post"&"sB 8hat a ri)ht $o" )a+e &e. 8h$ do $o" (o&e (!i&#in) in at this ti&e o ni)ht !i*e a #"r)!ar3 And %hat7s %ron) %ith $o"3 9o"r a(e is #!eedin) and $o"r (!oa*7s torn. I7+e (o&e to sa$ )ood-#$e, C!a"di"s. I don7t "nderstand. Has A")"st"s (han)ed his &ind3 I tho")ht the a--oint&ent had a!read$ #een &ade -"#!i(.
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Gi+e &e a drin*, I7& thirst$. No, I7& not )oin) to the %ars. :ar ro& it. I7+e #een sent ishin). Don7t ta!* in ridd!es. Here7s the %ine. Drin* it 4"i(* and te!! &e %hat7s %ron). 8here are $o" )oin) ishin)3 Oh, to so&e s&a!! is!and. I don7t thin* the$7+e (hosen it $et. 9o" &ean...3 M$ heart san* and &$ head s%a&. 9es, I7& #ein) #anished, !i*e &$ -oor &other, B"t %h$3 8hat (ri&e ha+e $o" (o&&itted3 No (ri&e that (an #e o i(ia!!$ &entioned to the Senate. I e5-e(t the -hrase %i!! #e 7in("ra#!e and -ersistent de-ra+it$7. 9o" re&e&#er that Pi!!o% De#ate3 O Post"&"s! Has &$ )rand&other...3 Listen (are "!!$, C!a"di"s, or ti&e is short. I a& "nder (!ose arrest #"t 1"st no% I &ana)ed to *no(* do%n t%o o &$ es(ort and #rea* a%a$. The Pa!a(e )"ard has #een (a!!ed o"t and e+er$ -ossi#!e %a$ o es(a-e is #!o(*ed. The$ *no% I a& so&e%here in these #"i!din)s and the$7!! sear(h e+er$ roo&. I e!t I had to see $o", #e(a"se I %ant $o" to *no% the tr"th and not #e!ie+e the (har)es that the$ ha+e tr"&-ed "- a)ainst &e. And I %ant $o" to te!! Ger&ani("s e+er$thin). Send hi& &$ &ost !o+in) )reetin) and te!! hi& e+er$thin), e5a(t!$ as I te!! it $o" no%. I don7t (are %hat an$#od$ e!se thin*s o &e, #"t I %ant Ger&ani("s and $o" to *no% the tr"th and thin* %e!! o &e. I7!! not or)et a %ord, Post"&"s. G"i(*, te!! it &e ro& the #e)innin). 8e!!, $o" *no% that I7+e #een o"t o a+o"r %ith A")"st"s !ate!$. I (o"!dn7t &a*e o"t %h$, at irst, #"t soon it %as o#+io"s that Li+ia %as -oisonin) his &ind a)ainst &e. He is e5traordinari!$ %ea* %here she is (on(erned. I&a)ine !i+in) %ith her or near!$ i t$ $ears and sti!! #e!ie+in) e+er$ %ord she sa$sB B"t Li+ia %as not the on!$ one in this -!ot. Li+i!!a %as in it too. Li+i!!aB Oh, I a& so sorr$B 9es. 9o" *no% ho% &"(h I !o+ed her and ho% &"(h I ha+e s" ered on her a((o"nt. 9o" hinted on(e, a#o"t a $ear a)o, that she %asn7t %orth &$ tro"#!in) a#o"t and $o" re&e&#er ho% an)r$ I %as %ith $o". I %o"!dn7t ta!* to $o" or da$s. I a& sorr$ no% that ? %as an)r$, C!a"di"s. B"t $o" *no% ho% it is %hen one is ho-e!ess!$ in !o+e %ith so&eone. I didn7t e5-!ain to $o" then that 1"st #e ore she &arried Castor she to!d &e that Li+ia had or(ed the &arria)e on her and that rea!!$ she !o+ed on!$ &e. I #e!ie+ed her. 8h$ sho"!dn7t I ha+e #e!ie+ed her3 I ho-ed that one da$ so&ethin) %o"!d ha--en to Castor and she and I %o"!d #e ree to &arr$. That7s #een on &$
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&ind da$ and ni)ht e+er sin(e. This a ternoon, 1"st a ter seein) $o", I %as sittin) %ith her and Castor in the )ra-e-ar#o"r #$ the #i) (ar---oo!. He #e)an ta"ntin) &e. I rea!ise no% that the %ho!e thin) had #een (are "!!$ rehearsed #e orehand #et%een the&. The irst thin) he said %as/ 7So Ger&ani("s has #een -re erred to $o", eh37 I to!d hi& that I (onsidered it a %ise a--oint&ent and that I had 1"st (on)rat"!ated Ger&ani("s. Then he said in a 1eerin) %a$/ 7So it has $o"r -rin(e!$ a--ro+a!, has it3 B$ the %a$, do $o" sti!! e5-e(t to s"((eed $o"r )rand ather as E&-eror37 I *e-t &$ te&-er or Li+i!!a7s sa*e #"t said that I did not thin* it de(ent to dis("ss the s"((ession %hi!e A")"st"s %as sti!! a!i+e and in "!! -ossession o his a("!ties. Then I as*ed hi& ironi(a!!$ %hether he %as o erin) hi&se! as a ri+a! (andidate. He said, %ith an "n-!easant s&i!e/ 78e!!, i I did, I e5-e(t I %o"!d ha+e &ore (han(e o s"((ess than $o". I "s"a!!$ )et %hat I %ant. I "se &$ #rains. I %on Li+i!!a #$ "sin) &$ #rains. It &a*es &e !a")h %hen I thin* ho% easi!$ I -ers"aded A")"st"s that $o" %eren7t a s"ita#!e h"s#and or her. Perha-s I7!! )et other thin)s I %ant too, that %a$. 8ho *no%s37 This &ade &e rea!!$ hot. I as*ed hi& %hether he &eant that he had #een te!!in) !ies a#o"t &e. He said/ 78h$ not, I %anted Li+i!!a, and that7s ho% I )ot her.7 Then I t"rned to Li+i!!a and as*ed her %hether she had *no%n a#o"t this. She -retended to #e indi)nant and said that she *ne% nothin) a#o"t it at a!!, #"t that she #e!ie+ed Castor (a-a#!e o an$ (roo*ed dea!in). She or(ed o"t a tear or t%o and said that Castor %as rotten thro")h and thro")h and that no#od$ (o"!d e+er )"ess ho% &"(h she had s" ered ro& hi&, and that she %ished she %ere dead. 9es, that7s an o!d tri(* o hers. She (an (r$ %hene+er it s"its her. It ta*es e+er$one in. I I7d to!d $o" a!! that I *ne% o her, $o"7d ha+e hated &e -erha-s or a ti&e, #"t it %o"!d ha+e sa+ed $o" a!! this. Then %hat ha--ened3 This e+enin) she sent &e a +er#a! &essa)e #$ her !ad$in-%aitin) that Castor %o"!d -ro#a#!$ #e o"t a!! ni)ht on one o his "s"a! de#a"(hes and that %hen I sa% a !i)ht at 0MD2 her %indo% short!$ a ter &idni)ht I %as to (o&e to her. A %indo% %o"!d #e !e t o-en i&&ediate!$ "nderneath the !i)ht and I %as to (!i&# in 4"iet!$. She %anted to te!! &e so&ethin) +er$ i&-ortant. O (o"rse, that (o"!d on!$ &ean one thin) and it set &$ heart -o"ndin). I %aited in the )arden or ho"rs "nti! I sa% the !i)ht a--ear or a &o&ent at her %indo%. Then I o"nd the %indo% o-en #e!o% and (!i&#ed in. Li+i!!a7s &aid %as there and )"ided &e "-stairs. She sho%ed &e ho% to )et into Li+i!!a7s roo& #$ (!i&#in) a(ross ro& one #a!(on$ to another "nti! I rea(hed her %indo%, this %as to a+oid the )"ard -osted in the -assa)e near her door. 8e!!, I o"nd Li+i!!a %aitin) or &e in her dressin)-)o%n, %ith her hair do%n and !oo*in) in erna!!$ #ea"ti "!. She to!d &e ho% (r"e!!$ Castor had #eha+ed to her. She said that she o%ed hi& nothin) as a %i e, #e(a"se on his o%n (on ession he had &arried her #$ ra"d, and he had #eha+ed &ost #r"ta!!$ to her. She !"n) her ar&s aro"nd &e and I -i(*ed her "- and (arried her o+er to the #ed. I %as &ad %ith desire or her. Then s"dden!$ she #e)an to s(rea& and -"&&e!!ed &e, I tho")ht or the &o&ent that she had )one &ad, and -"t &$ hand o+er her &o"th to 4"iet her.-She str"))!ed ree, *no(*in) o+er a !itt!e ta#!e %ith a !a&- and a )!ass 1ar on it. Then she s(rea&ed Ra-eB Ra-eB and then the door %as #at tered do%n and in (a&e the Pa!a(e )"ard %ith tor(hes. G"ess %ho %as at their head3
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Castor3 Li+ia. She #ro")ht "s 1"st as %e %ere into A")"st"s7 -resen(e. Castor %as %ith hi&, tho")h Li+i!!a had to!d &e that he %as dinin) at the other side o the Cit$. A")"st"s dis&issed the )"ard, and Li+ia, %ho had hard!$ said a %ord "nti! then, #e)an her atta(* on &e. She to!d hi& that on his s"))estion she had )one to &$ 4"arters to a(4"aint &e -ri+ate!$ %ith OE&i!ia7s (har)es and as* &e %hat e5-!anation I had to o er. IE&i!iaB 8hi(h IE&i!ia3 M$ nie(e, I didn7t *no% she had an$thin) a)ainst $o". She hasn7t. She %as in the -!ot too. So Li+ia said that, not indin) &e in &$ 4"arters, she had &ade en4"iries and had #een to!d that the -atro! had seen &e sittin) in the )arden "nder a -ear tree on the so"th side. She sent a so!dier to ind &e #"t he (a&e #a(* and said that I %asn7t there #"t that he had so&ethin) s"s-i(io"s to re-ort/ a &an (!i&#in) ro& one "--er #a!(on$ to another 1"st a#o+e the s"ndia!. She *ne% %hose roo&s those %ere and %as )reat!$ a!ar&ed. B$ )ood !"(* she had arri+ed 1"st in ti&e. She had heard Li+i!!a7s s(rea&s or he!-/ I had #ro*en into her #edroo& #$ %a$ o the #a!(on$ and %as on the -oint o ra-in) her. The )"ards had #"rst do%n the door and -"!!ed &e a%a$ ro& 7the terri ied and ha! -na*ed $o"n) %o&an7. She had #ro")ht &e here at on(e, and Li+i!!a as a %itness. 8hi!e Li+ia %as te!!in) her stor$ that %hore Li+i!!a %as so##in) and hidin) her a(e. Her dressin)-)o%n %as ri--ed a(ross--she &"st ha+e torn it herse! de!i#erate!$. A")"st"s (a!!ed &e a #east and a sat$r and as*ed &e %hether I had )one &ad. O (o"rse, I (o"!dn7t den$ that I had #een in her #edroo& or e+en that I had #een &a*in) !o+e to her. I said that I had (o&e #$ in+itation, and tried to e5-!ain thin)s ro& the #e)innin), #"t Li+i!!a #e)an s(rea&in), 7It7s a !ie. It7s a !ie. I %as as!ee- and he (a&e in #$ the %indo% and tried to ra-e &e.7 Then Li+ia said, 7And I s"--ose $o"r nie(e IE&i!ia in+ited $o" to assa"!t her too3 9o" see& +er$ -o-"!ar %ith the $o"n) %o&en.7 That %as (!e+er o Li+ia. I had to 1"sti $ &$se! a#o"t IE&i!ia and !ea+e the Li+i!!a stor$. I to!d A")"st"s that I had dined %ith &$ sister ;"!i!!a the ni)ht #e ore and that OE&i!ia %as there, #"t that this %as the irst ti&e I had seen the )ir! or si5 &onths. I as*ed on %hat o((asion I %as s"--osed to ha+e assa"!ted her and A")"st"s said that I *ne% +er$ %e!! %hen it %as--a ter dinner in the te&-orar$ a#sen(e o her -arents %ho %ere (a!!ed a%a$ #$ an a!ar& o thie+es--and that I had on!$ #een -re+ented #$ the ret"rn o her -arents. The stor$ %as so ridi("!o"s that, "rio"s as I %as, I (o"!d not he!- !a")hin), #"t this in(reased A")"st"s7 ra)e. He %as a#o"t to rise ro& his i+or$ (hair and stri*e &e. I said/ I don7t "nderstand3 8as there rea!!$ an a!ar& o thie+es3 9es, and--E&i!ia and I %ere !e t a!one or a e% &in"tes, #"t the (on+ersation %as &ost #!a&e!ess and her )o+erness %as there. 8e %ere dis("ssin) r"it-trees and 0?=J2 )ar den--ests "nti! ;"! !!a and IS&i!i"s (a&e #a(* and said that it %as a a!se a!ar&. ;"!i!!a and E&i!ias aren7t in Li+ia7s -a$, $o" &a$ #e s"re--the$ hate her--so IE&i!ia &"st ha+e arran)ed it. I #e)an to thin* 4"i(*!$ %hat s-ite she he!d a)ainst &e, #"t I (o"!d re&e&#er nothin). S"dden!$ the e5-!anation o(("rred to &e. ;"!i!!a had to!d &e a se(ret that -OE&i!ia %as at !ast )ettin) %hat she %anted/ she %as to &arr$ A--i"s Si!an"s. 9o" *no% that $o"n) dand$, don7t $o"3
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9es. B"t I don7t o!!o%. It7s 4"ite si&-!e, I said to Li+ia/ 7IE&i!ia7s re%ard or this !ie is to #e &arria)e to Si!an"s, isn7t it3 And %hat does Li+i!!a )et3 Did $o" -ro&ise to -oison her -resent h"s#and and -ro+ide her %ith a handso&er one37 On(e I had &entioned -oison I *ne% that I %as doo&ed. So I de(ided to sa$ as &"(h as I (o"!d %hi!e I had the o--ort"nit$. I as*ed Li+ia 1"st ho% she had arran)ed the -oisonin) o &$ ather and #rothers and %hether she a+o"red s!o% -oisons or 4"i(* ones. C!a"di"s, do $o" thin* that she *i!!ed the&3 I7& s"re o it. 9o" dared as* her that3 It7s +er$ -ro#a#!e. I thin* she -oisoned &$ ather and &$ )rand ather, too, I said, and I don7t s"--ose the$ %ere her on!$ +i(ti&s. B"t I ha+e no -roo . Neither ha+e I, #"t I en1o$ed a(("sin) her o it. I sho"ted at the to- o &$ +oi(e so that ha! the Pa!a(e &"st ha+e heard. Li+ia h"rried ro& the roo& and (a!!ed the )"ard. I sa% Li+i!!a s&i!in). I &ade a )ra# at her throat #"t Castor )ot #et%een "s and she es(a-ed. Then I )ra--!ed %ith Castor and #ro*e his ar& and *no(*ed o"t t%o o his ront teeth on the &ar#!e !oor. B"t I did not str"))!e %ith the so!diers. It %o"!d ha+e #een "ndi)ni ied. Besides, the$ %ere ar&ed. T%o o the& he!d ea(h o &$ ar&s as A")"st"s th"ndered a#"se and threats at &e. He said that I a& to #e #anished or !i e to the &ost deso!ate is!and in his do&inions and that on!$ his "nnat"ra! da")hter (o"!d ha+e #o&e hi& so "nnat"ra! a )randson. I to!d hi& that in na&e he %as E&-eror o the Ro&ans #"t in a(t he %as !ess ree than the )ir! s!a+e o a dr"n*en #a%d&aster, and that one da$ his e$es %o"!d #e o-ened to the "nnat"ra! (ri&es and de(eits o his a#o&ina#!e %i e. B"t &ean%hi!e, I said, &$ !o+e and !o$a!t$ to hi& re&ained "n(han)ed. The h"e and (r$ %as no% so"ndin) thro")h the !o%er stor$ o o"r ho"se. Post"&"s said/ I don7t %ant to (o&-ro&ise $o", dear C!a"di"s. I &"st not #e o"nd in $o"r roo&. I I had a s%ord no% I7d "se it. Better to die i)htin) than to rot a%a$ on an is!and. Patien(e, Post"&"s. 9ie!d no% and $o"r (han(e %i!! (o&e !ater. I -ro&ise $o" it %i!! (o&e. 8hen Ger&ani("s *no%s the tr"th he7!! not rest "nti! $o"7re ree a)ain, and neither %i!! I. I $o" )et $o"rse! *i!!ed it %i!! on!$ #e a (hea- tri"&-h or Li+ia. 9o" and Ger&ani("s (an7t e5-!ain a%a$ a!! that e+iden(e a)ainst &e. 9o"7d on!$ )et $o"rse! into tro"#!e i $o" tried. The o--ort"nit$ %i!! (o&e, I sa$. Li+ia has had thin)s her o%n %a$ too !on) and she7!! )ro% (are!ess. She7s #o"nd to &a*e a s!i- soon. She %o"!dn7t #e h"&an i she didn7t. I don7t thin* she is h"&an, Post"&"s said. And %hen A")"st"s s"dden!$ rea!ises ho% he has #een de(ei+ed, don7t $o" thin* he7!! #e as &er(i!ess to%ards her as he %as to%ards $o"r &other3
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She7!! -oison hi& irst. Ger&ani("s and I %i!! see that she doesn7t. 8e7!! %arn hi&. Don7t des-air, Post"&"s. E+er$thin) %i!! #e a!! ri)ht in the end. I7!! %rite $o" !etters as o ten as I (an, and send $o" #oo*s to read. I7& not a raid o Li+ia. I $o" don7t )et &$ !etters $o"7!! *no% that the$ are #ein) he!d #a(*. Loo* (are "!!$ at the se+enth -a)e o an$ se%n-sheet #oo* that rea(hes $o" ro& &e. It %i!! ha+e a -ri+ate &essa)e or $o" I7!! %rite it in &i!* there. It7s a tri(* that the E)$-tians "se. The %ritin) is in+isi#!e "nti! $o" %ar& it in ront o a ire. Oh, !isten to those doors #an)in). 9o" &"st )o no%. The$7re at the end o the ne5t (orridor. Tears %ere in his e$es. He e&#ra(ed &e tender!$ %itho"t another %ord and %a!*ed 4"i(*!$ to the #a!(on$. He (!i&#ed o+er the ed)e, %a+ed his hand in are%e!! and s!id do%n the o!d +ine "- %hi(h he had (!i&#ed. I heard hi& r"nnin) a%a$ thro")h the )arden and a &o&ent !ater (ries and sho"ts ro& the )"ard. I ha+e no re(o!!e(tion at a!! o an$thin) that ha--ened or the ne5t &onth or &ore. I %as i!! a)ain/ so i!! that the$ ta!*ed o &e as a!read$ dead. B$ the ti&e that I #e)an to re(o+er, Ger&ani("s %as a!read$ at the %ars and Post"&"s had #een disinherited and #anished 0A.D. < or !i e. The is!and (hosen or hi& %as P!anasia. It !a$ a#o"t t%e!+e &i!es ro& E!#a in the dire(tion o Corsi(a and had not #een inha#ited %ithin h"&an &e&or$. B"t there %ere so&e -rehistori( stone h"ts on it %hi(h %ere (on+erted into !i+in) 4"arters or Post"&"s and a #arra(*s or the )"ard. P!anasia %as ro")h!$ trian)"!ar in sha-e, the !on)est side #ein) a#o"t i+e &i!es !on). It %as tree!ess and ro(*$ and on!$ +isited #$ the E!#a #oat&en in the s"&&er %hen the$ (a&e to #ait !o#ster--ots. B$ A")"st"s7 orders this -ra(ti(e %as dis(ontin"ed, or ear Post"&"s &i)ht #ri#e so&eone and es(a-e. Ti#eri"s %as no% A")"st"s7 so!e heir, %ith Ger&ani("s and Castor to (arr$ on the !ine a ter hi&--Li+ia7s !ine.

CHAPTER NII I: I 8ERE TO CON:INE M9 ACCOUNT O: THE ECENTS O: THE ne5t t%ent$- i+e $ears or &ore &ere!$ to &$ o%n -er or&an(es it %o"!d not (ost &e &"(h in -a-er and &a*e +er$ d"!! readin), #"t the !ater -art o this a"to#io)ra-h$, in %hi(h I i)"re &ore -ro&inent!$, %i!! on!$ #e inte!!i)i#!e i I (ontin"e here %ith the -ersona! histories o Li+ia, Ti#eri"s, Ger&ani("s, Post"&"s, Castor, Li+i!!a, and the rest, %hi(h are ar ro& d"!!, I -ro&ise $o". Post"&"s %as in e5i!e, and Ger&ani("s %as at the %ars, and on!$ Athenodor"s re&ained o &$ tr"e riends. Soon he !e t &e too, ret"rnin) to his nati+e Tars"s. I did not )r"d)e his )oin) #e(a"se he %ent at the "r)ent a--ea! o t%o o his ne-he%s there %ho #e))ed hi& to he!- hi& ree the (it$ ro& the t$rann$ o its )o+ernor. The$ %rote that this )o+ernor had insin"ated hi&se! so (!e+er!$ into their God A")"st"s7 )ood )ra(es that it
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%o"!d need the testi&on$ o a &an !i*e Athenodor"s, in %hose inte)rit$ their God A")"st"s had (o&-!ete (on iden(e, to -ers"ade their God A")"st"s that the e!!o%7s e5-"!sion %as 1"sti ied. Athenodor"s s"((eeded in riddin) the (it$ o this #!ood-s"(*er, #"t a ter%ards o"nd it i&-ossi#!e to ret"rn to Ro&e as he 7 had intended. He %as needed #$ his ne-he%s to he!- the& re#"i!d the (it$ ad&inistration on a ir& o"ndation. A")"st"s, to %ho& he %rote a detai!ed re-ort o his a(tions, sho%ed his )ratit"de and (on iden(e #$ )rantin) Tars"s, as a -ersona! a+o"r to hi&, a i+e $ears7 re&ission ro& the I&-eria! tri#"te. I (orres-onded re)"!ar!$ %ith the )ood o!d &an "nti! his death t%o $ears !ater at the a)e o ei)ht$-t%o. Tars"s hono"red his &e&or$ %ith an ann"a! esti+a! and sa(ri i(e, at %hi(h the !eadin) (iti6ens too* t"rns to read his Short Histor$ o Tars"s thro")h ro& #e)innin) to end, startin) at s"nrise and inishin) a ter s"nset. Ger&ani("s %rote to &e o((asiona!!$, #"t his !etters %ere as #rie as the$ %ere a e(tionate/ a rea!!$ )ood (o&&ander has no ti&e or %ritin) !etters ho&e to his a&i!$, his entire ti&e #et%een (a&-ai)ns #ein) s-ent in )ettin) to *no% his &en and o i(ers, in st"d$in) their (o& ort, in in(reasin) their &i!itar$ e i(ien($, and in )atherin) in or&ation a#o"t the dis-osition and -!ans o his ene&$. Ger&ani("s %as one o the &ost (ons(ientio"s (o&&anders %ho e+er ser+ed in the Ro&an ar&$--and &ore #e!o+ed e+en than o"r ather. I %as +er$ -ro"d %hen he %rote as*in) &e to &a*e or hi&, as 4"i(*!$ and thoro")h!$ as I (o"!d, a di)est o a!! re!ia#!e re-orts that I (o"!d ind in the !i#raries on the do&esti( ("sto&s o the +ario"s Ba!*an tri#es a)ainst %ho& he %as i)htin), the stren)th and )eo)ra-hi(a! sit"ation o their (ities, and their traditiona! &i!ita1$ ta(ti(s and r"ses, -arti("!ar!$ in )"erri!!a %ar are. He said that he (o"!d not )et eno")h re!ia#!e in or&ation !o(a!!$/ Ti#eri"s had #een &ost "n(o&&"ni(ati+e. 8ith S"!-i(i"s7 he!- and a s&a!! )ro"- o -ro essiona! resear(h&en and (o-$ists %or*in) ni)ht and da$ I &ana)ed to )et to)ether e5a(t!$ %hat he %anted and sent o a (o-$ to hi& %ithin a &onth or his as*in) or it. I %as -ro"der than e+er %hen he %rote to &e not !on) a ter%ards or an 0MF2, edition o t%ent$ (o-ies o the #oo* or (ir("!ation a&on) his senior o i(ers, or it had a!read$ -ro+ed o the )reatest ser+i(e to hi&. He said that e+er$ -ara)ra-h %as (!ear and re!e+ant, the &ost "se "! se(tions #ein) those )i+in) -arti("!ars o the se(ret e5tra-tri#a! &i!itar$ #rotherhood a)ainst %hi(h, rather than a)ainst the tri#es the&se!+es, the %ar %as #ein) o")ht, and o the +ario"s sa(red trees and #"shes---a di erent sort %as re+eren(ed #$ ea(h tri#e--"nder %hose -rote(ti+e shade the tri#es&en %ere a(("sto&ed to #"r$ their stores o (orn, &one$ and %ea-ons %hen the$ had to a#andon their +i!!a)es in a h"rr$. He -ro&ised to te!! Ti#eri"s and A")"st"s o &$ +a!"a#!e ser+i(es. No -"#!i( &ention o this #oo* %as &ade, -erha-s #e(a"se i the ene&$ had heard o its e5isten(e the$ %o"!d ha+e &odi ied their ta(ti(s and dis-ositions. As it %as, the$ #e!ie+ed that the$ %ere #ein) (onstant!$ #etra$ed #$ in or&ers, A")"st"s re%arded &e "no i(ia!!$ #$ a--ointin) &e to a +a(an($ in the A")"rs7 Co!!e)e, #"t it %as (!ear that he )a+e a!! the (redit or the (o&-i!ation to S"!-i(i"s, tho")h S"!-i(i"s did not %rite a %ord--he &ere!$ o"nd &e so&e o the #oo*s. One o &$ (hie a"thorities %as Po!!io, %hose Da!&atian (a&-ai)n #ad #een a &ode! o &i!itar$ thoro")hness (o&#ined %ith #ri!!iant inte!!i)en(e%or*. Tho")h his a((o"nt o !o(a! ("sto&s and (onditions see&ed near!$ i t$ $ears o"t o date, Ger&ani("s o"nd &$ e5tra(ts ro& it &ore he!- "! than an$ &ore re(ent (a&-ai)n-histor$. I %ished Po!!io had #een a!i+e to hear that. I to!d Li+$ instead, %ho said rather (ross!$ that he had ne+er denied Po!!io (redit or %ritin) (o&-etent &i!itar$ te5t#oo*s, he had &ere!$ denied hi& the tit!e o historian in the hi)her sense. I &"st add to this that i I had #een &ore ta(t "! I a& -rett$ s"re that A")"st"s %o"!d ha+e (o&&ended &e in his
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s-ee(h to the Senate at the (on(!"sion o the %ar. B"t &$ re eren(es to his o%n Ba!*an (a&-ai)ns had #een e%er than the$ &i)ht ha+e #een had he %ritten a detai!ed a((o"nt o it, as Po!!io did o his, or, i the o i(ia! historians had #een !ess (on(erned %ith !atterin) their E&-eror, and &ore %ith re(ordin) his s"((esses and re+erses in an "n-re1"di(ed, te(hni(a! %a$. I (o"!d e5tra(t !itt!e or no "se "! &atter ro& these e"!o)ies and A")"st"s in readin) &$ #oo* &"st ha+e e!t hi&se! s!i)hted. He identi ied hi&se! so (!ose!$ %ith the s"((ess o the %ar that d"rin) the !ast t%o (a&-ai)nin) seasons he &o+ed ro& Ro&e to a to%n on the North-East rontier o Ita!$, to #e as near as he (o"!d to the i)htin), and as Co&&ander-in-Chie o the Ro&an Ar&ies he %as (ontin"a!!$ sendin) Ti#eri"s not +er$ he!- "! &i!itar$ ad+i(e. I %as no% %or*in) on an a((o"nt o &$ )rand ather7s -art in the Ci+i! 8ars/ #"t I had not )one +er$ ar #e ore I %as on(e &ore sto--ed #$ Li+ia. I on!$ &ana)ed to (o&-!ete t%o +o!"&es. She to!d &e that I %as no &ore (a-a#!e o %ritin) a !i e o &$ )rand ather than a !i e o &$ ather and that I had #eha+ed dishonest!$ in startin) it #ehind her #a(*. I I %anted a "se "! e&-!o$&ent or &$ -en, I had #etter (hoose a s"#1e(t that did not a!!o% o so &"(h &isre-resentation. She o ered &e one/ the reor)anisation o re!i)ion #$ A")"st"s sin(e the Pa(i i(ation. It %as not an e5(itin) s"#1e(t, #"t had not #een treated #e ore in an$ detai! and I %as 4"ite %i!!in) to "nderta*e it. A")"st"s7 re!i)io"s re or&s had #een a!&ost %itho"t e5(e-tion e5(e!!ent, he #ad re+i+ed se+era! an(ient so(ieties o -riests, #"i!t and endo%ed ei)ht$-t%o ne% te&-!es in Ro&e and its en+irons, reedi ied n"&ero"s o!d ones that %ere a!!in) into de(a$, introd"(ed orei)n ("!ts or the #ene it o +isitin) -ro+in(ia!s and re-instit"ted a n"&#er o interestin) o!d -"#!i( esti+a!s that had #een a!!o%ed to !a-se one a ter the other d"rin) the (i+i! dist"r#an(es o the -re+io"s ha! -(ent"r$. I %ent into the s"#1e(t +er$ (!ose!$ and (o&-!eted &$ s"r+e$ %ithin a e% da$s o the death o A")"st"s si5 $ears !ater. It %as in ort$-one +o!"&es, a+era)in) i+e tho"sand %ords a-ie(e, #"t a )reat dea! o this (onsisted o trans(ri-ts o re!i)io"s de(rees, no&ina! !ists o -riests, (ata!o)"es o )i ts &ade to te&-!e treas"ries and so on. The &ost +a!"a#!e +o!"&e %as the introd"(tor$ one dea!in) %ith -ri&iti+e rit"a! at Ro&e. Here I o"nd &$se! in di i("!ties, #e(a"se A")"st"s7 rit"a!isti( re or&s %ere #ased on the indin)s o a re!i)io"s (o&&ission %hi(h had not done its %or* -ro-er!$. There had a--arent!$ #een no anti4"arian e5-ert a&on) the (o&&issioners, so that a n"&#er o )ross &is"nderstandin)s o an(ient re!i)io"s or&"!as had #een e&#odied in the ne% o i(ia! !it"r)ies. No#od$ %ho has not &ade a st"d$ o the Etr"s(an and Sa#ine !an)"a)es is (a-a#!e o (orre(t!$ inter-retin) the &ore an(ient o o"r re!i)io"s in(antations, and I de+oted a )reat dea! o &$ ti&e to &asterin) the r"di&ents o #oth. At this ti&e there %ere a e% (o"ntr$&en %ho sti!! ta!*ed nothin) #"t Sa#ine in the ho&e and I -ers"aded t%o o the& to (o&e to Ro&e and -ro+ide Pa!!as, %ho %as no% a(tin) as &$ se(retar$, %ith &ateria! or a short Sa#ine di(tionar$. I -aid the& %e!! or this. Ga!!on, the #est o &$ other se(retaries, I sent to Ca-"a to (o!!e(t &ateria! or a si&i!ar di(tionar$ o the Etr"s(an !an)"a)e ro& Ar"ns, the -riest %ho had )i+en &e the in or&ation a#o"t Lars Porsena %hi(h had so -!eased Po!!io and so dis)"sted Li+$. These t%o di(tionaries, %hi(h !ater I en!ar)ed and -"#!ished, ena#!ed &e to (!ear "-, to &$ o%n satis a(tion, a n"&#er o o"tstandin) -ro#!e&s o an(ient re!i)io"s %orshi-s, #"t I had !earned to #e (are "! and nothin) that I %rote re !e(ted on A")"st"s7 s(ho!arshi- or 1"d)&ent.
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I %i!! not s-end an$ ti&e on an a((o"nt o the Ba!*an 8ar, #e$ond sa$in) that in s-ite o the %ise )enera!shi- o &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s, the a#!e assistan(e )i+en hi& #$ &$ ather-in-!a% Si!+an"s, and the dashin) e5-!oits o Ger&ani("s, it dra))ed on or three $ears. In the end the %ho!e (o"ntr$ %as red"(ed, and -ra(ti(a!!$ &ade into a desert, #e(a"se these tri#es, &en and %o&en, o")ht %ith e5traordinar$ des-eration and on!$ a(*no%!ed)ed de eat %hen ire, a&ine and -!a)"e had &ore than ha!+ed the -o-"!ation. 8hen the re#e! !eaders (a&e to Ti#eri"s to treat or -ea(e he 4"estioned the& (!ose!$. He %anted to *no% %h$ the$ had ta*en it into their heads to re+o!t in the irst instan(e and then to o er so des-erate a resistan(e. The (hie re#e!, a &an (a!!ed Bato, ans%ered/ 9o" $o"rse!+es are to #!a&e. 9o" send as )"ardians o $o"r !o(*s neither she-herds nor %at(h-do)s, #"t %o!+es. This %as not e5a(t!$ tr"e. A")"st"s (hose the )o+ernors o his rontier -ro+in(es hi&se! and -aid the& a s"#stantia! sa!ar$ and sa% to it that the$ did not di+ert an$ o the I&-eria! re+en"es into their o%n -o(*ets. Ta5es %ere -aid dire(t!$ to the&, no !on)er ar&ed o"t to "n-rin(i-!ed ta5-(o!!e(tin) (o&-anies. A")"st"s7 )o+ernors %ere ne+er %o!+es, as had #een &ost o the re-"#!i(an )o+ernors, %hose on!$ interest in their -ro+in(es %as ho% &"(h the$ (o"!d s4"ee6e o"t o the&. Man$ o the& %ere )ood %at(h-do)s and so&e %ere e+en honest she-herds. B"t it o ten ha--ened that A")"st"s %o"!d "nintentiona!!$ -"t the ta5 at too hi)h a rate, dis(o"ntin) the distress (a"sed #$ a #ad har+est or a (att!e -!a)"e or an earth4"a*e, and rather than (o&-!ain to hi& that the assess&ent %as too hi)h the )o+ernors %o"!d (o!!e(t it to the !ast -enn$, e+en at the ris* o re+o!t. :e% o the& too* an$ -ersona! interest in the -eo-!e the$ %ere s"--osed to )o+ern. A )o+ernor %o"!d sett!e in the Ro&ani6ed (a-ita! to%n, %here there %ere ine ho"ses and theatres and te&-!es and -"#!i( #aths and &ar*ets, and ne+er thin* o +isitin) the o"t!$in) distri(ts o his -ro+in(e. The rea! )o+ernin) %as done #$ de-"ties and #$ de-"ties o de-"ties and there &"st ha+e #een a )reat dea! o -ett$ 1a(*-in-o i(e o--ression #$ the s&a!!er &en/ -erha-s it %as these %ho& Bato (a!!ed %o!+es, tho")h !eas %o"!d ha+e #een a #etter %ord. There (an #e no do"#t that "nder A")"st"s the -ro+in(es %ere in inite!$ &ore -ros-ero"s than "nder the Re-"#!i(, and "rther that the ho&e--ro+in(es, %hi(h %ere )o+erned #$ no&inees o the Senate, %ere not near!$ so %e!! o as the rontier--ro+in(es )o+erned #$ A")"st"s7 no&inees. This (o&-arison -ro+ided one o the e% -!a"si#!e ar)"&ents that I e+er heard ad+an(ed a)ainst re-"#!i(an )o+ern&ent, tho")h #ased on the "ntena#!e h$-othesis that the standard o -ersona! &ora!it$ a&on) the !eadin) &en o an a+era)e re-"#!i( is !i*e!$ to #e !o%er than the -ersona! &ora!it$ o an a+era)e a#so!"te &onar(h and his (hosen s"#ordinates, and on the a!!a($ that the 4"estion o ho% the -ro+in(es are )o+erned is &ore i&-ortant than the 4"estion o %hat ha--ens in the Cit$. To re(o&&end a &onar(h$ on a((o"nt o the -ros-erit$ it )i+es the -ro+in(es see&s to &e !i*e re(o&&endin) that a &an sho"!d ha+e !i#ert$ to treat his (hi!dren as s!a+es, i at the sa&e ti&e he treats his s!a+es %ith reasona#!e (onsideration. :or this (ost!$ and %aste "! %ar a )reat tri"&-h %as de(reed #$ the Senate or A")"st"s and Ti#eri"s. It %i!! #e re(a!!ed that no% on!$ A")"st"s hi&se! or &e&#ers o his a&i!$ %ere to #e -er&itted a -ro-er tri"&-h, other 0?JD2 )enera!s #ein) a%arded %hat %ere (a!!ed tri"&-ha! orna&ents. Ger&ani("s, tho")h a Cassar, %as )ranted on!$ these orna&ents, on te(hni(a! 0A.D. F )ro"nds. A")"st"s &i)ht ha+e stret(hed the -oint #"t %as so )rate "! to Ti#eri"s or his s"((ess "! (ond"(t o the %ar that he did not %ish to anta)onise hi& #$ )i+in) Ger&ani("s e4"a! hono"rs %ith hi&. Ger&ani("s %as a!so raised a de)ree in &a)isteria! ran*, and a!!o%ed to #e(o&e Cons"!
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se+era! $ears #e ore the ("sto&ar$ a)e. Castor, tho")h he had ta*en no -art in the %ar, %as )ranted the -ri+i!e)e o attendin) &eetin)s o the Senate #e ore #e(o&in) a &e&#er o it, and %as a!so ad+an(ed a de)ree in &a)isteria! ran*. At Ro&e the -o-"!a(e %as !oo*in) or%ard %ith e5(ite&ent to the tri"&-h, %hi(h %o"!d &ean !ar)esse in (orn and &one$ and a!! sorts o )ood thin)s/ #"t a )reat disa--oint&ent %as in store or the&. A &onth #e ore the date i5ed or the tri"&-h a terri#!e o&en %as o#ser+ed--in Mars :ie!d the te&-!e o the 8ar God %as str"(* #$ !i)htnin) and near!$ destro$ed--and a e% da$s !ater ne%s (a&e thro")h ro& Ger&an$ o the hea+iest &i!itar$ re+erse s" ered #$ Ro&an ar&s sin(e Can-has, I &i)ht e+en sa$ sin(e The A!!ia, not 4"ite o"r h"ndred $ears #e ore. Three re)i&ents had #een &assa(red and a!! (on4"ests east o the Rhine had #een !ost at a stro*e, it see&ed that there %as nothin) to -re+ent the Ger&ans (rossin) the ri+er and !a$in) %aste the three sett!ed and -ros-ero"s -ro+in(es o :ran(e. I ha+e a!read$ to!d o the (r"shin) e e(t that this ne%s had on A")"st"s. He e!t it so stron)!$ #e(a"se he %as not on!$ o i(ia!!$ res-onsi#!e or the disaster, as the &an (har)ed #$ the Ro&an Senate and -eo-!e %ith the se("rit$ o a!! rontiers, #"t &ora!!$ res-onsi#!e as %e!!. The disaster had #een d"e to his i&-r"den(e in tr$in) to or(e (i+i!i6ation on the #ar#arians too ra-id!$. The Ger&ans (on4"ered #$ &$ ather had #een )rad"a!!$ ada-tin) the&se!+es to Ro&an %a$s, !earnin) the "se o (oina)e, ho!din) re)"!ar &ar*ets, #"i!din) and "rnishin) ho"ses in (i+i!ised st$!e, and e+en &eetin) in asse&#!ies that did not end, as their or&er asse&#!ies had a!%a$s ended, in ar&ed #att!es. The$ %ere a!!ies in na&e and i the$ had #een a!!o%ed to or)et their o!d #ar#aro"s %a$s )rad"a!!$ and to re!$ on the Ro&an )arrison to -rote(t the& ro& their sti!! "n(i+i!ised nei)h#o"rs %hi!e the$ en1o$ed the !"5"ries o -ro+in(ia! -ea(e, the$ %o"!d no do"#t in a (o"-!e o )enerations or !ess ha+e )ro%n as -ea(e "! and do(i!e as the :ren(h o Pro+en(e. B"t Car"s, a (onne(tion o &ine, %ho& A")"st"s a--ointed Go+ernor o Ger&an$ A(ross the Rhine, #e)an treatin) the& not as a!!ies #"t as a s"#1e(t ra(e/ he %as a +i(io"s &an and sho%ed !itt!e re)ard or the e5traordinari!$ stron) ee!in)s that Ger&ans ha+e a#o"t the (hastit$ o their %o&en- o!*. Then A")"st"s needed &one$ or the &i!itar$ treas"r$ %hi(h the Ba!*an 8ar had e&-tied. He i&-osed a n"&#er o ne% ta5es ro& %hi(h the A(ross-Rhine Ger&ans %ere not e5e&-ted. Car"s ad+ised hi& as to the -a$in) (a-a(it$ o the -ro+in(e and in his 6ea! assessed it too hi)h. There %ere in Car"s7 (a&- t%o Ger&an (hie tains, Her&ann and Sie)&$r)th, %ho s-o*e Latin !"ent!$ and a--eared to #e (o&-!ete!$ Ro&ani6ed. Her&ann had (o&&anded Ger&an a"5i!iaries in a -re+io"s %ar and his !o$a!t$ %as "n4"estioned. He had s-ent so&e ti&e in Ro&e and had a(t"a!!$ #een enro!!ed a&on) the no#!e *ni)hts. These t%o o ten ate at Car"s7 ta#!e and %ere on ter&s o the &ost inti&ate riendshi- %ith hi&. The$ en(o"ra)ed hi& to s"--ose that their (o&-atriots %ere no !ess !o$a! and )rate "! to Ro&e or the #ene its o (i+i!i6ation than the$ the&se!+es %ere. B"t the$ %ere in (onstant se(ret (o&&"ni(ation %ith &a!(ontent e!!o%(hie tains %ho& the$ -ers"aded or the ti&e #ein) to &a*e no ar&ed resistan(e to the Ro&an -o%er and to -a$ their ta5es %ith the )reatest -ossi#!e sho% o %i!!in)ness. Soon the$ %o"!d #e )i+en the si)na! or a &ass-re+o!t. Her&ann, %hose na&e &eans %arrior, and Sie)&$r)th--or !et "s (a!! hi& Se)i&er"s--%hose na&e &eans 1o$ "! +i(tor$, %ere too (!e+er or Car"s. Me&#ers o his sta %ere (onstant!$ %arnin) hi& that the Ger&ans %ere "nnat"ra!!$ %e!!-#eha+ed o re(ent &onths and that the$ %ere tr$in) to disar& his s"s-i(ions #e ore &a*in) a
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s"dden risin), #"t he !a")hed at the s"))estion. He said that the Ger&ans %ere a +er$ st"-id ra(e and in(a-a#!e either o thin*in) o"t an$ s"(h -!an or o e5e("tin) it %itho"t )i+in) the se(ret a%a$ !on) 03J2 #e ore the ti&e %as ri-e. Their do(i!it$ %as &ere (o%ardi(e. The harder $o" hit a Ger&an the &ore he res-e(ted $o", he %as arro)ant in -ros-erit$ and inde-enden(e #"t on(e de eated (a&e (ra%!in) to $o"r eet !i*e a do) and *e-t to hee! e+er a ter%ards. He re "sed e+en to heed %arnin)s )i+en hi& #$ another Ger&an (hie tain %ho had a )r"d)e a)ainst Her&ann and sa% ar into his desi)ns. Instead o *ee-in) his or(es (on(entrated, as he sho"!d ha+e done in an on!$ -artia!!$ s"#d"ed (o"ntr$, he #ro*e the& "-. On the se(ret instr"(tions o Her&ann and Se)i&er"s, o"t!$in) (o&&"nities sent Car"s re4"ests or &i!itar$ -rote(tion a)ainst #andits and or es(orts to (on+o$s o &er(handise ro& :ran(e. Ne5t (a&e an ar&ed "-risin) at the Eastern e5tre&it$ o the -ro+in(e. A ta5-(o!!e(tor and his sta %ere &"rdered. 8hen Car"s )athered his a+ai!a#!e or(es or a -"niti+e e5-edition, Her&ann and Se)i&er"s es(orted hi& or -art o his 1o"rne$ and then e5("sed the&se!+es ro& "rther attendan(e, -ro&isin) to asse&#!e their a"5i!iar$ or(es and (o&e to his he!-, i needed, as soon as he sent or the&. These a"5i!iaries %ere a!read$ "nder ar&s and in a&#"sh a e% da$s7 1o"rne$ ahead o Car"s on his !ine o &ar(h. The t%o (hie tains no% sent %ord to the o"t!$in) (o&&"nities to a!! "-on the Ro&an deta(h&ent sent or their -rote(tion and not to !et a &an es(a-e. No ne%s (a&e to Car"s a#o"t this &assa(re #e(a"se there %ere no s"r+i+ors, and he %as, in an$ (ase, o"t o to"(h %ith his head4"arters. The road he %as o!!o%in) %as a &ere orest tra(*. B"t he did not ta*e the -re(a"tion o -"ttin) o"t an ad+an(e-)"ard o s*ir&ishers or !an*-)"ards, #"t !et the %ho!e or(e--%hi(h (ontained a !ar)e n"&#er o non-(o&#atants--strin) o"t in a disorder!$ (o!"&n %ith as !itt!e -re(a"tion as i he had #een %ithin i t$ &i!es o Ro&e. The &ar(h %as +er$ s!o% #e(a"se he had (onstant!$ to #e e!!in) trees and #rid)in) strea&s to ena#!e the (o&&issariat (arts to )et a(ross, and this )a+e ti&e or h")e n"&#ers o tri#es&en to 1oin the a&#"shin) or(es. The %eather s"dden!$ #ro*e, a do%n-o"r o rain !astin) or t%ent$- o"r ho"rs or &ore soa*ed the &en7s !eather shie!ds, &a*in) the& too hea+$ or i)htin), and -"ttin) the ar(hers7 #o%s o"t o (o&&ission. The (!a$ tra(* #e(a&e so s!i--er$ that it %as di i("!t to *ee- one7s ootin) and the (arts %ere (onstant!$ )ettin) st"(*. The distan(e #et%een the head and tai! o the (o!"&n in(reased. Then a s&o*e si)na! %ent "- ro& a nei)h#o"rin) hi!! and the Ger&ans s"dden!$ atta(*ed ro& ront, rear and #oth !an*s. The Ger&ans %ere no &at(h or the Ro&ans in air i)ht and Car"s had not &"(h e5a))erated their (o%ardi(e. At irst the$ on!$ dared to atta(* stra))!ers and trans-ort dri+ers, a+oidin) hand-to-hand i)htin) #"t !in)in) +o!!e$s o asse)ais and darts ro& #ehind (o+er, and r"nnin) #a(* into the orest i a Ro&an so &"(h as shoo* a s%ord and sho"ted. B"t the$ (a"sed &an$ (as"a!ties #$ these ta(ti(s. Parties !ed #$ Her&ann, Se)i&er"s and other (hie tains &ade #!o(*s on the road #$ %hee!in) (a-t"red (arts to)ether, #rea*in) their %hee!s and e!!in) trees a(ross the %re(*a)e. The$ &ade se+era! o these #!o(*s and !e t tri#es&en #ehind the& to harass the so!diers %hen the$ tried to (!ear the& a%a$. This so de!a$ed the &en at the tai! o the (o!"&n that, a raid o !osin) to"(h, the$ a#andoned a!! the (arts %hi(h %ere sti!! in their -ossession and h"rried or%ard, ho-in) tiat the Ger&ans %o"!d #e so #"s$ -!"nderin) that the$ %o"!d not ret"rn to the atta(* or so&e ti&e. The !eadin) re)i&ent had rea(hed a hi!! %here there %ere not &an$ trees #e(a"se o a re(ent orest ire and here the$ or&ed "- in sa et$ and %aited or the other t%o. The$ sti!! had their trans-ort and had on!$ !ost a e%
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h"ndred &en. The other t%o re)i&ents %ere s" erin) &"(h &ore hea+i!$. Men )ot se-arated ro& their (o&-anies, and ne% "nits %ere or&ed o ro& i t$ to t%o h"ndred &en a-ie(e, ea(h %ith a rear-)"ard, an ad+an(e-)"ard and !an*-)"ards. The !an*-)"ards (o"!d on!$ )o or%ard +er$ s!o%!$ #e(a"se o the denseness and &arshiness o the orest and re4"ent!$ !ost to"(h %ith their !itt!e "nits, the ad+an(e-)"ards !ost hea+i!$ at the #arri(ades and the rear-)"ards %ere (onstant!$ #ein) asse)aied ro& #ehind. 8hen the ro!! %as (a!!ed that ni)ht Car"s o"nd that near!$ a third o his or(e %as *i!!ed or &issin). The ne5t da$ he o")ht his %a$ into o-en (o"ntr$, #"t he had #een o#!i)ed to a#andon the re&ainder o his trans-ort. :ood %as s(ar(e and on the third da$ he 03<2 had to -!"n)e into the orest a)ain. The (as"a!ties on the se(ond da$ had not #een se+ere, or a !ar)e n"&#er o the ene&$ %ere o(("-ied -!"nderin) the %a)ons and (arr$in) the !oot a%a$ %ith the&, #"t %hen the ro!! %as (a!!ed on the e+enin) o the third da$ on!$ a 4"arter o the ori)ina! or(e %ere -resent to ans%er their na&es. On the o"rth da$ Car"s %as sti!! ad+an(in), or he %as too %ron)headed to ad&it de eat and a#andon his ori)ina! o#1e(ti+e, #"t the %eather, %hi(h had i&-ro+ed so&e%hat, no% #e(a&e %orse than e+er, and the Ger&ans, %ho %ere a(("sto&ed to hea+$ rain, )re% #o!der and #o!der as the$ sa% resistan(e %ea*enin). The$ (a&e to (!oser 4"arters. A#o"t noon Car"s sa% that a!! %as o+er and *i!!ed hi&se! rather than a!! a!i+e into the hands o the ene&$. Most o the senior o i(ers s"r+i+in) o!!o%ed his e5a&-!e, and &an$ o the &en. On!$ one o i(er *e-t his head--the sa&e Cassi"s C#aerea %ho o")ht that da$ in the a&-hitheatre. He %as (o&&andin) the rear-)"ard, (o&-osed o &o"ntaineers ro& Sa+o$, %ho %ere &ore at ho&e in a orest than &ost, and %hen ne%s (a&e #$ a ")iti+e that Car"s %as dead, the Ea)!es (a-t"red and not three h"ndred &en o the &ain #od$ !e t on their eet. He deter&ined to sa+e %hat he (o"!d ro& the s!a")hter. He t"rned his or(e a#o"t and #ro*e thro")h the ene&$ %ith a s"dden (har)e. Cassi"s7 )reat (o"ra)e, so&ethin) o %hi(h he &ana)ed to (on+e$ to his &en, a%ed the Ger&ans. The$ !e t this s&a!! reso!"te #od$ o &en a!one and ran or%ard to &a*e easier (on4"ests. It stands as -erha-s the inest so!dierin) eat o &odern ti&es that o the h"ndred and t%ent$ &en %ho& Cassi"s had %ith hi& %hen he t"rned a#o"t he &ana)ed a ter ei)ht da$s7 &ar(h thro")h hosti!e (o"ntr$ to #rin) ei)ht$ sa e!$ #a(*, "nder the (o&-an$ #anner, to the ortress ro& %hi(h he had set o"t t%ent$ da$s -re+io"s!$. It is di i("!t to (on+e$ an i&-ression o the -ani( that rei)ned at Ro&e %hen the r"&o"rs o the disaster %ere (on ir&ed. Peo-!e started -a(*in) "- their #e!on)in)s and !oadin) the& on (arts as i the Ger&ans %ere a!read$ at the Cit$ )ates. And indeed there %as )ood reason or an5iet$. The !osses in the Ba!*an 8ar had #een so hea+$ that near!$ a!! the a+ai!a#!e reser+es o i)htin) &en in Ita!$ had #een "sed "-. A")"st"s %as at his %its7 end to ind an ar&$ to send o"t "nder Ti#eri"s to se("re the Rhine #rid)eheads, %hi(h a--arent!$ the Ger&ans had not $et sei6ed. O Ro&an (iti6ens %ho %ere !ia#!e or ser+i(e e% (a&e or%ard %i!!in)!$ on the -"#!i(ation o the order (a!!in) the& "-, to &ar(h a)ainst the Ger&ans see&ed !i*e )oin) to (ertain death. A")"st"s then iss"ed a se(ond order that o those %ho did not o er the&se!+es %ithin three da$s e+er$ i th &an %o"!d #e disen ran(hised and de-ri+ed o a!! his -ro-ert$. Man$ h"n) #a(* e+en a ter this, so he e5e("ted a e% as an e5a&-!e and or(ed the re&ainder into the ran*s, %here so&e o the&, as a &atter o a(t, &ade 4"ite )ood
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so!diers. He a!so (a!!ed "- a (!ass o &en o+er thirt$- i+e $ears o a)e and re-en!isted a n"&#er o +eterans %ho had (o&-!eted their si5teen $ears %ith the (o!o"rs. 8ith these and a re)i&ent or t%o (o&-osed o reed&en, %ho %ere not nor&a!!$ !ia#!e or ser+i(e 0tho")h Ger&ani("s7 rein or(e&ents in the Ba!*an 8ar had (onsisted !ar)e!$ o s"(h2, he #"i!t "- 4"ite an i&-osin) or(e and sent ea(h (o&-an$ o North on its o%n as soon as it %as ar&ed and e4"i--ed. It %as the )reatest sha&e and )rie to &e that in this ho"r o Ro&e7s s"-re&e need I %as in(a-a#!e o ser+in) as a so!dier in her de en(e. I %ent to A")"st"s and #e))ed to #e sent o"t in so&e (a-a(it$ %here &$ #odi!$ %ea*ness %o"!d not #e a disa#i!it$/ I s"))ested )oin) as inte!!i)en(e o i(er to Ti#eri"s and "nderta*in) s"(h "se "! tas*s as (o!!e(tin) and (o!!atin) re-orts o ene&$ &o+e&ents, 4"estionin) -risoners, &a*in) &a-s, and )i+in) s-e(ia! instr"(tions to s-ies. :ai!in) this a--oint&ent 0 or %hi(h I (onsidered &$se! 4"a!i ied #e(a"se I had &ade a (!ose st"d$ o the (a&-ai)ns in Ger&an$ and had !earned to thin* in an order!$ %a$ and to dire(t (!er*s2 I +o!"nteered to a(t as Ti#eri"s7 G"arter&aster-Genera!/ I %o"!d indent to Ro&e or ne(essar$ &i!itar$ s"--!ies, and (he(* and distri#"te the& on their arri+a! at the #ase. A")"st"s see&ed -!eased that I had (o&e or%ard so %i!!in)!$ and said that he %o"!d s-ea* to Ti#eri"s a#o"t &$ o er. B"t nothin) (a&e o it. Perha-s Ti#eri"s #e!ie+ed &e in(a-a#!e o an$ "se "! ser+i(e, -erha-s he %as &ere!$ anno$ed at &$ (o&in) or%ard %ith this re4"est %hen his son Castor had h"n) #a(* and had -ers"aded A")"st"s to send hi& to raise and train 0IJF2 troo-s in the So"th o Ita!$. Ho%e+er, Ger&ani("s %as in the sa&e (ase as &$se! , %hi(h %as so&e (o& ort. He had +o!"nteered or ser+i(e in Ger&an$, #"t A")"st"s needed hi& at Ro&e, %here he %as +er$ -o-"!ar, to he!- hi& 4"e!! the (i+i! dist"r#an(es %hi(h he eared &i)ht #rea* o"t as soon as the troo-s had !e t the Cit$. Mean%hi!e the Ger&ans h"nted do%n a!! the ")iti+es ro& Car"s7 ar&$ and sa(ri i(ed s(ores o the& to their orest-)ods, #"rnin) the& a!i+e in %i(*er (a)es. The re&ainder the$ he!d as (a-ti+es. 0So&e o the& %ere !ater ranso&ed #$ their re!ati+es at an e5tra+a)ant!$ hi)h -ri(e, #"t A")"st"s or#ade the& e+er to enter Ita!$ a)ain.2 The Ger&ans a!so en1o$ed a !on) s"((ession o tre&endo"s drin*in)-#o"ts on the (a-t"red %ine, and 4"arre!!ed #!oodi!$ o+er the )!or$ and -!"nder. It %as a !on) ti&e #e ore the$ #e(a&e a(ti+e a)ain and rea!ised ho% !itt!e o--osition the$ %o"!d &eet i the$ &ar(hed to the Rhine. B"t as soon as the %ine #e)an to )i+e o"t the$ atta(*ed the %ea*!$-he!d rontier- ortresses and one #$ one (a-t"red and sa(*ed the&. On!$ a sin)!e ortress -"t "- a de(ent resistan(e/ it %as the one he!d #$ Cassi"s. The Ger&ans %o"!d ha+e o(("-ied this as easi!$-as the rest #e(a"se the )arrison %as s&a!!, #"t Her&ann and Se)i&er"s %ere e!se%here and none o the rest "nderstood the Ro&an art o sie)e-%ar are %ith (ata-"!ts, &an)one!s, the tortoise, and sa--in). Cassi"s had a #i) s"--!$ o #o%s and arro%s in his ortress and ta")ht e+er$one, e+en the %o&en and s!a+es, to "se the&. He s"((ess "!!$ #eat o se+era! %i!d atta(*s on the )ates and had )reat -ots o #oi!in) %ater a!%a$s read$ to -o"r on an$ Ger&ans %ho atte&-ted to s(a!e the %a!!s %ith !adders. The Ger&ans %ere so #"s$ tr$in) to (a-t"re this -!a(e, %here the$ e5-e(ted to ind ri(h -!"nder, that the$ did not -"sh on to the Rhine #rid)e-heads %hi(h %ere he!d #$ inade4"ate )"ards. Ne%s (a&e o Ti#eri"s7 ra-id a--roa(h at the head o! his ne% ar&$. Her&ann at on(e ra!!ied his or(es, deter&ined to (a-t"re the #rid)es #e ore Ti#eri"s (o"!d rea(h the&. A deta(h&ent %as !e t to in+est the ortress,
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%hi(h %as *no%n to #e #ad!$ s"--!ied %ith -ro+isions. Cassi"sI %ho )ot %ind o Her&ann7s -!ans, de(ided to )et a%a$ %hi!e there %as sti!! ti&e. One stor&$ ni)ht he s!i--ed o"t %itt the %ho!e )arrison, and &ana)ed to )et -ast the irst t%o ene&$ o"t-osts #e ore the (r$in) o so&e o the (hi!dren %ho %ere %ith hi& )a+e the a!ar&. At the third o"t-ost there %as hand-to-hand i)htin) and i the Ger&ans had not #een so an5io"s to )et into the to%n to -!"nder it Cassi"s7 -art$ %o"!d ha+e had no (han(e o s"r+i+a!. B"t he )ot (!ear so&eho% and ha! an ho"r !ater to!d his tr"&-eters to so"nd the ad+an(e at the do"#!e to &a*e the Ger&ans #e!ie+e that a re!ie or(e %as (o&in) "-, so there %as no -"rs"it. The troo-s at the nearest #rid)e heard the distant so"nd o Ro&an tr"&-ets, or the %ind %as #!o%in) ro& the east, and )"essin) %hat %as ha--enin) sent o"t a deta(h&ent to es(ort the )arrison #a(* to sa et$. Cassi"s t%o da$s !ater s"((ess "!!$ he!d the #rid)e a)ainst a &ass-atta(* o Se)i&er"s7 &en, a ter %hi(h Ti#eri"s7 +an)"ard (a&e "- and the sit"ation %as sa+ed. The (!ose o the $ear %as &ar*ed #$ the #anish&ent o ;"!i!!a on the (har)e o -ro&is("o"s ad"!ter$--1"st !i*e her &other ;"!ia--to Tre&er"s, a s&a!! is!and o the (oast o A-"!ia. The rea! reason or her #anish&ent %as that she %as 1"st a#o"t to #ear another (hi!d, %hi(h i it %ere a #o$ %o"!d #e a )reat-)randson o A")"st"s, and "nre!ated to Li+ia, Li+ia %as ta*in) no ris*s no%. ;"!i!!a had one son a!read$, #"t he %as a de!i(ate, ti&oro"s, s!a(*-t%isted e!!o% and (o"!d #e disre)arded. OE&i!i"s hi&se! -ro+ided Li+ia %ith )ro"nds or the a(("sation. He had 4"arre!!ed %ith ;"!i!!a and no% (har)ed her in the -resen(e o their da")hter OE&i!ia %ith tr$in) to ather another &an7s (hi!d on hi&. He na&ed De(i&"s, a no#!e&an o the Si!an"s a&i!$, as the ad"!terer. OE&i!ia, %ho %as (!e+er eno")h to rea!ise that her o%n !i e and sa et$ de-ended on *ee-in) in Li+ia7s )ood #oo*s, %ent strai)ht to her and to!d %hat she had heard. U+ia &ade her re-eat the stor$ in A")"st"s7 -resen(e. A")"st"s then s"&&oned,OE&i!i"s ind as*ed %hether it %as tr"e that he %as not the ather o ;"!ia7s (hi!d. It did not o(("r to OE&i!i"s that OE&i!ia oo"!d ha+e #etra$ed her &other and hi&se! , so he ass"&ed that the inti&a($ %hi(h he s"s-e(ted #et%een ;"!i!!a and De(i&"s %as a &atter o (o&&on s(anda!. He there ore he!d #$ his a(("sation, tho")h it %as o"nded rather on 1ea!o"s$ than on *no%!ed)e. A")"st"s too* the (hi!d as 0?>?2 soon as it %as #orn and had it e5-osed on the &o"ntainside. De(i&"s %ent into +o!"ntar$ e5i!e and se+era! other &en a(("sed o ha+in) #een ;"!i!!a7s !o+ers at one ti&e or another o!!o%ed hi&/ a&on) the& %as the -oet O+id %ho& A")"st"s, ("rio"s!$ eno")h, &ade the -rin(i-a! s(a-e)oat as ha+in) a!so %ritten 0&an$ $ears #e ore2 The Art o Lo+e. It %as this -oe&, A")"st"s said, that had de#a"(hed his )randda")hter7s &ind. He ordered a!! (o-ies o it o"nd to #e #"&ed.

CHAPTER NIII AUGUSTUS 8AS OCER SECENT9 9EARS O: AGE. UNTIL RE(ent!$ no#od$ had tho")ht o hi& as an o!d &an. B"t these ne% -"#!i( and -ri+ate (a!a&ities &ade a )reat (han)e in hi&. His te&-er )re% "n(ertain and he o"nd it in(reasin)!$ di i("!t to %e!(o&e (han(e +isitors %ith his "s"a! a a#i!it$ or to *ee- his -atien(e at -"#!i( #an4"ets.
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He %as e+en in(!ined to #e short-te&-ered %ith Li+ia. Ne+erthe!ess he (ontin"ed his %or* (ons(ientio"s!$ as e+er and e+en a((e-ted another ten $ears7 insta!&ent o the &onar(h$. Ti#eri"s and Ger&ani("s %hen the$ %ere in the Cit$ "ndertoo* &an$ tas*s or hi& that nor&a!!$ he %o"!d ha+e "nderta*en hi&se! , and Li+ia %or*ed harder than e+er. D"rin) the Ba!*an 8ar she had re&ained at Ro&e %hi!e A")"st"s %as a%a$ and, ar&ed %ith a d"-!i(ate sea! o his and in (!ose to"(h %ith hi& #$ dis-at(h-riders, had &ana)ed e+er$thin) herse! . A")"st"s %as #e(o&in) &ore or !ess re(on(i!ed to the -ros-e(t o Ti#eri"s7 s"((eedin) hi&. He 1"d)ed hi& (a-a#!e o r"!in) reasona#!$ %e!!, %ith Li+ia7s he!-, and o (arr$in) on his o%n -o!i(ies, #"t he a!so !attered hi&se! that e+er$one %o"!d &iss the :ather o the Co"ntr$ %hen he %as dead and %o"!d s-ea* o the A")"stan A)e as the$ s-o*e o the Go!den A)e o Ain) N"&a. In s-ite o his si)na! ser+i(es to Ro&e, Ti#eri"s %as -ersona!!$ "n-o-"!ar and %o"!d s"re!$ not )ain in -o-"!arit$ %hen he %as E&-eror. It %as a satis a(tion to A")"st"s that Ger&ani("s, #ein) o!der than Castor, his #rother #$ ado-tion, %as Ti#eri"s3nat"ra! s"((essor, and that Ger&ani("s7 in ant sons, Nero and Dr"s"s, %ere his o%n )reat)randsons. Tho")h :ate had de(reed a)ainst his )randsons s"((eedin) hi& he %o"!d s"re!$ one da$ rei)n a)ain, as it %ere, in the -ersons o his )reat-)rand(hi!dren. :or #$ this ti&e A")"st"s had or)otten a#o"t the Re-"#!i(, as a!&ost e+er$#od$ e!se had, and a((e-ted the +ie% that his ort$ $ears o hard and an5io"s ser+i(e on Ro&e7s #eha! had earned hi& the ri)ht o a--ointin) his I&-eria! s"((essors, to the third )eneration, e+en, i it so -!eased hi&. 8hen Ger&ani("s %as in Da!&atia I did not %rite to hi& a#o"t Post"&"s or ear o so&e a)ent o Li+ia7s inter(e-tin) &$ !etter, #"t I to!d hi& e+er$thin) as soon as he ret"rned ro& the %ar. He %as )reat!$ tro"#!ed and said that he did not *no% %hat to #e!ie+e. I sho"!d e5-!ain that Ger&ani("s7 %a$ %as a!%a$s to re "se to thin* e+i! o an$ -erson "nti! -ositi+e -roo o s"(h e+i! sho"!d #e or(ed on hi&, and, on the (ontrar$, to (redit e+er$one %ith the hi)hest &oti+es. This e5tre&e si&-!i(it$ %as )enera!!$ o ser+i(e to hi&. Most -eo-!e %ith %ho& he (a&e in (onta(t %ere !attered #$ his hi)h esti&ate o their &ora! (hara(ter and tended in their dea!in)s %ith hi& to !i+e "- to it. I he %ere e+er to ind hi&se! at the &er($ o a do%nri)ht %i(*ed (hara(ter, this )enerosit$ o heart %o"!d o (o"rse #e his "ndoin), #"t on the other hand i an$ &an had an$ )ood in hi& Ger&ani("s a!%a$s see&ed to #rin) it o"t. So no% he to!d &e that he %o"!d not %i!!in)!$ #e!ie+e either Li+i!!a or.OE&i!ia (a-a#!e o s"(h (ri&ina! #aseness, tho")h !ate!$, he o%ned, he had #een disa--ointed in Li+i!!a. He a!so said that I had not &ade their -ossi#!e &oti+es (!ear e5(e-t #$ dra))in) o"r )rand&other Li+ia into it, %hi(h %as -!ain!$ ridi("!o"s. 8ho in his senses, he as*ed, s"dden!$ indi)nant, (o"!d s"s-e(t Li+ia o in(itin) the& to s"(h e+i!3 One &i)ht as easi!$ s"s-e(t the Good Goddess o -oisonin) the Cit$ 8e!!s. B"t %hen I as*ed in re-!$ %hether he rea!!$ #e!ie+ed Post"&"s )"i!t$ o t%o atte&-ted ra-es on s"((essi+e ni)hts, #oth e5(essi+e!$ 0?>D2 i&-r"dent, or (a-a#!e o !$in) to A")"st"s and "s a#o"t the& e+en i he had #een )"i!t$, he %as si!ent. He had a!%a$s !o+ed and tr"sted Post"&"s. I -"rs"ed &$ ad+anta)e and &ade hi& s%ear #$ the )host o o"r dead ather that i e+er he o"nd the !east -ie(e o e+iden(e to sho% that Post"&"s had #een "n1"st!$ senten(ed he %o"!d te!! A")"st"s a!! that he *ne% a#o"t the (ase and or(e hi& to #rin) Post"&"s #a(* and -"nish the !iars as the$ deser+ed. In Ger&an$ nothin) &"(h %as ha--enin). Ti#eri"s he!d the #rid)es #"t did not atte&-t to (ross the Rhine not ha+in) (on iden(e $et in his troo-s, %ho& he %as #"s$ *no(*in) into sha-e. The Ger&ans did not atte&-t to (ross either, A")"st"s )re% i&-atient a)ain %ith Ti#eri"s, and "r)ed hi& to a+en)e Car"s %itho"t "rther de!a$
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and %in #a(* the !ost Ea)!es. Ti#eri"s ans%ered that nothin) %as nearer to his o%n heart #"t that his troo-s %ere not $et it to atte&-t the tas*. A")"st"s sent o"t Ger&ani("s %hen he had inished his ter& o &a)istra($, and Ti#eri"s then had to sho% so&e a(ti+it$/ he %as not rea!!$ !a6$, or a (o%ard, on!$ e5tre&e!$ (a"tio"s. He (rossed the Rhine and o+erran -arts o the !ost -ro+in(e, #"t the Ger&ans a+oided a -it(hed #att!e, and Ti#eri"s 0A.D. ??2 and Ger&ani("s, #oth +er$ (are "! not to a!! into an$ a&#"sh, did not do &"(h &ore than #"rn a e% ene&$ en(a&-&ents near the Rhine and -arade their &i!itar$ stren)th. There %ere a e% s*ir&ishes in %hi(h the$ (a&e o %e!!--so&e h"ndreds o -risoners %ere ta*en. The$ re&ained in this re)ion "nti! the a"t"&n, %hen the$ re(rossed the Rhine, and in the ne5t s-rin) the !on)de!a$ed tri"&-h o+er the Da!&atians %as (e!e#rated at Ro&e, to %hi(h %as added another or this Ger&an e5-edition, 1"st to restore (on iden(e. I &"st not ai! here to a%ard Ti#eri"s (redit or a )enero"s a(tion, to %hi(h Ger&ani("s -ers"aded hi&/ a ter dis-!a$in) Bato, the (a-t"red Da!&atian re#e!, in his tri"&-h, he )a+e hi& his reedo& and a !ar)e -resent o &one$ and sett!ed hi& (o& orta#!$ at Ra+enna. Bato deser+ed it/ he had on(e (hi+a!ro"s!$ a!!o%ed Ti#eri"s to es(a-e ro& a +a!!e$ %here he %as tra--ed %ith &ost o his ar&$. Ger&ani("s %as Cons"! no% and A")"st"s %rote a s-e(ia! !etter (o&&endin) hi& to the Senate and the Senate to Ti#eri"s. 0B$ th"s (o&&endin) the Senate to Ti#eri"s, instead o the other %a$ a#o"t, A")"st"s sho%ed #oth that he intended Ti#eri"s as his I&-eria! s"((essor, in a"thorit$ o+er the Senate, and that he did not %ish to "tter an$ e"!o)$ on hi& as he did on Ger&ani("s.2 A)ri--ina a!%a$s a((o&-anied Ger&ani("s %hen he %ent to the %ars, as &$ &other had a((o&-anied &$ ather. She did this (hie !$ or !o+e o hi& #"t a!so #e(a"se she did not %ant to sta$ a!one in Ro&e and -erha-s #e s"&&oned #e ore A")"st"s on a tr"&-ed-"- (har)e o ad"!ter$. She (o"!d not #e s"re ho% she stood %ith Li+ia. She %as the t$-i(a! Ro&an &atron o an(ient !e)end--stron), (o"ra)eo"s, &odest, %itt$, -io"s, erti!e and (haste. She a!read$ had #orne o"r (hi!dren to Ger&ani("s and %as to #ear hi& i+e &ore. Ger&ani("s, tho")h Li+ia7s r"!e a)ainst &$ -resen(e at her ta#!e sti!! he!d, and tho")h &$ &other sho%ed no (han)e o heart to%ards &e either, #ro")ht &e into the (o&-an$ o his no#!e riends %hene+er o((asion o ered. :or his sa*e I %as treated %ith a (ertain res-e(t, #"t the a&i!$ o-inion o &$ (a-a(ities %as *no%n and Ti#eri"s %as "nderstood to share it, so no#od$ too* the tro"#!e to ("!ti+ate &$ a(4"aintan(e. On Ger&ani("s7 ad+i(e I ad+ertised that I %o"!d )i+e a readin) o &$ re(ent histori(a! %or* and in+ited a n"&#er o -ro&inent !iterar$ -eo-!e to attend it. The #oo* I had (hosen to read %as one at %hi(h I had %or*ed +er$ hard, and one %hi(h sho"!d ha+e #een +er$ interestin) to &$ a"dien(e--an a((o"nt o the or&"!as "sed d"rin) rit"a! %ashin) #$ the Etr"s(an -riests, %ith a Latin trans!ation in ea(h (ase %hi(h thre% !i)ht on &an$ o o"r o%n !"stra! rites, the e5a(t si)ni i(an(e o %hi(h had #een o#s("red #$ ti&e. Ger&ani("s read it thro")h #e orehand and sho%ed it to &$ &other and Li+ia, %ho a--ro+ed it, and then %as )enero"s eno")h to sit %ith &e thro")h a rehearsa! o &$ readin). He (on)rat"!ated &e #oth on the %or* and on &$ de!i+er$ and I thin* &"st ha+e s-o*en a#o"t it %ide!$, or the roo& in %hi(h I %as to )i+e the readin) %as -a(*ed. Li+ia %as not there, nor A")"st"s,, #"t &$ &other attended, and Ger&ani("s hi&se! and Li+i!!a. I %as in hi)h s-irits and not ner+o"s at a!!. Ger&ani("s had s"))ested that I sho"!d orti $ &$se! %ith a ("- o 0?>J2 %ine #e orehand and I tho")ht this )ood ad+i(e. There %as a (hair -"t or A")"st"s in (ase he sho"!d arri+e and one or Li+ia, #oth +er$ s-!endid ones--the (hairs %hi(h %ere a!%a$s reser+ed or the& %hen the$
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+isited o"r ho"se. 8hen e+er$one had arri+ed and sat do%n the doors %ere sh"t and I #e)an readin). I %as )ettin) a!on) s-!endid!$, (ons(io"s that I %as not readin) too ast or too s!o% or too !o"d or too so t, #"t 1"st ri)ht, and that the a"dien(e, %hi(h had not e5-e(ted &"(h o &e, %as interested in s-ite o itse! , %hen a &ost "n!"(*$ thin) ha--ened. A !o"d *no(* (a&e at the door and then, %hen no#od$ o-ened it, another. Then there %as a )reat ratt!e o the hand!e and in %a!*ed the attest &an I had e+er seen in &$ !i e, dressed in a *ni)ht7s ro#e, and (arr$in) in his hand a !ar)e e&#roidered ("shion. I sto--ed readin), #e(a"se I had (o&e to a di i("!t and i&-ortant -assa)e and no#od$ %as !istenin)--a!! e$es %ere i5ed on the *ni)ht. He re(o)ni6ed Li+$ and )reeted hi& in a sin)-son) a((ent, %hi(h I !earned !ater %as that o Pad"a, and then &ade a )enera! sa!"tation to the rest o the (o&-an$, %hi(h (a"sed a !ot o titters. He -aid no es-e(ia! attention to Ger&ani("s as Cons"! or to &$ &other and &$se! as hosts. Then he !oo*ed ro"nd or a seat and sa% A")"st"s7, #"t it see&ed rather too narro% or hi& so he too* -ossession o Li+ia7s. He -"t his ("shion on it, )athered his )o%n a#o"t his *nees and sat do%n %ith a )r"nt. And o (o"rse the (hair, %hi(h %as an an(ient one ro& E)$-t, -art o the s-oi! o C!eo-atra7s -a!a(e, and o +er$ de!i(ate %or*&anshi-, (o!!a-sed %ith a (rash. E+er$one e5(e-t Ger&ani("s and Li+$ and &$ &other and the )ra+er &e&#ers o the a"dien(e !a")hed +er$ !o"d!$, #"t %hen the *ni)ht had -i(*ed hi&se! "- and )roaned and s%orn and r"##ed hi&se! and had #een es(orted ro& the roo& #$ a reed&an, there %as an attenti+e si!en(e and I tried to )o on a)ain. B"t I %as a!&ost h$steri(a! %ith !a")hter. Perha-s it %as the %ine I had dr"n*, or -erha-s it %as #e(a"se I had seen the e5-ression on the e!!o%7s a(e %hen the (hair %as )i+in) "nder hi&, %hi(h no#od$ e!se had, #e(a"se he %as in the ront ro% and I %as the on!$ -erson a(in) hi&, #"t at an$ rate I o"nd (on(entration on the !"stra! rites o the Etr"s(ans i&-ossi#!e. At irst the a"dien(e s$&-athised %ith &$ a&"se&ent and e+en !a")hed %ith &e, #"t %hen, str"))!in) thro")h another -ara)ra-h, +er$ #ad!$, I ha--ened %ith the (o&er o &$ e$e to see the (hair %hi(h the *ni)ht had #ro*en -ro--ed "- inse("re!$ on its s-!intered !e)s, I #ro*e do%n a)ain and the a"dien(e #e)an to )et i&-atient. To &a*e &atters sti!! %orse, %hen I had 1"st o")ht hard %ith &$se! and )ot into &$ stride a)ain, to the e+ident re!ie o Ger&ani("s, the doors %ere thro%n o-en and %ho sho"!d (o&e in #"t A")"st"s and Li+iaB The$ %a!*ed )rand!$ #et%een the ro%s o (hairs and A")"st"s sat do%n. Li+ia %as a#o"t to do the sa&e %hen she sa% that so&ethin) %as a&iss. She as*ed in a !o"d rin)in) +oi(e/ 8ho7s #een sittin) in &$ (hair3 Ger&ani("s did his #est to e5-!ain &atters #"t she de(ided that she %as #ein) ins"!ted. She %ent o"t. A")"st"s, !oo*in) "n(o& orta#!e, o!!o%ed. Can an$one #!a&e &e or &a*in) a &"!! o the rest o &$ readin)3 The (r"e! )od Moro"s &"st ha+e #een in that (hair, or i+e &in"tes !ater the !e)s s!id a-art and on(e &ore the thin) (o!!a-sed, a !itt!e )o!d !ion7s head #rea*in) o ro& one ar&, s*iddin) a(ross the !oor and s!idin) "nder &$ ri)ht oot, %hi(h %as s!i)ht!$ raised. I #ro*e do%n a)ain, (ho*in) and %hee6in) and )" a%in).
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Ger&ani("s (a&e o+er to &e and i&-!ored &e to (ontro! &$se! , #"t I (o"!d on!$ -i(* "- the !ion7s head and -oint he!-!ess!$ at the (hair. I I e+er sa% Ger&ani("s anno$ed %ith &e it %as then. It "-set &e +er$ &"(h to see hi& anno$ed and so#ered &e instant!$. B"t I had !ost a!! se! -(on iden(e and #e)an to sta&&er so #ad!$ that the readin) (a&e to a dis&a! end. Ger&ani("s did his #est #$ &o+in) a +ote o than*s or &$ interestin) -a-er-re)rettin) that an "nto%ard a((ident had dist"r#ed &e ha! %a$ thro")h and that in (onse4"en(e o the sa&e a((ident the :ather o the Co"ntr$ and the Lad$ Li+ia his %i e had %ithdra%n their -resen(es, and ho-in) that on a &ore a"s-i(io"s da$ in the near "t"re I &i)ht )i+e a "rther readin). There %as ne+er so (onsiderate a #rother as Ger&ani("s, or so no#!e a &an. B"t I ha+e not )i+en a sin)!e -"#!i( readin) o &$ %or*s sin(e. Ger&ani("s (a&e to &e one da$ !oo*in) +er$ )ra+e. It %as a !on) ti&e #e ore he (o"!d &a*e "- his &ind to s-ea*, 0?><2 #"t at !ast he said/ I %as ta!*in) to IE&i!i"s this &ornin) and the s"#1e(t o -oor Post"&"s ha--ened to (o&e "-. He introd"(ed it irst #$ as*in) &e %hat the -re(ise (har)es a)ainst Post"&"s had #een, and said, a--arent!$ 4"ite in)en"o"s!$, that he "nderstood that Post"&"s had atte&-ted to +io!ate t%o no#!e%o&en, #"t that no#od$ see&ed to *no% %ho the$ %ere. I !oo*ed hard at hi& %hen he said this, #"t (o"!d see that he %as s-ea*in) the tr"th. So I o ered to e5(han)e &$ *no%!ed)e %ith his, #"t on!$ i he -ro&ised to *ee- %hat I to!d hi& to hi&se! . 8hen I said that it %as his o%n da")hter %ho had (har)ed Post"&"s %ith tr$in) to o"tra)e her, and in his o%n ho"se, he %as astonished and re "sed to #e!ie+e it. He )ot +er$ an)r$. He said OE&i!ia7s )o+erness had s"re!$ #een %ith the& a!! the ti&e. He %anted to )o to OE&i!ia and as* her i the stor$ %as tr"e and i so, %h$ this %as the irst he had heard o it, #"t I restrained hi&, re&indin) hi& o his -ro&ise. I &istr"sted OE&i!ia. Instead I s"))ested that %e sho"!d 4"estion the )o+erness, #"t not so as to a!ar& her. So he sent or her and as*ed %hat (on+ersation OE&i!ia and Post"&"s had had, d"rin) that a!ar& o thie+es, on the !ast o((asion he had dined %ith the&. She !oo*ed #!an* at irst #"t %hen I as*ed, 78asn7t it a#o"t r"ittrees37 she said, 79es, o (o"rse, a#o"t -ests on r"it-trees.7 OE&i!i"s then %anted to *no% %hether an$ other (on+ersation had ta*en -!a(e d"rin) his a#sen(e and she said that she #e!ie+ed not. She re(a!!ed that :ost"&"s had #een e5-!ainin) ne% Gree* &ethods or dea!in) %ith the -est (a!!ed 7#!a(*a&oor7 and that she had #een e5tre&e!$ interested #e(a"se she *ne% a#o"t )ardens. No, she said, she had not !e t the roo& or a &o&ent. So ne5t I %ent to Castor and (as"a!!$ introd"(ed the s"#1e(t o Post"&"s. 9o" re&e&#er that Post"&"s7 estate %as (on is(ated and so!d %hi!e I %as a%a$ in Da!&atia and that the -ro(eeds %ere de+oted to the &i!itar$ treas"r$3 8e!!, I as*ed hi& %hat had ha--ened to (ertain -ie(es o -!ate o &ine that Post"&"s had #orro%ed ro& &e or a #an4"et, and he to!d &e ho% to re(o+er the&. Then %e dis("ssed his #anish&ent. Castor ta!*ed 4"ite ree!$ and I a& )!ad to sa$ that I a& no% 4"ite satis ied in &$ &ind that he %as not in the -!ot. 9o" ad&it no% that it %as a -!ot3 I as*ed ea)er!$. I7& a raid, a ter a!!, that is the on!$ e5-!anation. B"t Castor hi&se! %as inno(ent, I a& (on+in(ed. He to!d &e, %itho"t #ein) -ro&-ted, that on Li+i!!a7s s"))estion he had teased Post"&"s in the )arden, as Post"&"s to!d $o" he had. He e5-!ained that it %as on!$ #e(a"se Post"&"s had #een &a*in) shee-7s e$es at Li+i!!a and as her
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h"s#and he did not !i*e it. B"t he said that he did not re)ret ha+in) done so--tho")h it %as -erha-s not a 1o*e in the #est o taste--#e(a"se Post"&"s7 atte&-t to o"tra)e Li+i!!a and his o%n serio"s in1"ries at that &ad&an7s hands &ade an$ re)rets oo!ish. He #e!ie+ed that Post"&"s tried to o"tra)e Li+i!!a3 9es. I did not "nde(ei+e hi&. I did not %ant Li+i!!a to *no% %hat $o" and I s"s-e(t. Be(a"se, i she did, Li+ia %o"!d hear o it. Ger&ani("s, $o" #e!ie+e no% that Li+ia arran)ed the %ho!e thin)3 He did not ans%er. 9o" %i!! )o to A")"st"s3 I )a+e $o" &$ %ord. I a!%a$s *ee- &$ %ord. 8hen are $o" )oin) to hi&3 No%. 8hat ha--ened at the inter+ie% I do not *no% and sha!! ne+er *no%. B"t Ger&ani("s see&ed &"(h ha--ier that e+enin) at dinner and the &anner in %hi(h he !ater e+aded &$ 4"estions s"))ested that A")"st"s had #e!ie+ed hi& and had s%orn hi& to se(re($ or the -resent. It %as a. !on) ti&e #e ore I !earned as &"(h o the se4"e! as I (an te!! no%. A")"st"s %rote to the Corsi(ans, %ho had #een (o&-!ainin) or so&e $ears o -ri+ate raids 0A.D. ?D2 on their (oasts, that he %o"!d soon (o&e in -erson to in+esti)ate the &atter, he %o"!d sto- on his %a$ to Marsei!!es %here he intended to dedi(ate a te&-!e. Short!$ a ter%ards he set sai!, #"t #ro*e his 1o"rne$ at E!#a or t%o da$s. On the irst da$ he ordered Post"&"s7 )"ards at P!anasia to #e re!ie+ed at on(e #$ an entire!$ ne% set. This %as done. The sa&e ni)ht he sai!ed se(ret!$ a(ross to the is!and in a s&a!! ishin)-#oat, a((o&-anied on!$ #$ :a#i"s Ma5i&"s, a (!ose riend, and one C!e&ent, %ho had on(e #een a s!a+e o Post"&"s7 and #ore a re&ar*a#!$ (!ose rese&#!an(e to his or&er &aster. I ha+e heard that 0?>F2 C!e&ent %as a nat"ra! son o A)ri--a7s. The$ %ere !"(*$ eno")h to &eet Post"&"s as soon as the$ !anded. He had #een settin) ni)ht-!ines or ish and had seen the sai! o the #oat ro& so&e distan(e a%a$ in the !i)ht o a stron) &oon, he %as a!one. A")"st"s re+ea!ed hi&se! , and stret(hed o"t his hand (r$in), :or)i+e &e, &$ sonB Post"&"s too* the hand and *issed it. Then the t%o %ent a-art %hi!e :a#i"s and C!e&ent *e-t %at(h. 8hat %as said #et%een the& no#od$ *no%s, #"t A")"st"s %as %ee-in) %hen the$ (a&e #a(* to)ether. Then Post"&"s and C!e&ent (han)ed (!othes and na&es, Post"&"s sai!in) #a(* to E!#a %ith A")"st"s and :a#i"s, and C!e&ent ta*in) Post"&"s7 -!a(e at P!anasia "nti! the %ord sho"!d (o&e or his re!ease, %hi(h A")"st"s said %o"!d not #e !on) de!a$ed. C!e&ent %as -ro&ised his reedo& and a !ar)e s"& o &one$ i he -!a$ed his -art %e!!. He %as to ei)n si(* or the ne5t e% da$s and )ro% his hair and #eard !on), so that no#od$ %o"!d noti(e the i&-ost"re, es-e(ia!!$ sin(e that a ternoon he had not #een seen #$ the ne% )"ard or &ore than a e% &in"tes. Li+ia s"s-e(ted that A")"st"s %as doin) so&ethin) #ehind her #a(*. She *ne% his dis!i*e o the sea and that he
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ne+er %ent #$ shi- %hen he (o"!d )o #$ !and, e+en i it &eant !osin) +a!"a#!e ti&e. It is tr"e that he (o"!d not ha+e )one to Corsi(a e5(e-t #$ sea, #"t the -irates %ere not a serio"s &ena(e and he (o"!d easi!$ ha+e sent Castor or an$ one o se+era! other s"#ordinates to in+esti)ate the &atter on his #eha! . So she #e)an to &a*e en4"iries and e+ent"a!!$ heard that %hen A")"st"s sto--ed at E!#a he had ordered Post"&"s7 )"ards to #e (han)ed, and that he and :a#i"s had )one o"t (at(hin) ("tt!e- ish the sa&e ni)ht in a s&a!! #oat, a((o&-anied on!$ #$ a s!a+e. :a#i"s had a %i e (a!!ed Mar(ia %ho shared a!! his se(rets and Li+ia, %ho had -aid !itt!e attention to her, no% #e)an to ("!ti+ate her a(4"aintan(e. Mar(ia %as a si&-!e %o&an and easi!$ de(ei+ed. 8hen Li+ia %as s"re that she %as (o&-!ete!$ in Mar(ia7s (on iden(e she too* her aside one da$ and as*ed/ Co&e, &$ dear, te!! &e, %as A")"st"s +er$ &"(h a e(ted %hen he &et Post"&"s a)ain a ter a!! those $ears3 He7s &"(h &ore tender-hearted than he &a*es o"t. No%, :a#i"s had to!d Mar(ia that the stor$ o the +o$a)e to P!anasia %as a se(ret %hi(h she &"st not re+ea! to an$one in the %or!d, or the (onse4"en(es &i)ht #e ata! to hi&. So she %o"!d not ans%er at irst. Li+ia !a")hed and said, Oh, $o" are (a"tio"s. 9o"7re !i*e that sentr$ o Ti#eri"s7 in Da!&atia %ho %o"!dn7t !et Ti#eri"s hi&se! into the (a&- one e+enin) %hen he (a&e #a(* ro& a ride #e(a"se he (o"!dn7t )i+e the %at(h%ord. 7Orders are orders. Genera!,7 the idiot said. M$ dear Mar(ia, A")"st"s has no se(rets ro& &e, nor I ro& A")"st"s. B"t I (o&&end $o"r -r"den(e. So Mar(ia a-o!o)ised and said/ :a#i"s said he %e-t and %e-t Li+ia said, O (o"rse, he did. B"t Mar(ia, -erha-s it %o"!d #e %iser not to !et :a#i"s *no% that %e7+e ta!*ed a#o"t it-A")"st"s doesn7t !i*e -eo-!e to *no% ho% &"(h he (on ides in &e. I s"--ose :a#i"s to!d $o" a#o"t the s!a+e3 This %as a shot in the dar*. The s!a+e &a$ ha+e #een o no i&-ortan(e, #"t it %as a 4"estion %orth as*in). Mar(ia said/ 9es. :a#i"s said that he %as e5traordinari!$ !i*e Post"&"s, on!$ a !itt!e shorter. 9o" don7t thin* the )"ards %i!! noti(e the di eren(e3 :a#i"s said he tho")ht the$ %o"!dn7t. C!e&ent %as one o Post"&"s7 ho"seho!d sta , so i he7s (are "! he %on7t #etra$ hi&se! #$ i)noran(e and, as $o" *no%, the )"ard %as (han)ed. So Li+ia no% on!$ had to ind o"t the %herea#o"ts o Post"&"s, %ho& she ass"&ed to #e hidden so&e%here "nder the na&e o C!e&ent. She tho")ht that A")"st"s %as -!annin) to restore hi& to a+o"r and &i)ht e+en -ass o+er Ti#eri"s and a--oint hi& his i&&ediate s"((essor in the &onar(h$, #$ %a$ o &a*in) a&ends. She no% too* Ti#eri"s into her (on iden(e, &ore or !ess, and %arned hi& o her s"s-i(ions. Tro"#!e had started a)ain in the Ba!*ans and A")"st"s %as -ro-osin) to send Ti#eri"s to s"--ress it #e ore it too* a serio"s t"rn. Ger&ani("s %as in :ran(e (o!!e(tin) tri#"te. A")"st"s s-o*e o sendin) Castor a%a$ too, to Ger&an$, and he had #een ha+in) re4"ent (on+ersations %ith :a#i"s, %ho Li+ia (on(!"ded %as a(tin) as his )o-#et%een %ith Post"&"s. As soon as the (oast %as (!ear A")"st"s %o"!d no do"#t s"dden!$ introd"(e Post"&"s into the Senate, )et the de(ree a)ainst hi& re+ersed and ha+e hi& a--ointed his (o!!ea)"e, in -!a(e o Ti#eri"s. 8ith Post"&"s restored her o%n !i e %o"!d not #e sa e/ Post"&"s had a(("sed her o -oisonin) his ather and
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#rothers and A")"st"s %o"!d not #e ta*in) hi& #a(* into a+o"r "n!ess he #e!ie+ed that these a(("sations %ere %e!! )ro"nded. She set her &ost tr"sted a)ents to s-$ on :a#i"s7 &o+e&ents %ith a +ie% to tra(in) a s!a+e (a!!ed C!e&ent, #"t the$ (o"!d dis(o+er nothin). She de(ided at an$ rate to !ose no ti&e in re&o+in) :a#i"s. He %as %a$!aid in the street one ni)ht on his %a$ to the Pa!a(e and sta##ed in t%e!+e -!a(es/ his &as*ed assai!ants es(a-ed. At the "nera! a s(anda!o"s thin) ha--ened. Mar(ia thre% herse! on her h"s#and7s (or-se and #e))ed his -ardon, sa$in) that she a!one had #een res-onsi#!e or his death #$ her tho")ht!essness and diso#edien(e. Ho%e+er, no#od$ "nderstood %hat she &eant and it %as tho")ht that )rie had (ra6ed her. Li+ia had to!d Ti#eri"s to *ee- in (onstant (o&&"ni(ation %ith her on his %a$ to the Ba!*ans and to tra+e! as s!o%!$ as -ossi#!e/ he &i)ht #e sent or at an$ &o&ent. A")"st"s, %ho had a((o&-anied hi& as ar as Na-!es, (r"isin) easi!$ a!on) the (oast, no% e!! si(*/ his sto&a(h %as disordered. Li+ia -re-ared to n"rse 0A.D. ?=2 hi& #"t he than*ed her and to!d her that it %as nothin), he (o"!d ("re hi&se! . He %ent to his o%n &edi(ine-(a#inet and (hose a stron) -"r)e, then asted or a da$. He -ositi+e!$ or#ade her to %orr$ a#o"t his hea!th, she had eno")h (ares %itho"t that. He !a")hin)!$ re "sed to eat an$thin) #"t #read ro& the (o&&on ta#!e and %ater ro& the -it(her %hi(h she "sed herse! and )reen i)s %hi(h he -i(*ed ro& the tree %ith his o%n hands, Nothin) in his &anner to Li+ia see&ed a!tered, nor %as hers a!tered to%ards hi&, #"t ea(h read the other7s &ind. In s-ite o a!! -re(a"tions his sto&a(h )re% %orse a)ain. He had to #rea* his 1o"rne$ at No!a, ro& there Li+ia sent a &essa)e re(a!!in) Ti#eri"s. 8hen he arri+ed A")"st"s %as re-orted to #e sin*in) and to #e earnest!$ (a!!in) or hi&. He had a!read$ ta*en his are%e!! o (ertain e5-Cons"!s %ho had h"rried ro& Ro&e at the ne%s o his i!!ness. He had as*ed the& %ith a s&i!e %hether the$ tho")ht he had a(ted %e!! in the ar(e, %hi(h is the 4"estion that a(tors in (o&edies -"t to the a"dien(e at the (on(!"sion o the -ie(e. And s&i!in) #a(*, tho")h &an$ o the& had tears in their e$es, the$ ans%ered, No &an #etter, A")"st"s. Then send &e o %ith a )ood (!a-, he said. Ti#eri"s %ent to his #edside, %here he re&ained or so&e three ho"rs, and then e&er)ed to anno"n(e in sorro% "! tones that the :ather o the Co"ntr$ had 1"st -assed a%a$, in Li+ia7s ar&s, %ith a ina! !o+in) sa!"tation to hi&se! , to the Senate, and to the -eo-!e o Ro&e. He than*ed the Gods that he had ret"rned in ti&e to (!ose the e$es o his ather and #ene a(tor. As a &atter o a(t, A")"st"s had #een dead a %ho!e da$ #"t Li+ia had (on(ea!ed this, )i+in) o"t reass"rin) or dis(o"ra)in) #"!!etins e+er$ e% ho"rs. B$ a stran)e (oin(iden(e he died in the +er$ roo& in %hi(h his ather had died, se+ent$- i+e $ears #e ore. I re&e&#er %e!! ho% the ne%s (a&e to &e. It %as on the ?@th o A")"st. I %as s!ee-in) !ate a ter %or*in) near!$ a!! ni)ht on &$ histor$, I o"nd it easier in the s"&&er to %or* #$ ni)ht and s!ee- #$ da$. I %as a%a*ened #$ the arri+a! o t%o o!d *ni)hts %ho e5("sed the&se!+es or dist"r#in) &e #"t said that the &atter %as "r)ent. A")"st"s %as dead and the No#!e Order o Ani)hts had &et h"rried!$ and e!e(ted &e their re-resentati+e to )o to the Senate. I %as to as* that the$ &i)ht #e hono"red #$ the -er&ission to #rin) A")"st"s7 dead #od$ #a(* to the Cit$ on their sho"!ders. I %as sti!! ha! -as!ee- and did not thin* %hat I %as sa$in). I sho"ted, Poison is G"een, Poison is G"eenB The$ )!an(ed an5io"s!$ and "n(o& orta#!$ at ea(h other and I re(a!!ed &$se! and
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a-o!o)ised, sa$in) that I had #een drea&in) a ear "! drea& and %as re-eatin) %ords that I heard in it. I as*ed the& to re-eat their &essa)e and %hen the$ did so than*ed the& or the hono"r and "ndertoo* to do %hat %as as*ed o &e. It %as not a!to)ether an hono"r, o (o"rse, to #e sin)!ed o"t as a distin)"ished *ni)ht. E+er$one %as a *ni)ht %ho %as ree#orn, and had not dis)ra(ed hi&se! in an$ %a$, and o%ned -ro-ert$ a#o+e a (ertain +a!"e, and, %ith &$ a&i!$ (onne5ions, i I had sho%n e+en a+era)e a#i!it$ I sho"!d #$ no% ha+e #een an hono"red &e&#er o the Senate !i*e &$ (onte&-orar$ Castor. I %as (hosen in a(t as #ein) the on!$ &e&#er o the I&-eria! a&i!$ %ho sti!! #e!on)ed to the !o%er order, and to a+oid 1ea!o"s$ a&on) the other @<D2 *ni)hts. This %as the irst ti&e that I had e+er +isited the Senate d"rin) a session. I &ade the -!ea %itho"t sta&&erin) or or)ettin) &$ %ords or other%ise dis)ra(in) &$se! .

CHAPTER NIC ALTHOUGH IT HAD BEEN CLEAR THAT AUGUSTUS7 PO8ERS %ere ai!in) and that he had not &an$ &ore $ears to !i+e, Ro&e (o"!d not a(("sto& itse! to the idea o his death. It is not an id!e (o&-arison to sa$ that the Cit$ e!t &"(h as a #o$ ee!s %hen he !oses his ather. 8hether the ather has #een a #ra+e &an or a (o%ard, 1"st or "n1"st, )enero"s or &ean, si)ni ies !itt!e/ he has #een that #o$7s ather, and no "n(!e or e!der #rother (an e+er ta*e his -!a(e. :or A")"st"s7 r"!e had #een a +er$ !on) one and a &an had to #e a!read$ -ast &idd!e a)e to re&e&#er #a(* #ehind it. It %as there ore not a!to)ether "nnat"ra! that the Senate &et to de!i#erate %hether the di+ine hono"rs %hi(h had, e+en in his !i eti&e, #een -aid hi& #$ the -ro+in(es sho"!d no% #e +oted hi& in the Cit$ itse! . Po!!io7s son, Ga!!"s--hated #$ Ti#eri"s #e(a"se he had &arried Ci-sania 0Ti#eri"s7 irst %i e, $o" %i!! re(a!!, %ho& he had #een or(ed to di+or(e on ;"!ia7s a((o"nt2, and #e(a"se he had ne+er )i+en a -"#!i( denia! o the r"&o"r %hi(h &ade hi& the rea! ather o Castor, and #e(a"se he had a %itt$ ton)"e--this Ga!!"s %as the on!$ senator %ho had dared to 4"estion the -ro-riet$ o the &otion. He rose to as* %hat di+ine -ortent had o(("rred to s"))est that A")"st"s %o"!d #e %e!(o&ed in the Hea+en!$ Mansions--&ere!$ at the re(o&&endation o his &orta! riends and ad&irers3 There o!!o%ed an "n(o& orta#!e si!en(e #"t at !ast Ti#eri"s rose s!o%!$ and said/ One h"ndred da$s a)o, it %i!! #e re(a!!ed, the -edi&ent o &$ :ather A")"st"s7 stat"e %as str"(* #$ !i)htnin). The irst !etter o his na&e %as #!otted o"t, %hi(h !e t the %ords IESAR AUGUSTUS. 8hat is the &eanin) o the !etter C3 It is the si)n or one h"ndred. 8hat does IJSAR &ean3 I %i!! te!! $o". It &eans God, in the Etr"s(an ton)"e. C!ear!$, in a h"ndred da$s ro& that !i)htnin) stro*e A")"st"s is to #e(o&e a God in Ro&e. 8hat (!earer -ortent than this (an $o" re4"ire3 Tho")h Ti#eri"s too* the so!e (redit or this inter-retation it %as I %ho had irst )i+en &eanin) to IESAR 0the 4"eer %ord had #een &"(h dis("ssed2, #ein) the on!$ -erson at Ro&e %ho %as a(4"ainted %ith the Etr"s(an !an)"a)e. I to!d &$ &other a#o"t it and she (a!!ed &e a an(i "! oo!, #"t she &"st ha+e #een s" i(ient!$ i&-ressed to re-eat %hat I said to Ti#eri"s, or I to!d no#od$ #"t her.
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Ga!!"s as*ed %h$ ;o+e sho"!d )i+e his &essa)e in Etr"s(an rather than in Gree* or Latin3 Co"!d no#od$ s%ear to ha+in) o#ser+ed an$ other &ore (on(!"si+e o&en3 It %as a!! +er$ %e!! to de(ree ne% )ods to i)norant Asiati( -ro+in(ia!s, #"t the hono"ra#!e Ho"se o")ht to -a"se #e ore orderin) ed"(ated (iti6ens to %orshi- one o their o%n n"&#er, ho%e+er distin)"ished. It is -ossi#!e that Ga!!"s %o"!d ha+e s"((eeded in #!o(*in) the de(ree #$ this a--ea! to Ro&an -ride and sanit$ had it not #een or a &an (a!!ed Atti("s, a senior &a)istrate. He so!e&n!$ rose to sa$ that %hen A")"st"s7 (or-se had #een #"rned on Mars :ie!d he had seen a (!o"d des(endin) ro& hea+en and the dead &an7s s-irit then as(endin) on it, -re(ise!$ in the %a$ in %hi(h tradition re!ates that the s-irits o Ro&"!"s and Her("!es as(ended. He %o"!d s%ear #$ a!! the Gods that he %as testi $in) the tr"th. This s-ee(h %as )reeted %ith reso"ndin) a--!a"se and Ti#eri"s tri"&-hant!$ as*ed %hether Ga!!"s had an$ "rther re&ar*s to &a*e. Ga!!"s said that he had. He re(a!!ed, he said, another ear!$ tradition a#o"t the s"dden death and disa--earan(e o Ro&"!"s, %hi(h a--eared in the %or*s o e+en the )ra+est historians as an a!ternati+e to the one 4"oted #$ his hono"ra#!e and +era(io"s riend Atti("s/ na&e!$, that Ro&"!"s %as so hated or his t$rann$ o+er a ree -eo-!e that one da$, ta*in) ad+anta)e o a s"dden o), the Senate &"rdered hi&, ("t hi& "and (arried the -ie(es a%a$ "nder their ro#es. B"t %hat a#o"t Her("!es3 so&eone h"rried!$ as*ed. Ga!!"s said/ Ti#eri"s hi&se! in his e!o4"ent oration at the "nera! re-"diated the (o&-arison #et%een A")"st"s and Her("!es. His %ords %ere/ 7Her("!es in his (hi!dhood dea!t on!$ %ith ser-ents, and e+en %hen a &an on!$ %ith a sta) or t%o, and a %i!d #oar %hi(h he *i!!ed, and a !ion, and e+en this he did re!"(tant!$ and at so&e#od$7s (o&&and, %hereas A")"st"s o")ht not %ith #easts #"t %ith &en and o his o%n ree-%i!!7--and so orth and so orth. B"t &$ reason or re-"diatin) the (o&-arison !ies in the (ir("&stan(es o Her("!es7 death. Then he sat do%n. The re eren(e %as -er e(t!$ (!ear to an$#od$ %ho (onsidered the &atter, or the !e)end %as that Her("!es died o -oison ad&inistered #$ his %i e. B"t the &otion or A")"st"s7 dei i(ation %as (arried. Shrines %ere #"i!t to hi& in Ro&e and the nei)h#o"rin) (ities. An order o -riests %as or&ed or ad&inisterin) his rites and Li+ia, %ho had at the sa&e ti&e #een )ranted the tit!es o ;"!ia and A")"sta, %as &ade his Hi)h Priestess. Atti("s %as re%arded #$ Li+ia %ith a )i t o ten tho"sand )o!d -ie(es, and %as a--ointed one o the ne% -riests o A")"st"s, #ein) e+en e5("sed the hea+$ initiation ee. I %as a!so a--ointed a -riest, #"t had to -a$ a hi)her initiation ee than an$one, #e(a"se I %as Li+ia7s )randson. No#od$ dared as* %h$ this +ision o A")"st"s7 as(ent had on!$ #een seen #$ Atti("s. And the 1o*e %as that on the ni)ht #e ore the "nera! Li+ia had (on(ea!ed an ea)!e in a (a)e at the to- o the -$re, %hi(h %as to #e o-ened as soon as the -$re %as !it #$ so&eone se(ret!$ -"!!in) a strin) ro& #e!o%. The ea)!e %o"!d then !$ "- and %as intended to #e ta*en or A")"st"s7 s-irit. Un ort"nate!$ the &ira(!e had not (o&e o . The (a)e door re "sed to o-en. Instead o sa$in) nothin) and !ettin) the ea)!e #"rn, the o i(er %ho %as in (har)e (!a&#ered "- the -$re and o-ened the (a)e door %ith his hands.
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Li+ia had to sa$ that the ea)!e had #een th"s re!eased at her orders, as a s$&#o!i( a(t. I %i!! not %rite &ore a#o"t A")"st"s7 "nera!, tho")h a &ore &a)ni i(ent one has ne+er #een seen at Ro&e, or I &"st no% #e)in to o&it a!! thin)s in &$ stor$ e5(e-t those o the irst i&-ortan(e/ I ha+e a!read$ i!!ed &ore than thirteen ro!!s o the #est -a-er-- ro& the ne% -a-er-&a*in) a(tor$ I ha+e re(ent!$ e4"i--ed--and not rea(hed a third o the %a$ thro")h it. B"t I &"st not ai! to te!! a#o"t the (ontents o A")"st"s7 %i!!, the readin) o %hi(h %as a%aited %ith )enera! interest and i&-atien(e. No#od$ %as &ore an5io"s to *no% %hat it (ontained than I %as, and I sha!! e5-!ain %h$. A &onth #e ore his death A")"st"s had s"dden!$ a--eared at the door o &$ st"d$--he had #een +isitin) &$ &other %ho %as 1"st (on+a!es(ent a ter a !on) i!!ness--and a ter dis&issin) his attendants had #e)"n to ta!* to &e in a ra&#!in) %a$, not !oo*in) dire(t!$ at &e, #"t #eha+in) as sh$!$ as tho")h he %ere C!a"di"s and I %ere A")"st"s. He -i(*ed "- a #oo* o &$ histor$ and read a -assa)e. E5(e!!ent %ritin)B he said. And ho% soon %i!! the %or* #e inished3 I to!d hi&, In a &onth or !ess, and he (on)rat"!ated &e and said that he %o"!d then )i+e orders to ha+e a -"#!i( readin) o it at his o%n e5-ense, in+itin) his riends to attend. I %as -er e(t!$ astonished at this #"t he %ent on in a riend!$ %a$ to as* i I %o"!d not -re er a -ro essiona! re(iter to do 1"sti(e to it rather than read &$se! / he said that -"#!i( readin) o one7s o%n %or* &"st a!%a$s #e +er$ e&#arrassin)--e+en to")h o!d Po!!io had (on essed that he %as a!%a$s ner+o"s on s"(h o((asions. I than*ed hi& &ost sin(ere!$ and hearti!$ and said that a -ro essiona! %o"!d o#+io"s!$ #e &ore s"ita#!e, i &$ %or* indeed deser+ed s"(h an hono"r. Then he s"dden!$ he!d o"t his hand to &e/ C!a"di"s, do $o" #ear &e an$ i!!-%i!!3 8hat (o"!d I sa$ to that3 Tears (a&e to &$ e$es and I &"ttered that I re+eren(ed hi& and that he had ne+er done an$thin) to deser+e &$ i!!-%i!!. He said %ith a si)n/ No, #"t on the other hand !itt!e to earn $o"r !o+e. 8ait a e% &onths !on)er, C!a"di"s, and I ho-e to #e a#!e to earn #oth $o"r !o+e and $o"r )ratit"de. Ger&ani("s has to!d &e a#o"t $o". He sa$s that $o" are !o$a! to three thin)s--to $o"r riends, to Ro&e, and to the tr"th. I %o"!d #e +er$ -ro"d i Ger&ani("s tho")ht the sa&e o &e. Ger&ani("s7 !o+e or $o" a!!s on!$ a !itt!e short o o"tri)ht %orshi-, I said. He has o ten to!d &e so. His a(e #ri)htened. 9o" s%ear it3 I a& +er$ ha--$. So I<<M no%, C!a"di"s, there7s a stron) #ond #et%een "s-the )ood o-inion o Ger&ani("s. And %hat I (a&e to te!! $o" %as this/ I ha+e treated $o" +er$ #ad!$ a!! these $ears and I7& sin(ere!$ sorr$ and ro& no% on $o"7!! see that thin)s %i!! (han)e. He 4"oted in Gree*/ 8ho %o"nded thee, sha!! &a*e thee %ho!e and %ith that he e&#ra(ed &e. As he t"rned to )o he said o+er his sho"!der/ I ha+e 1"st -aid a +isit to the Cesta! Cir)ins and &ade so&e i&-ortant a!terations in a do("&ent o &ine in their (har)e/ and sin(e $o" $o"rse! are -art!$ res-onsi#!e or these I ha+e )i+en $o"r na&e )reater -ro&inen(e there than it had #e ore. B"t not a %ordB
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9o" (an tr"st &e, I said. He (o"!d on!$ ha+e &eant one thin) #$ this/ that he had #e!ie+ed Post"&"s7 stor$ as I had re-orted it to Ger&ani("s and %as no% restorin) hi& in his %i!! 0%hi(h %as in (har)e o the Cesta!s2 as his heir, and that I %as to #ene it too as a re%ard or &$ !o$a!t$ to hi&. I did not then, o (o"rse, *no% o A")"st"s7 +isit to P!anasia #"t (on ident!$ e5-e(ted that Post"&"s %o"!d #e #ro")ht #a(* and treated %ith hono"r. 8e!!, I %as disa--ointed. Sin(e A")"st"s had #een so se(reti+e a#o"t the ne% %i!!, %hi(h had #een %itnessed #$ :a#i"s Ma5i&"s and a e% de(re-it o!d -riests, it %as eas$ to s"--ress it in a+o"r o one %hi(h had #een &ade si5 $ears #e ore at the ti&e o the disinheritin) o Post"&"s. The o-enin) senten(e %as/ :oras&"(h as a sinister ate has #ere t &e o Gai"s and L"(i"s, &$ sons, it is no% &$ %i!! that Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s Nero Cassar #e(o&e heir, in the irst ran)e, o t%o-thirds o &$ estate, and o the re&ainin) third, in the irst ran)e a!so, it is no% &$ %i!! that &$ #e!o+ed %i e Li+ia sha!! #e(o&e &$ heir, i so #e that the Senate %i!! )ra(io"s!$ -er&it her to inherit this &"(h 0 or it is in e5(ess o the stat"tor$ a!!o%an(e or a %ido%7s !e)a($2, &a*in) an e5(e-tion in her (ase as ha+in) deser+ed so %e!! o the State. In the se(ond ran)e--that is, in the e+ent o the irst-&entioned !e)atees d$in) or #e(o&in) other%ise in(a-a#!e to inherit--he -"t s"(h o his )rand(hi!dren and )reat-)rand(hi!dren as %ere &e&#ers o the ;"!ian ho"se and had in("rred no -"#!i( dis)ra(e, #"t Post"&"s had #een disinherited, so this &eant Ger&ani("s, as Ti#eri"s7 ado-ted son and A)ri--ina7s h"s#and, and A)ri--ina herse! and their (hi!dren, and Castor, Li+i!!a and their (hi!dren. In this se(ond ran)e Castor %as to inherit a third, and Ger&ani("s and his a&i!$ t%o-thirds o the estate. In the third ran)e the %i!! na&ed +ario"s senators and distant (onne(tions, #"t as a &ar* o a+o"r rather than as !i*e!$ to #ene it. A")"st"s (annot ha+e e5-e(ted to o"t!i+e so &an$ heirs o the irst and se(ond ran)es. The third ran)e heirs %ere )ro"-ed in three (ate)ories/ the &ost a+o"red ten %ere set do%n to #e 1oint-heirs o ha! the estate, the ne5t &ost a+o"red i t$ %ere set do%n to share a third o the estate, and the third (!ass (ontained the na&es o i t$ &ore %ho %ere to inherit the re&ainin) si5th. The !ast na&e in this !ast !ist o the !ast ran)e %as Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s Dr"s"s Nero Ger&ani("s, %hi(h &eant C!a"-C!a"-C!a"di"s, or C!a"di"s the Idiot, or as Ger&ani("s7 !itt!e #o$s %ere a!read$ !earnin) to (a!! hi&/ Poor Un(!e C!a"di"s--in a(t, &$se! . There %as no &ention o ;"!ia or ;"!i!!a e5(e-t a (!a"se or#iddin) their ashes to #e interred in the &a"so!e"& #eside his o%n %hen the$ (a&e to die. No%, a!tho")h A")"st"s had in the -re+io"s t%ent$ $ears #ene ited "nder the %i!!s o the o!d riends he had o"t!i+ed, to the e5tent o no !ess than one h"ndred and ort$ &i!!ion )o!d -ie(es and had !i+ed a &ost -arsi&onio"s !i e, he had s-ent so &"(h on te&-!es and -"#!i( %or*s, on do!es and entertain&ents or the -o-"!a(e, on rontier %ars 0%hen there %as no &one$ !e t in the &i!itar$ treas"r$2, and on si&i!ar State e5-enses, that o those one h"ndred and ort$ &i!!ions and a )reat &ass o -ri+ate treas"re #esides, a(("&"!ated ro& +ario"s so"r(es, a &ere i teen &i!!ion re&ained or #e4"est, &"(h o this not easi!$ rea!isa#!e in (ash. This did not, ho%e+er, in(!"de (ertain i&-ortant s"&s o &one$, not re(*oned in the estate and a!read$ tied "- in sa(*s in the +a"!ts o the Ca-ito!, %hi(h had #een set aside as -arti("!ar #e4"ests to (on ederate *in)s, to senators and *ni)hts, to his so!diers, and to the (iti6ens o Ro&e. These a&o"nted to t%o &i!!ion &ore. There %as a!so a s"& set aside or the e5-enses o his "nera!. E+er$one %as s"r-rised at the s&a!!ness o the estate, and a!! sorts o ")!$ r"&o"rs %ent ro"nd "nti! A")"st"s7 a((o"nts %ere -rod"(ed and it %as (!ear that there %as no ra"d on the -art o the e5e("tors. The (iti6ens %ere &ost dis(ontented %ith their &ea)re #e4"ests,
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and %hen a &e&oria! -!a$ %as e5hi#ited in A")"st"s7 hono"r at the -"#!i( e5-ense there %as a riot in the theatre/ the Senate had so stinted the )rant that one o the a(tors in the -!a$ re "sed to a--ear or the ee o ered hi&. O the dis(ontent in the Ar&$ I sha!! te!! short!$. B"t irst a#o"t Ti#eri"s. A")"st"s had &ade Ti#eri"s his (o!!ea)"e and his heir #"t (o"!d not #e4"eath hi& the &onar(h$, or not in so &an$ %ords. He (o"!d on!$ re(o&&end hi& to the Senate, to %ho& a!! the -o%ers he had e5er(ised no% re+erted. The Senate did not !i*e Ti#eri"s or %ish hi& to #e E&-eror, #"t Ger&ani("s, %ho& the$ %o"!d ha+e (hosen i the$ had #een )i+en the (han(e, %as a%a$. And Ti#eri"s7 (!ai&s (o"!d not #e disre)arded. So no#od$ dared to &ention an$ na&e #"t that o Ti#eri"s, and there %ere no dissentients ro& the &otion, introd"(ed #$ the Cons"!s, in+itin) hi& to ta*e o+er A")"st"s7 tas* %here he had !aid it do%n. He )a+e an e+asi+e ans%er, e&-hasisin) the i&&ense res-onsi#i!it$ that the$ %ere tr$in) to -"t on hi& and his o%n "nas-irin) dis-osition. He said that the God A")"st"s a!one had #een (a-a#!e o this &i)ht$ (har)e, and that in his o-inion it %o"!d #e #est to di+ide "- A")"st"s7 o i(es into three -arts and so di+ide the res-onsi#i!it$. Senators an5io"s to ("rr$ a+o"r %ith hi& -!eaded that the tri"&+irate, or three-&en r"!e, had #een tried &ore than on(e in the -re(edin) (ent"r$ and that a &onar(h$ had #een o"nd the on!$ re&ed$ or the res"!tin) (i+i! %ars. A dis)ra(e "! s(ene o!!o%ed. Senators -retended to %ee- and !a&ent, and e&#ra(ed Ti#eri"s7 *nees, i&-!orin) hi& to do as the$ as*ed. Ti#eri"s, to ("t this #"siness short, said that he did not %ish to shir* an$ (har)e !aid "-on hi&, #"t he!d #$ his assertion that he %as not e4"a! to the %ho!e #"rden. He %as no !on)er a $o"n) &an/ he %as i t$-si5 $ears o!d, and his e$esi)ht %as not )ood. B"t he %o"!d "nderta*e an$ -arti("!ar -art entr"sted to hi&. A!! this %as done so that no#od$ %o"!d #e a#!e to a(("se hi& o sei6in) -o%er too ea)er!$/ and es-e(ia!!$ so that Ger&ani("s and Post"&"s 0%here+er he ha--ened to #e2 &i)ht #e i&-ressed #$ the stren)th o his -osition in the Cit$. :or he %as a raid o Ger&ani("s, %hose -o-"!arit$ %ith the Ar&$ %as in inite!$ )reater than his o%n. He did not #e!ie+e Ger&ani("s (a-a#!e o sei6in) the -o%er or his o%n se! ish ends #"t tho")ht that i he *ne% o the s"--ressed %i!! he &i)ht tr$ to restore Post"&"s to his ri)ht "! inheritan(e and e+en to &a*e hi& the third--Ti#eri"s, Ger&ani("s and Post"&"s--in a ne% tri"&+irate. A)ri--ina %as de+oted to Post"&"s, and Ger&ani("s too* her ad+i(e as (onsistent!$ as A")"st"s had ta*en Li+ia7s. I Ger&ani("s &ar(hed on Ro&e the Senate %o"!d )o o"t in a #od$ to %e!(o&e hi&/ Ti#eri"s *ne% that. And, at the %orst, #$ #eha+in) &odest!$ no% he %o"!d #e a#!e to es(a-e %ith his !i e and !i+e in hono"ra#!e retire&ent. The Senate rea!ised that Ti#eri"s rea!!$ %anted %hat he %as so &odest!$ re "sin) and %ere a#o"t to rene% their -!eas %hen Ga!!"s inter-osed in a -ra(ti(a! +oi(e/ Cer$ %e!! then, Ti#eri"s, %hi(h -art o the )o+ern&ent do $o" %ant to #e entr"sted to $o"3 Ti#eri"s %as (on o"nded #$ this a%*%ard and "n oreseen 4"estion. He %as si!ent or so&e ti&e and at !ast said/ The sa&e &an (annot #oth &a*e the di+ision and (hoose, and e+en i this %ere -ossi#!e it %o"!d #e i&&odest or &e to (hoose or re1e(t an$ -arti("!ar #ran(h o the ad&inistration %hen, as I ha+e e5-!ained, I rea!!$ %ant to #e e5("sed ro& the %ho!e o it. Ga!!"s -ressed his ad+anta)e/ The on!$ -ossi#!e di+ision o the E&-ire %o"!d #e/ irst, Ro&e and a!! Ita!$,
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se(ond, the ar&ies, and third, the -ro+in(es. 8hi(h o these %o"!d $o" (hoose3 8hen Ti#eri"s %as si!ent Ga!!"s (ontin"ed/ Cer$ %e!!. I *no% there7s no ans%er. That7s %h$ I as*ed the 4"estion. I %anted $o" to ad&it #$ $o"r si!en(e that it %as nonsense to s-ea* o s-!ittin) into three an ad&inistrati+e s$ste& that has #een #"i!t "- and (entra!!$ (o-ordinated #$ a sin)!e indi+id"a!. Either %e &"st ret"rn to the re-"#!i(an or& o )o+ern&ent or %e &"st (ontin"e %ith the &onar(h$. It is %astin) the ti&e o the Ho"se, %hi(h a--ears to ha+e de(ided in a+o"r o the &onar(h$, to )o on ta!*in) a#o"t tri"&+irates. 9o" ha+e #een o ered the &onar(h$. Ta*e it or !ea+e it. Another senator, a riend o Ca!!"s7, said/ As Prote(tor o the Peo-!e $o" ha+e the -o%er o +etoin) the &otion o the Cons"!s o erin) $o" the &onar(h$. I $o" rea!!$ don7t %ant it $o" sho"!d ha+e "sed $o"r +eto ha! an ho"r a)o. So Ti#eri"s %as or(ed to #e) the Senate7s -ardon and to sa$ that the s"ddenness and "ne5-e(tedness o the hono"r had o+er(o&e hi&/ he #e))ed !ea+e to (onsider his ans%er a !itt!e !on)er. The Senate then ad1o"rned, and in s"((eedin) sessions Ti#eri"s )rad"a!!$ a!!o%ed hi&se! to #e +oted, one #$ one, a!! A")"st"s7 o i(es. B"t he ne+er "sed the na&e A")"st"s, %hi(h had #een #e4"eathed hi&, e5(e-t %hen %ritin) !etters to orei)n *in)s, and %as (are "! to dis(o"ra)e an$ tenden($ to -a$ hi& di+ine hono"rs. There %as another e5-!anation o this (a"tio"s #eha+io"r o his, na&e!$ that Li+ia had #oasted in -"#!i( that he %as re(ei+in) the &onar(h$ as a )i t ro& her hands. She &ade the #oast not on!$ to stren)then her -osition as A")"st"s7 %ido% #"t to %arn Ti#eri"s that i her (ri&es e+er (a&e to !i)ht he %o"!d #e re)arded as her a((o&-!i(e, #ein) the -erson %ho -rin(i-a!!$ #ene ited ro& the&. Nat"ra!!$ he %ished to a--ear "nder no o#!i)ation to her #"t as ha+in) had the &onar(h$ or(ed on hi& a)ainst his %i!! #$ the Senate. The Senate %ere -ro "se in their !atter$ o Li+ia and %anted to (on er &an$ "nheard-o hono"rs on her. B"t Li+ia as a %o&an (o"!d not attend the de#ates in the Senate and %as !e)a!!$ no% "nder Ti#eri"s7 )"ardianshi--he had #e(o&e head o the ;"!ian ho"se. So ha+in) hi&se! re "sed the tit!e :ather o the Co"ntr$ he had re "sed, on her #eha! , the tit!e Mother o the Co"ntr$ %hi(h had #een o ered her, on the )ro"nd that &odest$ %o"!d not a!!o% her to a((e-t it. Ne+erthe!ess, he %as )reat!$ a raid o Li+ia and at irst %ho!!$ de-endent on her or !earnin) the inner se(rets o the I&-eria! s$ste&. It %as not &ere!$ a &atter o "nderstandin) the ro"tine. The (ri&ina! dossiers o e+er$ &an o i&-ortan(e in the t%o Orders and o &ost o the i&-ortant %o&en, se(ret ser+i(e re-orts o +ario"s sorts, A")"st"s7 -ri+ate (orres-onden(e %ith (on ederate *in)s and their re!ati+es, (o-ies o treasona#!e !etters inter(e-ted #"t d"!$ or%arded--a!! these %ere in Li+ia7s *ee-in) and %ritten in (i-her, and Ti#eri"s (o"!d not read the& %itho"t her he!-. B"t he a!so *ne% that she %as e5tre&e!$ de-endent on hi&. There %as an "nderstandin) #et%een the& o )"arded (o-o-eration. She e+en than*ed hi& or re "sin) the tit!e o ered her, sa$in) that he had #een ri)ht to do so, and in ret"rn he -ro&ised to ha+e her +oted %hate+er tit!es she %ished as soon as their -osition see&ed se("re. As a -roo o his )ood aith he -"t her o%n na&e a!on)side his o%n in a!! !etters o State. As a -roo o hers she )a+e hi& the *e$ o the (o&&on (i-her, tho")h not that o the (i-her e5traordinar$, the se(ret o %hi(h, she -retended, had died %ith A")"st"s. It %as in the
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(i-her e5traordinar$ that the dossiers %ere %ritten. No% a#o"t Ger&ani("s. 8hen, at L$ons, he heard o A")"st"s7 death and o the ter&s o his %i!!, and o Ti#eri"s7 s"((ession, he e!t it his d"t$ to stand !o$a!!$ #$ the ne% re)i&e. He %as Ti#eri"s7 ne-he% and ado-ted son, and tho")h there %as not tr"e a e(tion #et%een the t%o the$ had #een a#!e to %or* to)ether %itho"t ri(tion #oth at ho&e and on (a&-ai)n. He did not s"s-e(t Ti#eri"s o (o&-!i(it$ in the -!ot that had #ro")ht a#o"t Post"&"s7 #anish&ent, and he *ne% nothin) o the s"--ressed %i!!, and "rther, he sti!! #e!ie+ed Post"&"s to #e on P!anasia-- or A")"st"s had to!d no#od$ #"t :a#i"s either o the +isit or o the s"#stit"tion. He de(ided, ho%e+er, to ret"rn to Ro&e as soon as he (o"!d and ran*!$ dis("ss the (ase o Post"&"s %ith Ti#eri"s. He %o"!d e5-!ain that A")"st"s had to!d hi& -ri+ate!$ that he intended to restore Post"&"s to a+o"r as soon as he had e+iden(e o his inno(en(e to o er the Senate, and that tho")h death had -re+ented hi& ro& -"ttin) his intentions into e5e("tion, the$ sho"!d #e res-e(ted. He %o"!d insist on Post"&"s7 i&&ediate re(a!!, the restoration o his (on is(ated estates and his e!e+ation to hono"ra#!e o i(e, and !ast!$ on Li+ia7s (o&-"!sor$ retire&ent ro& State a airs as ha+in) "n1"st!$ en)ineered his #anish&ent. B"t #e ore he (o"!d do an$thin) in the &atter ne%s (a&e ro& Main6 o an ar&$ &"tin$ on the Rhine, and then, as he %as h"rr$in) to -"t it do%n, ne%s o Post"&"s7 death. Post"&"s, it %as re-orted, had #een *i!!ed #$ the (a-tain o the )"ard, %ho %as "nder orders ro& A")"st"s not to !et his )randson s"r+i+e hi&. Ger&ani("s %as sho(*ed and )rie+ed that Post"&"s had #een e5e("ted #"t had no !eis"re or the &o&ent to thin* o an$thin) #"t the &"tin$. 9o" &a$ #e s"re, tho")h, that it (a"sed -oor C!a"di"s the )reatest -ossi#!e )rie , or -oor C!a"di"s at this ti&e ne+er %anted or !eis"re. On the (ontrar$ -oor C!a"di"s %as hard -"t to it o ten to ind o(("-ation or his &ind. No#od$ (an %rite histor$ or &ore than i+e or si5 ho"rs a da$, es-e(ia!!$ %hen there is !itt!e ho-e o an$one e+er readin) it. So I )a+e &$se! "- to &$ &iser$. Ho% %as I to *no% that it %as C!e&ent %ho had #een *i!!ed, and that not on!$ %as the &"rder not ordered #$ A")"st"s #"t that Li+ia and Ti#eri"s %ere a!so inno(ent o it3 :or the &an rea!!$ res-onsi#!e or C!e&ent7s &"rder %as an o!d *ni)ht (a!!ed Cris-"s, the o%ner o the Gardens o Sa!!"st and a (!ose riend o A")"st"s. At Ro&e, as soon as he heard o A")"st"s7 death, he had not %aited to (ons"!t Li+ia and Ti#eri"s at No!a #"t i&&ediate!$ dis-at(hed the %arrant or Post"&"s7 e5e("tion to the (a-tain o the )"ard at P!anasia, atta(hin) Ti#eri"s7 sea! to it. Ti#eri"s had entr"sted hi& %ith this d"-!i(ate sea! or the si)nin) o so&e #"siness -a-ers %hi(h he had not #een a#!e to dea! %ith #e ore #ein) sent to the Ba!*ans. Cris-"s *ne% that Ti#eri"s %o"!d #e an)r$ or -retend to #e an)r$, #"t e5-!ained to Li+ia, %hose -rote(tion he at on(e (!ai&ed, that he had -"t Post"&"s o"t o the %a$ on !earnin) o a -!ot a&on) so&e o the G"ards o i(ers to send a shi- to res("e ;"!ia and Post"&"s and (arr$ the& o to the re)i&ents at Co!o)ne, there Ger&ani("s and A)ri--ina (o"!d hard!$ ai! to %e!(o&e and she!ter the& and the o i(ers %o"!d then or(e Ger&ani("s and Post"&"s to &ar(h on Ro&e. Ti#eri"s %as "rio"s that his na&e had #een "sed in this %a$, #"t Li+ia &ade the #est o thin)s and -retended that it rea!!$ %as Post"&"s %ho had #een *i!!ed. Cris-"s %as not -rose("ted and the Senate %as "no i(ia!!$ in or&ed that Post"&"s had died #$ the orders o his dei ied )rand ather %ho had %ise!$ oreseen that the sa+a)e-te&-ered $o"n) &an %o"!d atte&-t to "s"r- s"-re&e -o%er as soon as ne%s (a&e o his )rand ather7s death, as indeed he had done. Cris-"s7 &oti+e in ha+in) Post"&"s &"rdered %as not a %ish to ("rr$ a+o"r %ith Ti#eri"s and Li+ia or to -re+ent (i+i! %ar. He %as re+en)in) an ins"!t. :or Cris-"s, %ho %as as !a6$ as he %as ri(h, had on(e #oasted that he had ne+er stood or o i(e, (ontent to #e a si&-!e Ro&an *ni)ht. Post"&"s had
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re-!ied/ A si&-!e Ro&an *ni)ht, Cris-"s3 Then $o" had #etter ta*e a e% si&-!e Ro&an ridin)-!essons. Ti#eri"s had not $et heard o the &"tin$. He %rote Ger&ani("s a riend!$ !etter (ondo!in) %ith hi& on the !oss o A")"st"s and sa$in) that Ro&e no% !oo*ed to hi& and his ado-ti+e #rother Castor or the de en(e o the rontiers, hi&se! #ein) no% too o!d or orei)n ser+i(e and re4"ired #$ the Senate to &ana)e a airs at Ro&e. 8ritin) o Post"&"s7 death, he said that he de-!ored its +io!en(e #"t (o"!d not 4"estion the %isdo& o A")"st"s in the &atter. He did not &ention Cris-"s. Ger&ani("s (o"!d on!$ (on(!"de that A")"st"s had on(e &ore (han)ed his &ind a#o"t Post"&"s on the stren)th o so&e in or&ation o %hi(h he hi&se! *ne% nothin), and %as (ontent or a%hi!e to !et the &atter rest there.

CHAPTER NC THE RHINE MUTIN9 HAD BROAEN OUT IN S9MPATH9 8ITH a &"tin$ a&on) the Ba!*an or(es. The so!diers3disa--oint&ent %ith their #e4"ests "nder A")"st"s7 %i!!--a &ere o"r &onths7 #o"nt$ o -a$, three )o!d -ie(es a &an--a))ra+ated (ertain !on)-standin) )rie+an(es, and the$ re(*oned that the inse("rit$ o Ti#eri"s7 -osition %o"!d or(e hi& to &eet an$ reasona#!e de&ands the$ &ade, in order to %in their a+o"r. These de&ands in(!"ded a rise in -a$, ser+i(e !i&ited to si5teen $ears, and a re!a5ation o (a&- dis(i-!ine. The -a$ %as (ertain!$ ins" i(ient/ the so!diers had to ar& and e4"i- the&se!+es o"t o it and -ri(es had risen. And (ertain!$ the e5ha"stion o &i!itar$ reser+es had *e-t tho"sands o so!diers %ith the Co!o"rs %ho sho"!d ha+e #een dis(har)ed $ears #e ore, and +eterans had #een re(a!!ed to the Co!o"rs %ho %ere 4"ite "n it or ser+i(e. And, (ertain!$ too, the deta(h&ents or&ed ro& re(ent!$ !i#erated s!a+es %ere s"(h -oor i)htin) &ateria! that Ti#eri"s had (onsidered it ne(essar$ to ti)hten "- dis(i-!ine, (hoosin) &artinets or his (a-tains, and )i+in) the& instr"(tions to *ee- the &en (onstant!$ e&-!o$ed on ati)"e d"t$ and to *ee- the +ine-#ran(h sa-!in)s-their #ad)es o ran*--(onstant!$ e&-!o$ed on the &en7s #a(*s. 8hen the ne%s o A")"st"s7 death rea(hed the Ba!*an or(es, three re)i&ents %ere to)ether in a s"&&er (a&-, and the Genera! )a+e the& a e% da$s7 ho!ida$ ro& -arades and ati)"es. This e5-erien(e o ease and id!eness "nsett!ed the& and the$ re "sed to o#e$ their (a-tains %hen (a!!ed o"t on -arade a)ain. The$ or&"!ated (ertain de&ands. The Genera! to!d the& that he had no a"thorit$ to )rant these de&ands and %arned the& o the dan)er o a &"tino"s attit"de. The$ o ered hi& no +io!en(e #"t re "sed to #e a%ed into o#edien(e and ina!!$ o#!i)ed hi& to send his son to Ro&e to (on+e$ their de&ands to Ti#eri"s. A ter the son had !e t the (a&- on this &ission the disorder in(reased. The !ess-dis(i-!ined &en #e)an -!"nderin) the (a&- and the nei)h#o"rin) +i!!a)es, and %hen the Genera! arrested the rin)!eaders, the rest #ro*e o-en the )"ardroo& and re!eased the&, ina!!$ &"rderin) a (a-tain %ho tried to o--ose the&. This (a-tain %as ni(*na&ed O!d Gi+e-&e-Another #e(a"se a ter #rea*in) one sa-!in) o+er a &an7s #a(* he %o"!d (a!! or a se(ond and a third. 8hen the Genera!7s son arri+ed at Ro&e,
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Ti#eri"s sent Castor to the Genera!7s s"--ort at the head o t%o #atta!ions o G"ards, a s4"adron o G"ards (a+a!r$ and &ost o the Ho"seho!d Batta!ion, %ho %ere Ger&ans, a sta -o i(er (a!!ed Se1an"s, the son o the Co&&ander o the G"ards and one o Ti#eri"s7 e% inti&ates, %ent %ith Castor as his !ie"tenant. O this Se1an"s I sha!! !ater ha+e &ore to %rite. Castor on arri+a! addressed the &o# o so!diers in a di)ni ied and ear!ess %a$ and read the& a !etter ro& his ather, -ro&isin) to ta*e (are o the in+in(i#!e re)i&ents %ith %ho& he had shared the hardshi-s o so &an$ %ars, and to ne)otiate %ith the Senate a#o"t their de&ands as soon as he had re(o+ered ro& his )rie or A")"st"s7 death. Mean%hi!e, he %rote, his son had (o&e to the& to &a*e %hate+er i&&ediate (on(essions &i)ht #e -ra(ti(a#!e--the rest &"st #e reser+ed or the Senate. The &"tineers &ade one o their (a-tains a(t as their s-o*es&an and -resent their de&ands, or no so!dier %o"!d ris* doin) so or ear o #ein) sin)!ed o"t !ater as a rin)!eader. Castor said that he %as +er$ sorr$, #"t that the si5teen-$ear !i&it o ser+i(e, the dis(har)e o +eterans and the in(rease o -a$ to a "!! si!+er--ie(e a da$ %ere de&ands %hi(h he had no a"thorit$ to )rant. On!$ his ather and the Senate (o"!d &a*e s"(h (on(essions. This -"t the &en into an ")!$ te&-er. The$ as*ed %h$ in He!!7s na&e had he (o&e then i he had no -o%er to do an$thin) or the&. His ather Ti#eri"s, the$ said, "sed a!%a$s to -!a$ the sa&e tri(* on the& %hen the$ -resented their )rie+an(es/ he "sed to she!ter #ehind A")"st"s and the Senate. 8hat %as the Senate, an$ho%3 A -a(* o ri(h )ood- or-nothin) !a6$-#ones, &ost o %ho& %o"!d die o ear i the$ e+er (a")ht si)ht o an ene&$ shie!d or sa% a s%ord dra%n in an)erB The$ #e)an thro%in) stones at Castor7s sta and the sit"ation #e(a&e dan)ero"s. B"t it %as sa+ed that ni)ht #$ a ort"nate (han(e. The &oon %as e(!i-sed, %hi(h a e(ted the ar&$-a!! so!diers are s"-erstitio"s--in a s"r-risin) %a$. The$ too* the e(!i-se or a si)n that Hea+en %as an)r$ %ith the& or their &"rder o O!d Gi+e-&e-Another and or their de ian(e o a"thorit$. There %ere a n"&#er o se(ret !o$a!ists a&on) the &"tineers and one o these (a&e to Castor s"))estin) that he sho"!d )et ho!d o others !i*e hi&se! and send the& aro"nd the tents in -arties o t%o or three to tr$ to #rin) the disa e(ted &en to their senses. This %as done. B$ &ornin) there %as a +er$ di erent at&os-here in the (a&and Castor, tho")h he (onsented to send the Genera!7s son a)ain to Ti#eri"s %ith the sa&e de&ands endorsed #$ hi&se! , arrested the t%o &en %ho a--eared to ha+e started the &"tin$ and -"#!i(!$ e5e("ted the&. The rest &ade no -rotest and e+en +o!"ntari!$ handed o+er the i+e &"rderers o the (a-tain as a -roo o their o%n ide!it$. B"t there %as sti!! a ir& re "sa! to attend -arades, or do an$thin) #"t the &ost ne(essar$ ati)"es "nti! an ans%er (a&e 07E<2 ro& Ro&e. The %eather #ro*e and in(essant rain !ooded the (a&- and &ade it i&-ossi#!e or the &en to *ee- (o&&"ni(ation #et%een tent and tent. This %as ta*en as a resh %arnin) ro& Hea+en, and #e ore the &essen)er had ti&e to ret"rn the &"tin$ %as at an end, the re)i&ents &ar(hin) o#edient!$ #a(* to %inter-4"arters "nder their o i(ers. B"t the &"tin$ on the Rhine %as a ar &ore serio"s a air. Ro&an Ger&an$ %as no% #o"nded on the East #$ the Rhine and di+ided into t%o -ro+in(es, the U--er and the Lo%er. The (a-ita! o the U--er Pro+in(e, %hi(h e5tended "- into S%it6er!and, %as Main6 and that o the Lo%er, %hi(h rea(hed North to the S(he!dt and Sa&#re, %as Co!o)ne. An ar&$ o o"r re)i&ents &anned ea(h o the -ro+in(es and Ger&ani("s %as Co&&ander-inChie . Disorders #ro*e o"t in a s"&&er (a&- o the Lo%er Ar&$.
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The )rie+an(es %ere the sa&e here as in the Ba!*an ar&$ #"t the (ond"(t o the &"tineers %as &ore +io!ent #e(a"se o the )reater -ro-ortion o ne%!$-re(r"ited Cit$ reed&en in the ran*s. These reed&en %ere sti!! s!a+es #$ nat"re and a(("sto&ed to a ar &ore id!e and !"5"rio"s !i e than the ree-#o& (iti6ens, &ost!$ -oor -easants, %ho or&ed the #a(*#one o the ar&$. The$ &ade thoro")h!$ #ad so!diers and their #adness %ent "n(he(*ed #$ an$ re)i&enta! es-rit-de-(or-s. :or these %ere not the re)i&ents %hi(h had #een "nder the (o&&and o Ger&ani("s in the re(ent (a&-ai)n, the$ %ere Ti#eri"s7 &en. The Genera! !ost his head and %as "na#!e to (he(* the inso!en(e o the &"tineers %ho (a&e (ro%din) ro"nd hi& %ith (o&-!aints and threats. His ner+o"sness en(o"ra)ed the& to a!! on their &ost hated (a-tains, a#o"t t%ent$ o %ho& the$ #eat to death %ith their o%n +ine-sa-!in)s, thro%in) the #odies into the Rhine. The re&ainder the$ 1eered at and ins"!ted and dro+e ro& the (a&-. Cassi"s Chaarea %as the on!$ senior o i(er %ho &ade an$ atte&-t to o--ose this &onstro"s and "nheard-o #eha+io"r. He %as set "-on #$ a !ar)e -art$ #"t instead o r"nnin) a%a$ or #e))in) or &er($ r"shed strai)ht into the thi(* o the& %ith his s%ord dra%n, sta##in) ri)ht and !e t, and #ro*e thro")h to the sa(red tri#"na!--!at or& %here he *ne% that no so!dier %o"!d dare to to"(h hi&. Ger&ani("s had no #atta!ions o G"ards to s"--ort hi& #"t rode at on(e to the &"tino"s (a&- %ith on!$ a s&a!! sta #ehind hi&. He did not $et *no% o the &assa(re. The &en s"r)ed a#o"t hi& in a &o#, as the$ had done a#o"t their Genera!, #"t Ger&ani("s (a!&!$ re "sed to sa$ an$thin) to the&, "nti! the$ had or&ed "- de(ent!$ in (o&-anies and #atta!ions "nder their -ro-er #anners so that he sho"!d *no% %ho& he %as addressin). It see&ed a s&a!! (on(ession to a"thorit$, and the$ %anted to hear %hat he had to te!! the&. On(e the$ %ere #a(* in &i!itar$ or&ation a (ertain sense o dis(i-!ine ret"rned, and tho")h #$ the &"rder o their o i(ers the$ had -"t the&se!+es #e$ond ho-e o his tr"st or or)i+eness, their hearts s"dden!$ %ent o"t to hi& as a #ra+e and h"&ane and hono"ra#!e &an. One o!d +eteran--there %ere &an$ there %ho had #een ser+in) in Ger&an$ t%ent$- i+e and thirt$ $ears #e ore this--(a!!ed o"t/ Ho% !i*e he is to his atherB And another, He7s )ot to #e ("rsed )ood to #e as ("rsed )ood as hi&. Ger&ani("s #e)an in a +oi(e o ordinar$ (on+ersationa! -it(h, to (o&&and &ore attention. He irst s-o*e o the death o A")"st"s and the )reat )rie it had ins-ired #"t ass"red the& that A")"st"s had !e t #ehind hi& an indestr"(ti#!e %or* and a s"((essor (a-a#!e o (arr$in) on the )o+ern&ent and (o&&andin) the ar&ies in the %a$ that he hi&se! %o"!d ha+e %ished. O &$ ather7s )!orio"s +i(tories in Ger&an$ $o" are not "na%are. Man$ o $o" ha+e shared in the&. Ne+er %as there a #etter )enera! or a #etter &an, sho"ted a +eteran. H"rrah or Ger&ani("s, ather and sonB It is a (o&&ent on &$ #rother7s e5tre&e si&-!i(it$ that he did not rea!ise the e e(t his %ords %ere ha+in). B$ his ather he &eant Ti#eri"s 0%ho a!so %as o ten st$!ed Ger&ani("s2, #"t the +eterans tho")ht he &eant his rea! ather, and #$ A")"st"s7 s"((essor he &eant Ti#eri"s a)ain, #"t the +eterans tho")ht that he &eant hi&se! . Una%are o these (ross--"r-oses he %ent on to s-ea* o the har&on$ that -re+ai!ed in Ita!$ and o the ide!it$ o the :ren(h, ro& %hose territor$ he had 1"st (o&e, and said that he (o"!d not "nderstand the s"dden ee!in) o -essi&is& that had o+er(o&e the&. 8hat ai!ed the&3 8hat had the$ done %ith their (a-tains and their (o!one!s and their )enera!s3 8h$ %eren7t these o i(ers on
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-arade3 Had the$ rea!!$ #een e5-e!!ed ro& the (a&-, as he had heard3 A e% o "s are sti!! a!i+e and a#o"t, Caesar, so&eone said, and Cassi"s (a&e !i&-in) thro")h the ran*s and sa!"ted Ger&ani("s. Not &an$B The$ -"!!ed &e o the tri#"na! and ha+e *e-t &e tied "- in the )"ardroo& %itho"t ood or the !ast o"r da$s. An o!d so!dier has 1"st #een )ood eno")h to re!ease &e. 9o", Cassi"sB The$ did that to $o"B The &an %ho #ro")ht #a(* the ei)ht$ ro& the Te"to#"r)er :orest3 The &an %ho sa+ed the Rhine #rid)e3 8e!!, at !east the$ s-ared &$ !i e, said Cassi"s. Ger&ani("s as*ed %ith horror in his +oi(e/ Men, is this tr"e3 The$ #ro")ht it on the&se!+es, so&eone sho"ted, and then a ear "! h"##"# arose. Men stri--ed the&se!+es to the s*in to sho% the (!ean si!+er s(ars o hono"ra#!e %o"nds on their #reasts and the ra))ed and dis(o!o"red &ar*s o !o))in) on their #a(*s. One de(re-it o!d &an #ro*e ro& the ran*s, and r"nnin) or%ard -"!!ed his &o"th o-en %ith his in)ers to sho% his #are )"&s. Then he sho"ted, I (an7t eat hard ta(* %itho"t teeth. Genera!, and I (an7t &ar(h and i)ht on s!o-s. I ser+ed "nder $o"r ather in his irst (a&-ai)n in the A!-s and I7d done si5 $ears7 ser+i(e e+en then. I7+e t%o )randsons ser+in) in the sa&e (o&-an$ as &$se! . Gi+e &e &$ dis(har)e. Genera!. I dand!ed $o" on &$ *nees %hen $o" %ere a #a#$! And !oo*. Genera!, I7+e )ot a r"-t"re and the$ e5-e(t &e to &ar(h t%ent$ &i!es %ith a h"ndred -o"nds7 %ei)ht on &$ #a(*. Ba(* to the ran*s, Po&-oni"s, ordered Ger&ani("s, %ho re(o)nised the o!d &an and %as sho(*ed to ind hi& sti!! "nder ar&s. 9o" or)et $o"rse! . I7!! !oo* into $o"r (ase !ater. :or Hea+en7s sa*e sho% a )ood e5a&-!e to the $o"n) so!diersB Po&-oni"s sa!"ted and ret"rned to the ran*s. Ger&ani("s he!d "- his hand or si!en(e, #"t the &en %ent on sho"tin) a#o"t their -a$ and the "nne(essar$ ati)"es -"t on the& so that the$ hard!$ had a &o&ent to the&se!+es ro& re+ei!!e to !i)hts o"t, and that the on!$ dis(har)e a &an )ot ro& the Ar&$ no% %as to drodead ro& o!d a)e. Ger&ani("s &ade no atte&-t to s-ea* "nti! he had (o&-!ete 4"iet a)ain. Then he said/ In the na&e o &$ ather Ti#eri"s I -ro&ise $o" 1"sti(e. He has $o"r %e! are at heart as dee-!$ as I ha+e and %hate+er (an #e done or $o" %itho"t dan)er to the E&-ire, he %i!! do. I7!! ans%er or that. Oh, to he!! %ith Ti#eri"sB so&eone sho"ted, and the (r$ %as -i(*ed "- on a!! sides %ith )roans and (at(a!!s. And then s"dden!$ the$ a!! #e)an to sho"t/ U-, Ger&ani("sB 9o"7re the E&-eror or "s. Ch"(* Ti#eri"s into the Ti#erB U-, Ger&ani("sB Ger&ani("s or E&-erorB To he!! %ith Ti#eri"sB To he!! %ith that #it(h Li+iaB U-, Ger&ani("sB Mar(h on Ro&eB 8e7re $o"r &enB U-, Ger&ani("s, son o Ger&ani("sB Ger&ani("s or E&-erorB
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Ger&ani("s %as th"nderstr"(*. He sho"ted/ 9o"7re &ad, &en, to ta!* !i*e that. 8hat do $o" thin* I a&3 A traitor3 A +eteran sho"ted/ 7None o that. Genera!B 9o" said 1"st no% that $o"7d ta*e on A")"st"s7 1o#. Don7t #a(* o"tB Ger&ani("s then rea!ised his &ista*e, and %hen the (heers o U-, Ger&ani("s (ontin"ed he 1"&-ed o the tri#"na! and h"rried to %here his horse %as standin) tied to a -ost, intendin) to &o"nt and )a!!o- %i!d!$ a%a$ ro& this a(("rsed (a&-. B"t the &en dre% their s%ords and #arred his %a$. Ger&ani("s, #eside hi&se! , (ried/ Let &e -ass, or #$ God, I7!! *i!! &$se! . 9o"7re the E&-eror or "s, the$ ans%ered. Ger&ani("s dre% his s%ord, #"t so&eone (a")ht his ar&. It %as (!ear to an$ de(ent &an that Ger&ani("s %as in earnest, #"t a )ood &an$ o the e5-s!a+es tho")ht that he %as 1"st &a*in) a h$-o(riti(a! )est"re o &odest$ and +irt"e. One o the& !a")hed and (a!!ed o"t, Here, ta*e &$ s%ordB It7s shar-erB O!d Po&-oni"s, %ho %as standin) ne5t to this e!!o%, !ared "- and str"(* hi& on the &o"th. Ger&ani("s %as h"rried a%a$ #$ his riends to the Genera!7s tent. The Genera! %as !$in) in #ed ha! -dead %ith dis&a$, hidin) his head "nder a (o+er!et. It %as a !on) 0iFi2 ti&e #e ore he (o"!d )et "- and -a$ his res-e(ts to Ger&ani("s. His !i e and that o his sta had #een sa+ed #$ his #od$)"ard, &er(enaries ro& the S%iss #order. A h"rried (o"n(i! %as he!d. Cassi"s to!d Ger&ani("s that ro& a (on+ersation %hi(h he had o+erheard %hi!e !$in) in the )"ardroo& the &"tineers %ere a#o"t to send a de-"tation to the re)i&ents in the U--er Pro+in(e, to se("re their (o-o-eration in a )enera! &i!itar$ re+o!t. There %as ta!* o !ea+in) the Rhine "n)"arded and &ar(hin) into :ran(e, sa(*in) (ities, (arr$in) o the %o&en and settin) "- an inde-endent &i!itar$ *in)do& in the So"th-8est, -rote(ted in the rear #$ the P$renees. Ro&e %o"!d #e -ara!$sed #$ this &o+e and the$ %o"!d re&ain "ndist"r#ed !on) eno")h to #e a#!e to &a*e their *in)do& i&-re)na#!e. Ger&ani("s de(ided to )o at on(e to the U--er Pro+in(e and &a*e the re)i&ents there s%ear a!!e)ian(e to Ti#eri"s. These %ere the troo-s %ho7had re(ent!$ ser+ed dire(t!$ "nder his (o&&and and he #e!ie+ed that the$ %o"!d re&ain !o$a! i he rea(hed the& #e ore the de-"tation o &"tineers. The$ had the sa&e )rie+an(es a#o"t -a$ and ser+i(e, he %as a%are, #"t their (a-tains %ere a #etter set o &en, (hosen #$ hi&se! or their -atien(e and so!dier!$ 4"a!ities rather than or their re-"tation. B"t irst so&ethin) had to #e done to 4"iet the &"tino"s re)i&ents here. There %as on!$ one (o"rse to ta*e. He (o&&itted the irst and on!$ (ri&e o his !i e/ he or)ed a !etter -"r-ortin) to (o&e ro& Ti#eri"s and had it de!i+ered to hi& at his tent door the ne5t &ornin). The (o"rier had #een se(ret!$ sent o"t at ni)ht %ith instr"(tions to stea! a horse ro& the horse-!ines, ride t%ent$ &i!es So"th-8est and then )a!!o- #a(* at to- s-eed #$ another ro"te. The !etter %as to the e e(t that Ti#eri"s had heard that the re)i&ents in Ger&an$ had +oi(ed (ertain !e)iti&ate
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)rie+an(es, and %as an5io"s to re&o+e the& at on(e. He %o"!d see that A")"st"s7 !e)a($ %as -ro&-t!$ -aid to the& and as a &ar* o his (on iden(e in their !o$a!t$ %o"!d do"#!e it ro& his o%n -"rse. He %o"!d ne)otiate %ith the Senate a#o"t the rise in -a$. He %o"!d )i+e an i&&ediate and "n4"a!i ied dis(har)e to a!! &en o t%ent$ $ears7 ser+i(e and a 4"a!i ied dis(har)e to a!! %ho had (o&-!eted si5teen $ears--these %o"!d #e (a!!ed on or no &i!itar$ d"t$ %hatsoe+er e5(e-t )arrison d"t$. Ger&ani("s %as not as (!e+er a !iar as his "n(!e Ti#eri"s or his )rand&other Li+ia or his sister Li+i!!a. The (o"rier7s horse %as re(o)nised #$ its o%ner and so %as the (o"rier, one o Ger&ani("s7 o%n )roo&s. 8ord %ent ro"nd that the !etter %as a or)er$. B"t the +eterans %ere in a+o"r o treatin) it as a"thenti( and as*in) or the -ro&ised dis(har)e and the !e)a($ at on(e. The$ did so, and Ger&ani("s re-!ied that the E&-eror %as a &an o his %ord and that the dis(har)es (o"!d #e )ranted that +er$ da$. B"t he as*ed the& to ha+e -atien(e a#o"t the !e)a($, %hi(h (o"!d on!$ #e -aid in "!! %hen the$ &ar(hed #a(* to %inter 4"arters. There %as not s" i(ient (oin in the (a&-, he said, or e+er$ &an to ha+e his si5 )o!d -ie(es, #"t he %o"!d see that the Genera! %o"!d hand o+er as &"(h as there %as. This 4"ieted the&, tho")h o-inion had so&e%hat t"rned a)ainst Ger&ani("s as not #ein) the &an the$ had ta*en hi& to #e/ he %as a raid o Ti#eri"s, the$ said, and not a#o+e (o&&ittin) or)er$. The$ sent -arties o"t to !oo* or their (a-tains and "ndertoo* to o#e$ orders ro& their Genera! a)ain. Ger&ani("s had to!d the Genera! that he %o"!d ha+e hi& i&-ea(hed #e ore the Senate or (o%ardi(e i he did not i&&ediate!$ ta*e hi&se! in hand. So ha+in) seen that the dis(har)es %ere &ade in d"e or& and a!! the a+ai!a#!e &one$ distri#"ted, Ger&ani("s rode o to the U--er Pro+in(e. He o"nd the re)i&ents standin)-#$ %aitin) or ne%s o %hat %as ha--enin) in the Lo%er Pro+in(e, #"t not $et in o-en &"tin$, or Si!i"s, their )enera!, %as a stron)-&inded &an. Ger&ani("s read the& the sa&e or)ed !etter and &ade the& s%ear a!!e)ian(e to Ti#eri"s, %hi(h the$ did at on(e. There %as )reat e&otion at Ro&e %hen ne%s arri+ed o the Rhine &"tin$. Ti#eri"s, %ho had #een stron)!$ (riti(i6ed or sendin) Castor o"t to the Ba!*an &"tin$--%hi(h had not $et #een -"t do%n--instead o )oin) there hi&se! , %as no% #ooed in the streets and as*ed %h$ it %as that the troo-s %ho &"tinied %ere the ones %ho& he had -ersona!!$ (o&&anded, %hi!e the others re&ained !o$a!. 0:or the re)i&ents that Ger&ani("s had (o&&anded in Da!&atia had not &"tinied either.2 He %as (a!!ed on to )o to Ger&an$ IFJ2 at on(e and do his o%n dirt$ %or* on the Rhine instead o !ea+in) it to Ger&ani("s. He there ore to!d the Senate that he %o"!d )o to Ger&an$, and #e)an s!o%!$ to &a*e -re-arations, (hoosin) his sta and ittin) o"t a s&a!! !eet. B"t #$ the ti&e he %as read$ the a--roa(h o %inter &ade na+i)ation dan)ero"s and the ne%s ro& Ger&an$ %as &ore ho-e "!. So he did not )o. He had not intended to )o. Mean%hi!e, I had had a hast$ !etter ro& Ger&ani("s, #e))in) &e to raise t%o h"ndred tho"sand )o!d -ie(es at on(e ro& his estate, #"t %ith the )reatest se(re($/ the$ %ere needed or the sa et$ o Ro&e. He said no &ore #"t sent &e a si)ned %arrant %hi(h ena#!ed &e to a(t or hi&. I %ent to his (hie -ste%ard, %ho said that he (o"!d on!$ raise ha! that a&o"nt %itho"t se!!in) -ro-ert$, and that to se!! -ro-ert$ %o"!d &a*e ta!*, %hi(h %as %hat Ger&ani("s e+ident!$ %anted to a+oid. So I had to ind the rest &$se! -- i t$ tho"sand ro& &$ stron)-#o5, %hi(h !e t &e %ith on!$ ten tho"sand a ter I had -aid &$
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initiation ee to the ne% -riesthood--and another i t$ tho"sand ro& the sa!e o so&e Cit$ -ro-ert$ %hi(h had #een !e t &e #$ &$ ather--!"(*i!$ I had a!read$ had an o er or it--and s"(h o &$ s!a+es as I (o"!d s-are, #"t on!$ &en and %o&en %ho& I (onsidered not -arti("!ar!$ de+oted to &$ ser+i(e. I sent the &one$ o"t %ithin t%o da$s o )ettin) the !etter as*in) or it. M$ &other %as e5tre&e!$ an)r$ %hen she heard that the -ro-ert$ had #een so!d, #"t I %as -!ed)ed not to te!! her %h$ the &one$ %as needed, so I said that I had #een -!a$in) di(e or too hi)h sta*es !ate!$ and in tr$in) to re(o"- &$ hea+$ !osses had !ost t%i(e as &"(h a)ain. She #e!ie+ed &e, and )a&#!er %as another sti(* to #eat &e %ith. B"t the tho")ht that I had not ai!ed Ger&ani("s or Ro&e %as a&-!e (o&-ensation or her ta"nts. I %as )a&#!in) a )ood dea! at this ti&e, I &"st sa$, #"t ne+er either !ost or )ained &"(h. I "sed to -!a$ as a re!a5ation ro& &$ %or*. A ter inishin) &$ histor$ o A")"st"s7 re!i)io"s re or&s I %rote a short h"&oro"s #oo* a#o"t Di(e, dedi(ated to the di+init$ o A")"st"s, %hi(h %as to tease &$ &other. I 4"oted a !etter that A")"st"s, %ho had #een +er$ ond o di(e, had on(e %ritten to &$ ather/ in %hi(h he said ho% &"(h he had en1o$ed their )a&e on the -re+io"s ni)ht, or &$ ather %as the #est !oser he had e+er &et. M$ ather, he %rote, a!%a$s &ade a )reat !a")hin) o"t(r$ a)ainst ate %hene+er he thre% the Do), #"t i -a e!!o%-)a&#!er thre% Cen"s he see&ed as -!eased as i he had thro%n her hi&se! . It is, indeed, a -!eas"re to %in ro& $o", &$ dear e!!o%, and to sa$ this is the hi)hest -raise I (an #esto% on a &an, or "s"a!!$ I hate %innin) #e(a"se o the insi)ht it )i+es &e into the hearts o &$ s"--osed!$ &ast de+oted riends. A!! #"t the +er$ #est )r"d)e !osin) to &e, #e(a"se I a& the E&-eror and, the$ thin*, o in inite %ea!th, and o#+io"s!$ the Gods sho"!d not )i+e &ore to a &an %ho a!read$ has too &"(h. It is &$ -o!i($ there ore---erha-s $o" ha+e noti(ed it--a!%a$s to &a*e a &ista*e in the re(*onin) a ter a ro"nd o thro%s. Either I (!ai& !ess than I ha+e %on, as i #$ &ista*e, or I -a$ &ore than I o%e, and hard!$ an$one #"t $o"rse! , I ind, is honest eno")h to -"t &e ri)ht. 0I sho"!d ha+e !i*ed to 4"ote a "rther -assa)e in %hi(h there %as a re eren(e to Ti#eri"s7 #ad s-orts&anshi-, #"t o (o"rse I (o"!d not.2 In this #oo* I #e)an %ith a &o(*-serio"s en4"ir$ into the anti4"it$ o di(e, 4"otin) a n"&#er o non-e5istent a"thors, and des(ri#in) +ario"s an(i "! %a$s o sha*in) the di(e-("-. B"t the &ain s"#1e(t %as, nat"ra!!$, that o %innin) and !osin) and the tit!e %as Ho% To 8in At Di(e. A")"st"s had %ritten in another !etter that the &ore he tried to !ose, the &ore he see&ed to %in, and e+en #$ (heatin) hi&se! in the re(*onin) it %as se!do& that he rose ro& the ta#!e -oorer than he sat do%n. I 4"oted an o--osite state&ent attri#"ted #$ Po!!io to &$ )rand ather Anton$ to the e e(t that the &ore he tried to %in at di(e-!a$ the &ore he see&ed to !ose. P"ttin) these state&ents to)ether I ded"(ed that the "nda&enta! !a% o di(e %as that the Gods, "n!ess the$ had a )r"d)e a)ainst hi& on another s(ore, a!%a$s !et the &an %in %ho (ared !east a#o"t %innin). The on!$ %a$ to %in at di(e there ore %as to ("!ti+ate a )en"ine desire to !ose. 8ritten in a hea+$ st$!e, -arod$in) that o &$ #")#ear Cato, it %as, I !atter &$se! , a +er$ "nn$ #oo*, the ar)"&ent #ein) so -er e(t!$ -arado5i(a!. I 4"oted the o!d -ro+er# %hi(h -ro&ises a &an a tho"sand )o!d -ie(es e+er$ ti&e he &eets a stran)er ridin) on a -ie#a!d &"!e, #"t on!$ on (ondition that he does not 0?FJ2 thin* o the &"!e7s tan "nti! he )ets the &one$. I had ho-ed that this s4"i# %o"!d -!ease -eo-!e %ho o"nd &$ histories indi)esti#!e. It did not. It %as not read as a h"&oro"s %or* at a!!. I sho"!d ha+e rea!ised that o!d ashioned readers %ho had #een #ro")ht "- on the %or*s o Cato %ere hard!$ the sort to en1o$ a -arod$ o their hero and that the $o"n)er )eneration, %ho had not #een #ro")ht "- on Cato, %o"!d not re(o)nise it as a -arod$. The #oo* %as there ore
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dis&issed as a antasti(a!!$ d"!! and st"-id -rod"(tion %ritten in -ain "! serio"sness and -ro+in) &$ r"&o"red &enta! in(a-a(it$ #e$ond "rther dis-"te. B"t this has #een a +er$ i!!-1"d)ed di)ression, !ea+in) Ger&ani("s, as it %ere, %aitin) an5io"s!$ or his &one$ %hi!e I %rite a #oo* a#o"t di(e. O!d Athenodor"s %o"!d (riti(ise &e -rett$ se+ere!$, I thin*, i he %ere a!i+e no%.

CHAPTER NCI GERMANICUS 8AS MET AT BONN B9 A DEPUTATION O: senators sent #$ Ti#eri"s. The$ rea!!$ (a&e to see %hether Ger&ani("s had #een either e5a))eratin) or &ini&isin) the serio"sness o the &"tin$. The$ a!so #ro")ht a -ri+ate !etter ro& Ti#eri"s a--ro+in) the -ro&ises &ade to the &en on his #eha! %ith the e5(e-tion o the do"#!ed #e4"est, %hi(h %o"!d no% ha+e to #e -ro&ised to the entire Ar&$, not &ere!$ the re)i&ents in Ger&an$. Ti#eri"s (on)rat"!ated Ger&ani("s on the a--arent s"((ess o the r"se #"t de-!ored the ne(essit$ o or)er$. He added that %hether he "! i!!ed the -ro&ises de-ended on the #eha+io"r o the &en. 0B$ this he did not &ean, as Ger&ani("s s"--osed, that i the &en ret"rned to o#edien(e he %o"!d "! i! the -ro&ises, #"t e5a(t!$ the re+erse.2 Ger&ani("s %rote #a(* at on(e a-o!o)isin) or the e5-ense in+o!+ed in the do"#!in) o the #e4"est, #"t e5-!ained that the &one$ %as #ein) -aid ro& his o%n -"rse and the &en %o"!d not *no% that it %as not Ti#eri"s %ho %as their #ene a(tor, and that in the or)ed !etter he had &ade it -!ain that on!$ the Ger&an re)i&ents %ere to #ene it, &a*in) the -a$&ent a re%ard or their re(ent s"((ess "! (a&-ai)n a(ross the Rhine. As or the other s-e(i i( -ro&ises, the +eterans o t%ent$ $ears7 ser+i(e had a!read$ #een dis(har)ed and %ere on!$ re&ainin) %ith the Co!o"rs "nti! the #o"nt$-&one$ arri+ed or the&. Ger&ani("s (o"!d i!! a ord this hea+$ (har)e on his estate and %rote as*in) &e not to -ress hi& or re-a$&ent o &$ i t$ tho"sand or a%hi!e. I ans%ered that it had not #een a !oan #"t a )i t, %hi(h I %as -ro"d to ha+e #een a#!e to &a*e. B"t to ret"rn to the order o e+ents. T%o o the re)i&ents %ere in their %inter 4"arters at Bonn %hen the de-"tation arri+ed. Their &ar(h #a(* "nder their Genera! had #een a dis)ra(e "! dis-!a$/ the #a)s %hi(h had (ontained the &one$ %ere tied to !on) -o!es and (arried &o"th-do%n%ards, #et%een the standards. The other t%o re)i&ents had re "sed to !ea+e the s"&&er (a&- "nti! the %ho!e #e4"est %as -aid the&. The Bonn re)i&ents, the :irst and T%entieth, s"s-e(ted that the de-"tation had #een sent to (an(e! the (on(essions and #e)an to riot a)ain. So&e o the& %ere or &ar(hin) to their ne% *in)do& at on(e and at &idni)ht a -art$ #ro*e into Ger&ani("s7 4"arters %here the Ea)!e o the T%entieth Re)i&ent %as *e-t in a !o(*ed shrine and, -"!!in) hi& o"t o #ed tore the *e$ o the shrine ro& the thin )o!d (hain %hi(h he %ore ro"nd his ne(*, "n!o(*ed the shrine and sei6ed the Ea)!e. As the$ &ar(hed sho"tin) do%n the streets, (a!!in) on their (o&rades to o!!o% the Ea)!e the$ &et the senators o the de-"tation, %ho had heard the noise and (a&e r"nnin) or -rote(tion to Ger&ani("s. The so!diers ("rsed and dre% their s%ords. The senators (han)ed their dire(tion and darted into the head4"arters o the :irst Re)i&ent, %here the$ too* san(t"ar$ %ith its Ea)!e. B"t their -"rs"ers %ere &ad %ith ra)e and drin* and i the
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Ea)!e#earer had not #een a &an o (o"ra)e, and a )ood s%ords&an too, the !eader o the de-"tation %o"!d ha+e had his s*"!! s-!it o-en--a (ri&e %hi(h %o"!d ha+e o"t!a%ed the re)i&ent #e$ond -ardon and #een the si)na! or (i+i! %ar thro")ho"t the (o"ntr$. The disorders (ontin"ed a!! ni)ht, #"t ort"nate!$ %itho"t #!oodshed e5(e-t as the res"!t o dr"n*en #ra%!s #et%een ri+a! (o&-anies o so!diers. 8hen da%n (a&e Ger&ani("s to!d the tr"&-eter to #!o% the Asse&#!$, and ste--ed on the tri#"na!, -"ttin) the !eader o the senatoria! de-"tation #eside hi&. The &en %ere in a ner+o"s, )"i!t$, irrita#!e &ood, #"t Ger&ani("s7 (o"ra)e as(inated the&. He stood "-, (o&&anded si!en(e, and then )a+e a )reat $a%n. He (o+ered his &o"th %ith his hand and a-o!o)ised, sa$in) that he had not s!e-t %e!! #e(a"se o the s(" !in) o &i(e in his 4"arters. The &en !i*ed that 1o*e and !a")hed. He did not !a")h %ith the&. Hea+en #e -raised that da%n is here. Ne+er ha+e I *no%n s"(h an e+i! ni)ht. At one &o&ent I drea&ed that the Ea)!e o The T%entieth !e% a%a$. 8hat a de!i)ht to see it on -arade this &ornin)B There %ere destr"(ti+e s-irits ho+erin) in the (a&-, sent #e$ond do"#t #$ so&e God %ho& %e ha+e o ended. 9o" a!! e!t the &adness and it %as on!$ #$ a &ira(!e that $o" %ere -re+ented ro& (o&&ittin) a (ri&e "n-ara!!e!ed in the histor$ o Ro&e--the "n-ro+o*ed &"rder o an a&#assador o $o"r o%n Cit$ %ho had ta*en san(t"ar$ ro& $o"r s%ords %ith $o"r o%n re)i&enta! DeitiesB He then e5-!ained that the de-"tation had (o&e &ere!$ to (on ir& Ti#eri"s7 ori)ina! -ro&ises on #eha! o the Senate and to re-ort %hether the$ %ere #ein) aith "!!$ e5e("ted #$ hi&se! . 8e!!, %hat a#o"t it, then3 8here7s the rest o the #o"nt$3 so&eone sho"ted, and the (r$ %as ta*en "-. 8e %ant o"r #o"nt$. B"t #$ a !"(*$ (han(e the &one$%a)ons %ere si)hted at that &o&ent, dri+in) into (a&- "nder (on+o$ o a troo- o a"5i!iar$ horse. Ger&ani("s too* ad+anta)e o the sit"ation to send the senators h"rried!$ #a(* to Ro&e "nder es(ort o these sa&e a"5i!iaries, then he s"-er+ised the distri#"tion o the (oin, ha+in) di i("!t$ in restrainin) so&e o the &en ro& -!"nderin) the &one$ intended or the other re)i&ents. The disorder in(reased that a ternoon, so &"(h )o!d in the &en7s -"rses &eant hea+$ drin*in) and re(*!ess )a&#!in). Ger&ani("s de(ided that it %as not sa e or A)ri--ina %ho %as no% %ith hi&, to re&ain in the (a&-. She %as -re)nant a)ain, and tho")h her $o"n) sons, &$ ne-he%s Nero and Dr"s"s, %ere here at Ro&e sta$in) %ith &$ &other and &$se! , she had !itt!e Gains there %ith her. This -rett$ (hi!d had #e(o&e the ar&$ &as(ot, and so&eone had &ade hi& a &iniat"re so!dier-s"it, (o&-!ete %ith tin #reast--!ate and s%ord and he!&et and shie!d. E+er$one s-oi!t hi&. 8hen his &other -"t on his ordinar$ (!othes and sanda!s he "sed to (r$ and -!ead or his s%ord and his !itt!e #oots to )o +isitin) the tents. So he %as ni(*na&ed Ca!i)"!a, or Litt!e Boot. Ger&ani("s insisted on A)ri--ina7s )oin) a%a$, tho")h she s%ore that she %as a raid o nothin) and %o"!d ar rather die %ith hi& there than ha+e ne%s ro& sa et$ o his &"rder #$ the &"tineers. B"t he as*ed her %hether she tho")ht that Li+ia %o"!d &a*e a )ood &other or their or-haned (hi!dren, and this de(ided her to do as he %ished.
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8ith her %ent se+era! o i(ers7 %i+es, %ith their (hi!dren, a!! %ee-in) and %earin) &o"rnin) (!othes. The$ -assed on oot s!o%!$ thro")h the (a&-, %itho"t their "s"a! attendants, !i*e ")iti+es ro& a doo&ed (it$. A sin)!e ro")h (art, dra%n #$ a &"!e, %as a!! their trans-ort. Cassi"s Chaerea %ent %ith the& as )"ide and so!e -rote(tor. Ca!i)"!a rode on Cassi"s7 #a(* as i on a (har)er, sho"tin) and &a*in) the re)"!ation s%ord-("ts and -ani(s in the air %ith his s%ord, as the (a+a!r$&en had ta")ht hi&. The$ !e t the (a&- +er$ ear!$ in the &ornin) and hard!$ an$one sa% the& )o, or there %as no )"ard at the )ate and no#od$ no% too* the tro"#!e to #!o% the re+ei!!e, &ost o the &en s!ee-in) !i*e -i)s ti!! ten or e!e+en o7(!o(*. A e% o!d so!diers %ho %o*e ear!$ ro& !on) ha#it %ere o"tside the (a&- )atherin) ire%ood or their #rea* asts and (a!!ed to as* %here the !adies %ere o to. To Tre+es, sho"ted Cassi"s. The Co&&ander-in-Chie is sendin) his %i e and (hi!d a%a$ to the -rote(tion o the "n(i+i!ised #"t !o$a! :ren(h a!!ies o Tre+es rather than ris* their &"rder #$ the a&o"s :irst Re)i&ent. Te!! $o"r (o&rades that. The o!d so!diers h"rried #a(* to the (a&- and one o the&, the o!d &an Po&-oni"s, )ot ho!d o a tr"&-et and #!e% the a!ar&. The &en (a&e t"&#!in) o"t o their tents ha! -as!ee- %ith their s%ords in their hands. 8hat7s %ron)3 8hat7s ha--ened3 He7s #een sent a%a$ ro& "s. That7s the end o o"r !"(* and %e7!! ne+er see hi& a)ain. 8ho7s that3 8ho7s #een sent a%a$3 O"r #o$ has. Litt!e Boot. His ather sa$s he (an7t tr"st the :irst Re)i&ent %ith hi& so he7s sent hi& a%a$ to the da&ned :ren(h a!!ies. God *no%s %hat %i!! ha--en to hi& there. 9o" *no% %hat the :ren(h are. His &other7s #een sent o too. Se+en &onths )one %ith her !atest, and %a!*in) on oot, !i*e a s!a+e %o&an, -oor !ad$. O !adsB Ger&ani("s7 %i e and the da")hter o o!d A)ri--a %ho& %e "sed to (a!! the So!dier7s :riendB And o"r Litt!e Boot. So!diers rea!!$ are an e5traordinar$ ra(e o &en, as to")h as shie!d-!eather, as s"-erstitio"s as E)$-tians and as senti&enta! as Sa#ine )rand&others. Ten &in"tes !ater there %ere a#o"t t%o tho"sand &en #esie)in) Ger&ani("s7 tent in a dr"n*en e(stas$ o sorro% and re-entan(e and i&-!orin) hi& to !et his !ad$ (o&e #a(* %ith their dar!in) !itt!e #o$. Ger&ani("s (a&e o"t to the& %ith a -a!e an)r$ a(e and to!d the& to tro"#!e hi& no &ore. The$ had dis)ra(ed the&se!+es and hi& and the na&e o Ro&e and he (o"!d ne+er tr"st the& so !on) as he !i+ed, the$ had done hi& no *indness in %restin) his s%ord ro& hi& %hen he %as on the -oint o -!"n)in) it into his #reast. Te!! "s %hat to do, Genera!B 8e7!! do an$thin) $o" sa$. 8e s%ear %e7!! ne+er &"tin$ a)ain. :or)i+e "s. 8e7!! o!!o% $o" to the %or!d7s end. B"t )i+e "s #a(* o"r !itt!e -!a$ e!!o%. Ger&ani("s said/ These are &$ (onditions. S%ear a!!e)ian(e to &$ ather Ti#eri"s, and sort o"t ro& a&on) $o"rse!+es the &en res-onsi#!e or the death o $o"r (a-tains, the ins"!t to the de-"tation and the stea!in) o the Ea)!e. I $o" do this $o" %i!! so ar ha+e &$ or)i+eness that I sha!! !et $o" ha+e $o"r -!a$ e!!o% #a(*. M$ %i e
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ho%e+er &"st not #e #ro")ht to #ed in this (a&-, "nti! it has #een -"r)ed o )"i!t. Her ti&e is near no% and I %ant no e+i! in !"en(e to (!o"d the !i e o the (hi!d. B"t I (an send her to Co!o)ne instead o Tre+es i $o" do not %ish it said that I (on ided her to the -rote(tion o #ar#arians. M$ "!! -ardon %i!! on!$ #e )i+en %hen $o" ha+e %i-ed o"t the 0K@@2 &e&or$ o $o"r #!ood$ (ri&es #$ a #!oodier +i(tor$ o+er $o"r (o"ntr$7s ene&ies, the Ger&ans. The$ s%ore to a#ide #$ his (onditions. So he sent a &essen)er to o+erta*e A)ri--ina and Cassi"s, he %as to e5-!ain &atters and et(h Ca!i)"!a #a(*. The &en ran to the tents and (a!!ed on e+er$ !o$a! (o&rade to 1oin the& and arrest the rin)!eaders o the &"tin$. A#o"t a h"ndred &en %ere sei6ed and ro)-&ar(hed to the tri#"na!, a#o"t %hi(h the re&ainder o the t%o re)i&ents or&ed a ho!!o% s4"are %ith dra%n s%ords. A (o!one! &ade ea(h -risoner in t"rn &o"nt a ro")h s(a o!d %hi(h had #een -"t "- #eside the tri#"na!, and i the &en o his (o&-an$ 1"d)ed hi& )"i!t$ he %as thro%n do%n and #eheaded #$ the&. Ger&ani("s said nothin) thro")ho"t the t%o ho"rs o this in or&a! tria!, sittin) %ith o!ded ar&s and an i&-assi+e a(e. A!! #"t a e% o the -risoners %ere o"nd )"i!t$. 8hen the !ast head had a!!en and the #odies had #een ta*en o"t o (a&- to #e #"rned, Ger&ani("s (a!!ed "e+er$ (a-tain in t"rn to the tri#"na! and as*ed hi& to )i+e -arti("!ars o his ser+i(e. I he had a )ood re(ord and had e+ident!$ not #een a--ointed #$ a+o"ritis& Ger&ani("s a--ea!ed to the (o&-an$ +eterans or their o-inion o hi&. I the$ )a+e hi& a )ood na&e and the #atta!ion (o!one! had nothin) a)ainst hi& the &an %as (on ir&ed in his ran*. B"t i his re(ord %as #ad or i there %ere (o&-!aints ro& his (o&-an$ he %as de)raded, and Ger&ani("s (a!!ed on the (o&-an$ to (hoose the #est &an the$ had a&on) the& to s"((eed hi&. Ger&ani("s then than*ed the &en or their (o-o-eration and (a!!ed on the& to ta*e the oath o a!!e)ian(e to Ti#eri"s. The$ too* it so!e&n!$, and a &o&ent !ater a )reat (heer %ent "-. The$ sa% Ger&ani("s7 &essen)er )a!!o-in) #a(*, and there %as Ca!i)"!a on the (r"--er in ront o hi& sho"tin) in his shri!! +oi(e and %a+in) his to$ s%ord. Ger&ani("s e&#ra(ed the (hi!d and said that he had one &ore thin) to add. :i teen h"ndred ti&e-e5-ired +eterans had #een dis(har)ed ro& the t%o re)i&ents in a((ordan(e %ith instr"(tions ro& Ti#eri"s. B"t i an$ o the&, he said, %anted his "!! -ardon, %hi(h their e!!o%s %ere soon )oin) to earn #$ (rossin) the Rhine and a+en)in) Car"s7 de eat, the$ (o"!d sti!! %in it. He %o"!d -er&it the &ore 0K@?2 a(ti+e &en to re-en!ist in their o!d (o&-anies, %hi!e those %ho %ere on!$ it or )arrison d"t$ (o"!d en!ist in a s-e(ia! or(e or ser+i(e in the T$ro! %here dan)ero"s raids ro& Ger&an$ had !ate!$ #een re-orted. 8o"!d $o" #e!ie+e it3 --e+er$ &an ste--ed or%ard and &ore than ha! +o!"nteered or a(ti+e ser+i(e a(ross the Rhine. A&on) these a(ti+e +o!"nteers %as Po&-oni"s, %ho -rotested that he %as as it as an$ &an in the ar&$, in s-ite o his #are )"&s and his r"-t"re. Ger&ani("s &ade hi& his tent-order!$ and -"t his )randsons into the #od$)"ard. So e+er$thin) %as a!! ri)ht a)ain at Bonn, and Ca!i)"!a %as to!d #$ the &en that he had -"t do%n the &"tin$ sin)!e-handed and that one da$ he7d #e a )reat e&-eror and %in %onder "! +i(tories, %hi(h %as +er$ #ad or the (hi!d, %ho %as a!read$, as I sa$, dis)ra(e "!!$ s-oi!t. B"t there re&ained the i+e other re)i&ents %ho %ere at a -!a(e (a!!ed Santen to #rin) to their senses. The$ had
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(ontin"ed to #eha+e &"tino"s!$ e+en a ter the -a$&ent o their #o"nt$ and their Genera! (o"!d do nothin) %ith the&. 8hen ne%s (a&e o the (han)e o heart in the Bonn re)i&ents the (hie &"tineers #e(a&e serio"s!$ a!ar&ed or their o%n sa et$ and stirred "- their (o&rades to resh a(ts o +io!en(e and de-redation. Ger&ani("s sent their Genera! %ord that he %as (o&in) do%n the Rhine at on(e at the head o a -o%er "! or(e and that i s"(h !o$a! &en as re&ained "nder his (o&&and did not 4"i(*!$ o!!o% the e5a&-!e o the Bonn re)i&ents and e5e("te the tro"#!e&a*ers he %o"!d -"t the %ho!e !ot to the s%ord indis(ri&inate!$. The Genera! read the !etter -ri+ate!$ to the standard-#earers, non-(o&&issioned o i(ers and a e% tr"st%orth$ o!d so!diers and to!d the& that there %as !itt!e ti&e or de!a$, or Ger&ani("s &i)ht #e on the& an$ &o&ent. The$ -ro&ised hi& to do %hat the$ (o"!d and, !ettin) a e% &ore !o$a!ists into the se(ret, %hi(h %as %e!! *e-t, the$ r"shed into the tents at &idni)ht on a )i+en si)na! and #e)an to &assa(re the &"tineers. These de ended the&se!+es as #est the$ (o"!d and *i!!ed a n"&#er o the !o$a!ists, #"t the$ %ere soon o+er-o%ered. :i+e h"ndred &en %ere *i!!ed or %o"nded that ni)ht. The rest, !ea+in) on!$ sentries in the (a&-, &ar(hed o"t to &eet Ger&ani("s, #e))in) hi& to !ead the& at on(e a(ross the Rhine a)ainst the ene&$. A!tho")h the (a&-ai)nin) season %as near!$ at an end, the ine %eather sti!! he!d and Ger&ani("s -ro&ised to do %hat the$ as*ed. He thre% a -ontoon #rid)e o+er the ri+er and &ar(hed a(ross at the head o t%e!+e tho"sand Ro&an in antr$, t%ent$-si5 #atta!ions o a!!ies and ei)ht s4"adrons o (a+a!r$. :ro& his a)ents in ene&$ territor$ he *ne% o a !ar)e (on(entration o the ene&$ in the +i!!a)es o M ster, %here an ann"a! a"t"&n esti+a! in hono"r o the Ger&an Her("!es %as #ein) he!d. Ne%s o the &"tin$ had rea(hed the Ger&ans--the &"tineers had a(t"a!!$ #een in treat$ %ith Her&ann and had e5(han)ed -resents %ith hi&--and the$ %ere on!$ %aitin) or the re)i&ents to &ar(h a%a$ to their ne% *in)do& in the So"th-8est #e ore (rossin) the Rhine and &ar(hin) dire(t or Ita!$. Ger&ani("s o!!o%ed a rare!$ "sed orest-ro"te and s"r-rised the Ger&ans (o&-!ete!$, (at(hin) the& at their #eer-drin*in). 0Beer is a er&ented drin* &ade ro& stee-ed )rain and the$ drin* it to e5traordinar$ e5(ess at their easts.2 He di+ided his or(es into o"r (o!"&ns and %asted the (o"ntr$ on a i t$-&i!e ronta)e, #"rnin) the +i!!a)es and s!a")hterin) the inha#itants %itho"t res-e(t or a)e or se5. On his ret"rn he o"nd deta(h&ents o +ario"s nei)h#o"rin) tri#es -osted to dis-"te his -assa)e thro")h the orest, #"t he ad+an(ed in s*ir&ishin) order and %as -ressin) the ene&$ #a(* %e!! %hen there %as a s"dden a!ar& ro& the T%entieth Re)i&ent, %hi(h %as a(tin) as rear-)"ard, and Ger&ani("s o"nd that a h")e or(e o Ger&ans "nder the -ersona! (o&&and o Her&ann %as "-on hi&. :ort"nate!$ the trees at this -oint %ere not dense and a!!o%ed roo& or &anoe"+re. Ger&ani("s rode #a(* to the -osition o &ost dan)er and (ried o"t, Brea* their !ine, T%entieth, and e+er$thin) %i!! #e or)i+en and or)otten. The T%entieth o")ht !i*e &ad&en and thre% the Ger&ans #a(* %ith h")e s!a")hter, -"rs"in) the& ar into the o-en (o"ntr$ at the #a(* o the %ood. Ger&ani("s (a")ht si)ht o Her&ann and (ha!!en)ed hi& to (o&#at, #"t Her&ann7s &en %ere r"nnin) a%a$/ it %o"!d ha+e #een death or hi& to ha+e a((e-ted Re (ha!!en)e. He )a!!o-ed o . Ger&ani("s %as as "n!"(*$ 032 as o"r ather had #een in his -"rs"it o ene&$ (hie tains, #"t he %on his +i(tories in the sa&e st$!e, and the na&e Ger&ani("s %hi(h he had inherited he #ore no% in his o%n ri)ht. He &ar(hed the e5"!tant ar&$ #a(* to sa et$ in their (a&-s a(ross the Rhine. Ti#eri"s ne+er "nderstood Ger&ani("s, nor Ger&ani("s Ti#eri"s. Ti#eri"s, as I ha+e said, %as one o the #ad C!a"dians. 9et he %as, at ti&es, easi!$ te&-ted to +irt"e, and in a no#!e a)e &i)ht %e!! ha+e -assed or a no#!e (hara(ter/ or he %as a &an o no &ean (a-a(it$. B"t the a)e %as not a no#!e one and his heart had #een hardened, and or that hardenin) Li+ia &"st, $o" %i!! a)ree, #ear the (hie #!a&e. Ger&ani("s, on the other hand, %as %ho!!$ in(!ined to +irt"e and, ho%e+er e+i! the a)e into %hi(h he had #een #orn, (o"!d ne+er ha+e
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#eha+ed an$ di erent!$ ro& the %a$ he did. So it %as that %hen he re "sed the &onar(h$ o ered hi& #$ the Ger&an re)i&ents, and &ade the& s%ear a!!e)ian(e to Ti#eri"s, Ti#eri"s (o"!d not &a*e o"t %h$ he sho"!d ha+e done so. He de(ided that he &"st #e e+en &ore s"#t!e than hi&se! and -!a$in) so&e +er$ dee- )a&e indeed. The si&-!e e5-!anation, that Ger&ani("s -"t hono"r a#o+e a!! other (onsiderations and that he %as #o"nd to Ti#eri"s #$ &i!itar$ a!!e)ian(e and #$ ha+in) #een ado-ted as his son, ne+er o(("rred to hi&. B"t Ger&ani("s, sin(e he did not s"s-e(t Ti#eri"s o (o&-!i(it$ in Li+ia7s desi)ns and sin(e Ti#eri"s ne+er o ered hi& an$ s!i)hts or in1"ries, #"t on the (ontrar$ -raised hi& )reat!$ or his hand!in) o the &"tin$ and de(reed hi& a "!! tri"&-h or his (a&-ai)n in M ster, #e!ie+ed hi& to #e as hono"ra#!$-intentioned as hi&se! , on!$ a !itt!e si&-!e&inded not to ha+e seen thro")h Li+ia7s desi)ns $et. He deter&ined to ha+e a ran* ta!* %ith Ti#eri"s as soon as he %ent ho&e or the tri"&-h. B"t Car"s7 death %as not $et a+en)ed, it %as three $ears #e ore Ger&ani("s (a&e #a(*. The tone o the !etters e5(han)ed #et%een Ger&ani("s and Ti#eri"s d"rin) this -eriod %as set #$ Ger&ani("s, %ho %rote %ith d"ti "! a e(tion. Ti#eri"s re-!ied in the sa&e riend!$ strain #e(a"se he tho")ht that #$ so doin) he %as #eatin) Ger&ani("s at his o%n (!e+er )a&e. He "ndertoo* to re-a$ hi& the a&o"nt o the do"#!ed #e4"est and to e5tend the #o"nt$ to the Ba!*an re)i&ents too. As a &atter o -o!i($ he did -a$ the Ba!*an re)i&ents this e5tra three )o!d -ie(es a &an--there %ere threats o another &"tin$--#"t e5("sed hi&se! ro& re-a$in) Ger&ani("s or a e% &onths on the )ro"nds o inan(ia! e&#arrass&ent. Nat"ra!!$ Ger&ani("s did not -ress hi& or the &one$ and nat"ra!!$ Ti#eri"s ne+er )a+e it hi&. Ger&ani("s %rote a)ain to as* &e %hether he &i)ht %ait to re-a$ &e "nti! Ti#eri"s re-aid hi&, and I %rote #a(* that I rea!!$ &eant the &one$ as a )i t. Short!$ a ter Ti#eri"s7 a((ession I %rote to hi& and said that I had #een st"d$in) !a% and ad&inistration--as %as the (ase-- or so&e ti&e, in the ho-e that I %o"!d at !ast #e )i+en an o--ort"nit$ o ser+in) &$ (o"ntr$ in so&e res-onsi#!e (a-a(it$. He %rote #a(* to sa$ that it (ertain!$ %as an ano&a!$ or a &an %ho %as the #rother o Ger&ani("s and his o%n ne-he% to )o a#o"t as a &ere *ni)ht, and that sin(e I %as no% #ein) &ade a -riest o A")"st"s I &"st (ertain!$ #e a!!o%ed to %ear the dress o a senator/ in a(t, i I (o"!d "nderta*e not to &a*e a oo! o &$se! in it he %o"!d as* -er&ission or &e to ado-t the #ro(aded )o%n no% %orn #$ Cons"!s and e5Cons"!s. I %rote #a(* at on(e to sa$ that I %o"!d e+en -re er o i(e %itho"t dress to dress %itho"t o i(e, #"t his on!$ ans%er to this %as to send &e a -resent o ort$ )o!d -ie(es to #"$ to$s %ith ne5t A!! :oo!s7 Da$. The Senate did +ote &e the #ro(aded )ro%n, and as a &ar* o hono"r to Ger&ani("s, %ho %as no% in the &idd!e o a ne% s"((ess "! (a&-ai)n in Ger&an$, -ro-osed to de(ree &e a seat in the Ho"se a&on) the e5-Consiris. B"t Ti#eri"s here inter-osed his +eto, te!!in) the& that I %as in his o-inion in(a-a#!e o de!i+erin) a s-ee(h on &atters o State %hi(h %o"!d not #e a tria! o his e!!o%-&e&#ers7 -atien(e. There %as another de(ree -ro-osed at the sa&e ti&e, %hi(h he a!so +etoed. The (ir("&stan(es %ere as o!!o%s/ A)ri--ina had #een de!i+ered o her (hi!d, a )ir! (a!!ed A)ri--ini!!a, at Co!o)ne, and I &"st sa$ at on(e that this A)ri--in !!a t"rned o"t one o the +er$ %orst o the C!a"dians--in a(t, I &a$ sa$ that she sho%s si)ns o o"tdoin) a!! her an(estors and an(estresses in arro)an(e and +i(e. A)ri--ina %as i!! or so&e &onths a ter her de!i+er$, and "na#!e to *ee- Ca!i)"!a in hand -ro-er!$, so he %as 0K@J2 sent a%a$ on a +isit to Ro&e as soon as Ger&ani("s #e)an his s-rin) (a&-ai)n. The (hi!d #e(a&e a sort o nationa! hero. 8hene+er he %ent o"t or a %a!* %ith his #rothers he %as (heered and stared at and &ade &"(h o . Not $et three $ears o!d #"t &ar+e!!o"s!$ -re(o(io"s, he %as a &ost di i("!t (ase, on!$ -!easant %hen !attered and on!$ do(i!e %hen treated ir&!$. He (a&e to sta$ %ith his )reat-)rand&other Li+ia, #"t she had no ti&e to !oo* a ter hi& -ro-er!$, and #e(a"se he
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%as a!%a$s )ettin) into &is(hie and 4"arre!!in) %ith his e!der #rothers, he (a&e ro& her to !i+e %ith &$ &other and &e. M$ &other ne+er !attered hi&, #"t neither did she treat hi& %ith eno")h ir&ness, "nti! one da$ he s-at at her in a it o te&-er and she )a+e hi& a )ood s-an*in). 9o" horrid o!d Ger&an %o&an, he said, I7!! #"rn $o"r Ger&an ho"se do%nB He "sed 7Ger&an as the %orst ins"!t he *ne%. And that a ternoon he snea*ed a%a$ into a !"&#er-roo&, %hi(h %as ne5t to the s!a+es7 atti( and "!! o o!d "rnit"re and r"##ish, and there set ire to a hea- o %orn-o"t stra% &attreses. The ire soon s%e-t the %ho!e "--er store$, and sin(e it %as an o!d ho"se %ith dr$-rot in the #ea&s and dra")htho!es in the !oorin) there %as no -"ttin) it o"t e+en %ith an end!ess #"(*et-(hain to the (ar- -oo!. I &ana)ed to sa+e a!! &$ -a-ers and +a!"a#!es and so&e o the "rnit"re, and no !i+es %ere !ost e5(e-t t%o o!d s!a+es %ho %ere !$in) si(* in #ed, #"t nothin) %as !e t o the ho"se e5(e-t the #are %a!!s and the (e!!ars. Ca!i)"!a %as not -"nished, #e(a"se the ire had )i+en hi& s"(h a )reat ri)ht. He near!$ )ot (a")ht in it hi&se! , hidin) )"i!ti!$ "nder his #ed "nti! the s&o*e dro+e hi& s(rea&in) o"t. 8e!!, the Senate %anted to de(ree that &$ ho"se sho"!d #e re#"i!t at the e5-ense o the State, on the )ro"nd that it had #een the ho&e o so &an$ distin)"ished &e&#ers o &$ a&i!$/ #"t Ti#eri"s %o"!d not a!!o% this. He said that the o"t#rea* o ire had #een d"e to &$ ne)!i)en(e and that the da&a)e (o"!d easi!$ ha+e #een (on ined to the atti(s i I had a(ted in a res-onsi#!e %a$, and rather than that the State sho"!d -a$ he "ndertoo* to re#"i!d and re "rnish the ho"se hi&se! . Lo"d a--!a"se ro& the Ho"se. This %as &ost "n1"st and dishonest, -arti("!ar!$ as he had no intention o *ee-in) his "nderta*in). I %as or(ed to se!! &$ !ast i&-ortant -ie(e o -ro-ert$ in Ro&e, a #!o(* o ho"ses near the Catt!e Mar*et and a !ar)e #"i!din) site ad1oinin), to re#"i!d the ho"se at &$ o%n e5-ense. I ne+er to!d Ger&ani("s that Ca!i)"!a had #een the in(endiar$, #e(a"se he %o"!d ha+e e!t o#!i)ed to &a*e )ood the da&a)e hi&se! , and, I s"--ose it %as, in a %a$, an a((ident, #e(a"se one (o"!dn7t ho!d so $o"n) a (hi!d res-onsi#!e. 8hen Ger&ani("s7 &en %ent o"t to i)ht the Ger&ans a)ain the$ had a ne% addition to that #a!!ad o A")"st"s7 Three Grie s, o %hi(h I re(a!! t%o or three +erses and odd !ines o others, &ost o the& ridi("!o"s/ Si5 )o!d #its a &an he !e t "s :or to #"$ "s -or* and #eans, :or to #"$ "s (heese and (ra*ne!s In the Ger&an dr$ (anteens. And God A")"st"s %a!*s in Hea+en, Ghost Mar(e!!"s s%i&s in St$5, ;"!ia7s dead and )one to 1oin hi&- 129 275 http://www.en8848.com.cn/

That7s the end o ;"!ia7s tri(*s. B"t o"r Ea)!es sti!! are stra$in) And #$ sha&e and sorro% stirred To the to&# o God A")"st"s 8e7!! #rin) #a(* ea(h %anderin) #ird. There %as another %hi(h #e)an/ Ger&an Her&ann !ost his s%eetheart And his !itt!e -ot o #eer, #"t I (an7t re&e&#er the inish, and the +erse is not i&-ortant e5(e-t as re&indin) &e to te!! o Her&ann7s s%eetheart. She %as the da")hter o a (hie tain (a!!ed, in Ger&an, Sie)stoss or so&ethin) o the sort, #"t his Ro&an na&e %as Se)estes. He had #een to Ro&e, !i*e Her&ann, and enro!!ed a&on) the Ani)hts, #"t "n!i*e Her&ann had e!t &ora!!$ #o"nd #$ the oath o riendshi- he had s%o& to A")"st"s. It %as this Se)estes %ho had %arned Car"s a#o"t Her&ann and Se)i&er"s and s"))ested that Car"s sho"!d arrest the& at the #an4"et to %hi(h he had in+ited the& 1"st #e ore his "n ort"nate e5-edition started. Se)estes had a a+o"rite da")hter %ho& Her&ann had (arried o and &arried and Se)estes ne+er or)a+e hi& or this in1"r$. He (o"!d not, ho%e+er, (o&e o"t o-en!$ on the side o the Ro&ans a)ainst Her&ann, %ho %as a nationa! hero, a!! that he had #een a#!e to do as $et %as to &aintain a se(ret (orres-onden(e %ith Ger&ani("s, )i+in) hi& inte!!i)en(e o &i!itar$ &o+e&ents and (onstant!$ ass"rin) hi& that he had ne+er %a+ered in his !o$a!t$ to Ro&e and %as on!$ %aitin) or an o--ort"nit$ to &a*e -roo o it. B"t no% he %rote to Ger&ani("s that he %as #ein) #esie)ed in his sto(*aded +i!!a)e #$ Her&ann, %ho had s%o& to )i+e no 4"arter, and that he (o"!d not ho!d o"t &"(h !on)er. Ger&ani("s &ade a or(ed &ar(h, de eated the #esie)in) or(e, %hi(h %as not n"&ero"s-Her&ann hi&se! %as a%a$, %o"nded--and res("ed Se)estes/ %hen he o"nd that he had a +a!"a#!e -ri6e a%aitin) hi&--Her&ann7s %i e %ho had #een +isitin) her ather %hen the 4"arre! #ro*e o"t #et%een hi& and her h"s#and, and %ho %as ar )one in -re)nan($. Ger&ani("s treated Se)estes and his ho"seho!d +er$ *ind!$, )i+in) the& an estate on the 8estern side o the Rhine. Her&ann, %ho %as enra)ed at his %i e7s (a-t"re, eared that Ger&ani("s7 (!e&en($ &i)ht ind"(e other Ger&an (hie tains to &a*e o+ert"res o -ea(e. He #"i!t "- a stron) ne% (on ederation o tri#es, in(!"din) so&e %hi(h had a!%a$s hitherto #een riend!$ to Ro&e. Ger&ani("s %as "nda"nted. The &ore Ger&ans he had in the ie!d o-en!$ a)ainst hi&, the #etter he %as -!eased. He ne+er tr"sted the& as a!!ies. And #e ore the s"&&er %as o"t he had #eaten the& in a series o #att!es, or(ed Se)i&er"s to s"rrender and %on #a(* the irst o the three !ost Ea)!es, that o the Nineteenth Re)i&ent. He a!so +isited the s(ene o Car"s7 de eat and )a+e the #ones o his (o&rades-in-ar&s a de(ent #"ria!, !a$in) the irst sod o their to&# %ith his o%n hands. The Genera! %ho had #eha+ed so s"-ine!$ in the &"tin$ o")ht #ra+e!$ at the head o his (or-s, and on one o((asion t"rned %hat had see&ed a ho-e!ess de eat into a (redita#!e +i(tor$. Pre&at"re ne%s that this #att!e %as !ost and that the (on4"erin) Ger&ans %ere &ar(hin) to%ards the Rhine (a"sed s"(h (onsternation at the nearest #rid)e that the (a-tain o the )"ard )a+e his &en orders to retreat a(ross it and then #rea* it do%n/ %hi(h
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%o"!d ha+e &eant a#andonin) e+er$one on the other side to their ate. B"t A)ri--ina %as there and (o"nter&anded the order. She to!d the &en that she %as (a-tain o the )"ard no% and %o"!d re&ain so "nti! her h"s#and ret"rned to re!ie+e her o her (o&&and. 8hen e+ent"a!!$ the +i(torio"s troo-s (a&e &ar(hin) #a(* she %as at her -ost to %e!(o&e the&. Her -o-"!arit$ no% a!&ost e4"a!!ed that o her h"s#and. She had or)anised a hos-ita! or the %o"nded as Ger&ani("s sent the& #a(* a ter ea(h #att!e and had )i+en the& the #est a+ai!a#!e &edi(a! treat&ent. Ordinari!$, %o"nded so!diers re&ained %ith their "nits "nti! the$ either died or re(o+ered. The hos-ita! she -aid or o"t o her o%n -"rse. B"t I &entioned the death o ;"!ia. 8hen Ti#eri"s #e(a&e E&-eror, ;"!ia7s dai!$ s"--!$ o ood at Re))io %as red"(ed to o"r o"n(es o #read a da$ and one o"n(e o (heese. She %as a!read$ in a (ons"&-tion ro& the "nhea!thiness o her 4"arters and this star+ation diet soon (arried her o . B"t there %as sti!! no ne%s o Post"&"s, and Li+ia, "nti! she %as (ertain o his death, (o"!d not #e eas$ in her &ind.

CHAPTER NCII TIBERIUS CONTINUED TO RULE 8ITH MODERATION AND (ons"!ted the Senate #e ore ta*in) an$ steo the !east -o!iti(a! i&-ortan(e. B"t the Senate had #een +otin) a((ordin) to dire(tion or so !on) that the$ see&ed to ha+e !ost the -o%er o inde-endent de(ision, and Ti#eri"s ne+er &ade it -!ain %hi(h %a$ he %anted the& to +ote e+en %hen he %as +er$ an5io"s or the& to +ote one %a$ or another. He %anted to a+oid a!! a--earan(e o t$rann$ and $et to *ee- his -osition at the head o a airs. The Senate soon o"nd that i he s-o*e %ith st"died e!e)an(e in a+o"r o a &otion he &eant that he %anted it +oted a)ainst, and that i he s-o*e %ith st"died e!e)an(e a)ainst it this &eant that he %anted it -assed, and that on the +er$ e% o((asions %hen he s-o*e #rie !$ and %itho"t an$ rhetori( he &eant to #e ta*en !itera!!$. Ga!!"s and an o!d %a) (a!!ed Hateri"s "sed to de!i)ht in &a*in) s-ee(hes in %ar& a)ree&ent %ith Ti#eri"s, en!ar)in) his ar)"&ents to a -oint on!$ 1"st short o a#s"rdit$ and then +otin) the %a$ he rea!!$ %anted the& to +ote, th"s sho%in) that the$ "nderstood his tri(*s -er e(t!$. This Hateri"s in the de#ate a#o"t Ti#eri"s7 a((ession had (ried o"t/ O Ti#eri"s, ho% !on) %i!! $o" a!!o% "nha--$ Ro&e to re&ain %itho"t a head3 --%hi(h had o ended hi& #e(a"se he *ne% that Hateri"s sa% thro")h his intentions. The ne5t da$ Hateri"s -"rs"ed the 1o*e #$ a!!in) at Ti#eri"s7 eet and -!eadin) or -ardon or not ha+in) #een %ar& eno")h. Ti#eri"s started #a(* in dis)"st, #"t Hateri"s )ra##ed at his *nees and Ti#eri"s %ent o+er, (at(hin) the #a(* o his head a #an) on the &ar#!e !oor. Ti#eri"s7 Ger&an #od$)"ard did not "nderstand %hat %as ha--enin) and s-ran) or%ard to s!a")hter their &aster7s assai!ant, Ti#eri"s on!$ 1"st sto--ed the& in ti&e, Hateri"s e5(e!!ed in -arod$. He had an enor&o"s +oi(e, a (o&i( a(e, and )reat erti!it$ o in+ention. 8hene+er Ti#eri"s in his s-ee(hes introd"(ed an$ -ain "!!$ ar et(hed or ar(hai( -hrase Hateri"s %o"!d -i(* it "- and &a*e it the *e$-%ord o his re-!$. 0A")"st"s had a!%a$s said that the %hee!s o Hateri"s7 e!o4"en(e needed a dra)(hain e+en %hen he %as dri+in) "-hi!!.2 The s!o%-%itted Ti#eri"s %as no &at(h or Hateri"s. Ca!!"s7 )i t %as or &o(* 6ea!. Ti#eri"s %as e5tre&e!$ (are "! not to a--ear a (andidate or an$ di+ine hono"rs and re "sed to a!!o% hi&se! to #e s-o*en a#o"t as i he had an$ s"-erh"&an attri#"tes/ he did not e+en a!!o% the -ro+in(ia!s to #"i!d hi& te&-!es. Ga!!"s %as there ore ond o re errin), as i
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a((identa!!$, to Ti#eri"s as His Sa(red Ma1est$. 8hen Hateri"s, %ho %as a!%a$s read$ to (arr$ on the )a), rose to re#"*e hi& or this in(orre(t %a$ o s-ea*in) he %o"!d 0K?@2 a-o!o)ise -ro "se!$ and sa$ that nothin) %as arther ro& his &ind than to do an$thin) in diso#edien(e o the orders o His Sa(red... oh, dear, it %as so eas$ to a!! into that &ista*en %a$ o s-ea*in), a tho"sand a-o!o)ies on(e &ore ... he &eant, (ontrar$ to the %ishes o his hono"red riend and e!!o%-senator Ti#eri"s Nero Caesar A")"st"s. Not A")"st"s, oo!, Hateri"s %o"!d sa$ in a sta)e %his-er. He7s re "sed that tit!e a do6en ti&es. He on!$ "ses it %hen he %rites !etters to other &onar(hs. The$ had one tri(* %hi(h anno$ed Ti#eri"s &ore than an$ other. I he &ade a sho% o &odest$ %hen than*ed #$ the Senate or -er or&in) so&e nationa! ser+i(e--s"(h as "nderta*in) to (o&-!ete the te&-!es %hi(h A")"st"s had !e t "n inished--the$ %o"!d -raise his honest$ in not ta*in) (redit or his &other7s %or*, and (on)rat"!ate Li+ia on ha+in) so d"ti "! a son. 8hen the$ sa% that there %as nothin) that Ti#eri"s hated so &"(h as hearin) Li+ia -raised the$ *e-t it "-. Hateri"s e+en s"))ested that 1"st as the Gree*s %ere (a!!ed #$ their athers7 na&es, so Ti#eri"s sho"!d #e na&ed a ter his &other and that it sho"!d #e a (ri&e to (a!! hi& other than Ti#eri"s Li+iades--or -erha-s Li+i)ena %o"!d #e the &ore (orre(t Latin or&. Ga!!"s o"nd another %ea* s-ot in Ti#eri"s7 ar&o"r, and that %as his hatred o an$ &ention o his sta$ at Rhodes. The &ost darin) thin) he did %as to -raise Ti#eri"s one da$ or his (!e&en($--it %as the +er$ da$ that ne%s rea(hed the (it$ o ;"!ia7s death--and to te!! the stor$ o the tea(her o rhetori( at Rhodes %ho had re "sed Ti#eri"s7 &odest a--!i(ation to 1oin his (!asses, on the )ro"nd that there %as no +a(an($ at -resent, sa$in) that he &"st (o&e #a(* in se+en da$s. Ga!!"s added, And %hat do $o" thin* His Sa(red... I #e) $o"r -ardon, I sho"!d sa$, %hat do $o" thin* &$ hono"red riend and e!!o%-senator Ti#eri"s Nero Caesar did on his re(ent a((ession to the &onar(h$, %hen the sa&e i&-ertinent e!!o% arri+ed to -a$ his res-e(ts to the ne% di+init$3 Did he ("t o that i&-"dent head. and )i+e it as a oot#a!! to his Ger&an #od$)"ard3 Not at a!!/ %ith a %it on!$ e4"a!!ed #$ his (!e&en($ he to!d hi& that he had no +a(an(ies at -resent in his (or-s o !atterers and that he &"st (o&e #a(* in se+en $ears. This %as an in+ention, I thin*, #"t the Senate had no reason to dis#e!ie+e 0K??2 it and a--!a"ded so hearti!$ that Ti#eri"s had to !et it )o #$ as the tr"th. Ti#eri"s at !ast si!en(ed Hateri"s #$ sa$in) +er$ s!o%!$ one da$/ 9o" %i!! -!ease or)i+e &e, Hateri"s, i I s-ea* rather &ore ran*!$ than it is "s"a! or one senator to s-ea* to another, #"t I &"st sa$ that I thin* $o" are a dread "! #ore and not in the !east %itt$. Then he t"rned to the Ho"se/ 9o" %i!! or)i+e &e, &$ !ords, #"t I ha+e a!%a$s said and %i!! sa$ a)ain that sin(e $o" ha+e #een )ood eno")h to entr"st s"(h a#so!"te -o%er to &e I o")ht not to #e asha&ed to "se it or the (o&&on )ood. I I "se it no% to si!en(e #" oons %ho ins"!t $o" as %e!! as &$se! #$ their si!!$ -er or&an(es, I tr"st that I %i!! earn $o"r a--ro+a!, 9o" ha+e a!%a$s #een +er$ *ind and -atient %ith &e. 8itho"t Hateri"s, Ga!!"s had to -!a$ a !one )a&e. Tho")h Ti#eri"s hated his &other &ore than e+er, he (ontin"ed to !et her r"!e hi&. A!! the a--oint&ents %hi(h he &ade to Cons"!shi-s or -ro+in(ia! )o+ernorshi-s %ere rea!!$ hers/ and the$ %ere +er$ sensi#!e ones, the &en #ein) (hosen or &erit, not or a&i!$ in !"en(e or #e(a"se the$ had !attered her or done her so&e -ri+ate ser+i(e. :or I &"st &a*e it -!ain, i I ha+e not a!read$ done so, that ho%e+er (ri&ina! the &eans "sed #$ Li+ia to
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%in the dire(tion o a airs or herse! , irst thro")h A")"st"s and then thro")h Ti#eri"s, she %as an e5(e-tiona!!$ a#!e and 1"st r"!er, and it %as on!$ %hen she (eased to dire(t the s$ste& that she had #"i!t "- that it %ent %ron). I ha+e s-o*en o Se1an"s, the son o the Co&&ander o the G"ards. He no% s"((eeded to his ather7s (o&&and and %as one o the on!$ three &en to %ho& Ti#eri"s in an$ %a$ o-ened his &ind. Thras$!!"s %as another, he had (o&e to Ro&e %ith Ti#eri"s and ne+er !ost his ho!d on hi&. The third %as a senator (a!!ed Ner+a. Thras$!!"s ne+er dis("ssed State -o!i($ %ith Ti#eri"s and ne+er as*ed or an$ o i(ia! -osition, and %hen Ti#eri"s )a+e hi& !ar)e s"&s o &one$ he a((e-ted the& (as"a!!$, as i &one$ %ere so&ethin) o !itt!e i&-ortan(e to hi&. He had a #i) o#ser+ator$ in a do&e-sha-ed roo& in the Pa!a(e %hi(h had %indo%s o )!ass so (!ear and trans-arent that $o" hard!$ *ne% the$ %ere there. Ti#eri"s "sed to s-end a )reat dea! o his ti&e here %ith Thras$!!"s, %ho ta")ht hi& the r"di&ents CLAUDIUS 0K?K2 o astro!o)$ and &an$ other &a)i( arts in(!"din) that o inter-retin) drea&s in the Cha!dean st$!e. Se1an"s and Ner+a, Ti#eri"s see&s to ha+e (hosen or their tota!!$ o--osite (hara(ters. Ner+a ne+er &ade an ene&$ and ne+er !ost a riend. His one a"!t, i $o" &a$ (a!! it so, %as that he *e-t si!ent in the -resen(e o e+i! %hen s-ee(h %o"!d not re&ed$ it. He %as s%eet-te&-ered, )enero"s, (o"ra)eo"s, "tter!$ tr"th "! and %as ne+er *no%n to stoo- to the !east ra"d, e+en i )ood -ro&ised to (o&e ro& so doin). I he had #een in Ger&ani("s7 -osition, or instan(e, he %o"!d ne+er ha+e or)ed that !etter tho")h his o%n sa et$ and that o the E&-ire had h"n) "-on it. Ti#eri"s &ade Ner+a s"-erintendent o the Cit$ a4"ed"(ts and *e-t hi& (onstant!$ #$ hi&, I s"--ose #$ %a$ o -ro+idin) hi&se! %ith a hand$ $ardsti(* o +irt"e--as Se1an"s (ertain!$ ser+ed as a hand$ $ardsti(* o %i(*edness. Se1an"s had as a $o"n) &an #een a riend o Gai"s, on %hose sta he had ser+ed in the East, and had #een (!e+er eno")h to oresee Ti#eri"s7 ret"rn to a+o"r/ he had (ontri#"ted to it #$ reass"rin) Gai"s that Ti#eri"s &eant %hat he said %hen he dis(!ai&ed an$ a&#ition to r"!e, and #$ "r)in) hi& to %rite that !etter o re(o&&endation to A")"st"s. He !et Ti#eri"s *no% at the ti&e that he had done this and Ti#eri"s %rote hi& a !etter, sti!! in his -ossession, -ro&isin) ne+er to or)et his ser+i(es. Se1an"s %as a !iar #"t so ine a )enera! o !ies that he *ne% ho% to &arsha! the& into an a!ert and dis(i-!ined or&ation--this %as a (!e+er re&ar* o Ga!!"s7, it is not &ine--%hi(h %o"!d (o&e o #est in an$ s*ir&ish %ith s"s-i(ions or an$ )enera! en)a)e&ent %ith tr"th. Ti#eri"s en+ied hi& this ta!ent as he en+ied Ner+a his honest$/ or tho")h he had -ro)ressed ar in the dire(tion o e+i!, he sti!! e!t ha&-ered #$ "na((o"nta#!e i&-"!ses to%ards the )ood. It %as Se1an"s %ho irst #e)an -oisonin) his &ind a)ainst Ger&ani("s, te!!in) hi& that a &an %ho (o"!d or)e a !etter ro& his ather in %hate+er (ir("&stan(es %as not to #e tr"sted, and that Ger&ani("s %as rea!!$ ai&in) at the &onar(h$ #"t %as a(tin) %ith (a"tion-- irst %innin) the &en7s a e(tion #$ #ri#er$ and then &a*in) s"re o their i)htin) (a-a(ities and his o%n !eadershi- #$ this "nne(essar$ (a&-ai)n a(ross the Rhine. As or A)ri--ina, Se1an"s said, she %as a dan)ero"s!$ a&#itio"s %o&an/ !oo* ho% she had #eha+ed--st$!ed herse! (a-tain o the #rid)e and %e!(o&ed the re)i&ents on their ret"rn as i she %ere Hea+en *no%s %ho! That the #rid)e %as in dan)er o #ein) destro$ed %as -ro#a#!$ an in+ention o her o%n. Se1an"s a!so said that he *ne% ro& a reed&an o his %ho had on(e #een a s!a+e in Ger&ani("s7 ho"seho!d that
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A)ri--ina so&eho% #e!ie+ed Li+ia and Ti#eri"s res-onsi#!e or the death o her three #rothers and the #anish&ent o her sister and had s%orn to #e re+en)ed. Se1an"s a!so #e)an dis(o+erin) a!! *inds o -!ots a)ainst Ti#eri"s and *e-t hi& in (onstant ear o assassination %hi!e ass"rin) hi& that he need not ha+e the !east an5iet$ %ith hi&se! on )"ard. He en(o"ra)ed Ti#eri"s to (ross Li+ia in tri !in) %a$s, to sho% her that she o+eresti&ated the stren)th o her -osition. It %as he %ho, a e% $ears !ater, or)anised the G"ards into a dis(i-!ined #od$. Hitherto the three #atta!ions stationed at Ro&e had #een #i!!etted #$ se(tions in +ario"s -arts o the Cit$, in inns and s"(h-!i*e -!a(es, and %ere di i("!t to et(h o"t on -arade in a h"rr$ and s!o+en!$ in their dress and &o+e&ents. He s"))ested to Ti#eri"s that i he #"i!t a sin)!e -er&anent (a&- or the& o"tside the Cit$ it %o"!d )i+e the& a stron) (or-orate sense, -re+ent the& ro& #ein) in !"en(ed #$ the r"&o"rs and %a+es o -o!iti(a! ee!in) %hi(h %ere a!%a$s r"nnin) thro")h the Cit$, and atta(h the& &ore (!ose!$ to his -erson as their E&-eror. Ti#eri"s i&-ro+ed on his ad+i(e #$ re(a!!in) the re&ainin) si5 #atta!ions ro& their stations in other -arts o Ita!$ and &a*in) the ne% (a&- #i) eno")h to ho"se the& a!!--nine tho"sand in antr$ and t%o tho"sand (a+a!r$. A-art ro& the o"r Cit$ #atta!ions, one o %hi(h he no% sent to L$ons, and +ario"s (o!onies o dis(har)ed +eterans, these %ere the on!$ so!diers in Ita!$. The Ger&an #od$)"ard did not (o"nt as so!diers, #ein) te(hni(a!!$ s!a+es. B"t the$ %ere -i(*ed &en and &ore anati(a!!$ !o$a! to their E&-eror than an$ tr"e-#orn Ro&an There %as not a &an o the& %ho rea!!$ %anted to ret"rn to his (o!d r"de #ar#aro"s !and, tho")h the$ %ere a!%a$s sin)in) sad (hor"ses a#o"t it, the$ had too )ood a ti&e here. As or the (ri&ina! dossiers, to %hi(h Ti#eri"s, #e(a"se o his ear o -!ots a)ainst his !i e, %as &ost an5io"s no% to ha+e a((ess, Li+ia sti!! -retended that the *e$ to the (i-her %as !ost. Ti#eri"s, at Se1an"s7 s"))estion, to!d her that sin(e the$ %ere o no "se to an$one he %o"!d #"rn the&. She said that he (o"!d do so i he !i*ed #"t s"re!$ it %o"!d #e #etter to *ee- the&, 1"st in (ase the *e$ t"rned "-3 Perha-s she &i)ht e+en s"dden!$ re&e&#er the *e$. Cer$ %e!!, &other, he ans%ered. I7!! ta*e (har)e o the& "nti! $o" do, and &ean%hi!e I7!! s-end &$ e+enin)s tr$in) to %or* the (i-her o"t &$se! . So he too* the& o to his o%n roo& and !o(*ed the& in a ("-#oard. He tried his hardest to ind the *e$ to that (i-her #"t it #eat hi&. The (o&&on (i-her %as si&-!$ %ritin) Latin E or Gree* A!-ha, Latin : or Gree* Beta, G or Ga&&a, H or De!ta and so on. The *e$ o the hi)her (i-her %as ne5t to i&-ossi#!e to dis(o+er. It %as -ro+ided #$ the irst h"ndred !ines on the irst #oo* o the I!iad, %hi(h had to #e read (on("rrent!$ %ith the %ritin) o the (i-her, ea(h !etter in the %ritin) #ein) re-resented #$ the n"&#er o !etters o the a!-ha#et inter+enin) #et%een it and the (orres-ondin) !etter in Ho&er. Th"s the irst !etter o the irst %ord o the irst !ine o the irst #oo* o the I!iad is M". S"--ose the irst !etter o the irst %ord o an entr$ in the dossier to #e U-si!on. There are se+en !etters in the Gree* a!-ha#et inter+enin) #et%een M" and U-si!on so U-si!on %o"!d #e %ritten as <. In this -!an the a!-ha#et %o"!d #e tho")ht o as (ir("!ar. O&e)a, the !ast !etter, o!!o%in) A!-ha, the irst, so that the distan(e #et%een U-si!on and A!-ha %o"!d #e =, #"t the distan(e #et%een A!-ha and U-si!on %o"!d #e ?E. It %as A")"st"s7 in+ention and &"st ha+e ta*en rather a !on) ti&e to %rite and de(ode, #"t I s"--ose #$ -ra(ti(e the$ (a&e to *no% the distan(e #et%een an$ t%o !etters in the a!-ha#et %itho"t ha+in) to (o"nt "-, %hi(h sa+ed a !ot o ti&e. And ho% do I *no% a#o"t a!! this3 Be(a"se &an$ &an$ $ears !ater %hen the dossiers (a&e into &$ -ossession I %or*ed the (i-her o"t &$se! . I ha--ened to ind a ro!! o the irst #oo* o Ho&er, %ritten on shee-s*in, i!ed a&on) the other ro!!s. It %as (!ear that the irst h"ndred !ines on!$ had #een st"died, #e(a"se the shee-s*in %as #ad!$ soi!ed and in*ed at the #e)innin) and 4"ite (!ear at the end. 8hen I !oo*ed (!oser 0J2 and sa% tin$ i)"res-->, KD, ?K-- aint!$ s(rat(hed "nder the !etters o the irst !ine, it %as not di i("!t to (onne(t the& %ith the (i-her. I %as s"r-rised that Ti#eri"s had o+er!oo*ed this (!"e.
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S-ea*in) o the a!-ha#et, I %as interested at this ti&e in a si&-!e -!an or &a*in) Latin tr"!$ -honeti(. It see&ed to &e that three !etters %ere &issin). These three %ere (onsonanta! U to distin)"ish it ro& U, the +o%e!, a !etter to (orres-ond to the Gree* U-si!on 0%hi(h is a +o%e! #et%een Latin I and U2 or "se in Gree* %ords %hi(h ha+e #e(o&e Latini6ed, and a !etter to denote the do"#!e (onsonant %hi(h %e no% %rite in Latin as BS #"t -rono"n(e !i*e the Gree* Psi. It %as i&-ortant, I %rote, or -ro+in(ia!s !earnin) Latin to !earn it (orre(t!$, i the !etters did not (orres-ond to the so"nd ho% (o"!d the$ a+oid &ista*es in -ron"n(iation3 So I s"))ested, or (onsonanta! U, the "-side do%n : 0%hi(h is "sed or that -"r-ose in Etr"s(an2/ th"s LA;INIA instead o LAUINIA, and a #ro*en H or Gree* U-si!on/ th"s B IBLIOTHECA instead o BIBLIOTHECA, and an "-side do%n C or BS/ th"s AOGUE or ABSGUE. The !ast !etter %as not so i&-ortant, #"t the other t%o see&ed to &e essentia!, I s"))ested the #ro*en H and the "-side-do%n : and C #e(a"se these %o"!d (a"se the !east tro"#!e to the &en %ho "se !etter--"n(hes or &eta! or (!a$/ the$ %o"!d not ha+e to &a*e an$ ne% -"n(hes. I -"#!ished the #oo* and one or t%o -eo-!e said that &$ s"))estions %ere sensi#!e, #"t o (o"rse it had a#so!"te!$ no res"!t. M$ &other to!d &e that there %ere three i&-ossi#!e thin)s in the %or!d, that sho-s sho"!d stret(h a(ross the #a$ ro& Baiae to P"teo!i, that I sho"!d s"#d"e the is!and o Britain, and that an$ one o these a#s"rd ne% !etters %o"!d e+er a--ear on -"#!i( ins(ri-tions in Ro&e. I ha+e a!%a$s re&e&#ered this re&ar* o hers, or it had a se4"e!. M$ &other %as e5tre&e!$ short-te&-ered %ith &e these da$s #e(a"se o"r ho"se too* s"(h a !on) ti&e to re#"i!d and the ne% "rnit"re I #o")ht %as not e4"a! to the o!d, and #e(a"se her in(o&e %as )reat!$ red"(ed #$ the share she too* in these e5-enses--I (o"!d not ha+e o"nd a!! the &one$ &$se! . 8e !i+ed or t%o $ears in 4"arters at the Pa!a(e 0not +er$ )ood ones2 and she +ented her irritation on &e so (onstant!$ that in the end I (o"!d not #ear it an$ !on)er and &o+ed o"t o Ro&e to &$ +i!!a near Ca-"a, on!$ +isitin) the Cit$ %hen &$ -riest!$ "n(tions de&anded it, %hi(h %as not o ten. 9o" %i!! as* a#o"t Ur)"!ani!!a. She ne+er (a&e to Ca-"a, in Ro&e %e had !itt!e to do %ith ea(h other. She s(ar(e!$ )reeted &e %hen %e &et and too* no noti(e o &e e5(e-t, or a--earan(es7 sa*e, %hen )"ests %ere -resent, and %e a!%a$s s!e-t a-art. She see&ed ond eno")h o o"r #o$, Dr"si!!"s, #"t did !itt!e or hi& in an$ -ra(ti(a! %a$. His #rin)in)-"- %as !e t to &$ &other, %ho &ana)ed the ho"seho!d, and ne+er (a!!ed on Ur)"!ani!!a or an$ he!-. M$ &other treated Dr"si!!"s as i he %ere her o%n (hi!d, and so&eho% (ontri+ed to or)et %ho his -arents %ere. I ne+er !earned to !i*e Dr"si!!"s &$se! , he %as a s"r!$, sto!id, inso!ent (hi!d, and &$ &other s(o!ded &e so o ten in his -resen(e that he !earned to ha+e no res-e(t or &e. I don7t *no% ho% Ur)"!ani!!a )ot thro")h her da$s. B"t she ne+er see&ed #ored and ate enor&o"s!$ and, so ar as I *no%, entertained no se(ret !o+ers. This stran)e (reat"re had one -assion, tho")h--N"&antina, the %i e o &$ #rother-in-!a% Si!+an"s, a !itt!e air-haired e! -!i*e (reat"re %ho had on(e done or said so&ethin) 0I don7t *no% %hat2 %hi(h had -enetrated thro")h that thi(* hide and &"s("!ar #"!)in) #od$ and to"(hed %hat ser+ed Ur)"!ani!!a or a heart. Ur)"!ani!!a had a !i e-si6e -ortrait o N"&antina in her #o"doir/ she "sed, I #e!ie+e, to sit )a6in) at it or ho"rs %hene+er there %as no o--ort"nit$ or )a6in) at N"&antina herse! . 8hen I &o+ed to Ca-"a, Ur)"!ani!!a sta$ed at Ro&e %ith &$ &other and Dr"si!!"s. The on!$ in(on+enien(e o Ca-"a as a ho&e or &e %as the a#sen(e o a )ood !i#rar$. Ho%e+er, I #e)an a #oo* or %hi(h a !i#rar$ %as not needed--a histor$ o Etr"ria. I had #$ no% &ade so&e -ro)ress in Etr"s(an, and Ar"ns, %ith %ho& I s-ent a e% ho"rs e+er$ da$, %as &ost he!- "! in )i+in) &e a((ess to the ar(hi+es o his ha! -r"ined te&-!e.
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He to!d &e that he had #een #orn on the da$ that the (o&et a--eared %hi(h had anno"n(ed the #e)innin) o the tenth and !ast ($(!e o the Etr"s(an ra(e. A ($(!e is a -eriod re(*oned #$ the !on)est !i e/ that is to sa$, a ($(!e does not (!ose "nti! the death o e+er$one %ho %as a!i+e at the esti+a! 0K?<2 (e!e#ratin) the (!ose o the -re+io"s ($(!e. A ($(!e a+era)es a !itt!e o+er one h"ndred $ears. 8e!!, this %as the !ast ($(!e and it %o"!d end %ith the tota! disa--earan(e o Etr"s(an as a s-o*en !an)"a)e. The -ro-he($ %as a!read$ as )ood as "! i!!ed #e(a"se he had no s"((essors in his -riest!$ o i(e, and the (o"ntr$--eo-!e no% ta!*ed Latin e+en in the ho&e, so he %as )!ad to he!- &e to %rite &$ histor$, he said, as a &a"so!e"& or the traditions o a on(e )reat ra(e. I started it in the se(ond $ear o Ti#eri"s7 rei)n and I inished it t%ent$-one $ears !ater. I (onsider it &$ #est %or*/ (ertain!$ I %or*ed hardest at it. So ar as I *no%, there is no other #oo* on the s"#1e(t o the Etr"s(ans at a!! and. the$ %ere a +er$ interestin) ra(e indeed, so I thin* that historians o the "t"re %i!! #e )rate "! to &e. I had Ga!!on and Pa!!as %ith &e and !i+ed a 4"iet order!$ !i e. I too* an interest in the ar& atta(hed to &$ +i!!a and en1o$ed o((asiona! +isits ro& riends in Ro&e %ho (a&e o"t or a ho!ida$. There %as a %o&an -er&anent!$ !i+in) %ith &e, (a!!ed A(re, a -ro essiona! -rostit"te and a +er$ de(ent %o&an, I ne+er had an$ tro"#!e %ith her in the i teen $ears she %as %ith &e. O"r re!ationshi- %as a -"re!$ #"siness one. She had de!i#erate!$ (hosen -rostit"tion as her -ro ession, I -aid her %e!!, there %as no nonsense a#o"t her. 8e %ere 4"ite ond o ea(h other in a %a$. At !ast she to!d &e that she %anted to retire on her earnin)s. She %o"!d &arr$ a de(ent &an, an o!d so!dier or (hoi(e, and sett!e do%n in one o the (o!onies and ha+e (hi!dren #e ore it %as too !ate. She had a!%a$s %anted to ha+e a ho"se "! o (hi!dren. So I *issed her and said )ood-#$e and )a+e her eno")h do%r$-&one$ to &a*e thin)s +er$ eas$ or her. She did not )o a%a$, tho")h, "nti! she had o"nd &e a s"((essor %ho& she (o"!d tr"st to treat &e -ro-er!$. She o"nd &e Ca!-"rnia, %ho %as so !i*e her that I ha+e o ten tho")ht she &"st ha+e #een her da")hter. A(te did on(e &ention ha+in) had a da")hter %ho& she had to -"t o"t to n"rse #e(a"se one (o"!dn7t #e a -rostit"te and a &other at the sa&e ti&e. 8e!!, so A(te &arried an e5-G"ards&an %ho treated her 4"ite %e!! and had i+e (hi!dren #$ her. I ha+e a!%a$s *e-t an e$e on that a&i!$. I &ention her on!$ #e(a"se &$ readers %i!! %onder %hat sort o se5"a! !i e I !ed %hen !i+in) a-art ro& Ur)"!ani!!a. I do not thin* that it is nat"ra! or an ordinar$ &an to !i+e !on) %itho"t a %o&an, and sin(e Ur)"!ani!!a %as i&-ossi#!e as a %i e I do not thin* that I (an #e #!a&ed or !i+in) %ith A(te. A(te and I had an "nderstandin) that %hi!e %e %ere to)ether %e %o"!d neither o "s ha+e to do %ith an$one e!se. This %as not senti&ent #"t a &edi(a! -re(a"tion/ there %as so &"(h +enerea! disease no% in Ro&e--another ata! !e)a($, #$ the %a$, o the P"ni( 8ar. Here I %ish to -"t it on re(ord that I ha+e ne+er at an$ ti&e o &$ !i e -ra(tised ho&ose5"a!it$. I do not "se A")"st"s7 ar)"&ent a)ainst it, that it -re+ents &en ha+in) (hi!dren to s"--ort the State, #"t I ha+e a!%a$s tho")ht it at on(e -iti "! and dis)"stin) to see a "!!-)ro%n &an, a &a)istrate, -erha-s, %ith a a&i!$ o his o%n, s!o##erin) "5orio"s!$ o+er a -!"&- !itt!e #o$ %ith a -ainted a(e and #an)!es, or an an(ient senator -!a$in) G"een Cen"s to so&e ta!! $o"n) Adonis o the G"ards (a+a!r$ %ho to!erates the o!d oo! on!$ #e(a"se he has &one$.
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8hen I had to )o "- to Ro&e I sta$ed there or as short a ti&e as -ossi#!e. I e!t so&ethin) "n(o& orta#!e in the at&os-here on the Pa!atine Hi!!, %hi(h &a$ %e!! ha+e #een the )ro%in) tension #et%een Ti#eri"s and Li+ia. He had #e)"n #"i!din) a h")e -a!a(e or hi&se! on the North8est o the hi!!, and no% &o+ed into the !o%er roo&s, #e ore the "--er ones %ere inished, !ea+in) her in so!e -ossession o A")"st"s7 -a!a(e. Li+ia, as i to sho% that Ti#eri"s7 ne% #"i!din), tho")h three ti&es the si6e, %o"!d ne+er ha+e the -resti)e o the o!d one, -"t a &a)ni i(ent )o!d stat"e o A")"st"s in her ha!! and -ro-osed, as Hi)h Priestess o his ("!t, to in+ite a!! the senators and their %i+es to the dedi(ator$ #an4"et. B"t Ti#eri"s -ointed o"t that he &"st irst as* the Senate to +ote on the &atter/ it %as a State o((asion, not a -ri+ate entertain&ent. He so &ana)ed the de#ate that the #an4"et %as he!d in t%o -arts si&"!taneo"s!$/ the senators in the ha!! %ith hi&se! as host, and their %i+es in a #i) roo& !eadin) o it %ith Li+ia as hostess. She s%a!!o%ed the ins"!t #$ not treatin) it as s"(h, on!$ as a sensi#!e arran)e&ent &ore in *ee-in) %ith %hat A")"st"s %o"!d ha+e %ished hi&se! , #"t )a+e orders to the Pa!a(e (oo*s that the %o&en %ere to #e ser+ed irst 032 %ith the #est 1oints and s%eet&eats and %ine. She a!so a--ro-riated the &ost (ost!$ dishes and drin*in)-+esse!s or her east. She )ot the #etter o hi& on that o((asion and the senators7 %i+es a!! had a )ood !a")h at the e5-ense o Ti#eri"s and their h"s#ands. Another "n(o& orta#!e thin) a#o"t (o&in) to Ro&e %as that I ne+er see&ed to #e a#!e to a+oid &eetin) Se1an"s. I dis!i*ed ha+in) an$thin) to do %ith hi&, tho")h he %as a!%a$s st"dio"s!$ -o!ite to &e and ne+er did &e an$ dire(t in1"r$. I %as astonished that a &an %ith a a(e and &anner !i*e his and not %e!!-#orn or a a&o"s i)hter, or e+en -arti("!ar!$ ri(h, (o"!d ha+e &ade s"(h a h")e s"((ess in the Cit$/ he %as no% the ne5t &ost i&-ortant &an a ter Ti#eri"s, and e5tre&e!$ -o-"!ar %ith the G"ards. It %as a (o&-!ete!$ "ntr"st%orth$ a(e--s!$, (r"e! and irre)"!ar eat"red--and the one thin) that he!d it to)ether %as a (ertain ani&a! hardiness and reso!"tion. 8hat %as stran)er sti!! to &e, se+era! %o&en o )ood a&i!$ %ere said to #e ri+a!s in !o+e or hi&. He and Castor )ot on #ad!$ to)ether, %hi(h %as on!$ nat"ra!, or there %ere r"&o"rs that Li+i!!a and Se1an"s had so&e sort o "nderstandin). B"t Ti#eri"s see&ed to ha+e (o&-!ete (on iden(e in hi&. I ha+e &entioned Briseis, &$ &other7s o!d reed%o&an. 8hen I to!d her that I %as !ea+in) Ro&e and sett!in) at Ca-"a she said ho% &"(h she %o"!d &iss &e, #"t that I %as %ise to )o. I had a "nn$ drea& a#o"t $o" !ast ni)ht, Master C!a"di"s, i $o"7!! or)i+e &e. 9o" %ere a !itt!e !a&e #o$, and thie+es #ro*e into his ather7s ho"se and &"rdered his ather and a %ho!e !ot o re!ations and riends, #"t he s4"ee6ed thro")h a -antr$-%indo% and %ent ho##!in) into the nei)h#o"rin) %ood. He (!i&#ed "- a tree and %aited. The thie+es (a&e o"t o the ho"se and sat do%n "nder the tree %here he %as hidin), to di+ide the -!"nder. Soon the$ #e)an to 4"arre! a#o"t %ho sho"!d ha+e %hat, and one o the thie+es )ot *i!!ed, and then t%o &ore, and then the rest #e)an drin*in) %ine and -retendin) to #e )reat riends, #"t the %ine had #een -oisoned #$ one o the &"rdered thie+es, so the$ a!! died in a)on$. The !a&e #o$ (!i&#ed do%n the tree and (o!!e(ted the +a!"a#!es and o"nd a !ot o )o!d and 1e%e!s a&on) the& that had #een I, CLAUD!Ut 0KK@2 sto!en ro& other a&i!ies/ #"t he too* it a!! ho&e %ith hi& and #e(a&e 4"ite ri(h. I s&i!ed. That7s a "nn$ drea&, Briseis. B"t he %as sti!! as !a&e as e+er and a!! that %ea!th (o"!d not #"$ his ather and a&i!$ #a(* to !i e a)ain, (o"!d it3
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No, &$ dear, #"t -erha-s he &arried and had a a&i!$ o his o%n. So (hoose a )ood tree. Master C!a"di"s, and don7t (o&e do%n ti!! the !ast o the thie+es are dead. That7s %hat &$ drea& said. I7!! not (o&e do%n e+en then, i I (an he!- it, Briseis. I don7t %ant to #e a re(ei+er o sto!en )oods. 9o" (an a!%a$s )i+e the& #a(*. Master C!a"di"s. This %as a!! +er$ re&ar*a#!e in the !i)ht o %hat ha--ened !ater. I ha+e no )reat aith in drea&s. Athenodor"s on(e drea&ed that there %as treas"re in a #ad)er7s den in a %ood near Ro&e. He o"nd his %a$ to the e5a(t s-ot, %hi(h he had ne+er +isited #e ore, and there in a #an* %as the ho!e !eadin) to the den. He et(hed a (o"-!e o (o"ntr$&en to di) a%a$ the #an* "nti! the$ (a&e to the den at the end o the ho!e--%here the$ o"nd a rotten o!d -"rse (ontainin) si5 &o"!d$ (o--ers and a #ad shi!!in), %hi(h %as not eno")h to -a$ the (o"ntr$&en or their %or*. And one o &$ tenants, a sho-*ee-er, drea&ed on(e that a !i)ht o ea)!es %hee!ed ro"nd his head and one sett!ed on his sho"!der. He too* it or a si)n that he %o"!d one da$ #e E&-eror, #"t a!! that ha--ened %as that a -i4"et o G"ards +isited hi& the ne5t &ornin) 0the$ had ea)!es on their shie!ds2 and the (or-ora! arrested hi& or so&e o en(e that #ro")ht hi& "nder &i!itar$ 1"risdi(tion.

CHAPTER NCIII ONE SUMMER A:TERNOON AT CAPUA I 8AS SITTING ON A stone #en(h #ehind the sta#!es o &$ +i!!a, thin*in) o"t so&e -ro#!e& o Etr"s(an histor$ and id!$ shootin) di(e, 0KK?2 !e t hand a)ainst ri)ht, on the ro")h -!an* ta#!e in ront o &e. A ra))ed!$ dressed &an (a&e "- and as*ed %hether I %as Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s Dr"s"s 0A.D. ?>2 Nero Ger&ani("s/ he had #een dire(ted here ro& Ro&e, he said. I ha+e a &essa)e or $o", sir. I don7t *no% %hether it7s %orth de!i+erin) #"t I7& an o!d so!dier on the tra&---one o $o"r ather7s +eterans, sir--and $o" *no% %hat it is, I7& )!ad o ha+in) an e5("se or ta*in) one road rather than another. 8ho )a+e $o" the &essa)e3 A e!!o% I &et in the %oods near Ca-e Cosa. C"rio"s sort o e!!o%. He %as dressed !i*e a s!a+e #"t he s-o*e !i*e a Caesar. A #i) thi(*-set e!!o% and !oo*ed ha! star+ed. 8hat na&e did he )i+e3 No na&e at a!!. He said $o"7d *no% %ho he %as #$ the &essa)e, and #e s"r-rised to hear ro& hi&. He &ade &e
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re-eat the &essa)e t%i(e to &a*e s"re I had it ri)ht. I %as to sa$ that he %as sti!! ishin), #"t that a &an (o"!dn7t !i+e %ho!!$ on ish, and that $o" %ere to -ass the %ord to his #rother-in-!a%, and that i the &i!* %as sent it ne+er rea(hed hi&, and that he %anted a !itt!e #oo* to read, at !east se+en -a)es !on). And that $o" %ere not to do an$thin) "nti! $o" heard ro& hi& a)ain. Does that &a*e sense, sir, or %as the e!!o% (ra(*ed3 8hen he said that, I (o"!d not #e!ie+e &$ ears. Post"&"sB B"t Post"&"s %as dead. Has he a #i) 1a%, #!"e e$es and a %a$ o ti!tin) his head on one side %hen he as*s $o" a 4"estion3 That7s the &an, sir. I -o"red hi& o"t a drin* %ith a hand so sha*$ that I s-i!t as &"(h as I -o"red. Then, si)nin) that he %as to %ait there or &e, I %ent into the ho"se. I o"nd t%o )ood -!ain )o%ns and so&e "nder(!othes and sanda!s and a -air o ra6ors and so&e soa-. Then I too* the irst se%n-sheet #oo* that (a&e to hand--it ha--ened to #e a (o-$ o so&e re(ent s-ee(hes o Ti#eri"s to the Senate--and on the se+enth -a)e I %rote in &i!*/ 8hat 1o$B I %i!! %rite to G. at on(e. Be (are "!. Send or %hate+er $o" need. 8here (an I see $o"3 M$ dearest !o+e to $o". Here are t%ent$ )o!d -ie(es, a!! I ha+e at the &o&ent, #"t 4"i(* )i ts are do"#!e )i ts, I ho-e. I %aited or the -a)e to dr$ and then )a+e the &an the #oo* and (!othes %ra--ed in a #"nd!e, and a -"rse. I said/ Ta*e these thirt$ )o!d -ie(es. Ten are or $o"rse! . T%ent$ are or the &an in the %oods. Brin) #a(* a &essa)e ro& hi& and $o" sha!! ha+e ten &ore. B"t *ee$o"r &o"th sh"t and #e #a(* soon. Good eno")h, sir, he said. I7!! not ai! $o". B"t %hat7s to -re+ent &e ro& )oin) o %ith this #"nd!e and a!! the &one$3 I said/ I $o" %ere a dishonest &an $o" %o"!dn7t as* that 4"estion. So !et "s ha+e another drin* to)ether and o $o" )o. To ("t a !on) stor$ short, he %ent a%a$ %ith the #"nd!e and &one$ and a e% da$s !ater #ro")ht &e #a(* a +er#a! ans%er ro& Post"&"s, %hi(h %as than*s or the &one$ and (!othes and that I %as not to see* hi& o"t, #"t that the (ro(odi!e7s &other %o"!d *no% %here he %as and that his na&e %as no% Panther"s and %o"!d I or%ard hi& his #rother-in-!a%7s ans%er as soon as -ossi#!e. I -aid the o!d so!dier the ten -ie(es I had -ro&ised hi& and ten &ore or his aith "!ness. I "nderstood %ho& Post"&"s &eant #$ the (ro(odi!e7s &other. The Cro(odi!e %as an o!d reed&an o A)ri--a7s %ho& %e (a!!ed that #e(a"se o his tor-idit$ and )reed and his enor&o"s 1a%s. He had a &other !i+in) at Per"sia, %here she *e-t an inn. I *ne% the -!a(e %e!!. I sent o a !etter to Ger&ani("s at on(e to te!! hi& the ne%s, I sent it #$ Pa!!as to Ro&e te!!in) hi& to send it o %ith the ne5t -ost to Ger&an$. In the !etter I &ere!$ said that Post"&"s %as a!i+e and in hidin)--I did not sa$ %here--and #e))ed Ger&ani("s to a(*no%!ed)e the re(ei-t o the !etter at on(e. Then I %aited and %aited or an ans%er #"t none (a&e. I %rote a)ain, rather &ore "!!$, #"t sti!! no ans%er. I sent a &essa)e to the Cro(odi!e7s &other #$ a (o"ntr$-(arrier that no &essa)e had $et arri+ed or Panther"s ro& his #rother-in-!a%. I did not hear a)ain ro& Post"&"s. He did not %ish to (o&-ro&ise &e "rther, and no% that he had &one$ and
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%as a#!e to &o+e a#o"t %itho"t #ein) arrested on s"s-i(ion as a r"na%a$ s!a+e he %as not de-endent on &$ he!-. So&e#od$ at the inn re(o)nised hi& and he had to &o+e ro& there or sa et$7s sa*e. Cer$ soon the r"&o"r that he %as a!i+e %as a!! o+er Ita!$. E+er$one %as ta!*in) a#o"t it at Ro&e. A do6en -eo-!e, in(!"din) three senators, (a&e o"t to &e ro& the Cit$ to as* &e -ri+ate!$ i it %ere tr"e. I to!d the& that I had not seen hi& #"t that I had &et so&eone %ho had, and that there %as no do"#t that it %as Post"&"s. In ret"rn I as*ed the& %hat the$ intended to do i he (a&e to Ro&e and %on the s"--ort o the -o-"!a(e. B"t the dire(tness o &$ 4"estion e&#arrassed and h"rt the&, and I )ot no ans%er. Post"&"s %as re-orted to ha+e +isited +ario"s (o"ntr$ to%ns in the nei)h#o"rhood o Ro&e, #"t a--arent!$ he too* the -re(a"tion o not enterin) the& #e ore ni)ht a!! and a!%a$s )oin) a%a$, in dis)"ise, #e ore da%n. He %as ne+er seen -"#!i(!$ #"t %o"!d !od)e at so&e inn and !ea+e #ehind a &essa)e o than*s or the *indness sho%n hi&--si)ned %ith his rea! na&e. At !ast one da$ he !anded at Ostia ro& a s&a!! (oastin) +esse!. The -ort *ne%, a e% ho"rs #e orehand, that he %as (o&in), and he had a tre&endo"s o+ation at the 4"a$ as he ste--ed ashore. He (hose to !and at Ostia #e(a"se it %as the s"&&er head4"arters o the :!eet, o %hi(h his ather A)ri--a had #een Ad&ira!. His +esse! !e% a )reen -ennant %hi(h A")"st"s had )i+en A)ri--a the ri)ht to !$ %hene+er he %as at sea 0and his sons a ter hi&2 in &e&or$ o his sea-+i(tor$ o A(ti"&. A)ri--a7s &e&or$ %as hono"red at Ostia a!&ost #e$ond that o A")"st"s. Post"&"s %as in )reat dan)er o his !i e, #ein) sti!! "nder senten(e o #anish&ent and there ore o"t!a%ed #$ his -"#!i( rea--earan(e in Ita!$. He &ade a short s-ee(h o than*s to the (ro%d or their %e!(o&e. He said that i :ort"ne %as *ind to hi& and i he %on #a(* the estee& o the Ro&an Senate and -eo-!e %hi(h he had or eited #e(a"se o (ertain !$in) a(("sations #ro")ht a)ainst hi& #$ his ene&ies--a(("sations %hi(h his )rand ather, the God A")"st"s, had rea!ised too !ate %ere "ntr"e--he %o"!d re%ard the !o$a!t$ o the &en and %o&en o Ostia in no ni))ard!$ ashion. A (o&-an$ o G"ards %as there %ith orders to arrest hi&, or Li+ia and Ti#eri"s had )ot the ne%s too, so&eho%. B"t the &en %o"!d ha+e had no (han(e a)ainst that (ro%d o sai!ors. The (a-tain %ise!$ &ade no atte&-t to (arr$ o"t his (o&&ission, he ordered t%o &en to (han)e into sai!ors7 s!o-s and not !ose si)ht o Post"&"s. B"t #$ the ti&e the$ had (han)ed he had disa--eared and the$ (o"!d ind no tra(e o hi&. The ne5t da$ Ro&e %as "!! o sai!ors %ho -i(*eted the -rin(i-a! streets/ %hene+er the$ &et a *ni)ht or senator or -"#!i( o i(ia! the$ as*ed hi& the -ass-%ord. The -ass-%ord %as Ne-t"ne, and i he did not a!read$ *no% it he %as )i+en it and &ade to re-eat it three ti&es "n!ess he %anted a #eatin). No#od$ %anted a #eatin), and -o-"!ar ee!in) no% ran so stron)!$ in s$&-ath$ %ith Post"&"s and a)ainst Ti#eri"s and Li+ia that i a sin)!e a+o"ra#!e %ord had (o&e ro& Ger&ani("s the %ho!e Cit$, in(!"din) the G"ards and the Cit$ #atta!ions, %o"!d ha+e (o&e o+er to hi& at on(e. B"t %itho"t Ger&ani("s7 s"--ort an$ risin) in a+o"r o Post"&"s %o"!d ha+e &eant (i+i! %ar, and no#od$ had &"(h (on iden(e in Post"&"s7 (han(es i it (a&e to a str"))!e %ith Ger&ani("s. In this (risis the sa&e Cris-"s %ho had anta)onised Ti#eri"s t%o $ears #e ore #$ sendin) C!e&ent to his death on the is!and 0#"t had #een or)i+en2 (a&e or%ard and o ered to redee& his a"!t #$ this ti&e &a*in) s"re o Post"&"s. Ti#eri"s )a+e hi& a ree hand. He o"nd o"t so&eho% %here Post"&"s7 head4"arters %ere and, )oin)
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to hi& %ith a !ar)e s"& o &one$ %hi(h he said %as or the -a$&ent o his sai!ors, %ho had a!read$ !ost t%o %or*in)-da$s #$ this -i(*etin) %or*, he "ndertoo* to #rin) o+er the Ger&an #od$)"ard to Post"&"s7 side as soon as he )a+e the si)na!. He had, he said, a!read$ )i+en the& enor&o"s #ri#es. Post"&"s #e!ie+ed hi&. The$ arran)ed a &eetin) or t%o ho"rs a ter &idni)ht at a (ertain street (orner %here Post"&"s7 sai!ors %ere a!so to asse&#!e in or(e. The$ %o"!d &ar(h to Ti#eri"s7 Pa!a(e. Cris-"s %o"!d order the #od$)"ard to ad&it Post"&"s. Ti#eri"s, Castor and Li+ia %o"!d #e arrested, and Cris-"s said tria! Se1an"s, %hi!e not a(ti+e in the -!ot, had "nderta*en to #rin) the G"ards o+er in s"--ort o the ne% re)i&e as soon as the irst #!o% had #een s"((ess "!!$ str"(*/ on (ondition that he retained his (o&&and. The sai!ors %ere -"n(t"a! at the rende6+o"s #"t Post"&"s 0S2 did not arri+e. At that ho"r no (iti6ens %ere in the street, so %hen a (o&#ined or(e o Ger&ans ro& the #od$)"ard and -i(*ed &en o Se1an"s7 s"dden!$ e!! on the sai!ors--%ho %ere &ost!$ dr"n* and not in an$ re)"!ar or&ation--the -ass-%ord Ne-t"ne !ost its -o%er. Man$ o the& %ere *i!!ed on the s-ot, &an$ &ore as the$ #ro*e and ran, and the rest ne+er on(e s!o%ed do%n, it is said, #e ore the$ rea(hed Ostia a)ain. Cris-"s and t%o so!diers had %a$!aid Post"&"s in a narro% a!!e$ #et%een his head4"arters and the rende6+o"s, st"nned hi& %ith a sand#a), )a))ed and #o"nd hi&, -"t hi& into a (o+ered sedan and (arried hi& o to the Pa!a(e. The ne5t da$ Ti#eri"s &ade a state&ent to the Senate. A (ertain s!a+e o Post"&"s A)ri--a7s (a!!ed C!e&ent, he said, had (a"sed a dea! o "nne(essar$ a!ar& in the Cit$ #$ i&-ersonatin) his dead or&er &aster. This #o!d e!!o% had r"n a%a$ ro& the -ro+in(ia! *ni)ht %ho had #o")ht hi& %hen Post"&"s7 estate %as so!d and had hidden in a %ood on the (oast o T"s(an$ "nti! his #eard )re% !on) eno")h to hide his re(edin) (hin--the (hie -oint o dissi&i!arit$ #et%een hi&se! and Post"&"s. So&e ro%d$ sai!ors at Ostia had -retended to #e!ie+e in hi&, #"t on!$ as an e5("se or &ar(hin) to Ro&e and (reatin) a dist"r#an(e there. The$ had asse&#!ed in the s"#"r#s a !itt!e #e ore da%n that &ornin) "nder his !eadershi- %ith the o#1e(t o &ar(hin) to the (entre o the Cit$ and -!"nderin) sho-s and -ri+ate ho"ses. 8hen (ha!!en)ed #$ a or(e o 8at(h&en the$ had dis-ersed and deserted their !eader, %ho had sin(e #een -"t to death, so the Ho"se need ha+e no "rther an5iet$ a#o"t the &atter. I heard !ater that Ti#eri"s -retended not to re(o)nise Post"&"s %hen he %as #ro")ht #e ore hi& at the Pa!a(e and as*ed hi&, &o(*in)!$/ Ho% did $o" ha--en to #e(o&e one o the Caesars3 To %hi(h Post"&"s ans%ered/ In the sa&e %a$ and on the sa&e da$ as $o" did. Ha+e $o" or)otten3 Ti#eri"s to!d a s!a+e to stri*e Post"&"s on the &o"th or his inso!en(e, and he %as then -"t on the ra(* and as*ed to re+ea! his e!!o%-(ons-irators. B"t he %o"!d on!$ te!! s(anda!o"s ane(dotes o the -ri+ate !i e o Ti#eri"s, %hi(h %ere so dis)"stin) and so (ir("&stantia! that Ti#eri"s !ost his te&-er and #attered his a(e in %ith his )reat #on$ ists. The so!diers inished the #!ood$ %or* #$ #eheadin) hi& and ha(*in) hi& into -ie(es in the (e!!ar o the Pa!a(e. 8hat )reater sorro% (an there #e than to &o"rn a #e!o+ed riend as &"rdered--at the (!ose o a !on) and "ndeser+ed e5i!e, too--and then, a ter the #rie 1o$ and astonish&ent o hearin) that he has so&eho% (heated his e5e("tioners, to ha+e to &o"rn hi& a se(ond ti&e--this ti&e %itho"t ho-e o error and %itho"t e+en seein) hi& in the inter+a!--as trea(hero"s!$ re(a-t"red and sha&e "!!$ tort"red and *i!!ed3 M$ one (onso!ation %as that %hen Ger&ani("s heard %hat had ha--ened--and I %o"!d at on(e %rite hi& the %ho!e stor$ so ar as I *ne% it-he %o"!d !ea+e his (a&-ai)ns in Ger&an$ and &ar(h #a(* to Ro&e at the head o as &an$ re)i&ents as (o"!d #e s-ared ro& the Rhine and a+en)e Post"&"s7 death on Li+ia and Ti#eri"s. I %rote, #"t he did not ans%er, I %rote a)ain, and sti!! no ans%er. B"t e+ent"a!!$ a !on) a e(tionate !etter (a&e in %hi(h there %as a %onderin) re eren(e to the s"((ess %hi(h C!e&ent had had in i&-ersonatin) Post"&"s--ho% in the %or!d had he &ana)ed to do it3 :ro& this senten(e it %as 4"ite (!ear that none o &$ i&-ortant !etters had arri+ed/ the on!$ one to arri+e had #een sent o #$ the sa&e -ost as the se(ond. In this I had &ere!$ )i+en hi& -arti("!ars o a #"siness &atter
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%hi(h he had as*ed &e to !oo* into or hi&/ he no% than*ed &e or the in or&ation, %hi(h he said %as e5a(t!$ %hat he %anted. I rea!i6ed %ith a s"dden ee!in) o dread that Li+ia or Ti#eri"s &"st ha+e inter(e-ted a!! the rest. M$ di)estion had a!%a$s #een #ad and ear o -oison in e+er$ dish did not i&-ro+e it. M$ sta&&er ret"rned and I had atta(*s o a-hasia--s"dden #!an*s in the &ind %hi(h #ro")ht &e into )reat ridi("!e/ i the$ (a")ht &e in the &idd!e o a senten(e I %o"!d inish it an$ho%. The &ost "n ort"nate res"!t o this %ea*ness %as that I &ade a &ess o &$ d"ties as -riest o A")"st"s, %hi(h hitherto I had (arried o"t %itho"t (a"se or (o&-!aint ro& an$one. There is an o!d ("sto& at Ro&e that i an$ &ista*e is &ade in the rit"a! o a sa(ri i(e or other ser+i(e the %ho!e thin) has to #e )one o+er a)ain ro& the #e)innin). It no% o ten ha--ened %hen I %as o i(iatin) that I %o"!d 0<2 !ose &$ %a$ in a -ra$er and -erha-s )o on re-eatin) the sa&e se4"en(e o senten(es t%o or three ti&es #e ore I rea!ised %hat I %as doin), or that I %o"!d ta*e "- the !int *ni e or ("ttin) the +i(ti&7s throat #e ore s-rin*!in) its head %ith the rit"a! !o"r and sa!t--and this sort o thin) &eant )oin) #a(* to the #e)innin) a)ain. It %as tedio"s to &a*e three or o"r atte&-ts at a ser+i(e #e ore I (o"!d )et thro")h it -er e(t!$, and the (on)re)ation "sed to )et +er$ rest!ess. At !ast I %rote to Ti#eri"s as Hi)h Ponti and as*ed to #e re!ie+ed ro& a!! &$ re!i)io"s d"ties or a $ear on the )ro"nd o i!!-hea!th. He )ranted the re4"est %itho"t (o&&ent.

CHAPTER NIN GERMANICUS7 THIRD 9EAR O: 8AR AGAINST THE GERMANS %as &ore s"((ess "! e+en than the irst t%o. He had %or*ed o"t a ne% -!an o (a&-ai)n, #$ %hi(h he %o"!d ta*e the Ger&ans #$ s"r-rise and sa+e his &en a !ot o dan)ero"s and %ear$ &ar(hin). This %as to #"i!d on the Rhine a !eet o near!$ a tho"sand trans-orts, 0A.D. ?>2 e&#ar* %ith &ost o his or(es and sai! do%n the ri+er and, #$ %a$ o the (ana! that o"r ather had on(e ("t, thro")h the D"t(h !a*es and #$ sea to the &o"th o the E&s. Here he %o"!d an(hor his trans-orts on the near #an*, e5(e-t or a e% %hi(h %o"!d ser+e or &a*in) a -ontoon #rid)e. He %o"!d then atta(* the tri#es a(ross the 8eser, a ri+er, orda#!e in -!a(es, %hi(h r"ns -ara!!e! to the E&s a#o"t i t$ &i!es #e$ond. The -!an %or*ed %e!! in e+er$ detai!. 8hen the ad+an(e-)"ard rea(hed the 8eser the$ o"nd Her&ann and so&e a!!ied (hie tains %aitin) on the "rther #an*. Her&ann sho"ted a(ross to as* %hether Ger&ani("s %as in (o&&and. 8hen the$ ans%ered $es, he as*ed %hether the$ %o"!d ta*e hi& a &essa)e. The &essa)e %as/ Her&ann7s (o"rteo"s )reetin)s to Ger&ani("s, and &i)ht he #e -er&itted s-ee(h %ith his #rother3 This %as a #rother o Her&ann7s (a!!ed, in Ger&an, so&ethin) !i*e Go!d*o- , or at an$ rate a na&e so #ar#aro"s that it %as i&-ossi#!e to trans!iterate it into Latin-as Her&ann had #een &ade into Ar&ini"s, or as Sie)&$r)th into Se)i&er"s, so it %as trans!ated as :!a+i"s, &eanin) the )o!den-headed. :!a+i"s had #een in the Ro&an Ar&$ or $ears, and #ein) at L$ons at the ti&e o the disaster o Car"s had there &ade a de(!aration o his (ontin"ed !o$a!t$ to Ro&e, re-"diatin) a!! the a&i!$ ties %hi(h #o"nd hi& to his trea(hero"s #rother Her&ann. In the ne5t $ear7s (a&-ai)n o Ti#eri"s and Ger&ani("s he had o")ht #ra+e!$ and !ost an e$e.
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Ger&ani("s as*ed :!a+i"s %hether he %ished to address his #rother. :!a+i"s said he didn7t &"(h %ant to #"t that it &i)ht #e an o er to s"rrender. So the t%o #rothers started sho"tin) at ea(h other a(ross the ri+er. Her&ann #e)an ta!*in) Ger&an, #"t :!a+i"s said that "n!ess he ta!*ed Latin the (on+ersation %as at an end. Her&ann did not %ant to ta!* Latin, %hi(h the other (hie s did not "nderstand, or ear o #ein) tho")ht a traitor, and :!a+i"s did not %ant to #e tho")ht a traitor #$ the Ro&ans, %ho did not "nderstand Ger&an. On the other hand Her&ann %anted to &a*e an i&-ression on the Ro&ans, and :!a+i"s on the Ger&ans. Her&ann tried to *ee- to Ger&an, and :!a+i"s to Latin, #"t as the$ )re% &ore and &ore heated the$ e!! into s"(h a dread "! &i5t"re o #oth !an)"a)es that, as Ger&ani("s %rote to &e, it %as as )ood as a (o&ed$ to hear the&. I 4"ote ro& Genr&ani("s7 a((o"nt ot the dia!o)"e. HERMANN/ H"!!o, #rother. 8hat7s ha--ened to $o"r a(e3 That s(ar7s an a% "! de or&it$. Lost an e$e3 :LACIUS, 9es, #rother. Did $o" ha--en to -i(* one "-3 I !ost it that da$ $o" )a!!o-ed a%a$ o"t o the %ood %ith &"d s&eared on $o"r shie!d so that Ger&ani("s %o"!dn7t re(o)nise $o". HERMANN/ 9o"7re %ron), #rother. That %asn7t &e. 9o" &"st ha+e #een drin*in) a)ain. 9o" %ere a!%a$s !i*e that #e ore a #att!e/ a #it ner+o"s "n!ess $o" had dr"n* at !east 0F2 a )a!!on o #eer, and had to #e stra--ed to the sadd!e #$ the ti&e the %arhorns so"nded. :LACIUS/ That7s a !ie, o (o"rse, #"t it re&inds &e %hat a #ar#aro"s )"t-rottin) drin* $o"r Ger&an #eer is. I ne+er drin* it no% e+en %hen there7s a )reat (onsi)n&ent (o&e into the (a&- ro& one o $o"r (a-t"red +i!!a)es. The &en on!$ drin* it %hen the$ ha+e to/ the$ sa$ that it7s #etter than s%a&- %ater s-oi!t #$ Ger&an (or-ses. HERMANN/ 9es, I !i*e Ro&an %ine &$se! . I ha+e a e% h"ndred 1ars !e t o %hat I (a-t"red ro& Car"s. This s"&&er I7!! #e )ettin) in another )ood s"--!$, i Ger&ani("s doesn7t !oo* o"t. B$ the %a$, %hat re%ard did $o" )et or !osin) $o"r e$e3 :LACIUS/ 0%ith )reat di)nit$2/ The -ersona! than*s o the Co&&ander-in-Chie , and three de(orations, in(!"din) the Cro%n and the Chain. HERMANN/ Ho, HoB The ChainB Do $o" %ear it ro"nd $o"r an*!es, $o" Ro&an s!a+e3 :LACIUS/ I7d rather an$ da$ #e a s!a+e to the Ro&ans than a traitor to the&. B$ the %a$, $o"r dear Thr"sne!da7s +er$ %e!! and so7s $o"r #o$. 8hen are $o" (o&in) to Ro&e to +isit the&3 HERMANN/ At the end o this (a&-ai)n, #rother. Ho, HoB :LACIUS/ 9o" &ean %hen $o" %a!* #ehind Ger&ani("s7 (ar in the tri"&-h and the (ro%d -e!ts $o" %ith rotten e))s3 Ho% I7!! !a")hB
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HERMANN/ 9o" had #etter do a!! $o"r !a")hin) in ad+an(e, #e(a"se i $o" sti!! ha+e an$ throat !e t to !a")h thro")h in three da$s ro& no% &$ na&e7s not Her&ann. B"t eno")h o this. I ha+e a &essa)e to $o" ro& $o"r &other. :LACIUS 0s"dden!$ serio"s and et(hin) a dee- si)h2/ Ah, &$ dear, dear &otherB 8hat &essa)e does &$ &other send &e3 Ha+e I her sa(red #!essin) sti!!, #rother3 HERMANN/ Brother, $o" ha+e %o"nded o"r %ise and no#!e and -ro!i i( &other to the so"!. She sa$s that she %i!! t"rn her #!essin) into a ("rse i $o" (ontin"e to #e a traitor to $o"r a&i!$ and tri#e and ra(e, and do not instant!$ (o&e o+er to "s a)ain and a(t as 1oint-Genera! %ith &e. :IACIUS 0in Ger&an, #"rstin) into tears o ra)e2/ Oh, she ne+er said that, Her&ann. She (o"!dn7t ha+e said that. It7s a !ie $o" &ade "- $o"rse! 1"st to &a*e &e "nha--$. Con ess it7s a !ie, Her&annB HERMANN/ She )a+e $o" t%o da$s to &a*e "- $o"r &ind. :LACIUS 0to his )roo&M/ Hi, $o" ")!$- a(ed -i), )i+e &e &$ horse and ar&sB I7& )oin) o+er the strea& to i)ht &$ #rother. Her&ann, $o" o"! thin), I7& (o&in) to i)ht $o"B HERMANN/ Co&e on then, $o" one-e$ed #ean-eatin) s!a+e, $o"B :!a+i"s 1"&-ed on his horse and %as a#o"t to s%i& it a(ross the ri+er %hen a Ro&an (o!one! (a")ht at his !e) and -"!!ed hi& o the sadd!e/ he *ne% Ger&an and he *ne% the a#s"rd +eneration that Ger&ans ha+e or their %i+es and &others. S"--ose :!a+i"s rea!!$ &eant to desert3 So he to!d hi& not to #other a#o"t Her&ann or #e!ie+e his !ies. B"t :!a+i"s (o"!dn7t resist ha+in) the !ast %ord. He dried his e$es and sho"ted a(ross/ I sa% $o"r ather-in-!a% !ast %ee*. He7d )ot a ni(e -!a(e near L$ons. He to!d &e that Thr"sne!da (a&e to hi& #e(a"se she (o"!dn7t #ear the dis)ra(e o #ein) &arried to a &an %ho #ro*e his so!e&n oath as an a!!$ o Ro&e and #etra$ed a riend at %hose ta#!e he had eaten. She said that the on!$ %a$ $o" (an e+er %in #a(* her estee& is #$ not "sin) the ar&s %hi(h she )a+e $o" on $o"r %eddin)-da$ a)ainst $o"r s%orn riends. She has not #een "n aith "! to $o" $et, #"t that %on7t !ast !on) i $o" don7t instant!$ (o&e to $o"r senses. Then it %as Her&ann7s t"rn to %ee- and stor& and a(("se :!a+i"s o te!!in) !ies. Ger&ani("s -ri+ate!$ detai!ed a (a-tain to %at(h :!a+i"s +er$ (are "!!$ d"rin) the ne5t #att!e and at the !east si)n o trea(her$ to r"n hi& thro")h. Ger&ani("s %rote se!do& #"t %hen he did the$ %ere !on) !etters and he -"t into the&, he said, a!! the interestin) and a&"sin) thin)s that did not see& 4"ite s"ita#!e or his o i(ia! dis-at(hes to Ti#eri"s/ I !i+ed or those !etters. I %as ne+er an5io"s a#o"t Ger&ani("s7 sa et$ %hen he %as i)htin) the Ger&ans/ he had the sa&e sort o
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(on iden(e %ith the& as an e5-erien(ed #ee-*ee-er has %ith #ees, %ho (an )o #o!d!$ to a hi+e and re&o+e the hone$, and the #ees so&eho% ne+er stin) hi& as the$ %o"!d $o" 0KD?2 or &e i %e tried to do the sa&e thin). T%o da$s a ter ordin) the 8eser he o")ht a de(isi+e #att!e %ith Her&ann. I ha+e a!%a$s #een interested in s-ee(hes &ade #e ore a #att!e/ there is nothin) that thro%s s"(h !i)ht on the (hara(ter o a )enera!. Ger&ani("s neither haran)"ed his &en in an oratori(a! %a$ nor 1o*ed o#s(ene!$ %ith the& !i*e ;"!i"s Caesar. He %as a!%a$s +er$ serio"s, +er$ -re(ise and +er$ -ra(ti(a!. His s-ee(h on this o((asion %as a#o"t %hat he rea!!$ tho")ht o the Ger&ans. He said that the$ %ere not so!diers. The$ had a (ertain #ra+ado and o")ht %e!! in a &o#, as %i!d (att!e i)ht, and the$ had a (ertain ani&a! ("nnin) too %hi(h &ade it "n%ise to ne)!e(t ordinar$ -re(a"tions in i)htin) the&. B"t the$ soon tired a ter their irst "rio"s (har)e and the$ had no dis(i-!ine in an$ tr"e &i!itar$ sense, on!$ a s-irit o &"t"a! ri+a!r$. Their (hie s (o"!d ne+er (o"nt on the& to do %hat %as %anted/ either the$ did too &"(h or not eno")h. The Ger&ans, he said, are the &ost inso!ent and #oast "! nation in the %or!d %hen thin)s )o %e!! %ith the&, #"t on(e the$ are de eated the$ are the &ost (o%ard!$ and a#1e(t. Ne+er tr"st a Ger&an o"t o $o"r si)ht, #"t ne+er #e a raid o hi& %hen $o" ha+e hi& a(e to a(e. And that7s a!! that need #e said e5(e-t this/ &ost o the i)htin) to&orro% %i!! #e in a&on) those %oods, %here ro& a!! a((o"nts the ene&$ %i!! #e so ti)ht!$ -a(*ed that the$ %i!! ha+e no roo& or &anoe"+re. Go strai)ht at the&, ne+er &ind their asse)ais, and )et to (!ose 4"arters at on(e. Sta# at their a(es/ that is %hat the$ hate &ost. Her&ann had (hosen his #att!e-)ro"nd (are "!!$/ a narro%in) -!ain !$in) #et%een the 8eser and a ran)e o %ooded hi!!s. He %o"!d i)ht at the narro% end o this -!ain %ith a #i) oa* and #ir(h orest at his #a(*, the ri+er on his ri)ht and the hi!!s on his !e t. The Ger&ans %ere in three deta(h&ents. The irst o these, $o"n) asse)ai&en o !o(a! tri#es, %ere to ad+an(e into the -!ain a)ainst the !eadin) Ro&an re)i&ents, %ho %o"!d -ro#a#!$ #e :ren(h a"5i!iaries, and dri+e the& #a(*. Then %hen the Ro&an s"--orts (a&e "- the$ %ere to #rea* o the i)ht and -retend to !$ in -ani(. The Ro&ans %o"!d -ress on to%ards the %ood and at this -oint the se(ond deta(h&ent, (onsistin) o Her&ann7s o%n tri#e, %o"!d (har)e do%n ro& an a&#"sh on the hi!! and ta*e the& in the !an*. This %o"!d (a"se )reat (on "sion and the irst deta(h&ent %o"!d then ret"rn, (!ose!$ s"--orted #$ the third--the e5-erien(ed e!der &en o the !o(a! tri#es--and dri+e the Ro&ans into the ri+er. The Ger&an (a+a!r$ #$ this ti&e %o"!d ha+e (o&e ro"nd ro& #ehind the hi!! and ta*en the Ro&ans in the rear. It %o"!d ha+e #een a )ood -!an i Her&ann had #een in (o&&and o dis(i-!ined troo-s. B"t it %ent !"di(ro"s!$ %ron). Ger&ani("s7 order o #att!e %as as o!!o%s/ irst, t%o re)i&ents o :ren(h hea+$ in antr$ on the ri+er !an*, and t%o o the a"5i!iar$ Ger&ans on the &o"ntain !an*, then the oot ar(hers, then o"r re)"!ar re)i&ents, then Ger&ani("s %ith t%o G"ards #atta!ions and the re)"!ar (a+a!r$, then o"r &ore re)"!ar re)i&ents, then the :ren(h &o"nted ar(hers, then the :ren(h !i)ht in antr$. As the Ger&an a"5i!iaries ad+an(ed a!on) the s-"rs o the &o"ntain, Her&ann, %ho %as %at(hin) e+ents ro& the to- o a -ine tree, (a!!ed o"t e5(ited!$ to his ne-he% %ho %as standin) #$ or orders #e!o%/ There )oes &$ traitor #rotherB He &"st ne+er !ea+e this #att!e a!i+e. The st"-id ne-he% s-ran) or%ard sho"tin), Her&ann7s orders are to (har)e at on(eB He r"shed do%n into the -!ain %ith a#o"t ha! the tri#e. Her&ann %ith di i("!t$ &ana)ed to restrain the rest. Ger&ani("s sent the re)"!ar (a+a!r$ o"t at on(e to (har)e the oo!s in the !an* #e ore the$ (o"!d rea(h :!a+i"s7 &en, and the :ren(h &o"nted ar(hers to ("t o their retreat. The Ger&an s*ir&ishin) deta(h&ent had &ean%hi!e ad+an(ed ro& the %ood, #"t the Ro&an (a+a!r$ (har)e sent the &en "nder Her&ann7s ne-he% r"shin) #a(* on to- o the& and the$ (a")ht the -ani( and ran #a(* too.
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The Ger&an third deta(h&ent, the &ain #od$, then (a&e o"t o the %ood, e5-e(tin) the s*ir&ishers to ha!t and t"rn #a(* %ith the& as arran)ed. B"t the s*ir&ishers7 on!$ tho")ht %as to )et a%a$ ro& the (a+a!r$/ the$ ran #a(* thro")h the &ain #od$. At this &o&ent there (a&e a &ost (heerin) o&en or the Ro&ans--ei)ht ea)!es, %ho had #een ri)htened ro& the hi!! #$ the sortie and %ere %hee!in) a#o"t the -!ain, "tterin) !o"d shrie*s, no% !e% a!! to)ether to%ards the %ood. Ger&ani("s (a!!ed o"t/ :o!!o% 07DD2 the Ea)!esB :o!!o% the Ro&an Ea)!eB The %ho!e ar&$ too* "- the (r$/ :o!!o% the Ea)!esB Mean%hi!e Her&ann had (har)ed %ith the rest o his &en and ta*en the oot-ar(hers #$ s"r-rise, *i!!in) a n"&#er o the&, #"t the rear re)i&ent o :ren(h hea+$ in antr$ %hee!ed ro"nd to the ar(hers7 assistan(e. Her&ann7s or(e, %hi(h (onsisted o so&e i teen tho"sand &en, &i)ht sti!! ha+e sa+ed the #att!e #$ (r"shin) the :ren(h in antr$ and th"s dri+in) a or&ida#!e %ed)e #et%een the Ro&an ad+an(e )"ard and the &ain #od$. B"t the s"n !ashed in their a(es ro& the %ea-ons and #reast--!ates and shie!ds and he!&ets o the !on) ran*s o ad+an(in) re)"!ar in antr$, and the Ger&ans !ost (o"ra)e. Most o the& r"shed #a(* to the hi!!. Her&ann ra!!ied a tho"sand or t%o, #"t not eno")h, and #$ this ti&e t%o s4"adrons o re)"!ar (a+a!r$ had (o&e (har)in) #a(* a&on) the ")iti+es, and ("t o his retreat to the hi!!. Ho% he )ot a%a$ is a &$ster$, #"t it is )enera!!$ #e!ie+ed that he s-"rred his horse to%ards the %ood and o+ertoo* the Ger&an a"5i!iaries %ho %ere ad+an(in) to atta(* it. Then he sho"ted/ Ma*e %a$, (att!eB I7& Her&annB No#od$ dared to *i!! hi& #e(a"se he %as :!a+i"s7 #rother and :!a+i"s %o"!d ee! #o"nd in a&i!$ hono"r to a+en)e his death. It %as no !on)er a #att!e #"t a s!a")hter. The Ger&an &ain-#od$ %as o"t !an*ed and or(ed to%ards the ri+er, %hi(h &an$ &ana)ed to s%i&, #"t not a!!. Ger&ani("s -"shed his se(ond !ine o re)"!ar in antr$ into the %ood and ro"ted the s*ir&ishers %ho %ere %aitin) there in the +a)"e ho-e o the #att!e s"dden!$ t"rnin) in their a+o"r. 0The ar(hers had )ood s-ort shootin) do%n Ger&ans %ho had (!i&#ed trees and %ere hidin) in the o!ia)e at the to-.2 A!! resistan(e %as no% o+er. :ro& nine o7(!o(* in the &ornin) "nti! se+en o7(!o(* in the e+enin), %hen it #e)an to )et dar*, the *i!!in) %ent on. :or ten &i!es #e$ond the #att!e- ie!d the %oods and -!ains %ere s(attered %ith Ger&an (or-ses. A&on) the (a-ti+es %as the &other o Her&ann and :!a+i"s. She #e))ed or !i e, sa$in) that she had a!%a$s tried to -ers"ade Her&ann to a#andon his "ti!e resistan(e to the Ro&an (on4"erors. So :!a+i"s7 !o$a!t$ %as no% ass"red. A &onth !ater another #att!e %as o")ht, in thi(* orest!and on the #an*s o the E!#e. Her&ann had (hosen an a&#"sh and &ade dis-ositions %hi(h &i)ht ha+e #een &ost e e(ti+e i Ger&ani("s had not heard a!! a#o"t the& a e% ho"rs #e orehand ro& deserters. As it %as, instead o the Ro&ans #ein) dri+en into the ri+er, the Ger&ans %ere or(ed #a(* thro")h the %ood, in %hi(h the$ %ere -a(*ed too (!ose!$ or their "s"a! stri*e-and-r"n ta(ti(s-#a(* into a 4"a*in) #o) %hi(h s"rro"nded it, %here tho"sands s!o%!$ san* o"t o si)ht, $e!!in) %ith ra)e and des-air. Her&ann, %ho had #een disa#!ed #$ an arro% %o"nd in the -re+io"s #att!e, %as not &"(h to the ore this ti&e. B"t he (arried on the i)ht in the %ood as st"##orn!$ as he (o"!d and, &eetin) #$ (han(e %ith his #rother :!a+i"s, thr"st hi& thro")h %ith an asse)ai. He es(a-ed a(ross the #o), 1"&-in) ro& t"sso(* to t"sso(* %ith e5traordinar$ ni&#!eness and )ood !"(*.
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Ger&ani("s raised a h")e tro-h$-hea- o Ger&an %ea-ons and -"t on it the o!!o%in) ins(ri-tion/ The :or(es o Ti#eri"s Caesar ha+in) s"#d"ed the tri#es #et%een Rhine and E!#e (onse(rate these &e&oria!s o their +i(tor$ to Mars, to ;o+e and to A")"st"s. No &ention o hi&se! . His tota! (as"a!ties in these t%o #att!es %ere not a#o+e t%ent$- i+e h"ndred &en *i!!ed and serio"s!$ %o"nded. The Ger&ans &"st ha+e !ost at !east t%ent$- i+e tho"sand. Ger&ani("s (onsidered that he had done eno")h this $ear and sent so&e o his &en #a(* to the Rhine #$ !and and e&#ar*ed the rest on trans-orts. B"t then (a&e &is ort"ne/ a s"dden stor& ro& the so"th-%est (a")ht the !eet soon a ter it %ei)hed an(hor and s(attered it in a!! dire(tions. Man$ +esse!s %ent to the #otto& and on!$ Ger&ani("s7 o%n shi- &ana)ed to rea(h the &o"th o the 8eser, %here he re-roa(hed hi&se! as a se(ond Car"s %ith the !oss o a %ho!e Ro&an ar&$. He %as %ith di i("!t$ -re+ented #$ his riends ro& !ea-in) into the sea to 1oin the dead. Ho%e+er, a e% da$s !ater the %ind +eered ro"nd to the north and one #$ one the s(attered shi-s (a&e #a(*, a!&ost a!! oar!ess and so&e %ith (!oa*s s-read instead o sai!s, the !ess disa#!ed ta*in) t"rns to to% the ones that (o"!d #are!$ *ee- a !oat. Ger&ani("s h"rried!$ set to %or* re-airin) the da&a)ed h"!!s and sent o as &an$ o the it +esse!s as he (o"!d to 0KJJ2 sear(h the deso!ate nei)h#o"rin) is!ands or s"r+i+ors. Man$ %ere o"nd there, #"t in a ha! -star+ed state, *e-t a!i+e on!$ #$ she!!- ish and the (ar(asses o horses thro%n "- on the #ea(h. Man$ &ore (a&e in ro& -oints "rther "- the (oast, the$ had #een res-e(t "!!$ treated #$ the inha#itants, %ho had !ate!$ #een or(ed to s%ear a!!ian(e %ith Ro&e. A#o"t t%ent$ shi--!oads ret"rned ro& as ar a%a$ as Britain, %hi(h had #een -a$in) a no&ina! tri#"te sin(e its (on4"est se+ent$ $ears #e ore #$ ;"!i"s Ceesar, sent #a(* #$ the -ett$ *in)s o Aent and S"sse5. In the end not &ore than a 4"arter o the !ost &en %ere "na((o"nted or, and near!$ t%o h"ndred o these %ere o"nd, $ears !ater, in So"th-8estern Britain. The$ %ere res("ed ro& the tin &ines, %here the$ had #een -"t to or(ed !a#o"r. The in!and Ger&ans, %hen the$ irst heard o this disaster, tho")ht that their )ods had a+en)ed the&. The$ o+erthre% the #att!e- ie!d tro-h$ and e+en #e)an ta!*in) o a &ar(h to the Rhine. B"t Ger&ani("s s"dden!$ str"(* a)ain, sendin) an e5-edition o si5t$ in antr$ #atta!ions and a h"ndred (a+a!r$ s4"adrons a)ainst the tri#es o the "--er 8eser, %hi!e he hi&se! &ar(hed %ith ei)ht$ &ore in antr$ #atta!ions and another h"ndred (a+a!r$ s4"adrons a)ainst the tri#es #et%een the !o%er Rhine and the E&s. Both e5-editions %ere (o&-!ete!$ s"((ess "! and, %hat %as #etter than the *i!!in) o &an$ tho"sand Ger&ans, the Ea)!e o the T%ent$-Si5th Re)i&ent %as o"nd in an "nder)ro"nd te&-!e in a %ood and tri"&-hant!$ #orne a%a$. On!$ the Ea)!e o the T%ent$-:i th no% re&ained "nredee&ed, and Ger&ani("s -ro&ised his &en that ne5t $ear, i he %as sti!! in (o&&and, the$ %o"!d res("e that too. Mean%hi!e he &ar(hed the& #a(* to %inter4"arters. Then Ti#eri"s %rote -ressin) hi& to (o&e ho&e or the tri"&-h %hi(h had #een de(reed hi&, or he had s"re!$ done eno")h. Ger&ani("s %rote #a(* that he %o"!d not #e (ontent "nti! he had a!to)ether #ro*en the -o%er o the Ger&ans, or %hi(h not &an$ &ore #att!es %ere no% needed, and re(o+ered the third Ea)!e. Ti#eri"s %rote
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a)ain that Ro&e (o"!d not a ord s"(h hi)h (as"a!ties e+en at the re%ard o s"(h s-!endid +i(tories/ he %as not (riti(i6in) Ger&ani("s7 s*i!! as a )enera!, or his #att!es had #een &ost e(ono&i(a! in &en, #"t #et%een #att!e (as"a!ties and the sea-disaster he had !ost the e4"i+a!ent o t%o %ho!e re)i&ents, %hi(h %as &ore than Ro&e (o"!d a ord. He re&inded Ger&ani("s that he had hi&se! #een sent nine ti&es into Ger&an$ #$ A")"st"s and so %as not ta!*in) %itho"t e5-erien(e. His o-inion %as that it %as not %orth the !i e o a sin)!e Ro&an to *i!! e+en as &an$ as ten Ger&ans. Ger&an$ %as !i*e a H$dra/ the &ore heads $o" !o--ed o the &ore it )re%. The #est %a$ o &ana)in) Ger&ans %as to -!a$ on their inter-tri#a! 1ea!o"sies and o&ent %ar #et%een nei)h#o"rin) (hie tains/ en(o"ra)in) the& to *i!! ea(h other %itho"t o"tside he!-. Ger&ani("s %rote #a(* #e))in) or one $ear &ore in %hi(h to ro"nd o his %or* o s"#1")ation. B"t Ti#eri"s to!d hi& that he %as %anted at Ro&e as Cons"! a)ain, and to"(hed hi& on his &ost tender s-ot #$ sa$in) that he sho"!d re&e&#er his #rother Castor. Ger&an$ %as the on!$ (o"ntr$ no% %here an$ i&-ortant %ar %as #ein) o")ht and i he insisted on inishin) it hi&se! . Castor %o"!d ha+e no o--ort"nit$ o %innin) a tri"&-h or the tit!e o ie!d-&arsha!. Ger&ani("s -ersisted no !on)er #"t said that Ti#eri"s7 %ishes %ere his !a% and that he %o"!d ret"rn as soon as re!ie+ed. He (a&e #a(* in the ear!$ s-rin) and (e!e#rated his tri"&-h. The %ho!e -o-"!ation o Ro&e strea&ed 0A.D. ?<2 o"t to %e!(o&e hi& t%ent$ &i!es ro& the Cit$. A )reat ar(h to (o&&e&orate the re(o+er$ o the Ea)!es %as dedi(ated near the te&-!e o Sat"rn. The tri"&-ha! -ro(ession -assed "nder it. There %ere (ars hea-ed %ith the s-oi! o Ger&an te&-!es, and %ith ene&$ shie!ds and %ea-ons, others (arried ta#!ea"5 re-resentin) #att!es or Ger&an ri+er-)ods and &o"ntain-)ods do&inated #$ Ro&an so!diers, Thr"sne!da and her (hi!d %ere on one (ar, %ith ha!ters a#o"t their ne(*s, o!!o%ed #$ an enor&o"s train o &ana(!ed Ger&an -risoners. Ger&ani("s rode, (ro%ned, in his (hariot %ith A)ri--ina seated #eside hi& and his i+e (hi!dren--Nero, Dr"s"s, Ca!i)"!a, A)ri--ini!!a and Dr"si!!a--seated #ehind. He %on &ore a--!a"se than an$ other tri"&-hant )enera! had %on sin(e A")"st"s7 tri"&-h a ter A(ti"&. B"t I %as not there. O a!! -!a(es in the %or!d I %as in Cartha)eB On!$ a &onth #e ore Ger&ani("s7 ret"rn I had 0KD<2 #een sent a note #$ Li+ia instr"(tin) &e to -re-are or a 1o"rne$ to A ri(a. A re-resentati+e o the I&-eria! a&i!$ %as needed to dedi(ate a ne% te&-!e to A")"st"s at Cartha)e, and I %as the on!$ one %ho (o"!d #e s-ared or the tas*. I %o"!d #e )i+en a&-!e ad+i(e on ho% to (ond"(t &$se! and ho% to -er or& the (ere&on$, and it %as to #e ho-ed I %o"!d not on(e &ore &a*e a oo! o &$se! , e+en #e ore A ri(an -ro+in(ia!s. I )"essed at on(e %h$ I %as #ein) sent. There %as no reason or an$one to )o $et, #e(a"se the te&-!e %o"!d not #e (o&-!eted or at !east another three &onths. I %as #ein) )ot o"t o the %a$. 8hi!e Ger&ani("s %as in the Cit$ I %o"!d not #e a!!o%ed to ret"rn, and a!! &$ !etters ho&e %o"!d #e o-ened. So I ne+er had an o--ort"nit$ o te!!in) Ger&ani("s %hat I had #een sa+in) "- or hi& so !on). On the other hand, Ger&ani("s had his ta!* %ith Ti#eri"s. He to!d hi& that he *ne% that Post"&"s7 #anish&ent had #een d"e to a (r"e! -!ot on Li+ia7s -art--he had -ositi+e -roo o it. Li+ia (ertain!$ o")ht to #e re&o+ed ro& -"#!i( a airs. Her a(tions (o"!d not #e 1"sti ied #$ an$ s"#se4"ent &is#eha+io"r o Post"&"s7. It %as on!$ nat"ra! or hi& to tr$ to es(a-e ro& "ndeser+ed (on ine&ent. Ti#eri"s -ro essed to #e sho(*ed #$ Ger&ani("s7 re+e!ations, #"t said that he (o"!d not (reate a -"#!i( s(anda! #$ s"dden!$ dishono"rin) his &other/ he %o"!d (har)e her -ri+ate!$ %ith the (ri&e and
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)rad"a!!$ ta*e a%a$ her -o%ers. 8hat he rea!!$ did %as to )o to Li+ia and te!! her e5a(t!$ %hat Ger&ani("s had said to hi&, addin) that Ger&ani("s %as a (red"!o"s oo!, #"t see&ed to #e in earnest and %as so -o-"!ar at Ro&e and in the Ar&$ that -erha-s it %o"!d #e ad+isa#!e or Li+ia to (on+in(e hi& that she %as not )"i!t$ o %hat he (har)ed her, "n!ess she tho")ht this #eneath her di)nit$. He added that he %o"!d send Ger&ani("s a%a$ so&e%here as soon as -ossi#!e, -ro#a#!$ to the East, and %o"!d raise the 4"estion a)ain in the Senate o her #ein) (a!!ed Mother o the Co"ntr$, a tit!e %hi(h she had %e!! deser+ed. He had ta*en e5a(t!$ the ri)ht !ine %ith her. She %as -!eased that he sti!! eared her s" i(ient!$ to te!! her so &"(h, and (a!!ed hi& a d"ti "! son. She s%ore that she had not arran)ed a!se (har)es a)ainst Post"&"s/ this stor$ %as -ro#a#!$ in+ented #$ A)ri--ina, %ho& Ger&ani("s o!!o%ed #!ind!$ and %ho %as tr$in) to -ers"ade hi& to "s"r- the &onar(h$. A)ri--ina7s -!an, she said, %as no do"#t to &a*e tro"#!e #et%een Ti#eri"s and his !o+in) &other. Ti#eri"s, e&#ra(in) her, said that tho")h !itt!e disa)ree&ents &i)ht o((asiona!!$ o(("r nothin) (o"!d #rea* the ties that #o"nd the&. Li+ia then si)hed, she %as )ettin) to #e an o!d %o&an no%--she %as %e!! on in her se+enties--and %as #e)innin) to ind her %or* too &"(h or her/ -erha-s he %o"!d an$ho% re!ie+e her o the &ore tedio"s -art and on!$ (ons"!t her on i&-ortant 4"estions o a--oint&ents and de(rees3 She %o"!d not e+en #e o ended i he dis(ontin"ed his -ra(ti(e o -"ttin) her na&e a#o+e his on a!! o i(ia! do("&ents/ she did not %ant it said that he %as "nder her t"te!a)e. B"t, she said, the sooner he -ers"aded the Senate to )i+e her that tit!e the &ore -!eased she %o"!d #e. So there %as a sho% o re(on(i!iation/ #"t neither tr"sted the other. Ti#eri"s no% na&ed Ger&ani("s as his (o!!ea)"e in the Cons"!shi- and to!d hi& that he had -ers"aded Li+ia to retire ro& -"#!i( #"siness, tho")h as a &atter o or& he %o"!d sti!! -retend to (ons"!t her. This see&ed to satis $ Ger&ani("s. B"t Ti#eri"s did not ee! at a!! (o& orta#!e. A)ri--ina %o"!d hard!$ s-ea* to hi&, and *no%in) that Ger&ani("s and she had on!$ one so"! #et%een the&, he (o"!d not #e!ie+e in their (ontin"ed !o$a!t$. Besides, thin)s %ere )oin) on at Ro&e %hi(h a &an o Ger&ani("s7 (hara(ter %o"!d nat"ra!!$ detest. :irst o a!!, the in or&ers. Sin(e Li+ia %o"!d not )i+e hi& a((ess to the (ri&ina! dossiers or !et hi& share the (ontro! o their +er$ e i(ient s-$-s$ste&--she had a -aid a)ent in a!&ost e+er$ i&-ortant ho"seho!d or instit"tion--he had to ado-t another &ethod. He &ade a de(ree that i an$one %as o"nd )"i!t$ o -!ottin) a)ainst the State or #!as-he&in) the God A")"st"s his (on is(ated estates %o"!d #e di+ided a&on) his !o$a! a(("sers. P!ots a)ainst the State %ere !ess eas$ to -ro+e than #!as-he&ies a)ainst A")"st"s. The irst (ase o #!as-he&$ a)ainst A")"st"s %as that o a %a), a $o"n) sho-*ee-er, %ho ha--ened to #e standin) near Ti#eri"s in the Mar*et P!a(e as a "nera! -assed. He s-ran) or%ard and %his-ered so&ethin) in the ear o the (or-se. Ti#eri"s %as ("rio"s to *no% %hat it %as. The &an e5-!ained that he 0K3F2 %as as*in) the dead &an to te!! A")"st"s %hen he &et hi& do%n #e!o% that his !e)a(ies to the -eo-!e o Ro&e had not $et #een -aid. Ti#eri"s had the &an arrested and e5e("ted or s-ea*in) o A")"st"s as i he %ere a &ere )host, not an i&&orta! God, and said that he %as sendin) hi& do%n #e!o% to (on+in(e hi& o his &ista*e. A &onth or t%o !ater, #$ the %a$, he did -a$ the !e)a(ies in "!!. In a (ase !i*e this Ti#eri"s had so&e 1"sti i(ation, #"t !ater the &ost har&!ess a#"ses o A")"st"s7 na&e %ere eno")h to -"t a &an on tria! or his !i e. A (!ass o -ro essiona! in or&ers s-ran) "- %ho (o"!d #e (o"nted on to &a*e o"t a (ase a)ainst an$ &an %ho
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%as indi(ated to the& as ha+in) in("rred Ti#eri"s7 dis-!eas"re. Th"s (ri&ina! dossiers #ased on a re(ord o rea! de!in4"en($ %ere s"-er !"o"s. Se1an"s %as Ti#eri"s7 )o#et%een %ith these s(o"ndre!s. In the $ear #e ore Ger&ani("s7 ret"rn Ti#eri"s had -"t the in or&ers to %or* on a $o"n) &an (a!!ed Li#o %ho %as a )reat-)randson o Po&-e$ and a (o"sin o A)ri--ina7s 0A.D. ?>2 thro")h their )rand&other S(ri#ona. Se1an"s had %arned Ti#eri"s that Li#o %as dan)ero"s and had #een &a*in) disres-e(t "! re&ar*s a#o"t hi&/ #"t Ti#eri"s %as (are "! at this sta)e not to &a*e disres-e(t to hi&se! an indi(ta#!e o en(e, so he had to in+ent other (har)es. No%, Ti#eri"s, to (o+er his o%n asso(iation %ith Thras$!!"s, had e5-e!!ed ro& Ro&e a!! astro!o)ers, &a)i(ians, ort"ne-te!!ers and inter-reters o drea&s, and or#idden an$one to (ons"!t s"(h o the& as se(ret!$ sta$ed on. A e% sta$ed, %ith Ti#eri"s7 (onni+an(e, on (ondition that the$ )a+e sean(es on!$ %ith an I&-eria! a)ent (on(ea!ed in the roo&. Li#o %as -ers"aded #$ a senator %ho had t"rned -ro essiona! in or&er to +isit one o these de(o$s and ha+e his ort"ne to!d. His 4"estions %ere noted do%n #$ the hidden a)ent. In the&se!+es the$ %ere not treasona#!e, on!$ oo!ish/ he %anted to *no% ho% ri(h he %o"!d #e(o&e and %hether he %o"!d e+er #e the !eadin) &an at Ro&e, and so on. B"t a or)ed do("&ent %as -rod"(ed at his tria! %hi(h %as said to ha+e #een dis(o+ered #$ s!a+es in his #edroo&--a !ist, in %hat a--eared to #e his hand%ritin), o na&es o a!! the &e&#ers o the I&-eria! a&i!$ and o the !eadin) senators, %ith ("rio"s Cha!dean and E)$-tian (hara(ters %ritten a)ainst ea(h na&e in the &ar)in. The -ena!t$ or (ons"!tin) a &a)i(ian %as #anish&ent, #"t the -ena!t$ or -ra(tisin) &a)i( onese! %as death. Li#o denied a"thorshi- o the do("&ent, and the e+iden(e o s!a+es, e+en "nder tort"re, %o"!d not #e s" i(ient to (onde&n hi&/ s!a+e-e+iden(e %as a((e-ted on!$ %hen the a(("sation %as that o in(est. There %as no reed&an e+iden(e, #e(a"se Li#o7s reed&en (o"!d not #e -ers"aded to testi $ a)ainst hi& nor &i)ht a reed&an #e -"t to tort"re to or(e a (on ession ro& hi&. On Se1an"s7 ad+i(e, ho%e+er, Ti#eri"s &ade a ne% !e)a! r"!in) that %hen a &an %as (har)ed %ith a (a-ita! (ri&e his s!a+es (o"!d #e #o")ht at a air +a!"ation #$ the P"#!i( Ste%ard and th"s ena#!ed to )i+e e+iden(e "nder tort"re. Li#o, %ho had not #een a#!e to )et a !a%$er #ra+e eno")h to de end hi&, sa% that he %as (a")ht and as*ed or an ad1o"rn&ent o the tria! "nti! the ne5t da$. 8hen this %as )ranted he %ent ho&e and *i!!ed hi&se! . The (har)e a)ainst hi& %as ne+erthe!ess )one thro")h %ith in the Senate %ith the sa&e or&a!it$ as i he had #een a!i+e and he %as o"nd )"i!t$ on a!! (har)es. Ti#eri"s said that it %as "n ort"nate that the oo!ish $o"n) &an had *i!!ed hi&se! , #e(a"se he %o"!d ha+e inter(eded tor his !i e. Li#o7s estate %as di+ided a&on) his a(("sers, a&on) %ho& %ere o"r senators. S"(h a dis)ra(e "! ar(e (o"!d ne+er ha+e #een -!a$ed %hen A")"st"s %as E&-eror, #"t "nder Ti#eri"s it %as -!a$ed, %ith +ariations, o+er and o+er a)ain. On!$ one &an &ade a -"#!i( -rotest, and that %as a (ertain Ca!-"rni"s Piso, %ho rose in the Senate to sa$ that he %as so dis)"sted %ith the at&os-here o -o!iti(a! intri)"e in the Cit$, the (orr"-tion o 1"sti(e and the dis)ra(e "! s-e(ta(!e o his e!!o%-senators a(tin) as -aid in or&ers, that he %as !ea+in) Ro&e or )ood and retirin) to so&e +i!!a)e in a re&ote -art o Ita!$. Ha+in) said this he %a!*ed o"t. The s-ee(h &ade a -o%er "! i&-ression on the Ho"se. Ti#eri"s sent so&eone to (a!! Ca!-"rni"s #a(*, and %hen he %as on(e &ore in his seat to!d hi& that i there %ere &is(arria)es o 1"sti(e an$ senator %as at !i#ert$ to (a!! attention to the& at 4"estion-ti&e. He said, too, that a (ertain a&o"nt o -o!iti(a! intri)"e %as ine+ita#!e in the (a-ita! (it$ o the )reatest E&-ire the %or!d had e+er *no%n. Did 0K=?2 Ca!-"rni"s s"))est that the senators %o"!d not ha+e (o&e or%ard %ith their a(("sations i the$ had had no ho-es o re%ard3 He said that he ad&ired Ca!-"rni"s7 earnestness and inde-enden(e and en+ied his ta!ents, #"t %o"!d it not #e #etter to e&-!o$ these no#!e 4"a!ities or the i&-ro+e&ent o so(ia! and -o!iti(a! &ora!it$ at Ro&e than to #"r$ the& in
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so&e %ret(hed ha&!et o the A-ennines, a&on) she-herds and #andits3 So Ca!-"rni"s had to sta$. B"t soon a ter he sho%ed his earnestness and inde-enden(e #$ s"&&onin) o!d Ur)"!ania to a--ear in (o"rt or non-a$&ent o a !ar)e s"& o &one$ %hi(h she o%ed hi& or so&e -i(t"res and stat"ar$/ Ca!-"rni"s7 sister had died and there had #een a sa!e. 8hen Ur)"!ania read the s"&&ons, %hi(h %as or her i&&ediate attendan(e at the De#tors7 Co"rt, she to!d her (hair-&en to ta*e her strai)ht to Li+ia7s Pa!a(e. Ca!-"rni"s o!!o%ed her and %as &et in the ha!! #$ Li+ia, %ho to!d hi& to #e o . Ca!-"rni"s (o"rteo"s!$ #"t ir&!$ e5("sed hi&se! , sa$in) that Ur)"!ania &"st o#e$ the s"&&ons %itho"t ai! "n!ess too i!! to attend, %hi(h (!ear!$ she %as not. E+en Cesta! Cir)ins %ere not e5e&-t ro& attendan(e at (o"rt %hen s"#-oenaed. Li+ia said that his #eha+io"r %as -ersona!!$ ins"!tin) to her and that her son, the E&-eror, %o"!d *no% ho% to a+en)e her. Ti#eri"s %as sent or and tried to s&ooth thin)s o+er, te!!in) Ca!-"rni"s that Ur)"!ania s"re!$ &eant to (o&e as soon as she had (o&-osed herse! a ter the s"dden sho(* o the s"&&ons, and te!!in) Li+ia that it %as no do"#t a &ista*e, that Ca!-"rni"s (ertain!$ &eant no disres-e(t, and that he hi&se! %o"!d attend the tria! and see that Ur)"!ania had a (a-a#!e (o"nse! and a air tria!. He !e t the Pa!a(e, %a!*in) #eside Ca!-"rni"s to%ards the (o"rts and ta!*in) %ith hi& o this and that. Ca!-"rni"s7 riends tried to -ers"ade hi& to dro- the (har)e, #"t he re-!ied that he %as o!d- ashioned, he !i*ed #ein) -aid &one$ that %as o%ed to hi&. The tria! ne+er (a&e o . Li+ia sent a &o"nted &essen)er a ter the& %ith the %ho!e a&o"nt o the de#t in )o!d in his sadd!e-#a)s/ he o+ertoo* Ca!-"rni"s and Ti#eri"s #e ore the$ arri+ed at the door o the Co"rt. B"t I %as %ritin) a#o"t in or&ers and the de&ora!isin) e e(t the$ had on the !i e at Ro&e, and a#o"t 1"di(ia! (orr"-tion. I %as a#o"t to re(ord that %hi!e Ger&ani("s %as at Ro&e there %as not a sin)!e (har)e heard in the (o"rts o #!as-he&in) A")"st"s or o -!ottin) a)ainst the State, and the in or&ers %ere %arned to *eea#so!"te!$ 4"iet. Ti#eri"s %as on his #est #eha+io"r and his s-ee(hes in the Senate %ere &ode!s o ran*ness. Se1an"s retired into the #a(*)ro"nd. Thras$!!"s %as re&o+ed ro& Ro&e to the she!ter o Ti#eri"s7 +i!!a on the is!and o Ca-ri, and Ti#eri"s a--eared to ha+e no inti&ate riend #"t the honest Ner+a, %hose ad+i(e he %as a!%a$s as*in). Castor I ne+er (o"!d !earn to !i*e. He %as a o"!&o"thed, #!ood$-&inded, +io!ent-te&-ered, disso!"te e!!o%. His (hara(ter sho%ed "- &ost (!ear!$ at a s%ord- i)ht, %here he too* &ore de!i)ht in seein) #!ood s-"rtin) ro& a %o"nd than in an$ a(t o s*i!! or (o"ra)e on the -art o the (o&#atants. B"t I &"st sa$ that he #eha+ed +er$ ine!$ to%ards Ger&ani("s and see&ed to "nder)o a rea! (han)e o heart in his (o&-an$. Cit$ a(tions tried to or(e the t%o into the %ret(hed -osition o ri+a!s or s"((ession to the &onar(h$, #"t the$ ne+er on an$ o((asion en(o"ra)ed this +ie%. Castor treated Ger&ani("s %ith the sa&e #rother!$ (onsideration that Ger&ani("s )a+e hi&. Castor %as not e5a(t!$ a (o%ard, #"t he %as a -o!iti(ian rather than a so!dier. 8hen he %as sent a(ross the Dan"#e in ans%er to an a--ea! or he!- #$ the tri#es o East Ger&an$ %ho %ere i)htin) a de ensi+e and #!ood$ %ar a)ainst Her&ann7s 8estern (on edera($, he &ana)ed #$ (!e+er intri)"e to #rin) into the %ar the tri#es o Bohe&ia, and o Ba+aria too. He %as (arr$in) o"t Ti#eri"s7 -o!i($ o en(o"ra)in) the Ger&ans to e5ter&inate ea(h other. Maro#od""s 0He %ho %a!*s on the !a*e #otto&2, the -riest-*in) o the East Ger&ans, !ed or -rote(tion to Castor7s (a&-. Maro#od""s %as )i+en a sa e retreat in Ita!$, and sin(e the East Ger&ans had s%orn an oath o -er-et"a! a!!e)ian(e he re&ained or ei)hteen $ears a hosta)e or their )ood #eha+io"rs. These East Ger&ans %ere a
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ier(er and &ore -o%er "! ra(e than the 8est Ger&ans and Ger&ani("s %as !"(*$ not to ha+e had the& at %ar %ith hi& too. B"t Her&ann had #e(o&e a nationa! hero #$ his de eat o Car"s, and Maro#od""s %as 1ea!o"s o his s"((ess. Rather than that Her&ann sho"!d #e(o&e Hi)h Ain) o a!! the Ger&an nations, %hi(h %as his a&#ition, Maro#od""s t! 0I=D2 had re "sed to )i+e hi& an$ he!- in his (a&-ai)n a)ainst Ger&ani("s, not e+en #$ &a*in) a di+ersion on another rontier. I ha+e o ten tho")ht a#o"t Her&ann. He %as a re&ar*a#!e &an in his %a$, and tho")h it is di i("!t to or)et his trea(her$ to Car"s, Car"s had done &"(h to -ro+o*e the re+o!t and Her&ann and his &en %ere (ertain!$ i)htin) or !i#ert$. The$ had a )en"ine (onte&-t or the Ro&ans. The$ (o"!d not "nderstand in %hat sense the e5tre&e!$ se+ere dis(i-!ine in the Ro&an ar&$ "nder Car"s, Ti#eri"s, and a!&ost e+er$ other )enera! #"t &$ ather and &$ #rother, di ered ro& do%nri)ht s!a+er$. The$ %ere sho(*ed at the dis(i-!inar$ !o))in)s and re)arded the s$ste& o -a$in) so!diers at so &"(h a da$, instead o en)a)in) the& #$ -ro&ises o )!or$ and -!"nder, as &ost #ase. The Ger&ans ha+e a!%a$s #een +er$ (haste in their &ora!s and Ro&an o i(ers o-en!$ -ra(tised +i(es %hi(h in Ger&an$, i the$ e+er (a&e to !i)ht--#"t this %as se!do&--%ere -"nished #$ s&otherin) #oth ("!-rits in &"d "nder a h"rd!e. As or Ger&an (o%ardi(e, a!! #ar#aro"s -eo-!e are (o%ards. I Ger&ans e+er #e(o&e (i+i!ised it %i!! then #e ti&e to 1"d)e %hether the$ are (o%ards or not. The$ see&, ho%e+er, to #e an e5(e-tiona!!$ ner+o"s and 4"arre!so&e -eo-!e, and I (annot &a*e "- &$ &ind %hether there is an$ i&&ediate (han(e o their #e(o&in) rea!!$ (i+i!ised. Ger&ani("s tho")ht that there %as none. 8hether his -o!i($ o e5ter&ination %as 1"sti ied or not 0(ertain!$ it %as not the "s"a! Ro&an -o!i($ %ith rontier tri#es2 de-ends on the ans%er to the irst 4"estion. O (o"rse, the (a-t"red Ea)!es had to #e %on #a(*, and Her&ann had sho%n no &er($, a ter the de eat o Car"s, %hen he o+erran the -ro+in(e, and Ger&ani("s, %ho %as a &ost )ent!e and h"&ane &an, dis!i*ed )enera! &assa(re so &"(h that he &"st ha+e had +er$ )ood reasons or orderin) it. Her&ann did not die in #att!e. 8hen Maro#od""s %as or(ed to !$ ro& the (o"ntr$, Her&ann tho")ht that his %a$ %as no% (!ear to a &onar(h$ o+er a!! the nations o Ger&an$. B"t he %as &ista*en/ he %as not e+en a#!e to &a*e hi&se! &onar(h o his o%n tri#e, %hi(h %as a ree tri#e, the (hie tain ha+in) no -o%er to (o&&and, on!$ to !ead and ad+ise and -ers"ade. One da$, a $ear or t%o !ater, he tried to iss"e orders !i*e a *in). His a&i!$, %hi(h had hitherto #een )reat!$ de+oted to hi&, %ere so s(anda!ised that, %itho"t e+en irst dis("ssin) the &atter to)ether, the$ a!! r"shed at hi& %ith their %ea-ons and ha(*ed hi& to -ie(es. He %as thirt$-se+en %hen he died, ha+in) #een #orn the $ear #e ore &$ #rother Ger&ani("s, his )reatest ene&$.

CHAPTER NN I 8AS NEARL9 A 9EAR IN CARTHAGE. IT 8AS THE 9EAR that Li+$ died, at Pad"a, %here his heart had
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a!%a$s #een. O!d Cartha)e had #een ra6ed to the )ro"nd and this %as a ne% (it$, #"i!t #$ A")"st"s on the so"th-east o the -enins"!a and destined to #e(o&e the irst (it$ 0A.D. ?E2 o A ri(a, It %as the irst ti&e I had #een o"t o Ita!$ sin(e &$ #a#$hood. I o"nd the (!i&ate +er$ tr$in), the A ri(an nati+es sa+a)e, diseased and o+er%or*ed, the resident Ro&ans d"!!, 4"arre!so&e, &er(enar$ and #ehind the ti&es, the s%ar&s o "n a&i!iar (ree-in) and !$in) inse(ts &ost horri#!e. 8hat I &issed &ost %as the a#sen(e o an$ %i!d %ooded (o"ntr$side. In Tri-o!i there is nothin) to &ediate #et%een the re)"!ar!$ -!anted !and-- i) and o!i+e or(hards, or (orn ie!ds--and the #are, ston$, thorn$ desert. I sta$ed at the ho"se o the Go+ernor, %ho %as that :"ri"s Ca&i!!"s, &$ dear Ca&i!!a7s "n(!e, o %ho& I ha+e a!read$ %ritten, he %as +er$ *ind to &e. A!&ost the irst thin) he to!d &e %as ho% "se "! &$ Ba!*an S"&&ar$ had #een to hi& in that (a&-ai)n and that I sho"!d (ertain!$ ha+e #een -"#!i(!$ re%arded or (o&-i!in) it so %e!!. He did e+er$thin) he (o"!d to &a*e &$ dedi(ation (ere&on$ a s"((ess and to e5a(t ro& the -ro+in(ia!s the res-e(t d"e to &$ ran*. He %as a!so &ost assid"o"s in sho%in) &e the si)hts. The to%n did a !o"rishin) trade %ith Ro&e, e5-ortin) not on!$ +ast 4"antities o )rain and oi!, #"t s!a+es, -"r-!e d$e, s-on)es, )o!d, i+or$, e#on$, and 0I=J2 %i!d #easts or the Ga&es. B"t I had !itt!e o(("-ation here and :"ri"s s"))ested that it %o"!d #e a )ood thin) or &e, %hi!e I %as here, to (o!!e(t &ateria!s or a (o&-!ete histor$ o Cartha)e. There %as no s"(h #oo* to #e o"nd in the !i#raries at Ro&e. The ar(hi+es o the o!d to%n had re(ent!$ (o&e into his hands, dis(o+ered #$ nati+es 4"arr$in) in the r"ins or hidden treas"re, and i I (ared to "se the& the$ %ere &ine. I to!d hi& that I had no *no%!ed)e o the Phoeni(ian !an)"a)e, #"t he "ndertoo*, i I %as s" i(ient!$ interested, to set one o his reed&en the tas* o trans!atin) the &ore i&-ortant &an"s(ri-ts into Gree*. The idea o %ritin) the histor$ -!eased &e +er$ &"(h/ I e!t that histori(a! 1"sti(e had ne+er #een done to the Cartha)inians. I s-ent &$ !eis"re ti&e in &a*in) a st"d$ o the r"ins o the O!d Cit$, %ith the he!- o a (onte&-orar$ s"r+e$, and a&i!iarisin) &$se! %ith the )eo)ra-h$ o the (o"ntr$ in )enera!. I a!so !earned the r"di&ents o the !an)"a)e %e!! eno")h to #e a#!e to read si&-!e ins(ri-tions and "nderstand the e% Phoeni(ian %ords "sed #$ a"thors %ho ha+e %ritten a#o"t the P"ni( 8ars ro& the Ro&an side. 8hen I ret"rned to Ita!$ I #e)an to %rite the #oo* (on("rrent!$ %ith &$ Etr"s(an histor$. I !i*e ha+in) t%o tas*s )oin) at the sa&e ti&e/ %hen I tire o one I t"rn to the other. B"t I a& -erha-s too (are "! a %riter. I a& not satis ied &ere!$ %ith (o-$in) ro& an(ient a"thorities %hi!e there is an$ -ossi#!e &eans o (he(*in) their state&ents #$ (ons"!tin) other so"r(es o in or&ation on the sa&e s"#1e(t, -arti("!ar!$ a((o"nts #$ %riters o ri+a! -o!iti(a! -arties. So these t%o histories, ea(h o %hi(h I (o"!d ha+e %ritten in a $ear or t%o i I had #een !ess (ons(ientio"s, *e-t &e #"s$ #et%een the& or so&e t%ent$- i+e $ears. :or e+er$ %ord I %rote I &"st ha+e read &an$ h"ndreds, and in the end I #e(a&e a +er$ )ood s(ho!ar #oth o Etr"s(an and Phoeni(ian, and had a %or*in) *no%!ed)e o se+era! other !an)"a)es and dia!e(ts too, s"(h as N"&idian, E)$-tian, Os(an and :a!is(an. I inished the Histor$ o Cartha)e irst. Short!$ a ter &$ dedi(ation o the te&-!e, %hi(h %ent o %itho"t a hit(h, :"ri"s had s"dden!$ to ta*e the ie!d a)ainst Ta( arinas %ith the on!$ or(es a+ai!a#!e in the -ro+in(e--a sin)!e re)"!ar re)i&ent, The Third, to)ether %ith a e% #atta!ions o a"5i!iaries and t%o (a+a!r$ s4"adrons. Ta( arinas %as a N"&idian (hie , ori)ina!!$ a deserter ro& the ran*s o the Ro&an a"5i!iaries, and a re&ar*a#!$ s"((ess "! #andit. He had re(ent!$ #"i!t "- a sort o ar&$ on the Ro&an &ode! in the interior o his o%n (o"ntr$
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and had a!!ied hi&se! %ith the Moors or an in+asion o the -ro+in(e ro& the 8est. The t%o ar&ies to)ether o"tn"&#ered :"ri"s7 or(e #$ at !east i+e to one. The$ &et in o-en (o"ntr$ a#o"t i t$ &i!es ro& the Cit$ and :"ri"s had to de(ide %hether to atta(* Ta( arinas7 t%o se&idis(i-!ined re)i&ents %hi(h %ere in the (entre or the "ndis(i-!ined Moorish or(es on the !an*. He sent the (a+a!r$ and a"5i!iaries, &ost!$ ar(hers, to *ee- the Moors in -!a$ and %ith his re)"!ar re)i&ent &ar(hed strai)ht at Ta( arinas7 N"&idians. I %as %at(hin) the #att!e ro& a hi!! so&e i+e h"ndred -a(es a%a$--I had ridden o"t on a &"!e--and ne+er #e ore or sin(e, I thin*, ha+e I #een so -ro"d o #ein) a Ro&an. The Third *e-t -er e(t or&ation/ it &i)ht ha+e #een a (ere&onia! -arade on Mars :ie!d. The$ ad+an(ed in three !ines at i t$ -a(es distan(e. Ea(h !ine (onsisted o one h"ndred and i t$ i!es, ei)ht &en dee-. The N"&idians ha!ted in a de ensi+e -ost"re. The$ %ere in si5 !ines, %ith a ronta)e the sa&e as o"rs. The Third did not ha!t #"t &ar(hed strai)ht at the& %itho"t -a"sin) a &o&ent, and it %as on!$ %hen the$ %ere ten -a(es o that the !eadin) !ine dis(har)ed their 1a+e!ins in a shinin) sho%er. Then the$ dre% their s%ords and (har)ed, shie!d to shie!d. The$ ro!!ed the ene&$7s irst !ine, %ho %ere -i*e&en, #a(* on the se(ond. This ne% !ine the$ #ro*e %ith a resh dis(har)e o 1a+e!ins--e+er$ so!dier (arried a -air. Then the Ro&an s"--ort-!ine -assed thro")h the&, to )i+e the& a (han(e to reor)anise. Soon I sa% sti!! another sho%er o 1a+e!ins, si&"!taneo"s!$ thro%n, !$ shinin) at the N"&idians7 third !ine. The Moors on the !an*s, %ho %ere )reat!$ #othered #$ the arro%s o the a"5i!iaries, sa% the Ro&ans ("ttin) their %a$ dee- into the (entre. The$ #e)an ho%!in), as i the #att!e %as !ost, and s(attered in a!! dire(tions. Ta( arinas had to i)ht a (ost!$ rear-)"ard a(tion #a(* to his (a&-. The on!$ "n-!easant &e&or$ I ha+e o this +i(tor$ %as the #an4"et %ith %hi(h it %as (e!e#rated/ in the (o"rse o %hi(h :"ri"s7 son, %ho %as (a!!ed 07=<2 S(ri#onian"s, &ade satiri( re eren(es to the &ora! s"--ort I had )i+en the troo-s. He did this (hie !$ to (a!! attention to his o%n )a!!antr$, %hi(h he tho")ht had not #een s" i(ient!$ -raised. :"ri"s a ter%ards &ade hi& #e) &$ -ardon. :"ri"s %as +oted tri"&-ha! orna&ents #$ the Senate--the irst &e&#er o his a&i!$ to %in &i!itar$ distin(tion sin(e his an(estor Ca&i!!"s sa+ed Ro&e &ore than o"r h"ndred $ears -re+io"s!$. 8hen I %as ina!!$ re(a!!ed to Ro&e, Ger&ani("s had a!read$ )one to the East, %here the Senate had +oted hi& s"-re&e (o&&and o a!! the -ro+in(es. 8ith hi& %ent A)ri--ina, and Ca!i)"!a, %ho %as no% a)ed ei)ht. The e!der (hi!dren re&ained at Ro&e %ith &$ &other. Tho")h Ger&ani("s %as )reat!$ disa--ointed at ha+in) to !ea+e the Ger&an 8ar "n inished, he de(ided to &a*e the &ost o thin)s and i&-ro+e his ed"(ation #$ +isitin) -!a(es a&o"s in histor$ or !iterat"re. He +isited the Ba$ o A(ti"&, and there sa% the &e&oria! (ha-e! dedi(ated to A-o!!o #$ A")"st"s, and the (a&- o Anton$. As Anton$7s )randson the -!a(e had a &e!an(ho!$ as(ination or hi&. He %as e5-!ainin) the -!an o the #att!e to $o"n) Ca!i)"!a, %hen the (hi!d interr"-ted %ith a si!!$ !a")h, 9es, ather, &$ )rand ather A)ri--a and &$ )reat)rand ather A")"st"s )a+e $o"r )rand ather Anton$ a -rett$ )ood #eatin). I %onder $o"7re not asha&ed to te!! &e the stor$. This %as on!$ one o &an$ re(ent o((asions on %hi(h Ca!i)"!a had s-o*en inso!ent!$ to Ger&ani("s, and Ger&ani("s no% de(ided that it %as no "se treatin) hi& in the )ent!e, riend!$ %a$ he treated the other (hi!dren--that the on!$ (o"rse %ith Ca!i)"!a %as stri(t dis(i-!ine and se+ere -"nish&ents. He +isited Boeotian The#es, to see Pindar7s #irth-(ha&#er, and the is!and o Les#os, to see Sa--ho7s to&#. Here another o &$ nie(es %as #o&, %ho %as )i+en the "n!"(*$ na&e o ;"!ia. 8e a!%a$s (a!!ed her Les#ia, tho")h.
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Then he +isited B$6anti"&, Tro$ and the a&o"s Gree* (ities o Asia Minor. :ro& Mi!et"s he %rote &e a !on) !etter des(ri#in) his 1o"rne$ in ter&s o s"(h de!i)hted interest that it %as (!ear that he no !on)er )reat!$ re)retted his re(a!! ro& Ger&an$. Mean%hi!e a airs at Ro&e re!a-sed into the (ondition in %hi(h the$ had #een #e ore Genr&ani("s7 Cons"!shi-, and Se1an"s re+i+ed Ti#eri"s7 o!d ears a#o"t Ger&ani("s. He re-orted a re&ar* o Ger&ani("s7 &ade at a -ri+ate dinner--art$ at %hi(h one o his a)ents had #een -resent, to the e e(t that the Eastern re)i&ents -ro#a#!$ needed the sa&e sort o o+erha"!in) as he had )i+en the ones on the Rhine. This re&ar* had a(t"a!!$ #een &ade, #"t &eant no &ore than that these troo-s %ere -ro#a#!$ #ein) &ishand!ed #$ the in erior o i(ers in &"(h the sa&e %a$ as the others had #een/ and that he %o"!d re+ie% a!! a--oint&ents at the irst o--ort"nit$. Se1an"s &ade Ti#eri"s "nderstand the re&ar* as &eanin) that the reason %h$ Ger&ani("s had de!a$ed his "s"r-ation o -o%er so !on) %as that he (o"!d not (o"nt on the a e(tion o the Eastern re)i&ents/ %hi(h he %as no% )oin) to %in #$ !ettin) the &en (hoose their o%n (a-tains, and )i+in) the& -resents and re!a5in) the se+erit$ o their dis(i-!ine--1"st as he had done on the Rhine. Ti#eri"s %as a!ar&ed and tho")ht it %ise to (ons"!t Li+ia/ he (o"nted on her to %or* %ith hi&. She *ne% %hat to do at on(e. The$ a--ointed a &an (a!!ed Gnas"s Piso to the )o+ernorshi- o the -ro+in(e o S$ria--an a--oint&ent %hi(h %o"!d )i+e hi& (o&&and, "nder Ger&ani("s, o the )reater -art o the Eastern Re)i&ents-and to!d hi& in -ri+ate that he (o"!d (o"nt on their s"--ort i Ger&ani("s tried to inter ere %ith an$ o his -o!iti(a! or &i!itar$ arran)e&ents. It %as a (!e+er (hoi(e. Gnas"s Piso, an "n(!e o that L"(i"s Piso %ho had o ended Li+ia, %as a ha")ht$ o!d &an %ho t%ent$- i+e $ears #e ore had earned the #itter hatred o the S-anish, %hen sent to the& #$ A")"st"s as Go+ernor, or his (r"e!t$ and a+ari(e. He %as dee-!$ in de#t and the hint that he (o"!d #eha+e ho% he !i*ed in S$ria, so !on) as he -ro+o*ed Ger&ani("s, see&ed an in+itation to &a*e another ort"ne to re-!a(e the one he had &ade in S-ain and had !on) sin(e r"n thro")h. He dis!i*ed Ger&ani("s or his serio"sness and -iet$ and "sed to (a!! hi& a s"-erstitio"s o!d %o&an, and he %as a!so e5tre&e!$ 1ea!o"s o hi&. Ger&ani("s, %hen he had +isited Athens, had sho%n his res-e(t or her an(ient )!ories #$ a--earin) at the (it$ )ates %ith on!$ a sin)!e $eo&an as es(ort. He had a!so 0K=F2 &ade a !on) and earnest s-ee(h in e"!o)$ o Athenian -oets, so!diers and -hi!oso-hers, at a esti+a! %hi(h %as or)ani6ed in his hono"r. No% Piso (a&e thro")h Athens on his %a$ to S$ria and, sin(e it %as not -art o his -ro+in(e and he did not ta*e an$ -ains to #e (i+i! to the& as Ger&ani("s had done, the Athenians did not ta*e an$ -ains to #e (i+i! to hi&. A &an (a!!ed Theo-hi!"s, the #rother o one o Piso7s (reditors, had 1"st #een (onde&ned or or)er$ #$ a +ote o the Cit$ Asse&#!$. Piso as*ed as a -ersona! a+o"r that the &an sho"!d #e -ardoned, #"t his re4"est %as re "sed, %hi(h &ade Piso +er$ an)r$/ i Theo-hi!"s had #een -ardoned, the #rother %o"!d ha+e (ertain!$ (an(e!!ed the de#t. He &ade a +io!ent s-ee(h in %hi(h he said that the !atter-da$ Athenians had no ri)ht to identi $ the&se!+es %ith the )reat Athenians o the da$s o Peri(!es, De&osthenes, ,OEs(h$!"s, P!ato. The an(ient Athenians had #een e5tir-ated #$ re-eated %ars and &assa(res and these %ere &ere &on)re!s, de)enerates and the des(endants o s!a+es. He said that an$ Ro&an %ho !attered the& as i the$ %ere the !e)iti&ate heirs o those an(ient heroes %as !o%erin) the di)nit$ o the Ro&an na&e, and that or his -art he (o"!d not or)et that in the !ast Ci+i! 8ar the$ had de(!ared a)ainst the )reat A")"st"s and s"--orted that (o%ard!$ traitor Anton$.
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Piso then !e t Athens and sai!ed or Rhodes on his %a$ to S$ria. Ger&ani("s %as at Rhodes too, +isitin) the Uni+ersit$, and ne%s o the s-ee(h, %hi(h %as -!ain!$ dire(ted at hi&se! , rea(hed hi& 1"st #e ore Piso7s shi-s %ere si)hted. A s"dden s4"a!! rose and Piso7s shi-s %ere seen to #e in di i("!ties. T%o s&a!!er +esse!s %ent do%n #e ore Ger&ani("s7 e$es, and the third, %hi(h %as Piso7s, %as dis&asted and %as #ein) dri+en on the ro(*s o the northern head!and. 8ho #"t Ger&ani("s %o"!d not ha+e a#andoned Piso to his ate3 B"t Ger&ani("s sent o"t a (o"-!e o %e!!-&anned )a!!e$s %hi(h s"((eeded #$ des-erate ro%in) in rea(hin) the %re(* 1"st #e ore it str"(* and to%in) it sa e!$ to -ort. Or %ho #"t a &an as de-ra+ed as Piso %o"!d not ha+e re%arded his res("er %ith !i e!on) )ratit"de and de+otion3 B"t Piso a(t"a!!$ (o&-!ained that Ger&ani("s had de!a$ed the res("e "nti! the !ast &o&ent, in the ho-e that it %o"!d (o&e too !ate, and %itho"t sto--in) a da$ at Rhodes, he sai!ed a%a$ %hi!e the sea %as sti!! ro")h in order to rea(h S$ria #e ore Ger&ani("s. As soon as he arri+ed at Antio(h he #e)an to o+erha"! the re)i&ents in 1"st the o--osite sense to that intended #$ Ger&ani("s. Instead o re&o+in) s!a(* #"!!$in) (a-tains, he red"(ed to the ran*s e+er$ o i(er %ho had a )ood re(ord and a--ointed s(o"ndre!!$ a+o"rites o his o%n in their -!a(es--%ith the "nderstandin) that a (o&&ission o ha! %hate+er the$ s"((eeded in &a*in) o"t o their a--oint&ents sho"!d #e -aid to hi&, and no 4"estions as*ed. So a #ad $ear #e)an or the S$rians. Sho-*ee-ers in the to%ns and ar&ers in the (o"ntr$ had to -a$ se(ret -rote(tion-&one$ to the !o(a! (a-tains, i the$ re "sed to -a$ there %o"!d #e a raid at ni)ht #$ &as*ed &en, their ho"ses %o"!d #e #"rned do%n and their a&i!ies &"rdered. At irst there %ere &an$ a--ea!s &ade to Piso a)ainst this terroris& #$ (it$ )"i!ds, ar&ers7 asso(iations and so orth. He a!%a$s -ro&ised an i&&ediate en4"ir$ #"t ne+er &ade one, and the (o&-!ainers %ere "s"a!!$ o"nd #eaten to death on the road ho&e. A de!e)ation %as sent to Ro&e to en4"ire -ri+ate!$ ro& Se1an"s %hether Ti#eri"s %as a%are o %hat %as )oin) on and, i so, %hether he (o"ntenan(ed it. Se1an"s to!d the -ro+in(ia!s that Ti#eri"s *ne% nothin) o i(ia!!$, and tho")h he %o"!d, no do"#t, -ro&ise an en4"ir$, Piso had done as &"(h or the& as that, had he not3 Perha-s the #est (o"rse or the& to ta*e, he said, %o"!d #e to -a$ %hate+er -rote(tion-&one$ %as de&anded %ith as !itt!e "ss as -ossi#!e. Mean%hi!e the standard o (a&--dis(i-!ine in the S$rian re)i&ents had s"n* so !o% that Ta( arinas7 #andit-ar&$ %o"!d #$ (o&-arison ha+e see&ed a &ode! o e i(ien($ and de+otion to d"t$. De!e)ates a!so (a&e to Ger&ani("s at Rhodes, and he %as dis)"sted and a&a6ed at their re+e!ations. In his re(ent -ro)ress thro")h Asia Minor he had &ade it his7tas* to en4"ire -ersona!!$ into a!! (o&-!aints o &a!ad&inistration and to re&o+e a!! &a)istrates %ho had a(ted in an i!!e)a! or o--ressi+e %a$. He no% %rote to Ti#eri"s te!!in) hi& o the re-orts that had rea(hed hi& o Piso7s #eha+io"r, sa$in) that he %as settin) o"t or S$ria at on(e, and as*in) or -er&ission to re&o+e Piso and -"t a #etter &an in his 0KJ?2 -!a(e i e+en a e% o the (o&-!aints %ere 1"sti ied. Ti#eri"s %rote #a(* that he had a!so heard (ertain (o&-!aints #"t the$ a--eared to #e "n o"nded and &a!i(io"s, he had (on iden(e in Piso as a (a-a#!e and 1"st Go+ernor. Ger&ani("s did not s"s-e(t Ti#eri"s o dishonest$ and %as (on ir&ed in the o-inion he a!read$ had o hi& as si&-!e-&inded and easi!$ i&-osed "-on. He re)retted ha+in) %ritten or -er&ission to do %hat he sho"!d ha+e
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done at on(e on his o%n res-onsi#i!it$. He no% heard another serio"s (har)e a)ainst Piso, na&e!$, that he %as -!ottin) %ith Conones, the de-osed *in) o Ar&enia, %ho %as in re ")e in S$ria, to restore hi& to his throne. Conones %as i&&ense!$ %ea!th$, ha+in) !ed to S$ria %ith &ost o the (ontents o the Ar&enian treas"r$, so Piso ho-ed to do %e!! o"t o the #"siness. Ger&ani("s %ent at on(e to Ar&enia, (a!!ed a (on eren(e o no#!es and, %ith his o%n hands, #"t in Ti#eri"s7 na&e, -"t the diade& on the head o the &an the$ had (hosen or *in). He then ordered Piso to +isit Ar&enia at the head o t%o re)i&ents to -a$ his nei)h#o"r!$ res-e(ts to the ne% &onar(h, or, i he %as he!d #$ &ore i&-ortant #"siness, to send his son. Piso neither sent his son nor %ent hi&se! . Ger&ani("s, ha+in) +isited other o"t!$in) -ro+in(es and a!!ied *in)do&s and sett!ed a airs there to his satis a(tion, (a&e do%n into S$ria and &et Piso at the %inter 4"arters o the Tenth Re)i&ent. There %ere se+era! o i(ers -resent as %itnesses o this &eetin), #e(a"se Ger&ani("s did not %ish Ti#eri"s to #e &isin or&ed as to %hat %as said. He #e)an, in as )ent!e a +oi(e as he (o"!d (o&&and, #$ as*in) Piso to e5-!ain his diso#edien(e o orders. He said that i there %as no e5-!anation o it #"t the sa&e -ersona! ani&osit$ and dis(o"rtes$ %hi(h he had sho%n in his s-ee(h at Athens, in his "n)rate "! re&ar*s at Rhodes, and on se+era! o((asions sin(e, a stron) re-ort %o"!d ha+e to #e or%arded to the E&-eror. He %ent on to (o&-!ain that, or troo-s !i+in) "nder -ea(eti&e (onditions in a hea!th$ and -o-"!ar station, he o"nd the Tenth Re)i&ent in a &ost sho(*in), "ndis(i-!ined and dirt$ (ondition. Piso said )rinnin)/ 9es, the$ are a dirt$ !ot, aren7t the$3 8hat %o"!d the -eo-!e o Ar&enia ha+e tho")ht i I had sent the& there as re-resentati+es o the -o%er and &a1est$ o Ro&e3 0The -o%er and &a1est$ o Ro&e %as a a+o"rite -hrase o &$ #rother7s.2 Ger&ani("s, *ee-in) his te&-er %ith di i("!t$, said that the deterioration see&ed to date on!$ ro& Piso7s arri+a! in the -ro+in(e, and that he %o"!d %rite to Ti#eri"s to that e e(t. Piso &ade an ironi(a! -!ea or or)i+eness, (o"-!ed %ith an ins"!tin) re&ar* a#o"t the hi)h idea!s o $o"th %hi(h o ten ha+e to $ie!d, in this hard %or!d, to !ess e5a!ted #"t &ore -ra(ti(a! -o!i(ies. Ger&ani("s interr"-ted %ith !ashin) e$es/ O ten, Piso, #"t not a!%a$s. To&orro%, or instan(e, I sha!! sit %ith $o" on the a--ea! tri#"na! and %e sha!! see %hether the hi)h idea!s o $o"th are (ontro!!ed #$ an$ o#sta(!e at a!!/ and %hether 1"sti(e to the -ro+in(ia!s (an #e denied the& #$ an$ in(o&-entent, a+ari(io"s, #!ood$-&inded se5a)enarian de#a"(hee. This ended the inter+ie%. Piso at on(e %rote to Ti#eri"s and Li+ia, te!!in) %hat had ha--ened. He 4"oted Ger&ani("s7 !ast senten(e in s"(h a %a$ that Ti#eri"s #e!ie+ed that the in(o&-etent, a+ari(io"s, #!ood$-&inded se5a)enarian de#a"(hee %as hi&se! . Ti#eri"s re-!ied that he had the "!!est (on iden(e in Piso, and that i a (ertain in !"entia! -erson (ontin"ed to s-ea* and a(t in this dis!o$a! %a$, an$ ste-s, ho%e+er darin), ta*en #$ a s"#ordinate to (he(* this dis!o$a!t$ %o"!d do"#t!ess #e -!easin) to the Senate and -eo-!e o Ro&e. Mean%hi!e Ger&ani("s sat on the tri#"na! and heard a--ea!s ro& the -ro+in(ia!s a)ainst "n1"st senten(es in the (o"rts. Piso
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did his #est at irst to e&#arrass hi& #$ !e)a! o#str"(tionis&, #"t %hen Ger&ani("s *e-t his -atien(e and (ontin"ed the hearin) o the (ases %itho"t an$ res-ite or &ea!s or siestas, he )a+e "- that -o!i($ and e5("sed hi&se! ro& attendan(e a!to)ether on the )ro"nds o i!!-hea!th. Piso7s %i e, P!an(ina, %as 1ea!o"s o A)ri--ina #e(a"se, as Ger&ani("s7 %i e, she too* -re(eden(e o+er her at a!! o i(ia! "n(tions. She tho")ht o"t +ario"s -ett$ ins"!ts to anno$ her, (hie !$ dis(o"rtesies #$ s"#ordinates %hi(h (o"!d #e e5-!ained a%a$ as d"e to a((ident or i)noran(e. 8hen A)ri--ina reta!iated #$ sn"##in) her in -"#!i(, she %ent 0KJD2 sti!! "rther. One &ornin) in the a#sen(e o #oth Piso and Ger&ani("s she a--eared on -arade %ith the (a+a!r$ and -"t the& thro")h a #"r!es4"e series o &o+e&ents in ront o Ger&ani("s7 head4"arters. She %hee!ed the& thro")h a (orn ie!d, (har)ed a !ine o e&-t$ tents, %hi(h %ere s!ashed to ri##ons, had e+er$ -ossi#!e (a!! so"nded ro& Li)hts O"tB to the ire-a!ar&, and arran)ed (o!!isions #et%een s4"adrons. She ina!!$ )a!!o-ed the %ho!e or(e ro"nd and ro"nd in a )rad"a!!$ d%ind!in) (ir(!e, and then, %hen she had narro%ed the (entre s-a(e to on!$ a e% -a(es a(ross, )a+e the order, Ri)ht a#o"t %hee!, as i to re+erse the &o+e&ent. Man$ horses %ent do%n, thro%in) their riders. There ne+er %as s"(h a &ess-"- seen in the %ho!e histor$ o (a+a!r$ &anoe"+re. The ro%dier &en in(reased it #$ sti(*in) da))ers into their nei)h#o"rs7 horses to &a*e the& #"(*, or %rest!in) ro& the sadd!e. Se+era! &en %ere #ad!$ *i(*ed, or had !e)s #ro*en, their horses a!!in) on the&. One &an %as -i(*ed "- dead. A)ri--ina sent a $o"n) sta -o i(er to re4"est P!an(ina to sto- &a*in) a oo! o herse! and the Ar&$. P!an(ina sent #a(* the ans%er, in -arod$ o A)ri--ina7s o%n #ra+e %ords at the Rhine #rid)e/ Unti! &$ h"s#and-ret"rns I a& in (o&&and o the (a+a!r$. I a& -re-arin) the& or the e5-e(ted Parthian in+asion. So&e Parthian a&#assadors had, as a &atter o a(t, 1"st arri+ed in (a&-, and %ere %at(hin) this dis-!a$ in astonish&ent and (onte&-t. No%, Conones, #e ore he had #een *in) o Ar&enia, had #een *in) o Parthia, ro& %hi(h he had #een 4"i(*!$ e5-e!!ed. His s"((essor had sent these a&#assadors to Ger&ani("s to -ro-ose that the a!!ian(e #et%een Ro&e and Parthia sho"!d #e rene%ed and to sa$ that in hono"r o Ger&ani("s he %o"!d (o&e to the Ri+er E"-hrates 0the #o"ndar$ #et%een S$ria and Parthia2 to )reet hi&. In the &eanti&e he re4"ested that Conones &i)ht not #e a!!o%ed to re&ain in S$ria, %here it %as eas$ or hi& to (arr$ on a treasona#!e (orres-onden(e %ith (ertain Parthian no#!es. Ger&ani("s re-!ied that as re-resentati+e o his ather, the E&-eror, he %o"!d #e -!eased to &eet the *in), and rene% the a!!ian(e, and that he %o"!d re&o+e Conones to so&e other -ro+in(e. So Conones %as sent to Ci!i(ia, and Piso7s ho-e o a ort"ne +anished. P!an(ina %as as an)r$ as her h"s#and/ Conones had #een )i+in) her a!&ost dai!$ -resents o #ea"ti "! 1e%e!s. Ear!$ the ne5t $ear ne%s rea(hed Ger&ani("s o )reat s(ar(it$ in E)$-t. The !ast har+est had not #een )ood, #"t there %as -!ent$ o (orn ro& t%o $ears #e ore, stored in )ranaries. The #i) (orn-#ro*ers *e-t "- the -ri(e #$ -"ttin) on!$ +er$ s&a!! s"--!ies on the &ar*et. 0A.D. ?F2 Ger&ani("s sai!ed at on(e to A!e5andria and or(ed the #ro*ers to se!! at a reasona#!e -ri(e a!! the (orn that %as needed. He %as )!ad o this e5("se or +isitin) E)$-t, %hi(h interested hi& e+en &ore than Gree(e. A!e5andria %as then, as it is no%, the tr"e ("!t"ra! (entre o the %or!d, as Ro&e %as, and is, the -o!iti(a! (entre, and he sho%ed his res-e(t or its traditions #$ enterin) the (it$ in si&-!e Gree* (ost"&e, %ith #are eet and no #od$)"ard. :ro& A!e5andria he sai!ed "- the Ni!e, +isitin) the -$ra&ids and the S-hin5 and the )i)anti( r"ins o
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E)$-tian The#es, a or&er (a-ita!, and the )reat stone stat"e o Me&non, the #reast o %hi(h is ho!!o%, and %hi(h short!$ a ter the s"n rises #e)ins to sin), #e(a"se the air in the ho!!o% #e(o&es %ar& and rises in a ("rrent thro")h the -i-e-sha-ed throat. He %ent as ar as the r"ins o E!e-hantis, *ee-in) a (are "! diar$ o his tra+e!s. At Me&-his he +isited the -!eas"re-)ro"nd o the )reat God A-is, in(arnate as a #"!! %ith -e("!iar &ar*in)s, #"t A-is )a+e hi& no en(o"ra)in) si)n, %a!*in) a%a$ ro& hi& the &o&ent that the$ &et and enterin) the &a!e+o!ent sta!!. A)ri--ina %as %ith hi& #"t Ca!i)"!a had #een !e t #ehind at Antio(h in the (har)e o a t"tor, as a -"nish&ent or his (ontin"ed diso#edien(e. Ger&ani("s (o"!d do nothin) no% that did not en(o"ra)e Ti#eri"s7 s"s-i(ions o hi&, #"t )oin) to E)$-t %as the %orst &ista*e he had $et &ade. I sha!! e5-!ain %h$. A")"st"s, rea!isin) ear!$ in his rei)n that Ro&e %as no% (hie !$ de-endent on E)$-t or her (orn s"--!$ and that E)$-t, i it e!! into the hands o an ad+ent"rer, (o"!d #e s"((ess "!!$ de ended #$ a 4"ite s&a!! ar&$, had !aid it do%n as a -re(e-t o )o+ern&ent that no Ro&an *ni)ht or senator sho"!d hen(e orth #e a!!o%ed to +isit the -ro+in(e %itho"t e5-ress -er&ission ro& hi&se! . It %as )enera!!$ "nderstood that the sa&e r"!e he!d "nder Ti#eri"s. B"t te2 Ger&ani("s, a!ar&ed #$ re-orts o the (orn a&ine in E)$-t, had not %asted ti&e #$ %aitin) to )et -er&ission to )o there. Ti#eri"s %as (ertain no% that Ger&a&("s %as a#o"t to stri*e the #!o% that he had %ithhe!d so !on), he had (ertain!$ )one to E)$-t to #rin) the )arrison there o+er to his side, the si)ht-seein) "the Ni!e %as &ere!$ an e5("se or +isitin) the rontier-)"ards, it had #een a )reat &ista*e to send hi& to the East at a!!. He &ade a -"#!i( (o&-!aint in the Senate a)ainst so darin) a #rea(h o A")"st"s7 stri(t in1"n(tions. 8hen Ger&ani("s ret"rned to S$ria, ee!in) &"(h h"rt #$ Ti#eri"s7 re-ri&and, he o"nd that a!! his orders to the re)i&ents and to the (ities had either #een ne)!e(ted or s"-erseded #$ (ontradi(tor$ ones ro& Piso. He re-iss"ed the& and no% or the irst ti&e )a+e -"#!i( noti(e o his dis-!eas"re #$ iss"in) a -ro(!a&ation that a!! orders iss"ed #$ Piso d"rin) his o%n a#sen(e in E)$-t %ere here#$ de(!ared (an(e!!ed and that, "nti! "rther noti(e, no order si)ned #$ Piso %o"!d #e +a!id in the -ro+in(e "n!ess endorsed #$ hi&se! . He had hard!$ si)ned this -ro(!a&ation %hen he e!! i!!. His sto&a(h %as so disordered that he (o"!d *ee- nothin) do%n. He s"s-e(ted that his ood %as #ein) -oisoned and too* e+er$ -ossi#!e -re(a"tion a)ainst this. A)ri--ina -re-ared a!! his &ea!s herse! and none o the ho"seho!d sta had an$ o--ort"nit$ o hand!in) the ood either #e ore or a ter she (oo*ed it. B"t it %as so&e ti&e #e ore he %as s" i(ient!$ re(o+ered to !ea+e his #ed and sit -ro--ed in a (hair. H"n)er &ade his sense o s&e!! a#nor&a!!$ a("te and he said that there %as a sten(h o death in the ho"se. No#od$ e!se s&e!t it and A)ri--ina at irst dis&issed the (o&-!aint as a si(* an($. B"t he -ersisted in it. He said that the sten(h )re% dai!$ %orse. At !ast A)ri--ina herse! #e(a&e a%are o it. It see&ed to #e in e+er$ roo&. She #"rned in(ense to (!eanse the air #"t the s&e!! -ersisted. The ho"seho!d )re% a!ar&ed and %his-ered that %it(hes %ere at %or*. Ger&ani("s had a!%a$s #een e5tre&e!$ s"-erstitio"s !i*e e+er$ &e&#er o o"r a&i!$ #"t &$se! / I a& on!$ so&e%hat s"-erstitio"s. Ger&ani("s not on!$ #e!ie+ed in the !"(*iness or "n!"(*iness o (ertain da$s or o&ens, #"t had #o"nd hi&se! in a %ho!e net%or* o s"-erstitions o his o%n. The n"&#er t%ent$- i+e and the &idni)ht (ro%in) o (o(*s %ere the t%o thin)s %hi(h distressed hi& &ost.
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He too* it as a &ost "n!"(*$ si)n that, ha+in) #een a#!e to re(o+er the !ost ea)!es o the Nineteenth and T%ent$Si5th Re)i&ents, he had #een re(a!!ed ro& Ger&an$ #e ore he (o"!d re(o+er that o the T%ent$-:i th. And he %as terri ied o #!a(* &a)i( o the sort that Thessa!ian %it(hes "se, and a!%a$s s!e-t %ith a ta!is&an "nder his -i!!o% %hi(h %as -roo a)ainst the&/ a )reen 1as-er i)"re o the Goddess He(ate 0%ho a!one has -o%er o+er %it(hes and -hanto&s2 re-resented %ith a tor(h in one hand and the *e$s o the Under%or!d in another. S"s-e(tin) that P!an(ina %as -ra(tisin) %it(h(ra t a)ainst hi&, or she had the re-"tation o #ein) a %it(h, he &ade a -ro-itiator$ sa(ri i(e o nine #!a(* -"--ies to He(ate, %hi(h %as the -ro-er (o"rse to ta*e %hen so +i(ti&i6ed. The ne5t da$ a s!a+e re-orted %ith a a(e o terror that as he had #een %ashin) the !oor in the ha!! he had noti(ed a !oose ti!e and, !i tin) it "-, had o"nd "nderneath %hat a--eared to #e the na*ed and de(a$in) (or-se o a #a#$, the #e!!$ -ainted red and horns tied to the orehead. An i&&ediate sear(h %as &ade in e+er$ roo& and a do6en e4"a!!$ )r"eso&e inds %ere &ade "nder the ti!es or in ni(hes s(oo-ed in the %a!!s #ehind han)in)s. The$ in(!"ded the (or-se o a (at %ith r"di&entar$ %in)s )ro%in) ro& its #a(*, and the head o a Ne)ro %ith a (hi!d7s hand -rotr"din) ro& its &o"th. 8ith ea(h o these dread "! re!i(s %as a !ead ta#!et on %hi(h %as Ger&ani("s7 na&e. The ho"se %as rit"a!!$ (!eansed and Ger&ani("s #e)an to #e &ore (heer "!, tho")h his sto&a(h (ontin"ed tro"#!eso&e. Soon a ter this ha"ntin)s #e)an in the ho"se. Co(*s7 eathers s&eared in #!ood %ere ro"nd a&on) the ("shions and "n!"(*$ si)ns %ere s(ra%!ed on the %a!!s in (har(oa!, so&eti&es !o% do%n as i a d%ar had %ritten the&, so&eti&es hi)h "- as i %ritten #$ a )iant--a &an han)in), the %ord Ro&e "-side do%n, a %ease!, and, tho")h on!$ A)ri--ina *ne% o his -ri+ate s"-erstition a#o"t the n"&#er t%ent$- i+e, this n"&#er %as (onstant!$ re("rrin). Then a--eared the na&e Ger&ani("s, "-side do%n, e+er$ da$ shortened #$ a !etter. It %o"!d ha+e #een -ossi#!e or 0IJ<2 P!an(ina to hide (har&s in his ho"se d"rin) his a#sen(e in E)$-t, #"t or this (ontin"ed ha"ntin) there %as no e5-!anation. The ser+ants %ere not s"s-e(ted, #e(a"se the %ords and si)ns %ere %ritten in roo&s to %hi(h the$ had no a((ess, and in one !o(*ed roo&, %ith a %indo% too s&a!! or a &an to s4"ee6e thro")h, the$ (o+ered the %a!!s ro& !oor to (ei!in). Ger&ani("s7 one (onso!ation %as the (o"ra)e %ith %hi(h A)ri--ina and !itt!e Ca!i)"!a #eha+ed. A)ri--ina did her #est to &a*e !i)ht o the ha"ntin)s, and Ca!i)"!a said that he e!t sa e #e(a"se a )reat-)randson o the God A")"st"s (o"!dn7t #e h"rt #$ %it(hes, and that i he &et a %it(h he %o"!d r"n her thro")h %ith his s%ord. B"t Ger&ani("s had to ta*e to his #ed a)ain. In the &idd!e o the ni)ht o!!o%in) the da$ %hen on!$ three !etters re&ained o his na&e, Ger&ani("s %as a%a*ened #$ the noise o (ro%in). 8ea* as he %as, he !ea-ed o"t o #ed, snat(hed "- his s%ord and r"shed into the ad1oinin) roo& %here Ca!i)"!a and the #a#$ Les#ia s!e-t. There he sa% a (o(*, a #i) #!a(* one %ith a )o!d rin) aro"nd its ne(*, (ro%in) as i to %a*e the dead. He tried to stri*e o its head #"t it !e% o"t o the %indo%. He e!! do%n in a aint. A)ri--ina so&eho% )ot hi& #a(* to his #ed a)ain, #"t %hen he re(o+ered (ons(io"sness he to!d her that he %as doo&ed. Not %hi!e $o" ha+e $o"r He(ate %ith $o", she said. He e!t "nder his -i!!o% or the (har& and his (o"ra)e ret"rned.
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8hen &ornin) (a&e he %rote a !etter to Piso, in the o!d Ro&an &anner, de(!arin) -ri+ate %ar #et%een the&, orderin) hi& to !ea+e the Pro+in(e, and de $in) hi& to do his %orst. Piso had, ho%e+er, a!read$ sai!ed and %as no% at C!iios %aitin) or ne%s o Ger&ani("s7 death and read$ to ret"rn to )o+ern the Pro+in(e as soon as it rea(hed hi&. M$ -oor #rother %as )ro%in) ho"r!$ %ea*er. The ne5t da$ %hi!e A)ri--ina %as o"t o the roo& and he %as !$in) ha! insensi#!e he e!t a &o+e&ent "nder his -i!!o%. He t"rned on his side and "&#!ed in terror or the (har&. It %as )one, and there %as no#od$ in the roo&. The ne5t da$ he (a!!ed his riends to)ether and to!d the& that he %as d$in) and Piso and P!an(ina %ere his &"rderers. He (har)ed the& to te!! Ti#eri"s and Castor %hat had #een done to hi& and i&-!ored the& to a+en)e his (r"e! death. And te!! the -eo-!e o Ro&e, he said, that I entr"st &$ dear %i e and &$ si5 (hi!dren to their (har)e, and that the$ &"st not #e!ie+e Piso and P!an(ina i the$ -retend to ha+e had instr"(tions to *i!! &e, or, i the$ do #e!ie+e it, that the$ &"st not on that a((o"nt -ardon the&. He died on the ninth o O(to#er, the da$ that the sin)!e !etter G a--eared on the %a!! o his roo& a(in) his #ed, and on the t%ent$- i th da$ o his i!!ness. His %asted #od$ %as !aid o"t in the &ar*et--!a(e o Antio(h so that e+er$one (o"!d see the red rash on his #e!!$ and the #!"eness o his nai!s. His s!a+es %ere -"t to tort"re. His reed&en too, %ere (ross-e5a&ined in t"rn, ea(h or t%ent$ o"r ho"rs on end and a!%a$s #$ resh 4"estioners, and the$ %ere so #ro*en in s-irit at the end o this that i the$ had *no%n an$thin) the$ %o"!d (ertain!$ ha+e re+ea!ed it, on!$ to #e !e t in -ea(e. The &ost that (o"!d #e dis(o+ered, ho%e+er, either ro& reed&en or s!a+es, %as that a nota#!e %it(h, one Martina, had #een re4"ent!$ seen in P!an(ina7s (o&-an$ and that she had a(t"a!!$ #een in the ho"se one da$ %ith P!an(ina %hen no#od$ %as there #"t Ca!i)"!a. And that one a ternoon, 1"st #e ore Ger&ani("s7 ret"rn, the ho"se had #een !e t "nattended e5(e-t #$ a sin)!e dea o!d 1anitor, a!! the re&ainin) sta ha+in) )one o"t to see a s%ord- i)ht e5hi#ited #$ Piso in the !o(a! a&-hitheatre. No nat"ra! e5-!anations (o"!d ho%e+er #e o ered or the (o(*, or or the %ritin) on the %a!!, or or the disa--earan(e o the ta!is&an. There %as a &eetin) o re)i&enta! (o&&anders and a!! the other Ro&ans o ran* in the Pro+in(e, to a--oint a te&-orar$ Go+ernor. The Co&&ander o the Si5th Re)i&ent %as (hosen. He i&&ediate!$ arrested Martina and had her sent "nder es(ort to Ro&e. I Piso (a&e "- or tria! she %o"!d #e one o the &ost i&-ortant %itnesses. 8hen he heard that Ger&ani("s %as dead, Piso, so ar ro& (on(ea!in) his 1o$, o ered "- sa(ri i(es o than*s)i+in) in the te&-!es. P!an(ina, %ho had re(ent!$ !ost a sister, a(t"a!!$ thre% o her &o"rnin) and -"t on her )a$est (!othes a)ain. Piso %rote to Ti#eri"s sa$in) that he had on!$ #een dis&issed ro& his )o+ernorshi-, to %hi(h he had #een -ersona!!$ a--ointed #$ Ti#eri"s, #e(a"se o his #o!d o--osition to Ger&ani("s7 treasona#!e desi)ns 0IF2 a)ainst the State, he %as no% ret"rnin) to S$ria to res"&e his (o&&and. He a!so re erred to Ger&ani("s7 !"5"r$ and inso!en(e. He did a$ to ret"rn to S$ria and e+en )ot so&e troo-s to s"--ort hi&, #"t the ne% Go+ernor #esie)ed the (ast!e in Ci!i(ia %hi(h he had &ade his stron)ho!d, or(ed hi& to s"rrender and sent hi& to Ro&e to ans%er the (har)es that %o"!d s"re!$ #e #ro")ht a)ainst hi& there.
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Mean%hi!e A)ri--ina had sai!ed or Ita!$ %ith the t%o (hi!dren and the ashes o her h"s#and in an "rn. At Ro&e the ne%s o his death had #ro")ht s"(h )rie that it %as as tho")h e+er$ sin)!e ho"seho!d in the Cit$ had !ost its &ost #e!o+ed &e&#er. Three %ho!e da$s, tho")h there %as no de(ree o the Senate or order o the &a)istrates or it, %ere (onse(rated to -"#!i( sorro%/ sho-s sh"t, !a%-(o"rts %ere deserted, no #"siness o an$ sort %as transa(ted, e+er$one %ore &o"rnin). I heard a &an in the street sa$ that it %as as tho")h the s"n had set and %o"!d ne+er rise a)ain. O &$ o%n sorro% I (annot tr"st &$se! to %rite.

CHAPTER NNI LICIA AND TIBERIUS SHUT THEMSELCES IN THEIR PALACES and -retended to #e so )rie -stri(*en that the$ (o"!d not sho% their a(es a#road. A)ri--ina sho"!d ha+e (o&e #$ the o+er!and ro"te, #e(a"se the %inter had a!read$ #e)"n and the sai!in) season %as o+er. B"t she -"t to sea in s-ite o stor&s and a e% da$s !ater 0A.D. K@2 rea(hed Cor ", ro& %here it is on!$ a da$7s sai!, %ith a )ood #ree6e, to the -ort o Brindisi. Here she rested or a%hi!e, sendin) &essen)ers ahead to sa$ that she %as (o&in) to thro% herse! on the -rote(tion o the -eo-!e o Ita!$. Castor, %ho %as no% #a(* at Ro&e, her o"r other (hi!dren and &$se! %ent o"t ro& Ro&e to &eet her. Ti#eri"s had i&&ediate!$ sent t%o G"ards #atta!ions or%ard to the -ort %ith dire(tions that the &a)istrates o the (o"ntr$ distri(ts thro")h %hi(h the ashes -assed sho"!d -a$ his dead son the !ast o i(es o res-e(t. 8hen A)ri--ina dise&#ar*ed, )reeted %ith res-e(t "! si!en(e #$ an i&&ense (ro%d, the "rn %as -"t in a (ata a!4"e and (arried to%ards Ro&e on the sho"!ders o the G"ards7 o i(ers. The #atta!ion standards %ere "nde(orated, as a si)n o -"#!i( (a!a&it$, and the a5es and rods %ere #orne re+ersed. As the -ro(ession, &an$ tho"sands stron), -assed thro")h Ca!a#ria, A-"!ia and Ca&-ania, e+er$one (a&e !o(*in), the (o"ntr$ -eo-!e dressed in #!a(*, the *ni)hts in -"r-!e ro#es, %ith tears and !o"d !a&entations, and #"rned o erin)s o -er "&es or their dead hero7s )host. 8e &et the -ro(ession at Terra(ina, a#o"t si5t$ &i!es so"theast o Ro&e, %here A)ri--ina, %ho had %a!*ed dr$-e$ed and &ar#!e- a(ed, %itho"t a %ord to an$one a!! the %a$ ro& Brindisi, !et her )rie #rea* o"t a resh at the si)ht o her o"r ather!ess (hi!dren. She (ried to Castor/ B$ the !o+e $o" had or &$ dear h"s#and s%ear that $o" %i!! de end the !i+es o his (hi!dren %ith $o"r o%n, and a+en)e his deathB It %as his !ast (har)e to $o". Castor, %ee-in), or the irst ti&e -erha-s sin(e his (hi!dhood, s%ore that he %o"!d a((e-t the (har)e. I $o" as* %h$ Li+i!!a did not (o&e %ith "s, the ans%er is that she had 1"st #een de!i+ered o t%in #o$s/ o %hi(h, #$ the %a$, Se1an"s see&s to ha+e #een the ather. I $o" as* %h$ &$ &other did not (o&e, the ans%er is that Ti#eri"s and Li+ia did not a!!o% her e+en to attend the "nera!. I o+er%he!&in) )rie -re+ented their o%n attendan(e, as )rand&other and ado-ti+e ather o the dead &an, it %as (!ear!$ 4"ite i&-ossi#!e or her, as his &other, to attend. And the$ %ere %ise not to sho% the&se!+es. I the$ had done so, e+en %ith a -reten(e o )rie , the$ %o"!d (ertain!$ ha+e #een assa"!ted #$ the -o-"!a(e, and I thin* that the G"ards %o"!d ha+e stood #$ and
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not raised a in)er to -rote(t the&. Ti#eri"s had ne)!e(ted to &a*e e+en s"(h -re-arations as %ere ("sto&ar$ at the "nera! o ar !ess distin)"ished -ersons/ the a&i!$ &as*s o the C!a"dians and ;"!ians did not a--ear nor the "s"a! e i)$ o the dead &an hi&se! , !aid on a #ed, no "nera! s-ee(h %as &ade ro& the Oration P!at or&, no "nera! h$&ns 0K>?2 s"n). Ti#eri"s7 e5("se %as that the "nera! had a!read$ #een (e!e#rated in S$ria and that the Gods %o"!d #e o ended i the rites %ere re-eated. B"t ne+er %as s"(h "nani&o"s and sin(ere )rie sho%n in Ro&e as on that ni)ht. Mars :ie!d %as a#!a6e %ith tor(hes, and the (ro%d a#o"t A")"st"s7 to&#, in %hi(h the "rn %as re+erent!$ -!a(ed #$ Castor, %as so dense that &an$ -eo-!e %ere (r"shed to death. E+er$%here -eo-!e %ere sa$in) that Ro&e %as !ost, and that no ho-e re&ained/ or Ger&ani("s had #een their !ast #"!%ar* a)ainst o--ression, and Ger&ani("s %as no% o"!!$ &"rdered. And e+er$%here A)ri--ina %as -raised and -itied, and -ra$ers %ere o ered or the sa et$ o her (hi!dren. Ti#eri"s -"#!ished a -ro(!a&ation a e% da$s !ater sa$in) that, tho")h &an$ i!!"strio"s Ro&ans had died or the (o&&on%ea!th, none had #een so "ni+ersa!!$ and +ehe&ent!$ re)retted as his dear son. B"t it %as no% ti&e or the -eo-!e to (o&-ose their &inds and ret"rn to their dai!$ #"siness/ -rin(es %ere &orta!, #"t the (o&&on%ea!th eterna!. In s-ite o this, A!! :oo!s7 :esti+a! at the end o De(e&#er -assed %itho"t an$ o the "s"a! 1o*es and 1o!!it$, and it %as not "nti! the :esti+a! o the Great Mother in A-ri! that &o"rnin) ended and nor&a! -"#!i( #"siness %as res"&ed. Ti#eri"s7 s"s-i(ions %ere no% (on(entrated on A)ri--ina. She +isited hi& at the Pa!a(e on the &ornin) a ter the "nera! and ear!ess!$ to!d hi& that she %o"!d ho!d hi& res-onsi#!e or her h"s#and7s death "nti! he had -ro+ed his inno(en(e and ta*en +en)ean(e on Piso and P!an(ina. He ("t short the inter+ie% at on(e #$ 4"otin) at her the Gree* !ines/ And i $o" are not 4"een, &$ dear, thin* $o" that $o" are %ron)ed3 Piso did not ret"rn to Ro&e or so&e ti&e. He sent his son ahead to inter(ede or hi& %ith Ti#eri"s %hi!e he hi&se! %ent to +isit Castor, %ho %as no% #a(* %ith the !e)ions on the Dan"#e, He e5-e(ted Castor to #e )rate "! to hi& or his re&o+a! o a ri+a! heir to the &onar(h$ and %i!!in) to #e!ie+e the stor$ o Ger&ani("s7 treason. Castor re "sed to re(ei+e hi& and -"#!i(!$ to!d Piso7s &essen)er I, C N A U D I U S 0K>K2 that, i ("rrent r"&o"rs %ere tr"e, it %as on Piso that he %o"!d ha+e to in !i(t the +en)ean(e that he had s%orn or his dear #rother7s death, and that Piso %o"!d #e ad+ised to *ee- a%a$ "nti! he had -!ain!$ esta#!ished his inno(en(e. Ti#eri"s re(ei+ed Piso7s son %itho"t either -arti("!ar )ra(io"sness or -arti("!ar dis a+o"r, as i to sho% that he %o"!d re&ain "n-re1"di(ed "nti! a -"#!i( en4"ir$ had #een &ade into Ger&ani("s7 death. E+ent"a!!$ Piso a--eared at Ro&e %ith P!an(ina. The$ (a&e sai!in) do%n the Ti#er and dise&#ar*ed %ith a n"&#er o retainers at the to&# o A")"st"s, %here the$ near!$ (reated a riot #$ str"ttin) %ith #road s&i!es thro")h the hosti!e (ro%d %hi(h soon )athered, and ste--in) into a de(orated (arria)e dra%n #$ a -air o %e!!&at(hed %hite :ren(h (o#s %hi(h %as %aitin) or the& on the :!a&inian road. Piso had a ho"se o+er!oo*in) the Mar*et P!a(e and this %as de(orated too. He in+ited a!! his riends and re!ations to a #an4"et (e!e#ratin) his ret"rn and &ade a )reat dea! o dist"r#an(e/ &ere!$ to sho% the -eo-!e o Ro&e that he %as not a raid o the& and that he (o"nted on the s"--ort o Ti#eri"s and Li+ia. Ti#eri"s had -!anned or Piso to #e -rose("ted in the ordinar$ Cri&ina! Co"rt #$ a (ertain senator %ho (o"!d #e tr"sted to do it so (!"&si!$, (ontradi(tin) hi&se! and ne)!e(tin) to -rod"(e -ro-er e+iden(e in s"--ort o his (har)es, that the -ro(eedin)s (o"!d on!$ end in an a(4"itta!. B"t Ger&ani("s7 riends, es-e(ia!!$ the three senators %ho had #een on his sta in S$ria and had
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ret"rned %ith A)ri--ina, o--osed Ti#eri"s7 (hoi(e. Ti#eri"s %as or(ed in the end to 1"d)e the (ase hi&se! , and in the Senate too, %here Ger&ani("s7 riends (o"!d (o"nt on a!! the s"--ort the$ needed. The Senate had +oted a n"&#er o e5(e-tiona! hono"rs to Ger&ani("s7 &e&or$--(enota-hs, &e&oria! ar(hes, se&i-di+ine rites--%hi(h Ti#eri"s had not dared to +eto. Castor no% ret"rned on(e &ore ro& the Dan"#e and, tho")h an o+ation 0or !esser tri"&-h2 had #een de(reed hi& or his &ana)e&ent o the Maro#od""s a air, he entered the Cit$ on oot as a -ri+ate (iti6en instead o in a %ar-(hariot %ith a (ha-!et on his head. A ter +isitin) his ather he %ent strai)ht to A)ri--ina and s%ore to her that she (o"!d (o"nt on hi& to see that 1"sti(e %as done. Piso as*ed o"r senators to de end hi&, three o the& e5("sed the&se!+es on the )ro"nd o si(*ness or in(a-a(it$, the o"rth, Ga!!"s, said that he ne+er de ended an$one on a &"rder (har)e o %hi(h he see&ed )"i!t$ "n!ess there %as at !east a (han(e o -!easin) the I&-eria! a&i!$. Ca!-"rni"s Piso, tho")h he had not attended his "n(!e7s #an4"et, +o!"nteered to de end hi& or the hono"r o the a&i!$, and three others a ter%ards 1oined hi& #e(a"se the$ %ere s"re that Ti#eri"s %o"!d a(4"it Piso, %hate+er the e+iden(e, and that the$ %o"!d !ater #e re%arded or their -art in the tria!. Piso %as -!eased to #e 1"d)ed #$ Ti#eri"s hi&se! , #e(a"se Se1an"s had ass"red hi& that it %o"!d #e a!! -ro-er!$ &ana)ed, that Ti#eri"s %o"!d -retend to #e +er$ se+ere #"t ina!!$ ad1o"rn the (o"rt sine die or resh e+iden(e. Martina, the -rin(i-a! %itness, had a!read$ #een -"t o"t o the %a$--s&othered #$ Se1an"s7 a)ents--and the -rose("tors no% had a -oor (ase. T%o da$s on!$ %ere a!!o%ed or the -rose("tion, and the &an %ho had #een ori)ina!!$ (o&&issioned to #"n)!e it or Piso7s #ene it (a&e or%ard and did his #est to ta!* the ti&e o"t #$ #rin)in) sta!e (har)es a)ainst hi& o &is)o+ern&ent and (orr"-tion in S-ain "nder A")"st"s. Ti#eri"s !et hi& (ontin"e %ith this irre!e+ant &atter or so&e ho"rs, "nti! the Senate, #$ s(" !in) eet, (o")hin) and (!atterin) %ritin)-ta#!ets to)ether, %arned hi& that the -rin(i-a! %itnesses &"st #e heard or there %o"!d #e tro"#!e. Ger&ani("s7 o"r riends had their (ase %e!! -re-ared and ea(h in t"rn rose and testi ied to Piso7s (orr"-tion o &i!itar$ dis(i-!ine in S$ria, his ins"!tin) #eha+io"r to Ger&ani("s and the&se!+es, his diso#edien(e o orders, his intri)"es %ith Conones, his o--ression o the -ro+in(ia!s. The$ a(("sed hi& o &"rderin) Ger&ani("s #$ -oison and %it(h(ra t, o o erin) than*s)i+in) sa(ri i(es at his death, and ina!!$ o ha+in) &ade an ar&ed atta(* on the Pro+in(e %ith -ri+ate or(es i!!e)a!!$ raised. Piso did not den$ the (har)es o (orr"-tin) &i!itar$ dis(i-!ine, o ins"!tin) and diso#e$in) Ger&ani("s, or o o--ressin) the -ro+in(ia!s, he &ere!$ said that the$ %ere e5a))erated. B"t he indi)nant!$ denied the (har)e o -oison and %it(h(ra t. The a(("sers did not &ention the s"-ernat"ra! e+ents at Antio(h or ear o en(o"ra)in) s(e-ti(a! !a")hter, nor (o"!d the$ a(("se Piso o inter erin) %ith Ger&ani("s7 ho"seho!d ser+ants and s!a+es, #e(a"se it #ad a!read$ #een sho%n that the$ had nothin) to do %ith the &"rder. So Piso %as a(("sed o -oisonin) Ger&ani("s7 ood %hi!e he sat ne5t to hi& at a #an4"et in Ger&ani("s7 o%n ho"se. Piso ridi("!ed this (har)e/ ho% (o"!d he -ossi#!$ ha+e done s"(h a thin) %itho"t so&eone noti(in) it, %hen the %ho!e ta#!e, not to &ention the %aiters, %ere %at(hin) e+er$ &o+e&ent he &ade3 B$ &a)i( -erha-s3 He had a #"nd!e o !etters in his hand %hi(h e+er$one *ne%, #$ the si6e and (o!o"r and the %a$ the$ %ere tied,
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%ere ro& Ti#eri"s. Ger&ani("s7 riends &o+ed that an$ instr"(tions that Piso had #een sent ro& Ro&e sho"!d #e read. Piso re "sed to read the !etters on the )ro"nd that the$ %ere sea!ed as %ith the S-hin5 sea! 0ori)ina!!$ A")"st"s72, %hi(h &ade the& se(ret and (on identia!/ it %o"!d #e treasona#!e to read the&. Ti#eri"s r"!ed a)ainst the &otion, sa$in) that it %o"!d #e a %aste o ti&e to read the !etters, %hi(h (ontained nothin) o i&-ortan(e. The Senate (o"!d not -ress the -oint. Piso handed the !etters to Ti#eri"s as a si)n that he tr"sted hi& to sa+e his !i e. An)r$ noises %ere no% heard ro& the (ro%d o"tside, %hi(h %as #ein) *e-t in or&ed o the -ro)ress o the tria!, and a &an %ith a h")e ra"(o"s +oi(e sho"ted thro")h a %indo%/ He &a$ es(a-e $o", &$ Lords, #"t he %on7t es(a-e "sB A &essen)er (a&e to te!! Ti#eri"s that so&e stat"es o Piso had #een sei6ed #$ the (ro%d and %ere #ein) dra))ed to the 8ai!in) Stairs to #e #ro*en "-. The 8ai!in) Stairs %ere a !i)ht o ste-s at the oot o the Ca-ito!ine Hi!! %here the (or-ses o (ri&ina!s %ere ("sto&ari!$ e5-osed #e ore #ein) dra))ed #$ a hoo* in the throat to the Ti#er and thro%n in. Ti#eri"s ordered the stat"es to #e res("ed and re-!a(ed on their -edesta!s. B"t he (o&-!ained that he (o"!d not (ontin"e to 1"d)e a (ase "nder s"(h (onditions and ad1o"rned it "nti! the e+enin). Piso %as (on+e$ed a%a$ "nder es(ort. P!an(ina, %ho had hitherto #oasted that she %o"!d share her h"s#and7s ate %hate+er it &i)ht #e, and i ne(essar$ die %ith hi&, no% )re% a!ar&ed. She de(ided to &a*e a se-arate de en(e and (o"nted on Li+ia, %ith %ho& she had #een on inti&ate ter&s, to )et her o . Piso *ne% nothin) o this trea(her$. 8hen the tria! %as res"&ed Ti#eri"s )a+e hi& no si)n o s$&-ath$, and tho")h he to!d the a(("sers that the$ sho"!d ha+e -ro+ided &ore (on(!"si+e e+iden(e o -oisonin), he %arned Piso that his ar&ed atte&-t to %in #a(* his -ro+in(e (o"!d ne+er #e or)i+en. At ho&e that e+enin) Piso sh"t hi&se! in his roo& and %as o"nd the ne5t &ornin) sta##ed to death %ith his s%ord #eside hi&. It %as not, as a &atter o a(t, s"i(ide. :or Piso had retained the &ost in(ri&inatin) !etter o a!!, one %ritten to hi& #$ Li+ia #"t in the na&es o Ti#eri"s and herse! , and not sta&-ed %ith the S-hin5 sea! 0%hi(h Ti#eri"s reser+ed or his o%n "se2. He to!d P!an(ina to #ar)ain or their !i+es %ith it. P!an(ina %ent to Li+ia. Li+ia to!d her to %ait %hi!e she (ons"!ted Ti#eri"s. Li+ia and Ti#eri"s then had their irst 4"arre!. Ti#eri"s %as "rio"s %ith Li+ia or ha+in) %ritten the !etter, and Li+ia said that it %as his o%n a"!t or not a!!o%in) her to "se the S-hin5 sea! and (o&-!ained that he had #een #eha+in) +er$ inso!ent!$ to her !ate!$. Ti#eri"s as*ed, %ho %as E&-eror, he or she3 Li+ia said that i he %as, it %as #$ her (ontri+an(e and that it %as oo!ish o hi& to #e r"de to her, #e(a"se as she had o"nd &eans to &a*e hi&, so she (o"!d ind &eans to #rea* hi&. She too* a !etter ro& her -"rse and #e)an readin) it/ it %as an o!d !etter %ritten to her #$ A")"st"s d"rin) Ti#eri"s7 a#sen(e in Rhodes, a(("sin) hi& o trea(her$, (r"e!t$ and #estia!it$ and sa$in) that i he %ere not her son he %o"!d not !i+e another da$. This is on!$ a (o-$, she said. B"t I ha+e the ori)ina! in sa e *ee-in). It7s on!$ one o &an$ !etters in the sa&e strain. 9o" %o"!dn7t !i*e the& handed a#o"t the Senate, %o"!d $o"3 Ti#eri"s (ontro!!ed hi&se! and a-o!o)ised or his #ad te&-er/ he said that it %as (!ear that he and she %ere ea(h a#!e to r"in the other and that there ore it %as a#s"rd or the& to 4"arre!. B"t ho% (o"!d he s-are Piso7s !i e, es-e(ia!!$ a ter ha+in) said that, i the (har)e o raisin) -ri+ate or(es and tr$in) to %in #a(* S$ria %ith the& %as -ro+ed, this %o"!d &ean the death -ena!t$, #e$ond ho-e o -ardon3
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P!an(ina didn7t raise an$ or(es, tho")h, did she3 I don7t see %hat that has to do %ith it. I (an7t )et the !etter #a(* ro& Piso &ere!$ #$ -ro&isin) to s-are PIan(ina. I $o" -ro&ise to s-are P!an(ina, I7!! )et the !etter ro& Piso/ !ea+e that to &e. I Piso7s *i!!ed that %i!! satis $ -"#!i( o-inion. And i $o" are a raid o s-arin) P!an(ina on $o"r o%n res-onsi#i!it$ $o" (an sa$ that it %as I %ho -!eaded or her. That7s air eno")h, #e(a"se I ad&it that it is a !etter I %rote that a!! the tro"#!e is a#o"t. So Li+ia %ent to P!an(ina and to!d her that Ti#eri"s re "sed to !isten to reason, and that he %o"!d rather sa(ri i(e his o%n &other to -o-"!ar hatred than ris* his o%n s*in in standin) #$ his riends. A!! that she had #een a#!e to )et ro& hi&, she said, %as a )r"d)in) -ro&ise o -ardon or her i the !etter %ere )i+en "-. So P!an(ina %ent to Piso %ith a !etter in Ti#eri"s7 na&e, or)ed #$ Li+ia, and said that she had arran)ed e+er$thin) #ea"ti "!!$ and here %as the -ro&ise o a(4"itta!. As Piso handed her the !etter in e5(han)e she s"dden!$ sta##ed hi& in the throat %ith a da))er. As he !a$ d$in) she di--ed the -oint o his s%ord in #!ood, (!as-ed his s%ord-hand aro"nd the -o&&e! and !e t hi&. She too* the !etter and the or)ed -ro&ise #a(* to Li+ia as arran)ed. In the Senate ne5t da$ Ti#eri"s read a state&ent %hi(h he said that Piso had &ade #e ore his s"i(ide, -!eadin) (o&-!ete inno(en(e o the (ri&e (har)ed a)ainst hi&, -rotestin) his !o$a!t$ to Li+ia and hi&se! , and i&-!orin) their -rote(tion or his sons as ha+in) ta*en no -art in the e+ents %hi(h had #een &ade the s"#1e(t o his i&-ea(h&ent. P!an(ina7s tria! then #e)an. She %as -ro+ed to ha+e #een seen in the so(iet$ o Martina, and Martina7s re-"tation as a -oisoner %as s%orn to, and it (a&e o"t that %hen Martina7s (or-se %as -re-ared or #"ria! a -hia! o -oison %as o"nd *notted in her hair. O!d Po&-oni"s, Ger&ani("s3order!$, testi ied to the horri#!e -"trid re!i(s -!anted in the ho"se and to P!an(ina7s +isit there %ith Martina in Ger&ani("s7 a#sen(e, and %hen 4"estioned #$ Ti#eri"s he )a+e detai!ed e+iden(e o the ha"ntin)s. No#od$ (a&e or%ard to de end P!an(ina. She -rotested her inno(en(e %ith tears and oaths and said that she *ne% nothin) o Martina re-"tation as a -oisoner and that her on!$ #"siness %ith her had #een to #"$ -er "&es. She said that the %o&an %ho had (o&e %ith her to the ho"se %as not Martina #"t the %i e o one o the (o!one!s. And that s"re!$ it %as an inno(ent thin) to )o (a!!in) and ind no#od$ at ho&e #"t a !itt!e #o$. As or her ins"!ts to A)ri--ina, she %as hearti!$ sorr$ or the& and #e))ed A)ri--ina7s -ardon &ost h"&#!$, #"t she had #een o#e$in) her h"s#and7s orders, as a %i e %as #o"nd to do, and &oreo+er her h"s#and had to!d her that A)ri--ina %as -!ottin) %ith Ger&ani("s a)ainst the State, so she had the &ore %i!!in)!$ done %hat %as e5-e(ted o her. Ti#eri"s s"&&ed "-. He said that there see&ed to #e a (ertain do"#t as to P!an(ina7s )"i!t. Her (onne5ion %ith Martina see&ed -ro+ed, and so did Martina7s re-"tation as a -oisoner. B"t that it %as a )"i!t$ (onne5ion re&ained o-en to 4"estion. The -rose("tion had not e+en -rod"(ed in (o"rt the -hia! o"nd in Martina7s hair nor an$ e+iden(e that the (ontents %ere -oisono"s/ it &i)ht %e!! ha+e #een a s!ee-in) dra")ht or a-hrodisia(. His &other Li+ia had a hi)h o-inion o P!an(ina7s (hara(ter and %ished the Senate to )i+e her the #ene it o the do"#t i the e+iden(e o )"i!t %as not (on(!"si+e, or the )host o her #e!o+ed )randson had a--eared to her in a drea& and #e))ed her not to a!!o% the inno(ent to s" er or the (ri&es o a h"s#and or ather. So P!an(ina %as a(4"itted, and o Piso7s t%o sons, one %as a!!o%ed to inherit his ather7s estate and the other, %ho had ta*en -art in the i)htin) in Ci!i(ia, %as &ere!$ #anished or a e% $ears. A senator -ro-osed that -"#!i(
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than*s #e -aid to the dead hero7s a&i!$--to Ti#eri"s, Li+ia, &$ &other Antonia, A)ri--ina and Castor-- or ha+in) a+en)ed his death. This &otion %as 1"st a#o"t to #e +oted "-on %hen a riend o &ine, an e5-Cons"! %ho had #een Go+ernor o A ri(a #e ore :"ri"s, rose to &a*e an a&end&ent. The &otion %as, he o#1e(ted, not in order/ one i&-ortant na&e had #een o&itted, that o the dead hero7s #rother7 C!a"di"s, %ho had done &ore than an$one to -re-are the (ase or the -rose("tion and to -rote(t the %itnesses ro& &o!estation. Ti#eri"s shr"))ed his sho"!ders and said that he %as s"r-rised to hear that I had #een (a!!ed "-on or an$ assistan(e and that -erha-s i I had not #een, the (har)es a)ainst Piso %o"!d ha+e #een &ore (!ear!$ -resented. 0It %as 4"ite tr"e that I had -resided at the &eetin) o &$ #rother7s riends and de(ided %hat e+iden(e ea(h %itness %as to #rin), and I had, as a &atter o a(t, ad+ised the& a)ainst a(("sin) Piso o ad&inisterin) -oison at the #an4"et %ith his o%n hands, #"t the$ had o+err"!ed &e. And I had *e-t Po&-oni"s and his )randsons and three o &$ #rother7s reed&en sa e!$ hidden in a ar&ho"se near &$ +i!!a at Ca-"a "nti! the da$ o the tria!. I had a!so tried to hide Martina a%a$ at the ho"se o a &er(hant I *ne% at Brindisi, #"t Se1an"s tra(ed her.2 8e!!, Ti#eri"s !et &$ na&e #e in(!"ded in the +ote o than*s, #"t that &eant !itt!e to &e (o&-ared %ith the than*s that A)ri--ina )a+e &e/ she said that she "nderstood no% %hat Ger&ani("s had &eant %hen he to!d her, 1"st #e ore his death, that the tr"est riend he had e+er had %as his -oor #rother C!a"di"s. :ee!in) a)ainst Li+ia %as so stron) that Ti#eri"s &ade it an e5("se to her or a)ain not as*in) the Senate to +ote her the tit!e that he had so o ten -ro&ised. E+er$one %as %antin) to *no% %hat it &eant %hen a )rand&other )a+e )ra(io"s inter+ie%s to the &"rderess o her )randson and res("ed her ro& the +en)ean(e o the Senate. The ans%er (o"!d on!$ #e that the )rand&other had insti)ated the &"rder herse! and %as so "tter!$ "nasha&ed o herse! that the %i e and (hi!dren o the +i(ti& %o"!d not s"r+i+e hi& !on).

CHAPTER NNII GERMANICUS 8AS DEAD, BUT TIBERIUS DID NOT :EEL MUCH &ore se("re than #e ore. Se1an"s (a&e to hi& %ith stories o %hat this or that -ro&inent &an had %his-ered a)ainst hi& d"rin) Piso7s tria!. Instead o sa$in), as he had on(e said o his so!diers, Let the& ear &e, so !on) as the$ 0K>F2 o#e$ &e, he no% to!d Se1an"s, Let the& hate &e, so !on) as the$ ear &e. Three *ni)hts and t%o senators %ho had #een &ost o"ts-o*en in their re(ent (riti(is& o hi& he -"t to death on the a#s"rd (har)e o ha+in) e5-ressed -!eas"re on hearin) o the death o Ger&ani("s. The in or&ers di+ided "- their estates #et%een the&. A#o"t this ti&e Ger&ani("s7 e!dest #o$ NeroH (a&e o a)e and tho")h he sho%ed !itt!e -ro&ise o #ein) as (a-a#!e a so!dier or as ta!ented an ad&inistrator as his ather, he had &"(h o his ather7s )ood !oo*s and s%eetness o (hara(ter and the Cit$ ho-ed &"(h ro& hi&. There %as )reat -o-"!ar re1oi(in) %hen he &arried the da")hter o Castor and Li+i!!a, %ho& at irst %e (a!!ed He!en #e(a"se o her s"r-risin) #ea"t$ 0her rea! na&e %as ;"!ia2 #"t a ter%ards He!"s, %hi(h &eans G!"tton, #e(a"se she s-oi!t her #ea"t$ #$ o+er-eatin). Nero %as A)ri--ina7s a+o"rite.
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The a&i!$ %as di+ided, #ein) o C!a"dian sto(*, into )ood and #ad, or, in the %ords o the #a!!ad, (ra#s and a--!es. The (ra#s o"tn"&#ered the a--!es. O the nine (hi!dren %ho& A)ri--ina #ore Ger&ani("s three died $o"n)-t%o )ir!s and a #o$--and ro& %hat I sa% o the& this #o$ and the e!der )ir! %ere the #est o the nine. The #o$, %ho died on his ei)hth #irthda$, had #een s"(h a a+o"rite %ith A")"st"s that the o!d &an *e-t a -i(t"re o hi&, dressed in C"-id7s (ost"&e, in his #edroo& and "sed to *iss it e+er$ &ornin) as soon as he )ot o"t o #ed. B"t o the s"r+i+in) (hi!dren on!$ Nero had a %ho!!$ )ood (hara(ter. Dr"s"s %as &orose and ner+o"s and easi!$ in(!ined to e+i!. Dr"si!!a %as !i*e hi&. Ca!i)"!a, A)ri--ini!!a, and the $o"n)est, %ho& %e (a!!ed Les#ia, %ere %ho!!$ #ad, as the $o"n)er o the )ir!s %ho died see&ed a!so to #e. B"t the Cit$ 1"d)ed the %ho!e a&i!$ #$ Nero #e(a"se, so ar, he %as the on!$ one o!d eno")h to &a*e a stron) -"#!i( i&-ression. Ca!i)"!a %as sti!! on!$ nine $ears o!d. A)ri--ina +isited &e in )reat distress one da$ %hen I %as in Ro&e and as*ed &$ ad+i(e. She said that %here+er she %ent she e!t that she %as #ein) o!!o%ed and s-ied on, and it %as &a*in) her i!!. Did I *no% an$one #esides HThis Nero is not to #e (on "sed %ith the Nero %ho #e(a&e E&-eror.--R. G. Se1an"s %ho had an$ in !"en(e o+er Ti#eri"s3 She %as s"re that he had de(ided to *i!! or #anish her i he (o"!d )et the s!i)htest hand!e a)ainst her. I said that I on!$ *ne% t%o -eo-!e %ho had an$ in !"en(e or the )ood o+er Ti#eri"s. One %as Co((ei"s Ner+a, and the other %as Ci-sania. Ti#eri"s had ne+er #een a#!e to root his !o+e or Ci-sania o"t o his heart. 8hen a )randda")hter %as #orn to her and Ga!!"s, %ho at the a)e o i teen e5a(t!$ rese&#!ed Ci-sania as she had #een %hen Ti#eri"s7 %i e, Ti#eri"s (o"!d not #ear the tho")ht o an$one &arr$in) her #"t hi&se! , and %as on!$ -re+ented ro& doin) so #$ her #ein) Castor7s nie(e, %hi(h %o"!d ha+e &ade the &arria)e te(hni(a!!$ in(est"o"s. So he a--ointed her the Chie Cesta! in s"((ession to o!d O((ia %ho had 1"st died. I to!d A)ri--ina that i she &ade riends %ith Co((ei"s and Ci-sania 0%ho as Castor7s &other %o"!d do a!! in her -o%er to he!her2 she %as sa e, and so %ere her (hi!dren. She too* &$ ad+i(e. Ci-sania and Ga!!"s, %ho %ere +er$ sorr$ or her, &ade her ree o their ho"se and their three (o"ntr$ +i!!as and too* a )reat dea! o tro"#!e %ith the (hi!dren. Ga!!"s, or instan(e, (hose ne% t"tors or the #o$s #e(a"se A)ri--ina s"s-e(ted the o!d ones o #ein) a)ents o Se1an"s. Ner+a %as not so &"(h he!-. He %as a 1"rist and the )reatest !i+in) a"thorit$ on the !a%s o (ontra(ts, a#o"t %hi(h he had %ritten se+era! #oo*s/ #"t in a!! other res-e(ts he %as so a#sent-&inded and "no#ser+ant as to #e a!&ost a si&-!eton. He %as *ind to her, as he %as to e+er$one, #"t did not rea!ise %hat she e5-e(ted ro& hi&. Un ort"nate!$ Ci-sania died soon a ter%ards and the e e(t on Ti#eri"s %as a--arent at on(e. He no !on)er &ade an$ serio"s atte&-t to (on(ea! his se5"a! de-ra+it$, the r"&o"rs o %hi(h e+er$one had shr"n* ro& ta*in) !itera!!$. :or so&e o his -er+ersities %ere so -re-ostero"s and horri#!e that no#od$ (o"!d serio"s!$ re(on(i!e the& %i h the di)nit$ o an E&-eror o Ro&e, A")"st"s7 (hosen s"((essor. No %o&en or #o$s %ere sa e in his -resen(e no%, e+en the %i+es and (hi!dren o senators, and i the$ +a!"ed their o%n !i+es or those o their h"s#ands and athers the$ %i!!in)!$ did %hat he e5-e(ted o the&. B"t one %o&an, a Cons"!7s %i e, (o&&itted s"i(ide a ter%ards in the -resen(e o her riends, te!!in) the& that she had #een or(ed 0K<?2 to sa+e her $o"n) da")hter ro& Ti#eri"s7 !"st #$ (onsentin) to -rostit"te herse! to hi&, %hi(h %as sha&e "! eno")h, #"t then the O!d He-Goat had ta*en ad+anta)e o her (o&-!aisan(e #$ or(in) her to s"(h a#o&ina#!e a(ts o i!thiness %ith
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hi& that she -re erred to die rather than to !i+e on %ith the &e&or$ o the&. There %as a -o-"!ar son) (ir("!ated a#o"t this ti&e %hi(h #e)an %ith the %ords/ 8h$, o %h$ did the O!d HeGoat...3 I %o"!d #e asha&ed to 4"ote &ore o it, #"t it %as as %itt$ as it %as o#s(ene and %as s"--osed to ha+e #een %ritten #$ Li+ia herse! . Li+ia %as the a"thor o a n"&#er o si&i!ar satires a)ainst Ti#eri"s %hi(h she (ir("!ated anon$&o"s!$ thro")h Ur)"!ania. She *ne% that the$ %o"!d rea(h hi& sooner or !ater and that he %as e5tre&e!$ sensiti+e to satires, and tho")ht that %hi!e he e!t his -osition inse("re #e(a"se o the&, he %o"!d not dare to #rea* %ith her. She a!so no% %ent o"t o her %a$ to #e -!easant to A)ri--ina, and e+en to!d her in (on iden(e that Ti#eri"s a!one had )i+en Piso the instr"(tions a#o"t #aitin) Ger&ani("s. A)ri--ina did not tr"st her, #"t it %as (!ear that Li+ia and Ti#eri"s %ere at en&it$, and she e!t, she to!d &e, that i she had to (hoose #et%een the -rote(tion o one or the other she %o"!d -re er to #e "nder Li+ia7s. I %as in(!ined to a)ree %ith A)ri--ina. I had o#ser+ed that no a+o"rite o Li+ia had $et #een &ade the +i(ti& o Ti#eri"s7 in or&ers. B"t I had ore#odin)s o %hat &i)ht ha--en i Li+ia died. 8hat had #e)"n to i&-ress &e as -arti("!ar!$ o&ino"s, tho")h I (o"!d not a!to)ether a((o"nt or &$ ee!in)s, %as the stron) #ond #et%een Li+ia and Ca!i)"!a. Ca!i)"!a had in )enera! on!$ t%o %a$s o #eha+in)/ he %as either inso!ent or ser+i!e. To A)ri--ina and &$ &other and &$se! and his #rothers and Castor, or instan(e, he %as inso!ent. To Se1an"s and Ti#eri"s and Li+i!!a he %as ser+i!e. B"t to Li+ia he %as so&ethin) e!se, di i("!t to e5-ress. He %as a!&ost !i*e her !o+er. It %as not the "s"a! tender tie that #inds !itt!e #o$s to ind"!)ent )rand&others or )reat)rand&others, tho")h it is tr"e that he on(e too* )reat -ains o+er a (o-$ o a e(tionate +erses or her se+ent$i th #irthda$ and that she %as a!%a$s )i+in) hi& -resents. I &ean that there %as a stron) i&-ression o so&e "n-!easant se(ret #et%een the&--#"t I don7t &ean to s"))est that there %as an$ inde(ent re!ationshi- #et%een the&. A)ri--ina e!t this too, she to!d &e, #"t (o"!d ind o"t nothin) de inite a#o"t it. One da$ I #e)an to "nderstand %h$ Se1an"s had #een so -o!ite to &e. He s"))ested the #etrotha! o his da")hter to &$ son Dr"si!!"s. M$ -ersona! ee!in)s a)ainst the &arria)e %ere that the )ir!, %ho see&ed a ni(e !itt!e thin), %as "n!"(*$ to #e &at(hed to Dr"si!!"s, %ho see&ed &ore o a !"##er e+er$ ti&e I sa% hi&. B"t I (o"!d not sa$ so. Sti!! !ess (o"!d I sa$ that I !oathed the tho")ht o #ein) e+en re&ote!$ re!ated in &arria)e %ith a s(o"ndre! !i*e Se1an"s. He noti(ed &$ hesitation in ans%erin) and %anted to *no% %hether I (onsidered the &at(h #eneath the di)nit$ o &$ a&i!$. I sta&&ered and said no, (ertain!$ I did not/ his #ran(h o the IE!ian a&i!$ %as a +er$ hono"ra#!e one. :or Se1an"s, tho")h the son o a &ere (o"ntr$ *ni)ht, had #een ado-ted in ear!$ &anhood #$ a ri(h senator o the IE!ian a&i!$, a Cons"!, %ho had !e t hi& a!! his &one$, there %as a s(anda! (onne(ted %ith this ado-tion, #"t the a(t re&ained that Se1an"s %as an IE!ian. He an5io"s!$ -ressed &e to e5-!ain &$ hesitation and said that i I had an$ ee!in) a)ainst the &arria)e, he %as sorr$ he had &entioned it, #"t o (o"rse he had on!$ done so on Ti#eri"s7 s"))estion. So I to!d hi& that i Ti#eri"s -ro-osed the &at(h I %o"!d #e )!ad to )i+e &$ (onsent/ that
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&$ (hie ee!in) had #een that o"r $ears o!d %as rather $o"n) or a )ir! to #e #etrothed to a #o$ o thirteen, %ho %o"!d #e t%ent$-one #e ore he (o"!d !e)a!!$ (ons"&&ate the &arria)e and #$ that ti&e &i)ht ha+e or&ed other entan)!e&ents, Se1an"s s&i!ed and said that he tr"sted &e to *ee- the !ad o"t o serio"s &is(hie . There %as )reat a!ar& in the Cit$ %hen it %as *no%n that Se1an"s %as to #e(o&e re!ated %ith the I&-eria! a&i!$, #"t e+er$one hastened to (on)rat"!ate hi&, and &e too. A e% da$s !ater Dr"si!!"s %as dead. He %as o"nd !$in) #ehind a #"sh in the )arden o a ho"se at 0A.D. KD2 Po&-eii %here he had #een in+ited, ro& Her("!ane"&, #$ so&e riends o Ur)"!ani!!a7s. A s&a!! -ear %as o"nd st"(* in his throat. It %as said at the in4"est that he had #een seen thro%in) r"it "- in the air 0K<D2 and tr$in) to (at(h it in his &o"th/ his death %as "n4"estiona#!$ d"e to an a((ident. B"t no#od$ #e!ie+ed this. It %as (!ear that Li+ia, not ha+in) #een (ons"!ted a#o"t the &arria)e o one o her o%n )reat-)rand(hi!dren, had arran)ed or the (hi!d to #e stran)!ed and the -ear (ra&&ed do%n his throat a ter%ards. As %as the ("sto& in s"(h (ases, the -ear tree %as (har)ed %ith &"rder and senten(ed to #e "-rooted and #"rned. Ti#eri"s as*ed the Senate to de(ree Castor Prote(tor o the Peo-!e, %hi(h %as as &"(h as -ointin) hi& o"t as heir to the &onar(h$. This re4"est (a"sed )enera! re!ie . It %as ta*en as a si)n that Ti#eri"s %as a%are o Se1an"s7 a&#itions and intended to (he(* the&. 8hen the de(ree %as -assed so&eone -ro-osed that it sho"!d #e -rinted on the %a!!s o the Ho"se in !etters o )o!d. No#od$ rea!ised that it %as at Se1an"s7 o%n s"))estion that Castor %as so hono"red, he had hinted to Ti#eri"s that Castor, A)ri--ina, Li+ia and Ga!!"s %ere in !ea)"e to)ether and -ro-osed this as the #est %a$ to see %ho e!se #e!on)ed to their -art$. It %as a riend o his o%n %ho had &ade the -ro-osa! a#o"t the )o!d ins(ri-tion, and the na&es o senators %ho s"--orted this e5tra+a)ant &otion %ere (are "!!$ noted. Castor %as &ore -o-"!ar no% a&on) the #etter (iti6ens than he had #een. He had )i+en "- his dr"n*en ha#its--the death o Ger&ani("s see&ed to ha+e so#ered hi&--and tho")h he sti!! had an inordinate !o+e o #!oodshed at s%ord- i)hts and dressed e5tra+a)ant!$ and #etted enor&o"s s"&s on the (hariot ra(es, he %as a (ons(ientio"s &a)istrate and a !o$a! riend. I had !itt!e to do %ith hi&, #"t %hen %e &et he treated &e %ith ar )reater (onsideration than #e ore Ger&ani("s7 death. The #itter hatred #et%een hi& and Se1an"s a!%a$s threatened to #!a6e "- into a 4"arre!, #"t Se1an"s %as (are "! not to -ro+o*e Castor "nti! the 4"arre! (o"!d #e t"rned to a((o"nt. The ti&e had no% (o&e. Se1an"s %ent to the Pa!a(e to (on)rat"!ate Castor on his -rote(torshi- and o"nd hi& in his st"d$ %ith Li+i!!a. There %ere no s!a+es or reed&en -resent, so Se1an"s (o"!d sa$ %hat he -!eased. B$ this ti&e Li+i!!a %as so &"(h in !o+e %ith hi& that he (o"!d (o"nt on her to #etra$ Castor as she had on(e #etra$ed Post"&"s--so&eho% he *ne% that stor$--and there had e+en #een ta!* #et%een the& in %hi(h the$ had re)retted that the$ %ere not E&-eror and E&-ress, to do as the$ -!eased. Se1an"s said, 8e!!, Castor, I7+e %or*ed it or $o" a!! ri)htB Con)rat"!ationsB Castor s(o%!ed. He %as on!$ Castor to a e% inti&ates. He had %on the na&e, as I thin* I ha+e e5-!ained, #e(a"se o his rese&#!an(e to a %e!!-*no%n )!adiator, #"t it had st"(* #e(a"se one da$ he had !ost his te&-er in an ar)"&ent %ith a *ni)ht. The *ni)ht had to!d hi& #!"nt!$ at a #an4"et that he %as dr"n* and in(a-a#!e, and Castor, sho"tin) Dr"n* and in(a-a#!e, a& I3 I7!! sho% $o" i I7& dr"n* and in(a-a#!e, sta))ered ro& his (o"(h and hit the *ni)ht s"(h a terri i( #!o% in the #e!!$ that he +o&ited "- the %ho!e &ea!. Castor no% said to Se1an"s/ I don7t a!!o% an$one to address &e #$ a ni(*na&e e5(e-t a riend or an e4"a!, and $o"7re neither. To
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$o" I7& Ti#eri"s Dr"s"s Caesar. And I don7t *no% %hat $o" (!ai& to ha+e 7%or*ed7 or &e. And I don7t %ant $o"r (on)rat"!ations on it, %hate+er it is. So )et o"t. Li+i!!a said/ I $o" as* &e, I (a!! it -rett$ (o%ard!$ o $o" to ins"!t Se1an"s !i*e this, not to &ention the in)ratit"de o *i(*in) hi& o"t !i*e a do) %hen he (o&es to (on)rat"!ate $o" on $o"r -rote(torshi-. 9o" *no% that $o"r ather %o"!d ne+er ha+e )i+en it to $o" e5(e-t on Se1an"s7 re(o&&endation. Castor said/ 9o"7re ta!*in) nonsense, Li+i!!a. This i!th$ s-$ has had no &ore to do %ith the a--oint&ent than &$ e"n"(h L$)d"s. He7s 1"st -retendin) to #e i&-ortant. And te!! &e, Se1an"s, %hat this a#o"t (o%ardi(e3 Se1an"s said/ 9o"r %i e is 4"ite ri)ht. 9o"7re a (o%ard. 9o" %o"!dn7t ha+e dared to ta!* to &e !i*e this #e ore I )ot $o" a--ointed Prote(tor and so &ade $o"r -erson sa(rosan(t. 9o" *no% -er e(t!$ %e!! that I7d ha+e thrashed $o". And ser+e $o" ri)ht, said Li+i!!a. Castor !oo*ed ro& one a(e to the other and said s!o%!$/ So there7s so&ethin) #et%een $o" t%o, is there3 Li+i!!a s&i!ed s(orn "!!$/ And s"--ose there is3 8ho7s the #etter &an3 Castor sho"ted/ A!! ri)ht, &$ )ir!, %e7!! see. ;"st or)et or a &o&ent that I7& Prote(tor o the Peo-!e, Se1an"s, and -"t $o"r ists "-. Se1an"s o!ded his ar&s. P"t the& "-, I sa$, $o" (o%ard. Se1an"s said nothin), so Castor str"(* hi& hard a(ross the a(e %ith his o-en -a!&. No% )et o"tB Se1an"s %ent o"t %ith an ironi(a! o#eisan(e and Li+i!!a o!!o%ed hi&. This #!o% sett!ed Castor7s ate. The a((o"nt that Ti#eri"s heard ro& Se1an"s, %ho (a&e to hi& %ith the &ar* o Castor7s s!a- sti!! red on his (hee*, %as that Castor had #een dr"n* %hen Se1an"s had (on)rat"!ated hi& on his -rote(torshi- and had str"(* hi& a(ross the a(e sa$in)/ 9es, it7s )ood to ee! that I (an do this no% %itho"t ear o #ein) hit #a(*. And $o" (an te!! &$ ather that I7!! do the sa&e to e+er$ other dirt$ s-$ o his. Li+i!!a (on ir&ed this the ne5t da$ %hen she (a&e to (o&-!ain that Castor had #eaten her, she said that he had #eaten her #e(a"se she to!d hi& ho% dis)"sted she %as %ith hi& or stri*in) a &an %ho (o"!d not stri*e #a(* and or ins"!tin) his ather. Ti#eri"s #e!ie+ed the&. He said nothin) to Castor #"t -"t "- a #ron6e stat"e o Se1an"s in Po&-e$7s theatre, an e5traordinar$ hono"r to #e -aid to an$ &an in his !i eti&e. This %as "nderstood to &ean that Castor %as o"t o a+o"r %ith Ti#eri"s in s-ite o his -rote(torshi- 0 or Se1an"s and Li+i!!a had (ir("!ated their +ersion o the 4"arre!2 and that Se1an"s %as no% the one -erson %hose a+o"r %as %orth (o"rtin). Man$ re-!i(as o the stat"e %ere there ore &ade, %hi(h his -artisans -"t in a -!a(e o hono"r in their ha!!s on the ri)ht
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hand o Ti#eri"s7 stat"e/ #"t the stat"es o Castor %ere rare!$ seen. Castor7s a(e sho%ed his resent&ent so (!ear!$ no% %hene+er he &et his ather that Se1an"s7 tas* %as &ade eas$. He to!d Ti#eri"s that Castor %as so"ndin) +ario"s senators as to their %i!!in)ness to s"--ort hi& i he "s"r-ed the &onar(h$ and that so&e o the& had a!read$ -ro&ised their he!-. The ones %ho see&ed &ost dan)ero"s to Ti#eri"s %ere there ore arrested on the a&i!iar (har)e o #!as-he&in) a)ainst A")"st"s. One &an %as (onde&ned to death or ha+in) )one into a -ri+$ %ith a )o!d (oin o A")"st"s7 in his hand. Another %as a(("sed o ha+in) in(!"ded a stat"e o A")"st"s in a !ist o "rnit"re or sa!e in a (o"ntr$ +i!!a. He %o"!d ha+e #een (onde&ned to death i the Cons"! %ho %as 1"d)in) the (ase had not as*ed Ti#eri"s to )i+e his +ote irst. Ti#eri"s %as asha&ed to +ote or the death--ena!t$, so the &an %as a(4"itted, #"t (onde&ned soon a ter on another (har)e. Castor #e(a&e a!ar&ed and as*ed Li+ia or her he!- a)ainst Se1an"s. Li+ia to!d hi& not to #e a raid/ she %o"!d soon #rin) Ti#eri"s to his senses. B"t she had no (on iden(e in Castor as an a!!$. She %ent to Ti#eri"s and to!d hi& that Castor had a(("sed Se1an"s o de#a"(hin) Li+i!!a, o a#"sin) his -osition o (on iden(e #$ !e+$in) #!a(*&ai! on ri(h &en in Ti#eri"s7 na&e, and o ai&in) at the &onar(h$, that he had said that "n!ess Ti#eri"s dis&issed the ras(a! soon he %o"!d ta*e the &atter into his o%n hands, and that he had then as*ed or her (oo-eration. B$ -"ttin) the (ase !i*e this to Ti#eri"s she ho-ed to &a*e hi& as &istr"st "! o Se1an"s as he %as o Castor and th"s to (a"se hi& to a!! #a(* into his o!d ha#it o de-enden(e on her. :or a ti&e at !east she s"((eeded. B"t then an a((ident s"dden!$ (on+in(ed Ti#eri"s that Se1an"s %as as !o$a!!$ de+oted as he -retended to #e and as a!! his a(tions had hitherto sho%n hi&. The$ %ere -i(ni(*in) to)ether one da$ %ith three or o"r riends in a nat"ra! (a+e #$ the seashore, %hen there %as a s"dden ratt!e and roar and -art o the roo e!! in, *i!!in) so&e o the attendants and #"r$in) others, and #!o(*in) "- the entran(e. Se1an"s (ro"(hed %ith ar(hed #a(* o+er Ti#eri"s--the$ %ere #oth "nh"rt--to shie!d hi& ro& a "rther a!!. 8hen the so!diers d") the& o"t an ho"r !ater he %as o"nd sti!! in the sa&e -osition. Thras$!!"s, too, #$ the %a$, in(reased his re-"tation on this o((asion/ he had to!d Ti#eri"s that there %o"!d #e an ho"r o dar*ness a#o"t noon that da$. Ti#eri"s had Thras$!!"s7 ass"ran(e that he %o"!d o"t!i+e Se1an"s #$ a )reat &an$ $ears, and that Se1an"s %as not dan)ero"s to hi&. I thin* that Se1an"s had arran)ed this %ith Thras$!!"s, #"t I ha+e no -roo / Thras$!!"s %as not a!to)ether in(orr"-ti#!e #"t %hen he &ade -ro-he(ies to s"it his (!ients7 %ishes the$ see&ed to (o&e o 1"st as %e!! as his ordinar$ ones. Ti#eri"s did o"t!i+e Se1an"s as it ha--ens, #$ a n"&#er o $ears. Ti#eri"s )a+e a "rther -"#!i( si)n that Castor %as o"t o a+o"r #$ (ens"rin) hi& in the Senate or a !etter he had %ritten. Castor had e5("sed hi&se! ro& attendin) the 0K<<2 sa(ri i(e %hen the Ho"se o-ened a ter the s"&&er re(ess, e5-!ainin) that he %as -re+ented #$ other -"#!i( #"siness ro& ret"rnin) to the (it$ in ti&e. Ti#eri"s said s(orn "!!$ that an$one %o"!d thin* that the $o"n) e!!o% %as on (a&-ai)n in Ger&an$ or on a di-!o&ati( +isit to Ar&enia/ %hen a!! the -"#!i( #"siness that *e-t hi& %as #oatin) and #athin) at Terra(ina. He said that he hi&se! , no% in the de(!ine o !i e, &i)ht #e e5("sed or an o((asiona! a#sen(e ro& the Cit$/ he &i)ht -!ead that his ener)ies had #een e5ha"sted #$ -ro!on)ed -"#!i( ser+i(e %ith the s%ord and the -en. B"t %hat e5(e-t inso!en(e (o"!d detain his son3 This %as &ost "n1"st/ Castor had #een (o&&issioned to &a*e a re-ort on (oasta! de en(e d"rin) the re(ess and had not #een a#!e to (o!!e(t a!! the e+iden(e in ti&e/ rather than %aste ti&e #$ a 1o"rne$ to Ro&e and then #a(* a)ain to Terra(ina he %as inishin) his tas*. 8hen Castor ret"rned he a!&ost i&&ediate!$ e!! i!!.
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The s$&-to&s %ere those o ra-id (ons"&-tion. He !ost (o!o"r and %ei)ht and #e)an (o")hin) #!ood. He %rote to his ather and as*ed hi& to (o&e and +isit hi& in his roo&--he !i+ed at the other end o the Pa!a(e--#e(a"se he #e!ie+ed that he %as d$in), and to or)i+e hi& i he had in an$ %a$ o ended. Se1an"s ad+ised Ti#eri"s a)ainst the +isit/ the i!!ness &i)ht #e rea!, #"t on the other hand it &i)ht easi!$ #e a tri(* or assassinatin) hi&. So Ti#eri"s did not +isit hi& and a e% da$s !ater Castor died. There %as not &"(h sorro% at the death o Castor. The +io!en(e o his te&-er and his re-"tation or (r"e!t$ had &ade the Cit$ a--rehensi+e o %hat %o"!d ha--en i he s"((eeded his ather. :e% #e!ie+ed in his re(ent re or&ation. Most -eo-!e tho")ht it had &ere!$ 0A.D. KJ2 #een a tri(* to %in -o-"!ar a e(tion, and that he %o"!d ha+e #een 1"st as #ad as his ather as soon as he o"nd hi&se! in his ather7s -!a(e. And no% Ger&ani("s7 three sons %ere )ro%in) "---Dr"s"s, too, had 1"st (o&e o a)e--and %ere "n4"estiona#!$ Ti#eri"s7 heirs. B"t the Senate, o"t o res-e(t or Ti#eri"s, &o"rned or Castor as noisi!$ as it (o"!d and +oted the sa&e hono"rs in his &e&or$ as it had +oted Ger&ani("s. Ti#eri"s &ade no -reten(e o sorro% on this o((asion #"t -rono"n(ed the -ane)$ri( he had -re-ared or Castor in a ir& resonant +oi(e. 8hen he sa% tears ro!!in) do%n the a(es o se+era! senators he re&ar*ed in an a"di#!e aside to Se1an"s at his e!#o%/ :a")hB The -!a(e s&e!!s o onionsB Ga!!"s a ter%ards rose to (o&-!i&ent Ti#eri"s on his &aster$ o+er his )rie . He re(a!!ed that e+en the God A")"st"s, d"rin) his -resen(e a&on) the& in &orta! sha-e, had so ar )i+en %a$ to his ee!in)s at the death o Mar(e!!"s, his ado-ted son 0not e+en his rea! son2, that %hen he %as than*in) the Ho"se or its s$&-ath$ he had to #rea* o in the &idd!e, "na#!e to )o on or e&otion. 8hereas the s-ee(h the$ had 1"st heard %as a &aster-ie(e o restraint. 0I &a$ &ention here that %hen o"r or i+e &onths !ater de-"ities arri+ed ro& Tro$ to (ondo!e %ith Ti#eri"s on the death o his on!$ son, Ti#eri"s than*ed the&/ And I (ondo!e %ith $o", )ent!e&en, on the death o He(tor.2 Ti#eri"s then sent or Nero and Dr"s"s, and %hen the$ arri+ed at the Ho"se he too* the& #$ the hand and introd"(ed the&/ M$ Lords, three $ears a)o I (o&&itted these ather!ess (hi!dren to their "n(!e, &$ dear son %ho& to-da$ %e are a!! so #itter!$ &o"rnin), desirin) hi& to ado-t the& as his sons, tho")h he a!read$ had sons o his o%n, and #rin) the& "- as %orth$ inheritors o the a&i!$ tradition. 0Hear, hear! ro& Ga!!"s, and )enera! a--!a"se.2 B"t no% that he has #een snat(hed ro& "s #$ (r"e! ate 0)roans and !a&entations2 I &a*e the sa&e re4"est o $o". In the -resen(e o the Gods, in the a(e o $o"r #e!o+ed Co"ntr$, I #esee(h $o", re(ei+e into $o"r -rote(tion, ta*e "nder $o"r t"ition, these no#!e )reat-)rand(hi!dren o A")"st"s, des(ended ro& an(estors %hose na&es reso"nd in Ro&an histor$/ see that $o"r d"t$ and &ine is hono"ra#!$ "! i!!ed to%ards the&. Grandsons, these senators are no% in the -!a(e o athers to $o", and $o"r #irth is s"(h that %hate+er )ood or e+i! &a$ #e a!! $o" %i!! s-e!! the )ood or e+i! o the entire State. 0Reso"ndin) a--!a"se, tears, #enedi(tions, sho"ts o !o$a!t$.2 B"t instead o !ea+in) o there he s-oi!t the %ho!e e e(t #$ endin) on a a&i!iar note %ith his o!d sta!e -hrases a#o"t -resent!$ retirin) and restorin) the Re-"#!i(--%hen the Cons"!s or so&eone e!se %o"!d ta*e the #"rden o )o+ern&ent o his a)ed sho"!ders. I he did not intend Nero and Dr"s"s 0or one or other o the&2 as his I&-eria! 0K<F2 s"((essors, %hat did he &ean #$ identi $in) their ort"ne so (!ose!$ %ith that o the State3
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Castor7s "nera! %as !ess i&-ressi+e than Ger&ani("s7, #ein) &ar*ed #$ +er$ e% )en"ine e5-ressions o )rie , #"t on the other hand ar &ore &a)ni i(ent. E+er$ one o the a&i!$ &as*s o the Caesars and C!a"dians %as %orn in the -ro(ession, #e)innin) %ith those o IEneas, the o"nder o the ;"!ian a&i!$, and Ro&"!"s, the o"nder o Ro&e, and endin) %ith those o Gai"s, L"(i"s and Ger&ani("s. ;"!i"s Caesar7s &as* a--eared #e(a"se, !i*e Ro&"!"s, he %as on!$ a de&i-)od, #"t A")"st"s7 did not a--ear, #e(a"se he %as a &a1or Deit$. Se1an"s and Li+i!!a had no% to (onsider ho% to a(hie+e their a&#ition o #e(o&in) E&-eror and E&-ress, Nero, Dr"s"s and Ca!i)"!a stood in the %a$ and %o"!d ha+e to #e re&o+ed. Three see&ed rather &an$ to )et rid o sa e!$, #"t, as Li+i!!a -ointed o"t, her )rand&other had a--arent!$ &ana)ed to )et rid o Gai"s, L"(i"s and Post"&"s %hen she %anted to -"t Ti#eri"s into -o%er. And Se1an"s %as (!ear!$ in a &"(h #etter -osition than Li+ia had #een or (arr$in) their -!ans thro")h. To sho% Li+i!!a that he rea!!$ intended to &arr$ her, as he had -ro&ised, Se1an"s di+or(ed his %i e A-i(ata, #$ %ho& he had three (hi!dren. He (har)ed her %ith ad"!ter$ and said that she %as a#o"t to #e(o&e the &other o a (hi!d %hi(h %as not his o%n. He did not -"#!i(!$ na&e her !o+er #"t to!d Ti#eri"s in -ri+ate that he s"s-e(ted Nero. Nero, he said, %as )ettin) a #ad re-"tation or his a airs %ith the %i+es o -ro&inent &en and see&ed to thin* that, as heir--res"&-ti+e to the &onar(h$, he (o"!d #eha+e ho% he !i*ed. Li+i!!a &ean%hi!e did her #est to deta(h A)ri--ina ro& Li+ia7s -rote(tion, #$ %arnin) A)ri--ina that Li+ia %as on!$ "sin) her as a %ea-on in her (on !i(t %ith Ti#eri"s--%hi(h ha--ened to #e tr"e--and #$ %arnin) Li+ia, thro")h one o her !adies-in-%aitin), that A)ri--ina %as on!$ "sin) her as a %ea-on in her (on !i(t %ith Ti#eri"s--%hi(h %as a!so tr"e. She &ade ea(h #e!ie+e that the other had s%orn to *i!! her as soon as her "se "!ness ended. The t%e!+e -onti s no% #e)an to in(!"de Nero and Dr"s"s in the ("sto&ar$ -ra$ers the$ o ered or the hea!th and -ros-erit$ o the E&-eror, and the other -riests o!!o%ed their e5a&-!e. Ti#eri"s as Hi)h Ponti sent a !etter o (o&-!aint to the&, sa$in) that the$ had &ade no di eren(e #et%een these #o$s and hi&se! , a &an %ho had hono"ra#!$ he!d &ost o the hi)hest o i(es o State t%ent$ $ears #e ore the$ %ere #o&, and a!! the rest sin(e/ it %as not de(ent. He (a!!ed the& into his -resen(e and there as*ed the& %hether A)ri--ina had &ere!$ (oa5ed the& to &a*e this addition to the -ra$er or %hether she had ri)htened the& into &a*in) it #$ "sin) threats. The$ denied, o (o"rse, that she had done either, #"t he %as not (on+in(ed, o"r o the t%e!+e, in(!"din) Ga!!"s, %ere in so&e %a$ (onne(ted %ith her #$ &arria)e and i+e others %ere on +er$ riend!$ ter&s %ith her and her sons. He re-ri&anded the& se+ere!$. In his ne5t s-ee(h he %arned the Senate to a%ard no "rther -re&at"re distin(tions that &i)ht en(o"ra)e the )idd$ &inds o $o"n) &en to ind"!)e in -res"&-t"o"s as-irations. A)ri--ina o"nd an "ne5-e(ted a!!$ in Ca!-"rni"s Piso. He to!d her that he had de ended his "n(!e Gnas"s Piso &ere!$ o"t o re)ard or a&i!$ hono"r and that he &"st not #e tho")ht o as her ene&$, he %o"!d do a!! that he (o"!d to -rote(t her and her (hi!dren. B"t Ca!-"rni"s did not !i+e !on) a ter this. He %as (har)ed in the Senate %ith treasona#!e %ords s-o*en in -ri+ate, and o *ee-in) -oison in his ho"se, and o (o&in) into the Senate ar&ed %ith a da))er. These t%o !ast arti(!es %ere so a#s"rd that the$ %ere dro--ed, #"t a da$ %as i5ed or his tria! on the treasona#!e %ords (har)e. He *i!!ed hi&se! #e ore the tria! (a&e o .
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Ti#eri"s #e!ie+ed Se1an"s7 stor$ that there %as a se(ret -art$, (a!!ed the Lee* Green -art$, no% #ein) or&ed #$ A)ri--ina, the si)n o %hi(h %as an e5tra+a)ant -artisanshi- o the Lee* Green a(tion in the (hariot-ra(es in the Cir("s. In these ra(es there %ere o"r (o!o"rs--s(ar!et, %hite, sea-#!"e and !ee*-)reen. The Lee* Green a(tion ha--ened to #e &ost in a+o"r at this ti&e and the S(ar!et the &ost "n-o-"!ar. So no% %hen Ti#eri"s %ent to %at(h the ra(es on -"#!i( ho!ida$s, as he %as #o"nd to do in his o i(ia! -osition--tho")h he had not hitherto #een at a!! interested in the& and dis(o"ra)ed id!e ra(in)-ta!* at the Pa!a(e or at #an4"ets to %hi(h he %as in+ited--and #e)an 0KE?2 or the irst ti&e to noti(e %hat sort o s"--ort the di erent (o!o"rs %ere #ein) )i+en he %as )reat!$ dist"r#ed to hear the Lee* Green so (ried "-. He had #een a!so to!d #$ Se1an"s that S(ar!et %as the se(ret s$&#o! "sed #$ Lee* Greens %hen the$ %ished to re er to his o%n s"--orters, and he noti(ed that %hene+er a S(ar!et (hariot %on, %hi(h %as se!do&, it (a&e in or !o"d )roans and hisses. Se1an"s %as (!e+er, he *ne% that Ger&ani("s had a!%a$s #a(*ed the Lee* Green and that A)ri--ina, Nero and Dr"s"s, or senti&enta! reasons, (ontin"ed to a+o"r the (o!o"r. There %as a no#!e&an (a!!ed Si!i"s %ho had #een or &an$ $ears a (or-s-(o&&ander on the Rhine. I thin* I ha+e &entioned hi& as the Genera! o the o"r re)i&ents in the U--er Pro+in(e o Ger&an$ %hi(h did not ta*e -art in the )reat &"tin$. He had #een &$ #rother7s &ost (a-a#!e !ie"tenant and had #een )ranted tri"&-ha! orna&ents or his s"((esses a)ainst Her&ann. Re(ent!$, at the head o the (o&#ined or(es o the U--er and Lo%er Pro+in(es he had -"t do%n a dan)ero"s re+o!t o the :ren(h tri#es in the nei)h#o"rhood o &$ #irth-!a(e, L$ons. He %as not a &odest &an #"t not -arti("!ar!$ #oast "! and i he had rea!!$ said in -"#!i(, as %as re-orted, that #"t or his ta(t "! hand!in) o those o"r re)i&ents in the &"tin$ the$ %o"!d ha+e 1oined the other &"tineers, and that there ore, #"t or hi&, Ti#eri"s %o"!d not ha+e had an$ E&-ire at a!! to r"!e o+er--%e!!, that %as not ar ro& the tr"th. B"t nat"ra!!$ Ti#eri"s did not !i*e it, i on!$ #e(a"se the &"tino"s re)i&ents %ere, as I e5-!ained, the ones %ith %hi(h he had hi&se! had &ost to do. Si!i"s7 %i e Sosia %as A)ri--ina7s #est %o&an riend. It so ha--ened that Si!i"s at the )reat Ro&an Ga&es, %hi(h %ere he!d ear!$ in Se-te&#er, %as #ettin) +er$ hea+i!$ on the Lee* Green. Se an"s sho"ted a(ross to hi&/ I7!! ta*e $o" "- to an$ a&o"nt. M$ &one$7s on S(ar!et. Si!i"s sho"ted #a(*/ 9o"7re #a(*in) the %ron) (o!o"r, &$ riend. The S(ar!et (harioteer hasn7t the !east idea o &ana)in) his reins. He tries to do it a!! %ith the %hi-. I7!! #et $o" an e+en tho"sand that Lee* Green %ins. 9o"n) Nero here sa$s he7!! &a*e it i teen h"ndred, he7s an enth"siasti( Lee* Greener. Se1an"s !oo*ed si)ni i(ant!$ at Ti#eri"s, %ho had heard the %ho!e e5(han)e and %as astonished at Si!i"s7 #o!dness. He too* it as a )ood o&en %hen the !eader o the Lee* Green (hariot e!! in ro"ndin) the &ar* on the !ast !a- #"t one, and S(ar!et (a&e in an eas$ %inner. Ten da$s !ater Si!i"s %as i&-ea(hed #e ore the Senate. The (har)e %as hi)h treason. He %as a(("sed o ha+in) (onni+ed in the :ren(h re+o!t d"rin) its ear!ier sta)es and ha+in) ta*en a third -art o the -!"nder as -a$&ent or non-inter+ention, o &a*in) his +i(tor$ the e5("se or "rther -!"nder o !o$a! -ro+in(ia!s, and o a ter%ards i&-osin) e5(essi+e e&er)en($ ta5es on the -ro+in(e or the e5-enses o the (a&-ai)n. Sosia %as a(("sed o (o&-!i(it$ in the sa&e o en(es. Si!i"s had #een "n-o-"!ar at the Pa!a(e e+er sin(e the :ren(h re#e!!ion. Ti#eri"s had (o&e in or a )ood dea! o (riti(is& or not ha+in) ta*en the ie!d a)ainst the re#e!s, and or ha+in) sho%n &ore interest in the treason tria!s that %ere )oin) on at the ti&e than in the (a&-ai)n. He had e5("sed hi&se! to the Senate on the )ro"nd o a)e--and Castor had #een en)a)ed in i&-ortant #"siness--and e5-!ained that he had #een *ee-in) in to"(h %ith Si!i"s7 head4"arters a!!
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a!on), )i+in) hi& +a!"a#!e ad+i(e. Ti#eri"s %as +er$ sensiti+e a#o"t the %ho!e :ren(h re+o!t. 8hen the :ren(h %ere #eaten he had #een &ade ridi("!o"s #$ the &otion o a %a))ish senator, an i&itator o Ga!!"s7 tri(*s, that he sho"!d #e a%arded a tri"&-h or #ein) the &an rea!!$ res-onsi#!e or +i(tor$. He %as so dis-!eased #$ this, ta*in) the !ine that in an$ (ase the +i(tor$ %as not %orth ta!*in) a#o"t, that no#od$ dared to +ote Si!i"s the tri"&-ha! orna&ents %hi(h he thoro")h!$ %e!! deser+ed. Si!i"s had #een disa--ointed and %hat he had said a#o"t the Rhine &"tin$ had #een said in resent&ent o Ti#eri"s7 in)ratit"de. Si!i"s disdained to re-!$ to the (har)es o treason. He %as not )"i!t$ o an$ "nderstandin) %ith the re#e!s and i the so!diers "nder his (o&&and had in so&e (ases ai!ed to distin)"ish #et%een the -ro-ert$ o re#e!s and the -ro-ert$ o !o$a!ists that %as on!$ to #e e5-e(ted/ &an$ -retended !o$a!ists %ere se(ret!$ inan(in) the re#e!!ion. As or the ta5ation, the a(t %as that Ti#eri"s had -ro&ised hi& a s-e(ia! )rant ro& the Treas"r$ to (o+er the e5-enses o the (a&-ai)n and to inde&ni $ Ro&an (iti6ens or their !oss o ho"ses, (ro-s and (att!e. In anti(i-ation o the -a$&ent 0KED2 o this )rant Si!i"s had i&-osed a ta5 on (ertain Northern tri#es, -ro&isin) to re "nd the &one$ %hen it %as -aid hi& #$ Ti#eri"s/ %hi(h it ne+er %as. Si!i"s %as a -oorer &an #$ t%ent$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es a ter the re+o!t than #e ore it, #e(a"se he had raised a troo- o +o!"nteer horse %hi(h he ar&ed and -aid at his o%n e5-ense. His (hie a(("ser, %ho %as one o the Cons"!s o the $ear, -ressed the (har)es o e5tortion %ith )reat &a!i(e. He %as a riend o Se1an"s and %as a!so the son o the &i!itar$ )o+ernor o the Lo%er Pro+in(e %ho had %ished to ta*e s"-re&e (o&&and o the Ro&an or(es a)ainst the :ren(h and had #een or(ed to stand aside in Si!i"s7 a+o"r. Si!i"s (o"!d not e+en -rod"(e e+iden(e o Ti#eri"s7 -ro&ised )rant, #e(a"se the !etter in %hi(h it %as (ontained %as sea!ed %ith the S-hin5. And the (har)es o e5tortion %ere in an$ (ase irre!e+ant, #e(a"se the tria! %as or treason, not or e5tortion. He ina!!$ #"rst o"t/ M$ Lords, I (o"!d sa$ &"(h in &$ de en(e #"t sha!! sa$ nothin), #e(a"se this tria! is not #ein) (ond"(ted in a (onstit"tiona! &anner and the +erdi(t has #een !on) a)o de(ided. I "nderstand that &$ rea! (ri&e is ha+in) said that, #"t or &$ hand!in) o the&, the re)i&ents in U--er Ger&an$ %o"!d ha+e &"tinied. I sha!! no% -"t &$ ("!-a#i!it$ in this &atter #e$ond 4"estion. I sha!! sa$ that, #"t or Ti#eri"s7 -re+io"s hand!in) o the&, the troo-s in Lo%er Ger&an$ %o"!d not ha+e &"tinied. M$ Lords, I a& the +i(ti& o an a+ari(io"s, 1ea!o"s, #!oodthirst$, t$ranni(a!... The rest o his s-ee(h %as dro%ned in a roar o horri ied -rotest ro& the Ho"se. Si!i"s sa!"ted Ti#eri"s and %a!*ed o"t %ith his head hi)h in the air. 8hen he arri+ed at his ho"se he e&#ra(ed Sosia and his (hi!dren, )a+e an a e(tionate &essa)e o are%e!! to A)ri--ina, Nero, Ga!!"s, and his other riends, and )oin) to his #edroo& dro+e his s%ord into his throat. His )"i!t %as he!d to #e -ro+ed #$ his ins"!ts to Ti#eri"s. His entire estate %as (on is(ated, %ith a -ro&ise that the -ro+in(ia!s sho"!d ha+e the "n1"st ta5 re-aid the& o"t o it, and that his a(("sers sho"!d #e )i+en the o"rth -art o %hat re&ained, as the !a% re4"ired, and that the &one$ %hi(h had #een !e t hi& "nder A")"st"s7 %i!! as an earnest o his !o$a!t$ sho"!d ret"rn to the Treas"r$ as -aid hi& "nder a &isa--rehension. The -ro+in(ia!s did not dare to -ress or the ta5 to #e re "nded, so Ti#eri"s *e-t three4"arters o the estate/ or there %as no !on)er an$ rea! distin(tion #et%een the Mi!itar$ Treas"r$, the P"#!i( Treas"r$ and the Pri+$ P"rse. This %as the irst ti&e that he had #ene ited dire(t!$ ro& the (on is(ation
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o an estate or that he had !et a s-o*en ins"!t to hi&se! #e (onstr"ed as a -roo o treason. Sosia had -ro-ert$ o her o%n and, to sa+e her !i e and *ee- the (hi!dren ro& #e(o&in) -a"-ers, Ga!!"s &o+ed that she sho"!d #e #anished and that ha! o her e e(ts sho"!d #e or eited to her a(("sers, ha! !e t to her (hi!dren. B"t a (o"sin #$ &arria)e o A)ri--ina7s, %ho %as a (on ederate o Ga!!"s, -ro-osed that the a(("sers sho"!d on!$ #e -aid one- o"rth, %hi(h %as the !e)a! &ini&"&, sa$in) that Ga!!"s %as &ore !o$a! to the E&-eror than 1"st to Sosia, or Sosia %as *no%n, at !east, to ha+e re-ro+ed her h"s#and, as he !a$ d$in), or his treasona#!e and "n)rate "! "tteran(es. So Sosia %as on!$ #anished--she %ent to !i+e in Marsei!!es, and sin(e Si!i"s as soon as he *ne% that he %o"!d #e tried or his !i e had se(ret!$ )i+en Ga!!"s and (ertain other riends &ost o his &one$ in (ash to ho!d in tr"st or the (hi!dren, the a&i!$ (a&e o 4"ite %e!!. His e!dest son !i+ed to (a"se &e &"(h distress. :ro& no% on%ard Ti#eri"s, %ho had hitherto &ade his a(("sations o treason han) on s"--osed #!as-he&ies o A")"st"s, en or(ed &ore and &ore stron)!$ the edi(t %hi(h had #een -assed in the irst $ear o his &onar(h$, &a*in) it treason or an$one to assai! his o%n hono"r and re-"tation in an$ %a$. He a(("sed a senator, %ho& he s"s-e(ted to #e o A)ri--ina7s -art$, o ha+in) re(ited a s("rri!o"s e-i)ra& ai&ed a)ainst hi&. The a(t %as that the senator7s %i e one &ornin) noti(ed a sheet o -a-er -osted hi)h "- on the )ate o the ho"se. She as*ed her h"s#and to read o"t %hat %as on it--he %as ta!!er. He s!o%!$ s-e!t o"t/ He is no dr"n*ard no% o %ine As he %as dr"n*ard then/ He %ar&s hi& "- %ith a ri(her ("---The #!ood o &"rdered &en. She as*ed inno(ent!$ %hat the +erse &eant and he said, It7s "nsa e to e5-!ain in -"#!i(, &$ dear. A -ro essiona! in or&er %as han)in) a#o"t the )ate on the (han(e that %hen the senator read the e-i)ra&, %hi(h %as Li+ia7s %or*, he %o"!d sa$ so&ethin) %orth re-ortin). He %ent strai)ht to Se1an"s. Ti#eri"s hi&se! (ross-e5a&ined the senator, as*in) %hat he &eant #$ "nsa e, and to %ho&, in his o-inion, the e-i)ra& re erred. The senator sh" !ed and %o"!d not )i+e dire(t ans%ers. Ti#eri"s then said that &an$ !i#e!s had #een ("rrent %hen he %as a $o"n)er &an, a!! a(("sin) hi& o #ein) a dr"n*ard, and that in re(ent $ears he had #een ordered #$ his do(tors to a#stain ro& %ine #e(a"se o a tenden($ to )o"t, and that se+era! !i#e!s had !ate!$ #een -"#!ished a(("sin) hi& o #!oodthirstiness. He as*ed the a(("sed %hether he %as not a%are o these a(ts, and %hether he tho")ht that the e-i)ra& (o"!d re er to an$one #"t his E&-eror. The %ret(hed &an a)reed that he had heard the !i#e!s on Ti#eri"s7 dr"n*enness #"t *ne% the& to ha+e no o"ndation in tr"th and had not &ade an$ (onne(tion in his &ind #et%een the& and the one on his )ate. He %as then as*ed %h$ he had not re-orted the or&er !i#e!s to the Senate as it %as his d"t$ to do. He ans%ered that %hen he had heard the& it %as not $et a -"nisha#!e o en(e to "tter or re-eat an$ e-i)ra&, ho%e+er s("rri!o"s, %ritten a)ainst an$one, ho%e+er +irt"o"s, nor treason to "tter or re-eat s("rri!ities dire(ted e+en a)ainst A")"st"s so !on) as one did not -"#!ish the& in %ritin). Ti#eri"s as*ed to %hat ti&e he re erred, or A")"st"s had !ate in !i e &ade an edi(t a)ainst s("rri!ities too. The senator ans%ered/ It %as d"rin) $o"r third $ear at Rhodes. Ti#eri"s (ried o"t, M$ Lords, ho% (an $o" -er&it this e!!o% to ins"!t &e so3 So the Senate a(t"a!!$ (onde&ned hi& to #e thro%n do%n the Tar-eian (!i , a -"nish&ent ordinari!$ reser+ed or the %orst traitors--)enera!s %ho so!d #att!es to the ene&$, and s"(h-!i*e. Another &an, a *ni)ht, %as -"t to death or %ritin) a tra)ed$ a#o"t Ain) A)a&e&non in %hi(h A)a&e&non7s 4"een, %ho &"rdered hi& in his #ath, (ried as she s%"n) the a5e/ Ano%, #!ood$ t$rant, 7tis no (ri&e T7a+en)e
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&$ %ron)s !i*e this. Ti#eri"s said that he %as intended #$ the (hara(ter A)a&e&non and that the !ine 4"oted %as an in(ite&ent to assassinate hi&. So the tra)ed$, %hi(h e+er$one had !a")hed at #e(a"se it %as so !a&e!$ and %ret(hed!$ (o&-osed, %on a sort o di)nit$ #$ ha+in) a!! its (o-ies (a!!ed in and #"rned and its a"thor e5e("ted. This -rose("tion %as o!!o%ed t%o $ears !ater--#"t I -"t it do%n here #e(a"se the A)a&e&non stor$ re&inds &e o it--#$ that o Cre&"ti"s Cord"s, an o!d &an %ho had (o&e into (o!!ision %ith Se1an"s so&e ti&e 0A.D. KJ2 #e ore o+er a tri !e. Se1an"s enterin) the Ho"se one %et da$ had h"n) his (!oa* on the -e) %hi(h had a!%a$s #een Cre&"ti"s7, and Cre&"ti"s, %hen he (a&e in, not *no%in) that it %as Se1an"s7 (!oa*, had &o+ed it to another -e) to &a*e roo& or his o%n. Se1an"s7 (!oa* had a!!en do%n ro& this ne% -e) and so&e#od$ %ith &"dd$ sanda!s had tra&-!ed on it. Se1an"s reta!iated in a +ariet$ o &a!i(io"s %a$s, and Cre&"ti"s (a&e so to !oathe the si)ht o his a(e and the so"nd o his na&e that %hen he heard that Se1an"s7 stat"e had #een set "- on the Theatre o Po&-e$ he e5(!ai&ed/ That 1"st a#o"t r"ins the Theatre. So no% he %as na&ed to Ti#eri"s as one o A)ri--ina7s -rin(i-a! adherents. B"t as he %as a +enera#!e, &i!d o!d &an %ho had no ene&$ in the %or!d #"t Se1an"s and ne+er s-o*e a %ord &ore than ne(essar$, it %as di i("!t to s"--ort an$ a(("sation a)ainst hi& %ith e+iden(e that e+en a #ro%-#eaten Senate (o"!d de(ent!$ a((e-t. In the end Cre&"ti"s %as (har)ed %ith ha+in) %ritten in -raise o Br"t"s and Cassi"s, the &"rderers o ;"!i"s Caesar. The e+iden(e -rod"(ed %as an histori(a! %or* %hi(h he had %ritten thirt$ $ears #e ore and %hi(h A")"st"s hi&se! , ;"!i"s7 ado-ted son, %as *no%n to ha+e in(!"ded in his -ri+ate !i#rar$ and o((asiona!!$ (ons"!ted. Cre&"ti"s &ade a s-irited de en(e a)ainst this a#s"rd (har)e, sa$in) that Br"t"s and Cassi"s had #een dead so !on) and had #een so re4"ent!$ -raised or their deed #$ s"#se4"ent historians that he (o"!d not #e!ie+e that the tria! %as not a hoa5--s"(h a hoa5 as a $o"n) tra+e!!er re(ent!$ s" ered in the (it$ o Larissa. This $o"n) &an %as -"#!i(!$ a(("sed o ha+in) &"rdered three &en, tho")h the$ %ere no &ore than %ines*ins, han)in) o"tside a sho-, 0KE<2 %hi(h he had s!ashed at in the dar*, &ista*in) the& or ro##ers. B"t this Larissan tria! had ta*en -!a(e on the ann"a! esti+a! o La")hter, %hi(h )a+e so&e -oint to the -ro(eedin)s, and the $o"n) &an %as a dr"n*ard and &"(h too read$ %ith his s%ord and -erha-s deser+ed a !esson. B"t he, Cre&"ti"s Cord"s, %as too o!d and too so#er to #e &ade a oo! o in this %a$, and this %as no esti+a! o La")hter #"t, on the (ontrar$, the o"r h"ndred and se+ent$-si5th anni+ersar$ o the so!e&n -ro&"!)ation o the La%s o the T%e!+e Ta#!es, that )!orio"s &on"&ent to the !e)is!ati+e )eni"s and the &ora! re(tit"de o o"r ore athers. He %ent ho&e and star+ed hi&se! to death. A!! (o-ies o his #oo* %ere (a!!ed in and #"rned e5(e-t or t%o or three %hi(h his da")hter hid a%a$ so&e%here and re-"#!ished &an$ $ears !ater %hen Ti#eri"s %as dead. It %as not +er$ )ood %ritin), it )ot &ore a&e than it rea!!$ deser+ed. I had #een a!! this ti&e sa$in) to &$se! , C!a"di"s, $o"7re a -oor e!!o% and not &"(h "se in this %or!d, and $o" ha+e !ed a -rett$ &isera#!e !i e %ith one thin) and another, #"t at !east $o"r !i e is sa e. So %hen o!d Cre&"ti"s %ho& I *ne% +er$ %e!!--%e had o ten &et and (hatted in the Li#rar$--!ost his !i e on a (har)e !i*e this it %as a )reat sho(* to &e. I e!t !i*e a &an !i+in) on the s!o-es o a +o!(ano %hen it s"dden!$ thro%s "- a %arnin) sho%er o ash and red hot stones. I had %ritten ar &ore treasona#!e thin)s in &$ ti&e than Cre&"ti"s. M$ histor$ o A")"st"s7 re!i)io"s re or&s (ontained se+era! -hrases that (o"!d easi!$ #e &ade the s"#1e(t o an a(("sation. And tho")h &$ estate %as so s&a!! that it %o"!d hard!$ #e %orth an a(("ser7s %hi!e to i&-ea(h &e
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or the sa*e o a o"rth share, I rea!ised %e!! eno")h that a!! the re(ent +i(ti&s o treason-tria!s %ere riends o A)ri--ina, %ho& I (ontin"ed to +isit %hene+er I %ent to Ro&e. I %as not at a!! s"re ho% ar &$ #ein) a #rotherin-!a% o Se1an"s %o"!d #e s" i(ient -rote(tion to &e. 9es, I had !ate!$ #e(o&e Se1an"s7 #rother-in-!a%, and no% I sha!! te!! ho% it (a&e a#o"t.

CHAPTER NNIII ONE DA9 SE;ANUS HAD TOLD ME THAT I OUGHT TO MARR9 a)ain, as I did not see& to )et on %e!! %ith &$ %i e. I said that Ur)"!ani!!a had #een the (hoi(e o &$ )rand&other Li+ia and that I (o"!d not di+or(e her %itho"t Li+ia7s -er&ission. Oh, no, o (o"rse not, he said. I 4"ite "nderstand that, #"t it &"st #e +er$ "nha--$ or $o" %itho"t a %i e. Than* $o", I said, I &ana)e a!! ri)ht. He -retended to ind this a )ood 1o*e and !a")hed !o"d!$, (a!!in) &e a +er$ %ise &an, #"t a ter%ards said that i #$ an$ (han(e I o"nd it -ossi#!e to di+or(e &$ %i e I %as to (o&e to hi&. He had 1"st the %o&an or &e in &ind--%e!!-#orn, $o"n) and inte!!i)ent. I than*ed hi& #"t e!t "n(o& orta#!e. As I %as )oin) a%a$ he said/ M$ riend C!a"di"s, I ha+e a %ord o ad+i(e to $o". Ba(* S(ar!et to&orro% in e+er$ ra(e and don7t &ind !osin) a #it o &one$ at irst, $o"7!! not !ose in the !on) r"n. And don7t #a(* Lee* Green/ it7s an "n!"(*$ (o!o"r these da$s. And don7t te!! an$one that I )a+e $o" the ti-. I e!t &"(h re!ie+ed that Se1an"s tho")ht &e sti!! %orth ("!ti+atin), #"t I (o"!dn7t &a*e sense o %hat he to!d &e. Ho%e+er, at the (hariot-ra(e ne5t da$--it %as the esti+a! o A")"st"s--Ti#eri"s sa% &e ta*e &$ seat in the Cir("s and, #ein) in an a a#!e &ood, sent or &e and as*ed, 8hat are $o" doin) these da$s, ne-he%3 I sta&&ered that I %as %ritin) a histor$ o the an(ient Etr"s(ans, i it -!eased hi&. He said/ Oh, rea!!$3 That does (redit to $o"r 1"d)&ent. There7s no an(ient Etr"s(an !e t to -rotest and no &odern Etr"s(an %ho (ares/ so $o" (an %rite as $o" -!ease. 8hat e!se are $o" doin)3 8r-r-ritin) a histor$ o the an(ient C-C-C-C-C-Cartha)inians, i $o" -!ease. S-!endidB And %hat e!se3 H"rr$ "- %ith that sta&&er. 7I7& a #"s$ &an.
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At the &-&-&o&ent I7& #-#-#-#---Be)innin) a histor$ o C-C-C-C!o"d C-C-C-C"(*oo Land3 N-no, sir, #-#-#-#a(*in) S(ar!et. He !oo*ed at &e +er$ shre%d!$ and said/ I see, ne-he%, that $o" are not a!to)ether a oo!. 8hat &a*es $o" #a(* S(ar!et3 I %as in di i("!ties, #e(a"se I (o"!dn7t sa$ that Se1an"s had )i+en &e the ti-. So I said/ I drea&ed that Lee* Green %as d-dis4"a!i ied or "sin) his %hi- on his (-(-((o&-etitors and S(ar!et (-(-(a&e in irst %ith Sea-#-##!"e and 8hite no%here. He )a+e &e a -"rse o &one$ and &"ttered in &$ ear/ Te!! no#od$ that I7& sta*in) $o", #"t -"t this on S(ar!et and !et7s see %hat ha--ens. It -ro+ed to #e S(ar!et7s da$, and #$ #ettin) %ith $o"n) Nero on e+er$ ra(e I %on (!ose on t%o tho"sand )o!d -ie(es. That e+enin) I tho")ht it %ise to +isit Ti#eri"s at the Pa!a(e and to sa$/ Here7s the !"(*$ -"rse, sir, %ith a a&i!$ o !itt!e -"rses %hi(h it !ittered d"rin) the da$. A!! &ine3 he e5(!ai&ed. 8e!!, I a& in !"(*. S(ar!et the (o!o"r, eh3 This %as 1"st !i*e &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s. He hadn7t &ade it (!ear %ho %as to *ee- the %innin)s and I had s"--osed that I %as. B"t i I had !ost a!! the &one$ he %o"!d ha+e said so&ethin) to &a*e &e ee! in his de#t to that a&o"nt. He &i)ht at !east ha+e )i+en &e a (o&&ission. The ne5t ti&e I (a&e "- to Ro&e I o"nd &$ &other in s"(h a distra(ted state that I did not dare at irst to "tter a %ord in her -resen(e or ear o her !$in) into a te&-er and #o5in) &$ ears. I )athered that her tro"#!e %as (onne(ted %ith Ca!i)"!a, then a)ed t%e!+e, and Dr"si!!a, then a)ed thirteen, %ho %ere sta$in) %ith her. Dr"si!!a %as (on ined to her roo& %itho"t ood and Ca!i)"!a %as at !i#ert$ #"t !oo*in) thoro")h!$ ri)htened. He +isited &e that e+enin) and said/ Un(!e C!a"di"s. Be) $o"r &other not to te!! the E&-eror. 8e %ere doin) no %ron), I s%ear. It %as 1"st a )a&e. 9o" (an7t #e!ie+e it o "s. Sa$ $o" (an7t. 8hen he e5-!ained %hat he did not %ant to!d to the E&-eror, and s%ore #$ his ather7s hono"r that he and Dr"si!!a %ere entire!$ inno(ent, I e!t #o"nd to do %hat I (o"!d or the (hi!dren. I %ent to &$ &other and said/ Ca!i)"!a s%ears $o" are &ista*en. He s%ears #$ his ather7s hono"r, and i there is the !east -ossi#!e do"#t in $o"r &ind a#o"t his )"i!t $o" o")ht to res-e(t that oath. :or &$ -art, I (an7t #e!ie+e that a #o$ o t%e!+e---Ca!i)"!a7s a &onster and Dr"si!!a7s a she-&onster, and $o"7re a #!o(*head, and I #e!ie+e &$ e$es &ore than their
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oaths or $o"r nonsense. I sha!! )o to Ti#eri"s the irst thin) to-&orro%. B"t, Mother, i $o" te!! the E&-eror, it %i!! not #e on!$ those t%o %ho %i!! s" er. :or on(e !et7s ta!* ran*!$, and #e da&ned to in or&ersB I &a$ #e a #!o(*head, #"t $o" *no% as %e!! as I do that Ti#eri"s s"s-e(ts A)ri--ina o ha+in) -oisoned Castor to )et her e!der #o$s &ade heirs to the &onar(h$, and that he !i+es in terror o a s"dden risin) in their a+o"r. I $o", as their )rand&other, a(("se these (hi!dren o in(est, do $o" s"--ose that he %on7t ind a %a$ o in+o!+in) the e!der &e&#ers o the a&i!$ in the (har)e3 9o"7re a #!o(*head, I sa$, I (an7t #ear the %a$ $o"r head t%it(hes and $o"r Ada&7s a--!e )oes "- and do%n. B"t I (o"!d see that I had &ade an i&-ression on her, and de(ided that i I *e-t o"t o her si)ht or the rest o &$ +isit to Ro&e, so that &$ -resen(e %as not a re&inder to her o &$ ad+i(e, it %as !i*e!$ that Ti#eri"s %o"!d hear nothin) ro& her a#o"t the &atter. I -a(*ed "- a e% thin)s and %ent to &$ #rother-in-!a% P!a"ti"s7 ho"se, to as* hi& to -"t &e "-. 0B$ no% P!a"ti"s %as %e!! ad+an(ed in his (areer and in o"r $ears %o"!d #e Cons"!.2 S"--er %as !on) o+er #$ the ti&e I (a!!ed and he %as readin) !e)a! do("&ents in his st"d$. His %i e had )one to #ed, he said. I as*ed, Ho% is she3 She !oo*ed rather %orried %hen I sa% her !ast. He !a")hed. 8h$, $o" r"sti( e!!o%, ha+en7t $o" heard3 I di+or(ed N"&antina a &onth a)o or &ore. 8hen I said $ %i e7 I &eant &$ ne% one, A-ronia, da")hter o the &an %ho )a+e Ta( arinas s"(h a #eatin) re(ent!$B I a-o!o)ised and said that I s"--osed I o")ht to o er &$ 032 (on)rat"!ations. B"t %h$ did $o" di+or(e N"&antina3 I tho")ht $o" t%o )ot on +er$ %e!! to)ether. Not #ad!$ at a!!. B"t, to te!! the tr"th, I7+e #een in rather a i5 !ate!$ %ith de#ts. I had #ad !"(* so&e $ears a)o as a 1"nior &a)istrate. 9o" *no% ho% &"(h one is e5-e(ted to s-end o"t o one7s o%n -o(*ets on Ga&es. 8e!!, to #e)in %ith, I s-ent &ore than I (o"!d a ord and had e5tre&e!$ #ad !"(* #esides, $o" &a$ re&e&#er. T%i(e there %as a &ista*e &ade in -ro(ed"re ha! %a$ thro")h the Ga&es and I had to start a!! o+er a)ain the ne5t da$. The irst ti&e it %as &$ o%n a"!t/ I "sed a or& o -ra$er %hi(h had #een a!tered #$ stat"te t%o $ears -re+io"s!$. The ne5t ti&e a tr"&-eter %ho %as #!o%in) a !on) (an had not ta*en a dee- eno")h #reath/ he #ro*e o short and that %as eno")h to end thin)s a se(ond ti&e. So I had to -a$ the s%ord- i)hters and (harioteers three ti&es o+er. I ha+e ne+er #een o"t o de#t sin(e. I had to do so&ethin) a#o"t it at !ast, #e(a"se &$ (reditors %ere )ettin) nast$. N"&antina7s do%r$ %as s-ent !on) a)o, #"t I &ana)ed to arran)e &atters %ith her "n(!e. He has ta*en her #a(* %itho"t it on (ondition that I !et hi& ado-t o"r $o"n)er son. He %ants an heir and has ta*en a an($ to the #o$. And A-ronia7s +er$ ri(h, so no% I7& a!! ri)ht. O (o"rse, N"&antina didn7t !i*e !ea+in) &e at a!!. I had to te!! her
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that I %as on!$ doin) this #e(a"se I had a hint ro& a Certain :riend o a Certain Persona)e that i I didn7t &arr$ A-ronia, %ho has #een in !o+e %ith &e and has interest at Co"rt, I7d #e (har)ed %ith #!as-he&$ a)ainst A")"st"s. 9o" see, the other da$ one o &$ s!a+es tri--ed and dro--ed an a!a#aster #o%! "!! o %ine in the &idd!e o the ha!!. I had a ridin) %hi- %ith &e and %hen I heard the (rash I r"shed at the e!!o% and air!$ !a(ed into hi&. I %as #!ind %ith "r$. He said, Stead$ on. Master, !oo* %here %e are! And the #r"te had one oot %ithin that ho!$ %hite s4"are o &ar#!e aro"nd A")"st"s7 stat"e. I dro--ed &$ %hi- at on(e #"t ha! a do6en reed&en &"st ha+e seen &e. I a& (on ident that I (an tr"st the& not to in or& a)ainst &e, #"t N"&antina %as %orried #$ the in(ident, so I "sed it to re(on(i!e her to the di+or(e. B$ the %a$, this is entire!$ (on identia!. I tr"st $o" not to I CLAUDIU? 0KFK2 -ass it on to Ur)"!ani!!a. I don7t &ind te!!in) $o" she7s rather anno$ed a#o"t the N"&antina #"siness. I ne+er see her no%. 8e!!, i $o" see her, $o" %on7t te!! her %hat I7+e to!d $o"3 S%ear $o" %on7t. I s%ear #$ A")"st"s7 Godhead. That7s )ood eno")h. 9o" *no% the #edroo& that $o" "sed !ast ti&e $o" %ere here3 9es, than*s. I $o"7re #"s$, I7!! )o to #ed no%. I7+e had a !on) 1o"rne$ ro& the (o"ntr$ to-da$ and %orries at ho&e too. M$ &other -ra(ti(a!!$ thre% &e o"t o the ho"se. So %e said )ood ni)ht and I %ent "-stairs. A reed&an )a+e &e a !a&-, %ith rather a 4"eer !oo*, and I %ent into the #edroo& %hi(h %as on the (orridor near!$ o--osite P!a"ti"s7, and a ter sh"ttin) &$se! in #e)an "ndressin). The #ed %as #ehind a ("rtain. I too* o &$ (!othes and %ashed &$ hands and eet in the !itt!e %ash-!a(e at the other end o the roo&. S"dden!$ there %as a hea+$ ste- #ehind &e and &$ !a&- %as #!o%n o"t. I to!d &$se! / 9o"7re done or no%, C!a"di"s. Here7s so&eone %ith a da))er. B"t I said a!o"d as (a!&!$ as I (o"!d/ P!ease !i)ht the !a&-, %hoe+er $o" &a$ #e, and see i %e (an7t ta!* thin)s o+er 4"iet!$. And i $o" de(ide to *i!! &e $o"7!! #e a#!e to see #etter %ith the !a&- !it. A dee- +oi(e ans%ered/ Sta$ %here $o" are. There %as sh" !in) and )r"ntin) and the so"nd o so&eone dressin) and then o !int and stee! str"(* to)ether and at !ast the !a&- %as !it. It %as Ur)"!ani!!a. I had not seen her sin(e Dr"si!!"s7 "nera! and she had not )ro%n an$ -rettier in those i+e $ears. She %as sto"ter than e+er, (o!ossa!!$ sto"t, and #!oated a(ed, there %as eno")h stren)th in this e&a!e Her("!es to ha+e o+er-o%ered a tho"sand C!a"di"ses. I a& -rett$ stron) in the ar&s, #"t she had on!$ to thro% herse! on &e and she %o"!d ha+e (r"shed &e to death. She (a&e to%ards &e and said s!o%!$/ 8hat are $o" doin) in &$ #edroo&3 I e5-!ained &$se! as %e!! as I (o"!d, and said that it %as a #ad 1o*e o P!a"ti"s7, sendin) &e into her roo& %itho"t te!!in) &e that she %as there. I had the )reatest res-e(t or her, I said, and a-o!o)ised sin(ere!$ or &$
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intr"sion and t7FD2 %o"!d !ea+e her at on(e and s!ee- on a (o"(h in the Baths. No, &$ dear, no% $o"7re here $o" sta$. It isn7t o ten that I ha+e the -!eas"re o &$ h"s#and7s (o&-an$. P!ease "nderstand that on(e $o"7re here $o" (an7t es(a-e. Get into #ed and )o to s!ee- and I7!! 1oin $o" !ater. I7& )oin) to read a #oo* "nti! I ee! s!ee-$. I7+e not #een a#!e to s!ee- -ro-er!$ or ni)hts. I a& +er$ sorr$ i I %o*e $o" "- 1"st no%... Get into #ed. I a& +er$ sorr$ indeed a#o"t N"&antina7s di+or(e. I *ne% nothin) a#o"t it "nti! the reed&an to!d &e a &o&ent a)o. Get into #ed and sto- ta!*in). Good ni)ht, Ur)"!ani!!a. I a& rea!!$ +er$... Sh"t "-. She (a&e o+er and dre% the ("rtain. A!tho")h I %as dead tired and (o"!d hard!$ *ee- &$ e$es o-en I did &$ #est to sta$ a%a*e. I %as (on+in(ed that Ur)"!ani!!a %o"!d %ait "nti! I %ent to s!ee- and then stran)!e &e. Mean%hi!e she %as readin) to herse! +er$ s!o%!$ ro& a +er$ d"!! #oo*, a Gree* !o+e-stor$ o the &ost idioti( sort, r"st!in) the -a)es and s-e!!in) o"t ea(h s$!!a#!e s!o%!$ to herse! in a hoarse %his-er/ O s(ho!-ar, she said, $o" ha+e tasted no% #oth hon-e$ and )Pd!. Be (are- "! that the s%eet-ness o $o"r -!eas-"re does not t"rn to-&orr-o% in-to the #it-ter-ness o re--ent-an(eB Psha%, I ret"rned, M$ s%eet-heart, I a& read-$, i $o" )i+e &e an-oth-er *iss !i*e that !ast one, to #e roasted "-on a s!o% ire !i*e a-n$ (hi(*-en or d"(*!in). She (h"(*!ed at this and then said a!o"d, Go to s!ee-, h"s#and. I7& %aitin) "nti! I hear $o" snore. I -rotested, Then $o" sho"!dn7t read s"(h e5(itin) stories. I heard P!a"ti"s )o to #ed a ter a ti&e. O Hea+ens, I tho")ht. He7!! #e as!ee- in a e% &in"tes and %ith t%o doors #et%een "s he %on7t hear &$ (ries %hen Ur)"!ani!!a thrott!es &e. Ur)"!ani!!a sto--ed readin) and I had no &"tterin) and (ra(*!in) o -a-er to he!- &e i)ht a)ainst ra$ s!ee-iness. I e!t &$se! a!!in) as!ee-. I %as as!ee-. I *ne% that I %as as!ee- and I si&-!$ &"st %a*e "-. I str"))!ed ranti(a!!$ to #e a%a*e. At !ast I %as a%a*e. There %as a th"d and a r"st!e o -a-er. The #oo* had #!o%n o the ta#!e on to the !oor. The !a&- had )one o"t, I %as a%are o a stron) dra")ht in the roo&. The door &"st #e o-en. I !istened attenti+e!$ or a#o"t three &in"tes. Ur)"!ani!!a %as (ertain!$ not in the roo&. As I %as tr$in) to &a*e "- &$ &ind %hat to do I heard the &ost dread "! shrie* rin) o"t-- ro& 4"ite (!ose it
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see&ed. A %o&an s(rea&ed, S-are &eB S-are &eB This is N"&antina7s doin)B OB OB Then (a&e the #"&- o a hea+$ &eta! o#1e(t a!!in), then the (rash o s-!interin) )!ass, another shrie*, a distant th"d, then h"rried ootste-s a(ross the (orridor. So&e#od$ %as in &$ roo& a)ain. The door %as so t!$ (!osed and #arred. I re(o)nised Ur)"!ani!!a7s -antin) #reath. I heard her (!othes #ein) ta*en o and !aid on a (hair, and soon she %as !$in) #eside &e. I -retended to #e as!ee-. She )ro-ed or &$ throat in the dar*. I said, as i ha! -%a*in)/ Don7t do that, dar!in). It ti(*!es. And I7+e )ot to )o to Ro&e to&orro% to #"$ so&e (os&eti(s or $o". Then in a &ore %a*e "! +oi(e/ O Ur)"!ani!!aB Is that $o"3 8hat7s a!! that noise3 8hat7s the ti&e3 Ha+e %e #een as!ee- !on)3 She said, I don7t *no%. I &"st ha+e #een as!ee- a#o"t three ho"rs. It7s 1"st #e ore da%n. It so"nds as tho")h so&ethin) dread "! has ha--ened. Let7s )o and see. So %e )ot "- and -"t on o"r (!othes in a h"rr$ and "n!o(*ed the door. P!a"ti"s, na*ed e5(e-t or a (o+er!et hasti!$ %ra--ed ro"nd hi&, stood in the &idd!e o an e5(ited (ro%d ar&ed %ith tor(hes. He %as 4"ite distra(ted and *e-t sa$in), I didn7t do it. I %as as!ee-. I e!t her torn ro& &$ ar&s and heard her #orne thro")h the air s(rea&in) or he!-, and then a (rash o so&ethin) a!!in) and another (rash as she %ent thro")h the %indo%. It %as -it(h dar*. She (a!!ed o"t/ 7S-are &e! It7s N"&antina7s doin).7 Te!! that to the 1"d)es, said A-ronia7s #rother, stridin) "-, and see %hether the$7!! #e!ie+e $o". 9o"7+e *i!!ed her a!! ri)ht. Her s*"!!7s s&ashed in. I didn7t do it, said P!a"ti"s. Ho% (o"!d I ha+e done3 I %as as!ee-. It %as %it(h(ra t. N"&antina7s a %it(h. At da%n he %as ta*en #e ore the E&-eror #$ A-ronia7s #rother. Ti#eri"s (ross-e5a&ined hi& se+ere!$. He said no% 0I that %hi!e he %as so"nd as!ee- she had torn herse! ro& his ar&s and !ea-ed a(ross the roo&, shrie*in) and (rashed thro")h the %indo% into the (o"rt$ard #e!o%. Ti#eri"s &ade P!a"ti"s a((o&-an$ hi& at on(e to the s(ene o the &"rder. The irst thin) that he noti(ed in the #edroo& %as his o%n %eddin)-)i t to :!a"ti"s, a #ea"ti "! #ron6e-and )o!d (ande!a#ra ta*en ro& the to&# o a 4"een, no% !$in) #ro*en on the )ro"nd. He )!an(ed "- and sa% that it had #een %ren(hed ro& the (ei!in). He said/ She (!"n) to it and it (a&e do%n. She %as #ein) (arried to%ards the %indo% on so&e#od$7s sho"!ders. And !oo* ho% hi)h "- in the %indo% the ho!e isB She %as -it(hed thro")h, she did not 1"&- thro")h. It %as %it(h(ra t, said P!a"ti"s. She %as (arried thro")h the air #$ an "nseen -o%er. She shrie*ed and #!a&ed &$ or&er %i e N"&antina.
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Ti#eri"s s(o ed. P!a"ti"s7 riends rea!ised that he %o"!d #e (on+i(ted o &"rder and e5e("ted, and his -ro-ert$ (on is(ated. His )rand&other Ur)"!ania there ore sent hi& a da))er, te!!in) hi& to thin* o his heirs, %ho %o"!d #e a!!o%ed to *ee- the -ro-ert$ i he anti(i-ated the +erdi(t #$ i&&ediate s"i(ide. He %as a (o%ard and (o"!d not #rin) hi&se! to dri+e the da))er ho&e. E+ent"a!!$ he )ot into a hot #ath and ordered a s"r)eon to o-en his +eins or hi&, he s!o%!$ and -ain!ess!$ #!ed to death. I e!t +er$ #ad!$ a#o"t his death. I had not a(("sed Ur)"!ani!!a o the &"rder at on(e #e(a"se I %o"!d ha+e #een as*ed %h$ %hen I heard the irst shrie*s I had not 1"&-ed "- and res("ed A-ronia. I had de(ided to %ait "nti! the tria! and on!$ (o&e or%ard i P!a"ti"s see&ed !i*e!$ to #e (onde&ned. I *ne% nothin) a#o"t the da))er "nti! it %as too !ate. I (o& orted &$se! #$ the tho")ht that he had treated N"&antina +er$ (r"e!!$ and had #een a #ad riend to &e, #esides. To (!ear P!a"ti"s3&e&or$ his #rother #ro")ht a (har)e a)ainst N"&antina o ha+in) disordered P!a"ti"s7 %its #$ %it(h(ra t. B"t Ti#eri"s inter+ened and said that he %as satis ied that P!a"ti"s had #een in "!! -ossession o his a("!ties at the ti&e. N"&antina %as dis(har)ed. There %as not another %ord s-o*en #et%een Ur)"!ani!!a and &$se! . B"t a &onth !ater Se1an"s -aid &e a s"r-rise +isit as he %as -assin) thro")h Ca-"a. He %as in Ti#eri"s7 (o&-an$, on the %a$ to Ca-ri, an is!and near Na-!es, %here Ti#eri"s had t%e!+e +i!!as and re4"ent!$ %ent or a&"se&ent. Se1an"s said/ 9o"7!! #e a#!e to di+or(e Ur)"!ani!!a no%. She7s d"e to ha+e a (hi!d in a#o"t i+e &onths7 ti&e, so &$ a)ents in or& &e. 9o" ha+e &e to than* or this. I *ne% Ur)"!ani!!a7s o#session a#o"t N"&antina. I ha--ened to see a $o"n) s!a+e, a Gree*, %ho &i)ht ha+e #een N"&antina7s &a!e t%in. I &ade her a -resent o hi& and she e!! in !o+e %ith hi& at on(e. His na&e7s Boter. 8hat (o"!d I do #"t than* hi&3 Then I said, And %ho7s &$ ne% %i e to #e3 So $o" re&e&#er o"r (on+ersation3 8e!!, the !ad$ I ha+e in &ind is &$ sister #$ ado-tion--ASIia. 9o" *no% her o (o"rse3 I did, #"t I hid &$ disa--oint&ent, and &ere!$ as*ed %hether an$one so $o"n), #ea"ti "! and. inte!!i)ent %o"!d #e (ontent to &arr$ an o!d, !a&e, si(*, sta&&erin) oo! !i*e &$se! . Oh, he ans%ered #r"ta!!$, she %on7t &ind it in the !east. She7!! #e &arr$in) Ti#eri"s7 ne-he% and Nero7s "n(!e, that7s a!! she thin*s a#o"t. Don7t i&a)ine that she7s in !o+e %ith $o". She &i)ht #rin) herse! to ha+e a (hi!d #$ $o" or the sa*e o its an(estr$, #"t as or an$ senti&ent---In a(t, a-art ro& the hono"r o #e(o&in) $o"r #rother-in-!a%, I &i)ht 1"st as %e!! not di+or(e Ur)"!ani!!a or a!! the i&-ro+e&ent it %i!! &a*e to &$ !i e3 Oh, $o"7!! &ana)e, he !a")hed. 9o" don7t !i+e too !one!$ a !i e here, #$ the !oo* o this roo&. There7s a ni(e %o&an a#o"t so&e%here, I (an see. G!o+es, a hand-&irror, an e&#roider$ ra&e, that #o5 o s%eets, !o%ers (are "!!$ arran)ed. And -PG!ia %on7t #e 1ea!o"s. She has her o%n &en riends, -ro#a#!$, tho")h I don7t -r$ into her a airs. A!! ri)ht, I said. I7!! do it.
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9o" don7t so"nd +er$ )rate "!. It7s not in)ratit"de. 9o" ha+e ta*en )reat tro"#!e on &$ a((o"nt and I don7t *no% ho% to than* $o" -ro-er!$. I %as on!$ ee!in) rather ner+o"s. :ro& %hat I *no% o ,OE!ia she7s rather (riti(a!, i $o" "nderstand %hat I &ean. He #"rst o"t !a")hin). She has a ton)"e !i*e a sa(*in) 0IP2 need!e. B"t s"re!$ #$ no% $o"7re hardened a)ainst &ere s(o!din)3 9o"r &other has )i+en $o" a )ood eno")h trainin), hasn7t she3 I a& sti!! a !itt!e thin-s*inned, I said, in -!a(es. 8e!!, I &"stn7t sta$ here an$ !on)er, &$ dear C!a"di"s. Ti#eri"s %i!! #e %onderin) %here I7+e )one. So it7s a #ar)ain3 9es, and I than* $o" +er$ &"(h. Oh, #$ the %a$, it %as Ur)"!ani!!a, %asn7t it, %ho *i!!ed -oor A-ronia3 I rather e5-e(ted a tra)ed$. Ur)"!ani!!a had a !etter ro& N"&antina #e))in) her to a+en)e her. N"&antina didn7t rea!!$ %rite it, $o" "nderstand. I *no% nothin). I %as so"nd as!ee- at the ti&e. Li*e P!a"ti"s3 So"nder e+en than P!a"ti"s. Sensi#!e e!!o%B 8e!!, )ood-#$e, C!a"di"s. Good-#$e, IE!i"s Se1an"s. He rode o . I di+or(ed Ur)"!ani!!a, a ter irst %ritin) to &$ )rand&other or -er&ission. Li+ia %rote that the (hi!d sho"!d #e e5-osed as soon as #orn, this %as her %ish and the %ish o Ur)"!ania. I sent a re!ia#!e reed&an to Ur)"!ani!!a at Her("!ane"& to te!! her the orders I had #een )i+en, %arnin) her that i she %anted the (hi!d to !i+e she &"st e5(han)e it, as soon as #orn, or a dead #a#$, I had to ha+e a #a#$ o sorts to e5-ose, and so !on) as it %asn7t too !on) dead, an$ dead #a#$ %o"!d ser+e the -"r-ose. So the (hi!d %as sa+ed that %a$ and !ater Ur)"!ani!!a too* it #a(* ro& its oster -arents, ro& %ho& she had )ot the dead #a#$. I don7t *no% %hat ha--ened to Boter, #"t the (hi!d, %ho %as a )ir!, )re% "- the !i+in) i&a)e o N"&antina, the$ sa$. Ur)"!ani!!a has #een dead &an$ $ears no%. 8hen she died the$ had to #rea* do%n a %a!! to )et her enor&o"s #od$ o"t o the ho"se--and it %as a!! honest #"!*, not dro-s$. In her %i!! she -aid a ("rio"s tri#"te to &e/ I don7t (are %hat -eo-!e sa$, #"t C!a"di"s is no oo!. She !e t &e a (o!!e(tion o Gree* )e&s, so&e Persian e&#roideries, and her -ortrait o N"&antina.
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CHAPTER NNIC TIBERIUS AND LICIA NECER MET NO8. LICIA HAD O::ENDED Ti#eri"s #$ dedi(atin) a stat"e to A")"st"s in their 1oint na&es and -"ttin) her na&e irst. He reta!iated #$ doin) the one thin) that she (o"!d not e+en -retend to or)i+e--%hen a&#assadors (a&e to hi& ro& S-ain as*in) 0A.D. KJ2 that the$ &i)ht ere(t a te&-!e to hi& and his &other he re "sed on #eha! o #oth. He to!d the Senate that he had, -erha-s in a &o&ent o %ea*ness, a!!o%ed the dedi(ation o a te&-!e in Asia to the Senate and its !eader 0na&e!$, hi&se! 2--to)ether s$&#o!i6in) the -aterna! )o+ern&ent o Ro&e. His &other7s na&e a!so o(("rred in the dedi(ator$ ins(ri-tion as Hi)h Priestess o the ("!t o A")"st"s. B"t to assent to the dei i(ation o hi&se! and his &other %o"!d #e (arr$in) ind"!)en(e too ar. :or &$se! , &$ Lords, that I a& a &orta! &an, that I a& #o"nd #$ the tra&&e!s o h"&an nat"re, and that I i!! the -rin(i-a! -!a(e a&on) $o" to $o"r satis a(tion--i I do--I so!e&n!$ ass"re $o" is 4"ite eno")h or &e/ this is ho% I -re er to #e re&e&#ered #$ -osterit$. I -osterit$ #e!ie+es &e to ha+e #een %orth$ o &$ an(estors, %at(h "! o $o"r interest, "n&o+ed in dan)ers and, in de en(e o the (o&&on%ea!th, ear!ess o -ri+ate en&ities, I %i!! #e s" i(ient!$ re&e&#ered. The !o+in) )ratit"de o the Senate and -eo-!e o Ro&e and or o"r a!!ies is the airest te&-!e I %o"!d raise--a te&-!e not o &ar#!e #"t &ore end"rin) than &ar#!e, a te&-!e o the heart. Mar#!e te&-!es, %hen the ha!!o%ed #ein)s to %ho& the$ are raised a!! into disre-"te, are des-ised as &ere se-"!(hres. I there ore in+o*e Hea+en to )rant &e "nti! the end o &$ !i e an "ntro"#!ed s-irit and the -o%er o (!ear dis(ern&ent in a!! d"ties h"&an and sa(red/ and there ore too I i&-!ore o"r (iti6ens and a!!ies that %hene+er disso!"tion (o&es to this &orta! #od$ o &ine, the$ %i!! (e!e#rate &$ !i e and deeds 0I 0i the$ are so %orth$2 %ith in%ard than* "!ness and -raise rather than the o"t%ard -o&- and te&-!e-#"i!din) and ann"a! sa(ri i(e. The tr"e !o+e that Ro&e e!t or &$ ather A")"st"s %hen he %as a&on) "s as a &an is a!read$ o#s("red #oth #$ the a%e %hi(h his Godhead e5(ites in the re!i)io"s-&inded and #$ the indis(ri&inate "se o his na&e as a &ar*et-!a(e oath. And %hi!e %e are on the s"#1e(t, &$ Lords, I -ro-ose that %e hen(e orth &a*e it a (ri&ina! o en(e to "se the sa(red na&e o A")"st"s or an$ #"t the &ost so!e&n o((asions and that %e en or(e this !a% +i)o"ro"s!$. No &ention o Li+ia7s ee!in)s in the &atter. And the da$ #e ore he had re "sed to a--oint one o her no&inees to a +a(ant ;"d)eshi-, "n!ess he %ere -er&itted to 4"a!i $ the a--oint&ent %ith/ This -erson is the (hoi(e o &$ &other, Li+ia A")"sta, to %hose i&-ort"nities in his interest I ha+e #een or(ed to )i+e %a$, a)ainst &$ #etter *no%!ed)e o his (hara(ter and (a-a(ities.

Soon a ter this Li+ia in+ited a!! the no#!e%o&en o Ro&e to an a!!-da$ entertain&ent. There %ere 1"))!ers and a(ro#ats and re(itations ro& the -oets and &ar+e!!o"s (a*es and s%eet&eats and !i4"e"rs and a #ea"ti "! 1e%e! or ea(h )"est as a &e&ento o the o((asion. To (on(!"de the -ro(eedin)s Li+ia )a+e a readin) o A")"st"s7 !etters. She %as no% ei)ht$-three $ears o!d and her +oi(e %as %ea* and she %hist!ed a )ood dea! on her s7, #"t or an ho"r and a ha! she he!d her a"dien(e s-e!!#o"nd. The irst !etters she read (ontained -rono"n(e&ents on -"#!i( -o!i($, a!! o %hi(h see&ed es-e(ia!!$ %ritten as %arnin)s a)ainst the -resent state o a airs at Ro&e.
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There %ere so&e +er$ a--osite re&ar*s a#o"t treason tria!s, in(!"din) the o!!o%in) -ara)ra-h/ Tho")h I ha+e #een #o"nd to -rote(t &$se! !e)a!!$ a)ainst a!! sorts o !i#e! I sha!! e5ert &$se! to the "t&ost, &$ dear Li+ia, to a+oid sta)in) so "n-!easant a s-e(ta(!e as a tria!, or treason, o an$ oo!ish historian, (ari(at"rist or e-i)ra&&a*er %ho has &ade &e a tar)et o his %it or e!o4"en(e. M$ ather ;"!i"s Cassar or)a+e the -oet Cat"!!"s the &ost i!th$ !a&-oons i&a)ina#!e/ he %rote to Cat"!!"s that i he %ere tr$in) to sho% that he %as no ser+i!e !atterer !i*e &ost o his e!!o%--oets, he had no% "!!$ -ro+ed his (ase and (o"!d ret"rn to other &ore -oeti(a! s"#1e(ts than the se5"a! a#nor&a!ities o a &idd!ea)ed states&an/ and %o"!d he (o&e to dinner the ne5t da$ and #rin) an$ riend he !i*ed3 Cat"!!"s (a&e, and then(e or%ard the t%o %ere ast riends. To "se the &a1est$ o !a% or re+en)in) an$ -ett$ a(t o -ri+ate s-ite is to &a*e a -"#!i( (on ession o %ea*ness, (o%ardi(e and an i)no#!e s-irit. There %as a nota#!e -ara)ra-h a#o"t in or&ers/ E5(e-t %here I a& (on+in(ed that an in or&er does not e5-e(t to #ene it dire(t!$ or indire(t!$ #$ his a(("sations, #"t #rin)s the& ro& a sense o tr"e -atriotis& and -"#!i( de(en($, I not on!$ dis(o"nt their i&-ortan(e as e+iden(e #"t I -"t a #!a(* &ar* a)ainst that in or&er7s na&e and ne+er a ter%ards e&-!o$ hi& in an$ -osition o tr"st... And, to inish "-, she read a series o +er$ i!!"&inatin) !etters. Li+ia had tens o tho"sands o A")"st"s7 !etters, %ritten o+er a stret(h o i t$-t%o $ears, (are "!!$ se%n into #oo*- or& and inde5ed. She (hose ro& these tho"sands the i teen &ost da&a)in) ones she (o"!d ind. The series #e)an %ith (o&-!aints a)ainst Ti#eri"s7 dis)"stin) #eha+io"r as a !itt!e #o$, his "n-o-"!arit$ %ith his s(hoo! e!!o%s as a #i) #o$, his (!ose- istedness and ha")htiness as a $o"n) &an, and so on, %ith si)ns o )ro%in) irritation and the -hrase, o ten re-eated, and i it %ere not that he %as $o"r son, &$ dearest Li+ia, I %o"!d sa$---- Then (a&e (o&-!aints o his #r"ta! se+erit$ %ith the troo-s "nder his (o&&and--a!&ost an en(o"ra)e&ent to &"tin$--and his di!atoriness in -ressin) his atta(*s on the ene&$, %ith "n a+o"ra#!e (o&-arisons #et%een his &ethods and &$ ather7s. Then an an)r$ re "sa! to (onsider hi& as a son-in-!a%, and a detai!ed !ist o his &ora! short(o&in)s. Then &ore !etters re!atin) to the -ain "! ;"!ia stor$, %ritten or the &ost -art in ter&s o a!&ost insane !oathin) and dis)"st or Ti#eri"s. She read one i&-ortant !etter %ritten on the o((asion o Ti#eri"s7 re(a!! ro& Rhodes/ DEAREST LICIA/ I ta*e ad+anta)e o this ort$-se(ond anni+ersar$ o o"r &arria)e to than* $o" %ith a!! &$ heart or the e5traordinar$ ser+i(es $o" ha+e rendered the State e+er sin(e %e 1oined or(es. I I a& st$!ed the :ather o the Co"ntr$ it 0$ see&s a#s"rd to &e that $o" sho"!d not #e st$!ed the Mother o the Co"ntr$/ I s%ear $o" ha+e done t%i(e as &"(h as I ha+e in o"r )reat %or* o -"#!i( re(onstr"(tion. 8h$ do $o" as* &e to %ait another e% $ears #e ore as*in) the Senate to +ote $o" this hono"r3 The on!$ %a$ that I (an sho% &$ a#so!"te (on iden(e in $o"r disinterested !o$a!t$ and -ro o"nd 1"d)&ent is to )i+e %a$ at !ast to $o"r re-eated -!eas or the re(a!! o Ti#eri"s, a &an to %hose (hara(ter I (on ess I (ontin"e to ee! the )reatest re-")nan(e, and I -ra$ to Hea+en that #$ )i+in) %a$ to $o" no% I do not in !i(t !astin) da&a)e on the (o&&on%ea!th. Li+ia7s !ast (hoi(e %as a !etter %ritten a#o"t a $ear #e ore A")"st"s7 death/ I had a s"dden ee!in) o -ro o"ndest re)ret and des-air, &$ dearest %i e, %hen dis("ssin) State -o!i($ %ith Ti#eri"s $esterda$, that the -eo-!e o Ro&e sho"!d #e ated to #e )!ared at #$ those -rotr"din) e$es o his and -o"nded #$ that #on$ ist o his and (he%ed #$ those dread "!!$ s!o% 1a%s o his and sta&-ed on #$ those h")e eet o his. B"t I %as or the &o&ent re(*onin) %itho"t $o"rse! and o"r dear Ger&ani("s. I I did not #e!ie+e that %hen I a& dead he %i!! #oth #e
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)"ided #$ $o" in a!! &atters o State and sha&ed #$ Ger&ani("s7 e5a&-!e into at !east a se&#!an(e o de(ent !i+in), I %o"!d e+en no%, I s%ear, disinherit hi& and as* the Senate to re+o*e a!! his tit!es o hono"r. The &an7s a #east and needs *ee-ers. 8hen she had inished she rose and said/ Perha-s, !adies, it %o"!d #e #est to sa$ nothin) to $o"r h"s#ands a#o"t these -e("!iar !etters. I did not rea!ise, in a(t, %hen I #e)an to read, ho%--ho% -e("!iar the$ %ere. I a& not as*in) $o" this on &$ o%n a((o"nt #"t or the sa*e o the E&-ire. Ti#eri"s heard the %ho!e stor$ ro& Se1an"s 1"st as he %as a#o"t to ta*e his seat in the Senate, and he %as o+er(o&e %ith sha&e and ra)e and a!ar&. It so ha--ened that his #"siness that a ternoon %as to hear a (har)e o treason #ro")ht a)ainst Lent"!"s, one o the -onti s %ho had in("rred his s"s-i(ion in the &atter o the -ra$er or Nero and Dr"s"s, and a!so #e(a"se he had +oted or the &iti)ation o Sosia7s senten(e. 8hen Lent"his, a si&-!e o!d &an, distin)"ished e4"a!!$ or his #irth, his +i(tories in A ri(a "nder A")"st"s and his "nass"&in) &i!dness--his ni(*na&e %as The Be!!-8ether--heard that he %as a(("sed o -!ottin) a)ainst the State, he #"rst o"t !a")hin). Ti#eri"s, a!read$ distra(ted, !ost a!! se! -(ontro! and said, near!$ %ee-in), to the Ho"se/ I Lent"!"s too hates &e, I a& "n%orth$ to !i+e, Ga!!"s re-!ied/ Cheer "-. 9o"r Ma1est$--I #e) $o"r -ardon, I had or)otten that $o" dis!i*e the tit!e--I sho"!d sa$, (heer "-, Ti#eri"s CaesarB Lent"!"s %as not !a")hin) at $o", he %as !a")hin) %ith $o". He %as re1oi(in) %ith $o" that or on(e there sho"!d (o&e #e ore the Senate a (har)e o treason that %as a#so!"te!$ "n o"nded. So the (har)e a)ainst Lent"!"s %as dro--ed. B"t Ti#eri"s had a!read$ #een the (a"se o Lent"!"s7 ather7s death. He %as i&&ense!$ ri(h and %as so ri)htened #$ Ti#eri"s7 s"s-i(ions o hi& that he had *i!!ed hi&se! , and as a -roo o !o$a!t$ had !e t his entire ort"ne to Ti#eri"s, %ho therea ter (o"!d not #e!ie+e that Lent"!"s, no% !e t +er$ -oor, har#o"red no resent&ent a)ainst hi&. Ti#eri"s did not enter the Senate a)ain or t%o %ho!e &onths/ he (o"!d not !oo* the senators in the a(e %ith the *no%!ed)e that their %i+es had heard A")"st"s7 !etters a#o"t hi&. Se1an"s s"))ested that it %o"!d #e )ood or his hea!th to !ea+e Ro&e or a%hi!e and sta$ a e% &i!es a%a$ at one o his +i!!as, %here he %o"!d es(a-e ro& the dai!$ thron) o Pa!a(e +isitors and the noise and #"st!e o the Cit$. He o!!o%ed this ad+i(e. The a(tion that he too* a)ainst his &other %as to s"-erann"ate her, to o&it her na&e ro& a!! -"#!i( do("&ents, to dis(ontin"e her ("sto&ar$ #irthda$ hono"rs, and to &a*e it (!ear that an$ (o"-!in) o her na&e %ith his or an$ -raise o her in the Senate %o"!d #e re)arded as !itt!e short o treason. More a(ti+e +en)ean(e he did not dare ta*e. He *ne% that she sti!! had the !etter %hi(h he had %ritten ro& Rhodes -ro&isin) her his !i e!on) o#edien(e and that she %as 4"ite (a-a#!e o readin) it, e+en tho")h it &i)ht in(ri&inate her as the &"rderess o Gai"s and L"(i"s. B"t this %onder "! o!d %o&an %as not de eated $et, as 0D32 $o" sha!! read. One da$ I had a note ro& her. The Lad$ Li+ia A")"sta e5-e(ts her dear )randson Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s to +isit and dine %ith her on the o((asion o her #irthda$/ she ho-es that he is in )ood hea!th. I (o"!d not &a*e it o"t. I her dear )randsonB Tender en4"iries a ter &$ hea!thB I did not *no% %hether to !a")h or #e a raid. I had ne+er in &$ !i e #een a!!o%ed to +isit her on her #irthda$. I had ne+er e+en dined %ith her. I had not s-o*en to her, e5(e-t (ere&onia!!$ at the A")"stan esti+a!, or ten $ears. 8hat (o"!d her &oti+e #e3 8e!!, I %o"!d *no% in three da$s, and &ean%hi!e I &"st #"$ her a rea!!$
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&a)ni i(ent -resent. I ina!!$ #o")ht her so&ethin) %hi(h I %as s"re she %o"!d a--re(iate--a )ra(e "!!$-sha-ed %ine-+ase in #ron6e, %ith ser-ent-head hand!es and a (o&-!i(ated desi)n o )o!d and si!+er in!a$. It %as, in &$ o-inion, o ar iner %or*&anshi- than an$ o the Corinthian +esse!s that (o!!e(tors )i+e s"(h a#s"rd -ri(es or no%ada$s. It (a&e ro& ChinaB In the (entre o the desi)n had #een s"n* a )o!d &eda!!ion o A")"st"s %hi(h had so&eho% stra$ed to that %onder "!!$ distant !and. That +ase (ost &e i+e h"ndred )o!d -ie(es, tho")h it stood no &ore than ei)hteen in(hes hi)h. B"t #e ore I te!! o &$ +isit and &$ !on) inter+ie% %ith her I &"st (!ear "- a -oint on %hi(h I &a$ -erha-s ha+e &is!ed $o". :ro& &$ a((o"nts o the treason-tria!s and si&i!ar atro(ities it %i!! -ro#a#!$ #e ded"(ed that the E&-ire "nder Ti#eri"s %as into!era#!$ &is)o+erned in a!! de-art&ents. This %as ar ro& #ein) the (ase. Tho")h he "ndertoo* no ne% -"#!i( %or*s %orth s-ea*in) o , &ere!$ (ontentin) hi&se! %ith (o&-!etin) those #e)"n #$ A")"st"s, he *e-t the Ar&$ and the :!eet e i(ient and "- to stren)th, -aid his o i(ia!s re)"!ar!$ and &ade the& send in detai!ed re-orts o"r ti&es a $ear, en(o"ra)ed trade, ass"red a re)"!ar s"--!$ o (orn or Ita!$, *e-t the roads and a4"ed"(ts in re-air, !i&ited -"#!i( and -ri+ate e5tra+a)an(e in a +ariet$ o %a$s, sta#i!ised ood -ri(es, -"t do%n -ira($ and #anditr$ and #"i!t "- a (onsidera#!e reser+e o -"#!i( &one$ in (ase o an$ nationa! e&er)en($. He &aintained his -ro+in(ia! )o+ernors in o i(e or &an$ $ears at a ti&e, i the$ %ere an$ )ood, so as not to "nsett!e &atters, *ee-in) a (are "! %at(h on the& ho%e+er. One )o+ernor, to sho% his e i(ien($ and !o$a!t$, sent Ti#eri"s &ore tri#"te than %as d"e. Ti#eri"s )a+e hi& a re-ri&and/ I %ant &$ shee- shorn, not sha+ed. As a res"!t there %ere e% rontier %ars a ter the Ger&an tro"#!e %as sett!ed #$ Maro#od""s7 %e!(o&e to Ro&e and Her&ann7s death. Ta( arinas %as the (hie ene&$. He %as or a !on) ti&e *no%n as the La"re!-)i+er #e(a"se three )enera!s--&$ riend :"ri"s, and A-roni"s, the ather o A-ronia, and a third, B!aes"s, Se1an"s7 &aterna! "n(!e, had ea(h in t"rn de eated hi& and #een a%arded tri"&-ha! orna&ents. B!aes"s, %ho s(attered Ta( arinas7 ar&$ and (a-t"red his #rother, %as )i+en the "n"s"a! hono"r o #ein) &ade a ie!d-&arsha!, an hono"r reser+ed in )enera! on!$ or the I&-eria! a&i!$. Ti#eri"s to!d the Senate &at he %as )!ad to hono"r B!aes"s in this %a$ #e(a"se o his *inshi- %ith his tr"sted riend Se1an"s, and %hen, three $ears !ater, a o"rth )enera!, Do!a#e!!a, -"t a ina! end to the A ri(an 8ar, %hi(h had #ro*en o"t a)ain %ith redo"#!ed or(e, #$ not on!$ de eatin) Ta( arinas #"t *i!!in) hi&, Do!a#e!!a %as )ranted on!$ tri"&-ha! orna&ents !est the !a"re!s o B!aes"s, "n(!e o &$ tr"sted riend Se1an"s, sho"!d there#$ !ose their !"stre. B"t I %as ta!*in) o Ti#eri"s7 )ood deeds, not his %ea*nesses/ and rea!!$, ro& the -oint o +ie% o the E&-ire as a %ho!e, he had #een or the !ast t%e!+e $ears a %ise and 1"st r"!er. That no#od$ (an den$. The (an*er in the (ore o the a--!e--i the &eta-hor &a$ #e or)i+en 0A.D. K>2 --did not sho% on the s*in or i&-air the %ho!eso&eness o the !esh. O si5 &i!!ion Ro&an (iti6ens, a &ere t%o or three h"ndred s" ered or Ti#eri"s7 1ea!o"s ears. And I do not *no% ho% &an$ s(ores o &i!!ions o s!a+es and -ro+in(ia!s, and a!!ies %ho %ere s"#1e(ts in a!! #"t na&e, #ene ited so!id!$ #$ the I&-eria! s$ste& as -er e(ted #$ A")"st"s and Li+ia and (arried on in this tradition #$ Ti#eri"s. B"t I %as !i+in) in the a--!e7s (ore, so to s-ea*, and I (an #e -ardoned i I %rite &ore a#o"t
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the (entra! (an*er than a#o"t the sti!! "n#!e&ished and ra)rant o"ter -art. On(e $o" )i+e %a$ to a &eta-hor, C!a"di"s, %hi(h is rare, $o" -"rs"e it too ar. S"re!$ $o" re&e&#er Athenodor"s7 in1"n(tions a)ainst this sort o thin)3 8e!!, (a!! 0D@J2 Se1an"s the &a))ot and )et it done %ith, then ret"rn to $o"r "s"a! ho&e!$ st$!eB Se1an"s de(ided to "se Ti#eri"s7 sense o sha&e as a &eans o *ee-in) hi& a%a$ ro& the Cit$ or a !on)er ti&e than a &ere t%o &onths. He en(o"ra)ed one o his G"ards o i(ers to a(("se a (e!e#rated %it (a!!ed Montan"s o #!a(*enin) Ti#eri"s7 -ri+ate (hara(ter. 8hereas hitherto the a(("sers had #een restrained ro& re-ortin) an$ #"t the &ost )enera! a#"se o Ti#eri"s--as ha")ht$, or (r"e! or do&ineerin)--this so!dier (a&e or%ard and (redited Montan"s %ith !i#e!s o a &ost -arti("!ar and s"#stantia! *ind. Se1an"s too* (are that the !i#e!s %ere as tr"e as the$ %ere dis)"stin), tho")h Montan"s, not ha+in) Se1an"s7 *no%!ed)e o %hat %ent on in the Pa!a(e, had not "ttered the&. The %itness, %ho %as the #est dri!!-instr"(tor in the G"ards, #a%!ed o"t Montan"s7 a!!e)ed o#s(enities at the too his +oi(e, not s!"rrin) o+er the &ost o#s(ene %ords or -hrases, and re "sin) to !et hi&se! #e (ried do%n #$ the sho(*ed -rotests o the senators. I s%ore to te!! the %ho!e tr"th, he #e!!o%ed, and or the hono"r o Ti#eri"s Caesar I sha!! not o&it a sin)!e arti(!e o the a(("sed7s !oathso&e (on+ersation o+erheard #$ &e on the said date and in the said (ir("&stan(es. A(("sed "rther de(!ared that o"r )ra(io"s E&-eror is ast #e(o&in) i&-otent ro& said a!!e)ed de#a"(hes and said o+er-ind"!)en(e in a-hrodisia( &edi(ines, and that in order to ra!!$ his %anin) se5"a! -o%ers he ho!ds -ri+ate e5hi#itions e+er$ three da$s or so in a s-e(ia!!$ de(orated "nder)ro"nd roo& o the Pa!a(e. A(("sed de(!ared that the -er or&ers at these e5hi#itions, S-intrians as the$ are (a!!ed, (o&e -ran(in) in, three at a ti&e, star* na*ed... He %ent on in that strain or ha! an ho"r and Ti#eri"s did not dare to sto- hi&--or -erha-s he %anted to ind o"t 1"st ho% &"(h %as *no%n--"nti! the %itness said one thin) too &an$ 0ne+er &ind %hat it %as2. Ti#eri"s, or)ettin) hi&se! , !ea-ed "- s"dden!$, his a(e (ri&son, and de(!ared that he %o"!d instant!$ (!ear hi&se! o these &onstro"s (har)es or esta#!ish a 1"di(ia! in+esti)ation. Se1an"s tried to (a!& hi& do%n, #"t he re&ained on his eet )!arin) an)ri!$ a#o"t hi&, "nti! Ga!!"s rose and )ent!$ re&inded hi& that it %as Montan"s, not he, %ho %as the a(("sed -art$, that his -ri+ate (hara(ter %as #e$ond s"s-i(ion, and that i ne%s that s"(h an in+esti)ation %as a#o"t to #e he!d rea(hed the rontier -ro+in(es and the a!!ied states, it %o"!d #e (o&-!ete!$ &is"nderstood. Short!$ a ter%ards Ti#eri"s %as %arned #$ Thras$!!"s--%hether this %as arran)ed #$ Se1an"s, I do not *no%-that he %o"!d short!$ !ea+e the Cit$ and that it %o"!d #e death or hi& to re-enter it. Ti#eri"s to!d Se1an"s that he %o"!d &o+e to Ca-ri and !ea+e hi& to !oo* a ter thin)s at Ro&e. He attended one &ore treason-tria!--that o &$ (o"sin C!a"dia P"!(hra, Car"s7 %ido%, %ho, no% that Sosia %as #anished, %as A)ri--ina7s &ost inti&ate riend. She %as (har)ed %ith ad"!ter$, -rostit"tin) her da")hters, and %it(h(ra t a)ainst Ti#eri"s, She %as, I thin*, (o&-!ete!$ inno(ent o a!! these (har)es. As soon as A)ri--ina heard a#o"t it she h"rried to the Pa!a(e and #$ (han(e o"nd Ti#eri"s sa(ri i(in) to A")"st"s. A!&ost #e ore the (ere&on$ %as o+er she (a&e (!ose "- to hi& and said/ Ti#eri"s, this is i!!o)i(a! #eha+io"r. 9o" sa(ri i(e !a&in)oes and -ea(o(*s to A")"st"s and $o" -erse("te his )rand(hi!dren.
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He said s!o%!$/ I do not "nderstand $o". 8hi(h )rand(hi!dren o A")"st"s ha+e I -erse("ted that he did not hi&se! -erse("te3 I a& not ta!*in) a#o"t Post"&"s and ;"!i!!a. I &ean &$se! . 9o" #anished Sosia #e(a"se she %as &$ riend. 9o" or(ed Si!i"s to *i!! hi&se! #e(a"se he %as &$ riend. And Ca!-"rni"s #e(a"se he %as &$ riend. And no% &$ dear P"!(hra is doo&ed too, tho")h her on!$ (ri&e is her oo!ish ondness or &e. Peo-!e are #e)innin) to a+oid &e, sa$in) that I a& "n!"(*$. Ti#eri"s too* her #$ the sho"!ders and said on(e &ore/ And i $o" are not 4"een, &$ dear, thin* $o" that $o" are %ron)ed3 P"!(hra %as (onde&ned and e5e("ted. The Cro%n Prose("tor %as a &an (a!!ed A er, en)a)ed #e(a"se o his e!o4"en(e. A e% da$s !ater A)ri--ina ha--ened to see hi& o"tside the theatre. He a--eared asha&ed o hi&se! and a+oided &eetin) her e$e. She %ent "- to hi& and said/ There is no o((asion or $o" to hide ro& &e, A er. Then 0332 she 4"oted ro& Ho&er, #"t %ith a!terations to s"it the (onte5t, A(hi!!es7 reass"rin) ans%er to the e&#arrassed hera!ds %ho (a&e to hi& %ith a h"&i!iatin) &essa)e ro& A)a&e&non. She said/ He or(ed $o" to it. Tho")h $o" %ere %e!! ee7d It %as not $o"rs #"t A)a&e&non7s deed. This %as re-orted to Ti#eri"s 0tho")h not #$ A er2, the %ord A)a&e&non (a"sed hi& resh a!ar&. A)ri--ina e!! i!! and tho")ht that she %as #ein) -oisoned. She %ent in her sedan to the Pa!a(e to &a*e a !ast a--ea! to Ti#eri"s or &er($. She !oo*ed so thin and -a!e that Ti#eri"s %as (har&ed/ -erha-s she %o"!d die soon. He said/ M$ -oor A)ri--ina, $o" !oo* serio"s!$ i!!. 8hat7s %ron) %ith $o"3 She ans%ered in a %ea* +oi(e/ It &a$ #e that I ha+e done $o" a %ron) in thin*in) that $o" -erse("te &$ riends 1"st #e(a"se the$ are &$ riends. It &a$ #e that I a& "n!"(*$ in &$ (hoi(e o the&, or that &$ 1"d)&ent is o ten at a"!t. B"t I s%ear $o" ha+e done &e e4"a! %ron) in thin*in) that I ha+e the !east ee!in) o dis!o$a!t$ to%ards $o" or that I ha+e an$ a&#ition to r"!e either dire(t!$ or indire(t!$. A!! that I as* is to #e !e t a!one, and $o"r or)i+eness or an$ in1"ries that I ha+e "nintentiona!!$ done $o", and... and.. - She ended in so#s. And %hat e!se3 O Ti#eri"s, #e )ood to &$ (hi!drenB And #e )ood to &eB Let &e &arr$ a)ain. I a& so !one!$. Sin(e Ger&ani("s died I ha+e ne+er #een a#!e to or)et &$ tro"#!es. I (an7t s!ee- at ni)ht. I $o" !et &e &arr$ I7!! sett!e do%n and !ose a!! &$ rest!essness and #e 4"ite a di erent -erson, and then -erha-s $o" %on7t s"s-e(t &e o -!ottin) a)ainst $o". I a& s"re it7s on!$ #e(a"se I !oo* so "nha--$ that $o" thin* I ha+e #ad ee!in)s to%ards $o". 8ho7s the &an $o" %ant to &arr$3 A )ood, )enero"s, "na&#itio"s &an, -ast &idd!e a)e and one o $o"r &ost !o$a! &inisters.
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8hat7s his na&e3 Ga!!"s. He sa$s that he is read$ to &arr$ &e at on(e. Ti#eri"s t"rned on his hee! and %a!*ed o"t o the roo& %itho"t another %ord. A e% da$s !ater he in+ited her to a #an4"et. He "sed o ten to in+ite -eo-!e to dine %ith hi& %ho& he -arti("!ar!$ &istr"sted and stare at the& thro")ho"t the &ea! as i tr$in) to read their se(ret tho")hts/ %hi(h shoo* the se! --ossession o a!! #"t +er$ e%. I the$ !oo*ed a!ar&ed he read it as a -roo o )"i!t. I the$ &et his e$e steadi!$ he read it as an e+en stron)er -roo o )"i!t, %ith inso!en(e added. On this o((asion A)ri--ina, sti!! i!! and "na#!e to eat an$ #"t the !i)htest ood %itho"t na"sea, and stared (onstant!$ at #$ Ti#eri"s, had a &isera#!e ti&e. She %as not a ta!*ati+e -erson, and the (on+ersation, %hi(h %as a#o"t the re!ati+e &erits o &"si( and -hi!oso-h$, did not interest her in the !east and she o"nd it i&-ossi#!e to (ontri#"te an$thin) to it. She &ade a -reten(e o eatin), #"t Ti#eri"s, %ho %as %at(hin) her attenti+e!$, sa% that she sent a%a$ -!ate a ter -!ate "nto"(hed. He tho")ht that she s"s-e(ted hi& o tr$in) to -oison her, and to test this he (are "!!$ -i(*ed an a--!e ro& the dish in ront o hi& and said/ M$ dear A)ri--ina, $o" ha+en7t &ade &"(h o a &ea!. At an$ rate, tr$ this a--!e. It7s a s-!endid one. I had a -resent o $o"n) a--!e trees ro& the Ain) o Parthia three $ears a)o and this is the irst ti&e the$ ha+e #orne r"it. No% a!&ost e+er$one has a (ertain nat"ra! ene&$--i I &a$ (a!! it that. To so&e -eo-!e hone$ is a +io!ent -oison. Others are &ade i!! #$ to"(hin) a horse or enterin) a sta#!e or e+en #$ !$in) on a (o"(h st" ed %ith horse-hair. Others a)ain are &ost "n(o& orta#!$ a e(ted #$ the -resen(e o a (at, and )oin) into a roo& %i!! so&eti&es sa$, There has #een a (at here, e5("se &e i I retire. I &$se! ee! an o+er-o%erin) re-")nan(e to the s&e!! o ha%thorn in #!oo&. A)ri--ina7s nat"ra! ene&$ %as the a--!e. She too* the -resent ro& Ti#eri"s and than*ed hi&, #"t %ith an i!!-(on(ea!ed sh"dder, and said that she %o"!d *ee- it, i she &i)ht, to eat %hen she rea(hed ho&e. ;"st one #ite no%, to taste ho% )ood it is. P!ease or)i+e &e, #"t rea!!$ I (o"!d not. She handed the a--!e to a ser+ant and to!d hi& to %ra- it (are "!!$ in a na-*in or her. 8h$ did Ti#eri"s not i&&ediate!$ tr$ her on a treason 0D@F2 (har)e, as Se1an"s "r)ed3 Be(a"se A)ri--ina %as sti!! "nder Li+ia7s -rote(tion.

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AND SO I COME TO THE ACCOUNT O: M9 DINNER 8ITH Li+ia. She )reeted &e +er$ )ra(io"s!$, see&in) )en"ine!$ de!i)hted %ith &$ )i t. D"rin) the &ea!, at %hi(h no#od$ e!se %as -resent #"t o!d Ur)"!ania and Ca!i)"!a, no% a)ed o"rteen--a ta!! -a!e #o$ %ith a #!ot(hed (o&-!e5ion and s"n*en e$es--she s"r-rised &e #$ the shar-ness o her &ind and the (!earness o her &e&or$. She as*ed &e a#o"t &$ %or*, and %hen I #e)an ta!*in) a#o"t the :irst P"ni( 8ar and dis(reditin) (ertain -arti("!ars )i+en #$ the -oet Nae+i"s 0he had ser+ed in this %ar2 she a)reed %ith &$ (on(!"sions #"t (a")ht &e o"t in a &is4"otation. She said/ 9o"7re )rate "! to &e no%, )randson, aren7t $o", or not !ettin) $o" %rite that #io)ra-h$ o $o"r atherB Do $o" thin* that $o"7d #e dinin) here to-da$ i I hadn7t inter+ened3 E+er$ ti&e the s!a+e i!!ed &$ ("- I had dr"n* it strai)ht "-, and no% at the tenth or t%e! th dra")ht I e!t !i*e a !ion. I ans%ered #o!d!$/ E5tre&e!$ )rate "!. Grand&other, to #e sa e a&on) the Cartha)inians and Etr"s(ans. B"t %i!! $o" te!! &e 1"st %h$ I7& dinin) here toda$3 She s&i!ed/ 8e!!, I ad&it that $o"r -resen(e at ta#!e sti!! (a"ses &e a (ertain a&o"nt o ... B"t ne+er &ind. I I ha+e #ro*en one o &$ o!dest r"!es that is &$ a air, not $o"rs. Do $o" dis!i*e &e, C!a"di"s3 Be ran*. Pro#a#!$ as &"(h as $o" dis!i*e &e. Grand&other. 0Co"!d this #e &$ o%n +oi(e s-ea*in)32 Ca!i)"!a sni))ered, Ur)"!ania tittered, Li+ia !a")hed/ :ran* eno")hB B$ the %a$, ha+e $o" noti(ed that &onster there3 He7s #een *ee-in) "n"s"a!!$ 4"iet d"rin) the &ea!. 8ho, Grand&other3 That ne-he% o $o"rs. Is he a &onster3 Don7t -retend $o" don7t *no% it. 9o" are a &onster aren7t $o", Ca!i)"!a3 8hate+er $o" sa$, Great-)rand&other, Ca!i)"!a said %ith do%n(ast e$es. 8e!!, C!a"di"s, that &onster there, $o"r ne-he%--I7!! te!! $o" a#o"t hi&. He7s )oin) to #e the ne5t E&-eror. I tho")ht it %as a 1o*e. I said s&i!in)!$/ I $o" te!! &e so. Grand&other, it is so. B"t %hat are his re(o&&endations3 He7s the $o"n)est o the a&i!$ and tho")h he has )i+en e+iden(es o )reat nat"ra! ta!ent... 9o" &ean that the$ %on7t an$ o the& stand a (han(e a)ainst Se1an"s and $o"r sister Li+i!!a3 I %as asto"nded at the reedo& o the (on+ersation. I didn7t &ean an$thin) o the sort. I ne+er (on(ern &$se!
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%ith hi)h -o!iti(s. I on!$ &eant that he7s $o"n) $et, &"(h too $o"n) to #e E&-eror, and that as a -ro-he($ it see&s rather a !on) shot. Not a !on) shot at a!!. Ti#eri"s %i!! &a*e hi& his s"((essor. No 4"estion o it. 8h$3 Be(a"se Ti#eri"s is !i*e that. He has the sa&e +anit$ as -oor A")"st"s had/ he (an7t #ear the idea o a s"((essor %ho %i!! #e &ore -o-"!ar than hi&se! . B"t at the sa&e ti&e he does a!! he (an to &a*e hi&se! hated and eared. So, %hen he ee!s that his ti&e7s near!$ "-, he7!! sear(h or so&eone 1"st a !itt!e %orse than hi&se! to s"((eed hi&. And he7!! ind Ca!i)"!a. There is one deed that Ca!i)"!a has a!read$ done %hi(h -"ts hi& in a ar hi)her ran* o (ri&ina!it$ than Ti#eri"s (an e+er no% attain. P!ease, Great-)rand&other... Ca!i)"!a -!eaded. A!! ri)ht, &onster, $o"r se(ret7s sa e %ith &e so !on) as $o" #eha+e. Does Ur)"!ania *no% the se(ret3 I as*ed. No. It7s #et%een the &onster and &$se! . Did he (on ess it +o!"ntari!$3 Certain!$ not. He7s not the (on essin) sort. I o"nd o"t a#o"t it #$ a((ident. I %as sear(hin) his #edroo& one ni)ht to see i he %as tr$in) an$ s(hoo!#o$ tri(*s on &e-- 0D2 %hether he %as doin) an$ a&ate"r #!a(* &a)i(, or instan(e, or disti!!in) -oisons or an$thin) o the sort. I (a&e a(ross... P!ease, Great-)rand&other. A )reen o#1e(t that to!d &e a +er$ re&ar*a#!e stor$. B"t I )a+e it #a(* to hi&. Ur)"!ania said )rinnin)/ Thras$!!"s said I7& )oin) to die this $ear, so I %on7t ha+e the -!eas"re o !i+in) in $o"r rei)n, Ca!i)"!a, "n!ess $o" h"rr$ "- and &"rder Ti#eri"sB I t"rned to Li+ia/ Is he )oin) to do that. Grand&other3 Ca!i)"!a said/ Is it sa e or Un(!e C!a"di"s to #e to!d thin)s3 Or are $o" )oin) to -oison hi&3 She ans%ered, Oh, he7s 4"ite sa e, %itho"t an$ -oison. I %ant $o" t%o to *no% ea(h other #etter than $o" do. That7s one reason or this dinner. Listen, Ca!i)"!a. 9o"r "n(!e C!a"di"s is a -heno&enon. He7s so o!d- ashioned that #e(a"se he7s s%orn an oath to !o+e and -rote(t his #rother7s (hi!dren $o" (an a!%a$s i&-ose on hi&--as !on)
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as $o" !i+e. Listen, C!a"di"s. 9o"r ne-he% Ca!i)"!a is a -heno&enon. He7s trea(hero"s, (o%ard!$, !"st "!, +ain, de(eit "!, and he7!! -!a$ so&e +er$ dirt$ tri(*s on $o" #e ore he7s done/ #"t re&e&#er one thin), he7!! ne+er *i!! $o". 8h$7s that3 I as*ed, drainin) &$ ("- a)ain. The (on+ersation %as !i*e the sort one has in drea&s--&ad #"t interestin), Be(a"se $o"7re the &an %ho7s )oin) to a+en)e his death. I3 8ho said so3 Thras$!!"s. Does Thras$!!"s ne+er &a*e &ista*es3 No. Ne+er. Ca!i)"!a7s )oin) to #e &"rdered and $o"7re to a+en)e his death. A )!oo&$ si!en(e s"dden!$ e!! and (ontin"ed "nti! dessert, %hen Li+ia said/ Co&e, C!a"di"s, the rest o o"r ta!* sha!! #e in -ri+ate. The other t%o rose and !e t "s a!one. I said/ That see&ed to &e a +er$ odd (on+ersation, Grand&other. 8as it &$ a"!t3 Had I #een drin*in) too &"(h3 I &ean, so&e 1o*es aren7t sa e, no%ada$s. It %as rather dan)ero"s oo!in). I ho-e the ser+ants... Oh, the$7re dea -&"tes. No, don7t #!a&e the %ine. There7s tr"th in %ine, and the (on+ersation %as -er e(t!$ serio"s so ar as I %as (on(erned. B"t... #"t i $o" rea!!$ thin* hi& a &onster %h$ do $o" en(o"ra)e hi&3 8h$ not )i+e Nero $o"r s"--ort3 He7s a ine e!!o%. Be(a"se Ca!i)"!a, not Nero, is to #e the ne5t E&-eror. B"t he7!! &a*e a &ar+e!!o"s!$ #ad one i he7s %hat $o" sa$ he is. And $o", %ho ha+e de+oted $o"r %ho!e !i e to the ser+i(e o Ro&e... 9es. B"t $o" (an7t i)ht a)ainst :ate. And no% that Ro&e has #een "n)rate "! and &ad eno")h to a!!o% &$ #!a(*)"ard!$ son to -"t &e on the she! , and ins"!t &e--&e, (an $o" i&a)ine it, -erha-s the )reatest r"!er that the %or!d has e+er *no%n, and his &other, too... Her +oi(e )re% shri!!. I %as an5io"s to (han)e the s"#1e(t. I said, P!ease, (a!& $o"rse! . Grand&other. As $o" sa$, $o" (an7t i)ht a)ainst :ate. B"t isn7t there so&ethin) -arti("!ar that $o" %ant to te!! &e. Grand&other, (onne(ted %ith a!! this3

9es, it7s a#o"t Thras$!!"s. I (ons"!t hi& re4"ent!$.

Ti#eri"s doesn7t *no% that I do, #"t Thras$!!"s has #een here o ten. He to!d &e so&e $ears a)o %hat %o"!d ha--en #et%een Ti#eri"s and &e--that he7d e+ent"a!!$ re#e! a)ainst &$ a"thorit$ and ta*e the E&-ire %ho!!$ into his o%n hands. I didn7t #e!ie+e it then. He a!so to!d &e another thin)/ that tho")h I %o"!d die a disa--ointed o!d %o&an I %o"!d #e a(*no%!ed)ed a Goddess &an$ $ears a ter &$ death. And -re+io"s!$ he had said that one %ho &"st die in the $ear %hi(h I *no% no% is the $ear in %hi(h I &"st die, %i!! #e(o&e the )reatest Deit$ the %or!d has e+er *no%n and that, ina!!$, no te&-!es at Ro&e or an$%here in the E&-ire %i!! #e dedi(ated to an$one e!se. Not e+en to A")"st"s. 8hen are $o" to die3 Three $ears hen(e, in the s-rin). I *no% the +er$ da$. B"t are $o" so an5io"s to #e(o&e a Goddess3 M$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s isn7t at a!! an5io"s, it see&s. It is a!! I thin* a#o"t, no% that &$ %or* is o+er. And 0DID2 %h$ not3 I A")"st"s is a God, it7s a#s"rd or &e to #e &ere!$ his -riestess. I did a!! the %or*, didn7t I3 He no &ore had it in hi& to #e a )reat r"!er than Ti#eri"s has. 9es, Grand&other. B"t isn7t it eno")h or $o" to *no% %hat $o" ha+e done %itho"t %antin) to #e %orshi--ed #$ the i)norant ra##!e3 C!a"di"s, !et &e e5-!ain. I 4"ite a)ree a#o"t the i)norant ra##!e. It7s not so &"(h &$ a&e on earth that I7& thin*in) a#o"t as the -osition I a& to o(("-$ in Hea+en. I ha+e done &an$ i&-io"s thin)s--no )reat r"!er (an do other%ise. I ha+e -"t the )ood o the E&-ire #e ore a!! h"&an (onsiderations. To *ee- the E&-ire ree ro& a(tions I ha+e had to (o&&it &an$ (ri&es. A")"st"s did his #est to %re(* the E&-ire #$ his ridi("!o"s a+o"ritis&/ Mar(e!!"s a)ainst A)ri--a, Gai"s a)ainst Ti#eri"s. 8ho sa+ed Ro&e ro& rene%ed Ci+i! 8ar3 I did. The "n-!easant and di i("!t tas* o re&o+in) Mar(e!!"s and Gai"s e!! on &e. 9es, don7t -retend $o" ha+en7t e+er s"s-e(ted &e o -oisonin) the&. And %hat is the -ro-er re%ard or a r"!er %ho (o&&its s"(h (ri&es or the )ood o his s"#1e(ts3 The -ro-er re%ard, o#+io"s!$, is to #e dei ied. Do $o" #e!ie+e that the so"!s o (ri&ina!s are eterna!!$ tor&ented3 I ha+e a!%a$s #een ta")ht to #e!ie+e that the$ are. B"t the I&&orta! Gods are ree ro& an$ ear o -"nish&ent, ho%e+er &an$ (ri&es the$ (o&&it3 8e!!, ;o+e de-osed his ather and *i!!ed one o his )randsons and in(est"o"s!$ &arried his sister, and... $es, I a)ree.... The$ none o the& ha+e a )ood &ora! re-"tation. And (ertain!$ the ;"d)es o the Morta! Dead ha+e no 1"risdi(tion o+er the&. E5a(t!$. 9o" see no% %h$ it7s a!!-i&-ortant or &e to #e(o&e a Goddess. And this, i $o" &"st *no%, is the reason %h$ I to!erate Ca!i)"!a. He has s%orn hat i I *ee- his se(ret he %i!! &a*e a Goddess o &e as soon as
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he7s E&-eror. And I %ant $o" to s%ear that $o"7!! do a!! in $o"r -o%er to see that I #e(o&e a Goddess as soon as -ossi#!e, #e(a"se--oh, don7t $o" see3--"nti! he &a*es &e a Goddess I7!! #e in He!!, s" erin) the &ost ri)ht "! tor&ents, the &ost e54"isite ine!"(ta#!e tor&ents. The s"dden (han)e in her +oi(e, ro& (oo! I&-eria! arro)an(e to terri ied -!eadin), astonished &e &ore than an$thin) I had $et heard. I had to sa$ so&ethin) so I said/ I don7t see %hat in !"en(e -oor Un(!e C!a"di"s is e+er !i*e!$ to ha+e, either on the E&-eror or on the Senate. Ne+er &ind a#o"t %hat $o" see or don7t see, idiotB 8i!! $o" s%ear to do as I as*3 8i!! $o" s%ear #$ $o"r o%n head3 I said, Grand&other, I ! s%ear #$ &$ head-- or %hat that7s %orth no%--on one (ondition. 9o" dare to &a*e (onditions to &e3 9es, a ter the t%entieth ("-, and it7s a si&-!e (ondition. A ter thirt$-si5 $ears o ne)!e(t and a+ersion $o" s"re!$ don7t e5-e(t &e to do an$thin) or $o" %itho"t &a*in) (onditions, do $o"3 She s&i!ed. And %hat is this one si&-!e (ondition3 There are a !ot o thin)s that I7d !i*e to *no% a#o"t. I %ant to *no%, in the irst -!a(e, %ho *i!!ed &$ ather, and %ho *i!!ed A)ri--a, and %ho *i!!ed &$ #rother Ger&ani("s, and %ho *i!!ed &$ son Dr"si!!"s.... 8h$ do $o" %ant to *no% a!! this3 So&e i&#e(i!e ho-e o a+en)in) their deaths on &e3 No, not e+en i $o" %ere the &"rderess. I ne+er ta*e +en)ean(e "n!ess I a& or(ed to do so #$ an oath or in se! -rote(tion. I #e!ie+e that e+i! is its o%n -"nish&ent. A!! I %ant no% is 1"st to *no% the tr"th. I a& a -ro essiona! historian and the one thin) that rea!!$ interests &e is to ind o"t ho% thin)s ha--en and %h$. :or instan(e, I %rite histories &ore to in or& &$se! than to in or& &$ readers. O!d Athenodor"s has had a )reat in !"en(e on $o", I see. He %as *ind to &e and I %as )rate "!, so I #e(a&e a Stoi(. I ne+er &edd!ed %ith -hi!oso-hi(a! ar)"&ent--that ne+er a--ea!ed to &e--#"t I ado-ted the Stoi( %a$ o !oo*in) at thin)s. 9o" (an tr"st &e not to re-eat a %ord o %hat $o" te!! &e. I (on+in(ed her that I &eant %hat I said, and so or o"r ho"rs or &ore I as*ed her the &ost sear(hin) 4"estions, and ea(h 4"estion she ans%ered %itho"t e+asion and as (a!&!$ as i she had #een so&e (o"ntr$ ste%ard re!atin) the &inor (as"a!ties o the ar&-$ard to the +isitin) o%ner. 9es, she had -oisoned &$ )rand ather, and no, she had not 0D?J2 -oisoned &$ ather in s-ite o Ti#eri"s7
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s"s-i(ions--it %as a nat"ra! )an)rene, and $es, she had -oisoned A")"st"s #$ s&earin) -oison on the i)s %hi!e the$ %ere sti!! on the tree, and she to!d &e the %ho!e ;"!ia stor$ as I ha+e re!ated it, and the %ho!e Post"&"s stor$--the detai!s o %hi(h I %as a#!e to (he(*, and $es, she had -oisoned A)ri--a and L"(i"s, as %e!! as Mar(e!!"s and Gai"s, and $es, she had inter(e-ted &$ !etters to Ger&ani("s, #"t no, she had not -oisoned hi&-P!an(ina had done that on her o%n initiati+e--#"t she had &ar*ed hi& o"t or death as she had &ar*ed o"t &$ ather, and or the sa&e reason. 8hat reason %as that, Grand&other3 He had de(ided to restore the Re-"#!i(. No, don7t &ista*e &e/ not in a %a$ %hi(h +io!ated his oath o a!!e)ian(e to Ti#eri"s, tho")h it &eant re&o+in) &e. He %as )oin) to &a*e Ti#eri"s ta*e the ste- hi&se! +o!"ntari!$, and a!!o% hi& a!! the (redit or it, *ee-in) in the #a(*)ro"nd hi&se! . He near!$ -ers"aded Ti#eri"s. 9o" *no% %hat a (o%ard Ti#eri"s is. I had to %or* hard and or)e a !ot o do("&ents and te!! a !ot o !ies to *ee- Ti#eri"s ro& &a*in) a oo! o hi&se! . I e+en had to (o&e to an "nderstandin) %ith Se1an"s. This re-"#!i(anis& is a -ersistent taint in the a&i!$. 9o"r )rand ather had it. I ha+e it. Sti!!3 That7s a&"sin). Nero has it too, I "nderstand. It %on7t #rin) hi& &"(h !"(*. And it7s no "se ar)"in) %ith $o" re-"#!i(ans. 9o" re "se to see that one (an no &ore reintrod"(e re-"#!i(an )o+ern&ent at this sta)e than one (an rei&-ose -ri&iti+e ee!in)s o (hastit$ on &odern %i+es and h"s#ands. It7s !i*e tr$in) to t"rn the shado% #a(* on a s"ndia!/ it (an7t #e done. She (on essed to ha+in) had Dr"si!!"s thrott!ed. She to!d &e ho% (!ose I %as to death %hen I irst %rote to Ger&ani("s a#o"t Post"&"s. The on!$ reason that she had s-ared &e %as that there %as a -ossi#i!it$ o &$ %ritin) hi& in or&ation as to Post"&"s7 %herea#o"ts. The &ost interestin) a((o"nt she )a+e &e %as o her -oisonin) &ethods. I as*ed her Post"&"s7 4"estion--%hether she a+o"red s!o% -oisons or 4"i(* ones--and she ans%ered %itho"t the !east e&#arrass&ent that she -re erred re-eated doses o s!o% taste!ess -oisons %hi(h )a+e the e e(t o (ons"&-tion. I as*ed ho% she &ana)ed to (o+er "- her tra(es so %e!! and ho% she &ana)ed to stri*e at s"(h !on) distan(es/ or Gai"s had #een &"rdered in Asia Minor, and L"(i"s at Marsei!!es. She re&inded &e that she had ne+er (ontri+ed a &"rder %hi(h &i)ht #e he!d to #ene it her dire(t!$ and i&&ediate!$. She had not, or instan(e, -oisoned &$ )rand ather7 "nti! so&e ti&e a ter #ein) di+or(ed ro& hi&, nor had she -oisoned an$ o her e&a!e ri+a!s--O(ta+ia or ;"!ia, or S(ri#onia. Her +i(ti&s %ere &ost!$ -eo-!e #$ %hose re&o+a! her sons and )rand(hi!dren %ere #ro")ht (!oser to the s"((ession. Ur)"!ania had #een her on!$ (on idant, and she %as so dis(reet and s*i! "! and-so de+oted that not on!$ %as it &ost "n!i*e!$ that the (ri&es the$ -!anned to)ether %o"!d e+er #e dete(ted #"t, e+en i the$ %ere, the$ %o"!d ne+er ha+e #een #ro")ht ho&e to her. The ann"a! (on essions &ade to Ur)"!ania in -re-aration or the esti+a! o the Good Goddess had #een a "se "! &eans o re&o+in) se+era! -eo-!e %ho stood in the %a$ o her -!ans. She e5-!ained this "!!$. It ha--ened so&eti&es tha (on ession %as &ade not &ere!$ to ad"!ter$ #"t to in(est %ith a #rother or son. Ur)"!ania %o"!d de(!are that the on!$ -ossi#!e -enan(e %as the death o the &an. The %o&an then -!eaded, %as there no other -ossi#!e -enan(e3 Ur)"!ania %o"!d then sa$ that there %as -erha-s an a!ternati+e that the Goddess %o"!d -er&it. The %o&an (o"!d -"ri $ herse! #$ assistin) the Goddess7 +en)ean(e--%ith the he!- o the &an %ho had (a"sed
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her sha&e. :or, Ur)"!ania %o"!d te!! her, a si&i!ar!$ detesta#!e (on ession had #een &ade so&e ti&e #e ore #$ another %o&an, %ho had ho%e+er shr"n* ro& *i!!in) her ra+isher, and so the %ret(h %as sti!! a!i+e, tho")h the %o&an herse! had s" ered. The %ret(h %as s"((essi+e!$ A)ri--a, L"(i"s, and Gai"s. A)ri--a %as a(("sed o in(est %ith his da")hter Mar(e!!ina--%hose "ne5-!ained s"i(ide )a+e (o!o"r to the stor$, Gai"s and L"(i"s o in(est %ith their &other #e ore her #anish&ent--and ;"!ia7s re-"tation )a+e (o!o"r to this stor$ too. In ea(h (ase the %o&an %as on!$ too )!ad to -!an the &"rder and the &an to e5e("te it. Ur)"!ania assisted %ith ad+i(e and s"ita#!e -oisons. Li+ia7s sa et$ !a$ in the re&oteness o the a)ent, %ho i he %ere to #e s"s-e(ted or e+en 0I<2 ta*en red-handed (o"!d not e5-!ain his &oti+e or the &"rder %itho"t "rther in(ri&inatin) hi&se! . I as*ed %hether she had had no (o&-"n(tion a#o"t &"rderin) A")"st"s and either &"rderin) or #anishin) so &an$ o his des(endants. She said/ I ne+er or a &o&ent or)ot %hose da")hter I %as. And that e5-!ained a )reat dea!. Li+ia7s ather, C!a"dian, had #een -ros(ri#ed #$ A")"st"s a ter the Batt!e o Phi!i--i and had (o&&itted s"i(ide rather than a!! into his hands. In short, she to!d &e e+er$thin) that I %anted to *no% e5(e-t a#o"t the ha"ntin) o Ger&ani("s7 ho"se at Antio(h. She re-eated that she had not ordered it and that neither P!an(ina nor Piso had to!d her an$thin) a#o"t it and that I %as in as )ood a -osition to (!ear "- the &$ster$ as she %as. I sa% that it %as "se!ess to -ress her "rther, so I than*ed her or her -atien(e %ith &e and at !ast too* the oath #$ &$ head to do a!! in &$ -o%er to &a*e her a Goddess. As I %as )oin) she handed &e a s&a!! +o!"&e and to!d &e to read it %hen I %as in Ca-"a. It %as the (o!!e(tion o re1e(ted Si#$!!ine +erses that I ha+e %ritten a#o"t in the irst -a)es o this stor$, and %hen I (a&e a(ross the -ro-he($ (a!!ed The S"((ession o Hair$ Ones I tho")ht I *ne% %h$ Li+ia had in+ited &e to dinner and &ade &e s%ear that oath. I I had s%orn it. It a!! see&ed !i*e a dr"n*en drea&.

CHAPTER NNCI SE;ANUS COMPOSED A MEMORIAL TO TIBERIUS, BEGGING TO #e re&e&#ered i a h"s#and or Li+i!!a %as #ein) !oo*ed or, sa$in) that he %as on!$ a *ni)ht, he %as a%are, #"t A")"st"s had on(e s-o*en o &arr$in) his on!$ da")hter to a *ni)ht, and Ti#eri"s at !east had no &ore !o$a! s"#ordinate than hi&se! . He did not ai& at senatoria! ran* #"t %as (ontent to (ontin"e in his -resent station as a s!ee-!ess sentine! or his no#!e E&-eror7s sa et$. He added that s"(h a &arria)e %o"!d #e a serio"s #!o% to A)ri--ina7s -art$, %ho re(o)nised hi& as their &ost a(ti+e o--onent. The$ %o"!d #e a raid to o er +io!en(e to Castor7s s"r+i+in) son #$ Li+i!!a--$o"n) Ti#eri"s Ge&e!!"s. The re(ent death o the other t%in &"st #e !aid at A)ri--ina7s door. Ti#eri"s ans%ered )ra(io"s!$ that he (o"!d not $et )i+e a a+o"ra#!e ans%er to the re4"est, in s-ite o his )reat sense o o#!i)ation to Se1an"s, He tho")ht it "n!i*e!$ that
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Li+i!!a, #oth o %hose -re+io"s h"s#ands had #een &en o the hi)hest #irth, %o"!d #e (ontent or hi& to re&ain a *ni)ht, #"t i he %ere ad+an(ed in ran* as %e!! as #ein) &arried into the I&-eria! a&i!$ this %o"!d (a"se a )reat dea! o 1ea!o"s$, and so stren)then the -art$ o A)ri--ina. He said that it %as -re(ise!$ to a+oid s"(h 1ea!o"sies that A")"st"s had tho")ht o &arr$in) his da")hter to a *ni)ht, a retired &an %ho %as not &i5ed "- %ith -o!iti(s in an$ %a$. B"t he ended on a ho-e "! note/ I %i!! or#ear to te!! I $o" $et -re(ise!$ %hat -!ans I ha+e or #indin) $o" (!oser to &e in a init$. B"t I %i!! sa$ this &"(h, that no re(o&-ense that I (o"!d -a$ $o" or $o"r de+otion %o"!d #e too hi)h, and that %hen the o--ort"nit$ -resents itse! I sha!! ha+e )reat -!eas"re in doin) %hat I -ro-ose to do, Se1an"s *ne% Ti#eri"s too %e!! not to rea!ise that he had &ade the re4"est -re&at"re!$--he had on!$ %ritten at a!! #e(a"se Li+i!!a had -ressed hi&--and had )i+en (onsidera#!e o en(e. He de(ided that Ti#eri"s &"st #e -ers"aded to !ea+e Ro&e at on(e, and &"st a--oint hi& -er&anent Cit$ 8arden--a &a)istrate ro& %hose de(isions the on!$ a--ea! %as to the E&-eror. As Co&&ander o the G"ards he %as a!so in (har)e o the Cor-s o Order!ies, the I&-eria! (o"riers, so he %o"!d ha+e the hand!in) o a!! Ti#eri"s7 (orres-onden(e. Ti#eri"s %o"!d de-end on hi&, too, or de(idin) %hat -eo-!e to ad&it to his -resen(e, and the e%er -eo-!e he had to see the #etter he %o"!d #e -!eased. Litt!e #$ !itt!e the Cit$ 8arden %o"!d ha+e a!! the rea! -o%er, and (o"!d a(t as he -!eased %itho"t dan)er o inter eren(e #$ the E&-eror. At !ast Ti#eri"s !e t Ro&e. His -rete5t %as the dedi(ation o a te&-!e at Ca-"a to ;o+e, and one at No!a to A")"st"s. B"t he did not intend e+er to ret"rn. It %as *no%n that he had ta*en this de(ision #e(a"se o Thras$!!"s7 %arnin), and %hat Thras$!!"s -ro-hesied %as a((e-ted %itho"t 4"estion as #o"nd to (o&e to -ass. It %as ass"&ed that Ti#eri"s, no% si5t$-se+en $ears o a)e--and an ")!$ si)ht he %as, thin, stoo-in), #a!d, sti 1ointed, %ith an "!(ered a(e -at(hed %ith -!asters--%as to die %ithin a +er$ short ti&e. No#od$ (o"!d -ossi#!$ ha+e )"essed that he %as ated to !i+e e!e+en $ears !on)er. This &a$ ha+e #een #e(a"se he ne+er (a&e nearer the Cit$ a)ain than the s"#"r#s. 8e!!, an$%a$ it %as ho% it t"rned o"t. Ti#eri"s too* %ith hi& to Ca-ri a n"&#er o !earned Gree* -ro essors, and a -i(*ed or(e o so!diers, in(!"din) his Ger&an #od$)"ard, and Thras$!!"s, and a n"&#er o -ainted stran)e-!oo*in) (reat"res o do"#t "! se5 and, the &ost ("rio"s (hoi(e o a!!, Co((ei"s Ner+a. Ca-ri is an is!and in the Ba$ o Na-!es a#o"t three &i!es ro& the (oast. Its (!i&ate is &i!d in %inter and (oo! in s"&&er. There is on!$ one -ossi#!e !andin) -!a(e, the rest o the is!and #ein) -rote(ted #$ stee- (!i s and i&-assa#!e thi(*ets. Ho% Ti#eri"s s-ent his !eis"re ti&e here--%hen he %as not dis("ssin) -oetr$ and &$tho!o)$ %ith the Gree*s, or !a% and -o!iti(s %ith Ner+a--is too re+o!tin) a stor$ e+en or histor$, I %i!! sa$ no &ore than that he had #ro")ht %ith hi& a (o&-!ete set o the a&o"s #oo*s o E!e-hantis, the &ost (o-io"s en($(!o-aedia o -orno)ra-h$ e+er )athered to)ether. In Ca-ri he (o"!d do %hat he %as "na#!e to do at Ro&e---ra(tise o#s(enities in the o-en air a&on) the trees and !o%ers or do%n at the %ater7s ed)e, and &a*e as &"(h noise as he !i*ed. As so&e o his ie!ds-orts %ere e5tre&e!$ (r"e!, the s" erin)s o his -!a$&ates #ein) a )reat -art o his -!eas"re, he (onsidered that the ad+anta)e o Ca-ri7s re&oteness )reat!$ o"t%ei)hed the disad+anta)es. He did not !i+e %ho!!$ there/ he "sed to )o or +isits to Ca-"a, Baise and Anti"&. B"t Ca-ri %as his head4"arters.
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A ter a%hi!e he )a+e Se1an"s a"thorit$ to re&o+e the !eaders o A)ri--ina7s -art$ #$ %hate+er &eans see&ed &ost (on+enient. He %as in dai!$ to"(h %ith Se1an"s and a--ro+ed a!! his a(ts in !etters to the Senate. 0A.D. KE2 One Ne% 9ear7s :esti+a! he (e!e#rated at Ca-"a #$ s-ea*in) the ("sto&ar$ -ra$er o #!essin), as Hi)h Ponti , and then s"dden!$ t"rnin) on a *ni)ht (a!!ed Sa#in"s, %ho %as standin) near, and a(("sin) hi& o tr$in) to sed"(e the !o$a!t$ o his reed&en. One o Se1an"s7 &en at on(e -"!!ed Sa#in"s7 )o%n "-, &" !ed his head %ith it, and then thre% a noose ro"nd his ne(* and dra))ed hi& a%a$. Sa#in"s (a!!ed o"t in a (ho*in) +oi(e, He!-, riends, he!-B B"t no#od$ stirred, and Sa#in"s, %hose on!$ (ri&e %as that he had #een Ger&ani("s7 riend and had #een tri(*ed #$ a too! o Se1an"s7 into -ri+ate!$ e5-ressin) s$&-ath$ or A)ri--ina, %as s"&&ari!$ e5e("ted. A !etter ro& Ti#eri"s %as read the-ne5t da$ in the Senate, re-ortin) the death o Sa#in"s and &entionin) Se1an"s7 dis(o+er$ o a dan)ero"s (ons-ira($. M$ Lords, -it$ an "nha--$ o!d &an, !i+in) a !i e o (onstant a--rehension, %ith &e&#ers o his o%n a&i!$ -!ottin) %i(*ed!$ a)ainst his !i e. It %as (!ear that A)ri--ina and Nero %ere &eant #$ this. Ga!!"s rose and &o+ed that the E&-eror sho"!d #e desired to e5-!ain his ears to the Senate, and to a!!o% the& to #e set at rest, as no do"#t the$ (o"!d easi!$ #e. B"t Ti#eri"s did not $et ee! hi&se! stron) eno")h to re+en)e hi&se! on Ga!!"s. In the s"&&er o this $ear there %as an a((identa! &eetin) #et%een Li+ia in a sedan-(hair and Ti#eri"s on a (o# in the &ain street o Na-!es, Ti#eri"s had 1"st !anded ro& Ca-ri and Li+ia %as ret"rnin) ro& a +isit to Her("!ane"&. Ti#eri"s %anted to ride -ast %itho"t a )reetin) #"t or(e o ha#it &ade hi& rein "- and sa!"te her %ith or&a! en4"iries a ter her hea!th. She said/ I7& a!! the #etter or $o"r *ind en4"iries, &$ #o$. And as a &other &$ ad+i(e to $o" is/ #e +er$ (are "! o the #ar#e! $o" eat on $o"r is!and. So&e o the ones the$ (at(h there are hi)h!$ -oisono"s. Than* $o". Mother, he said. As the %arnin) (o&es ro& $o" I sha!! in "t"re sti(* re!i)io"s!$ to t"nn$ and &"!!et. Li+ia snorted and t"rnin) to Ca!i)"!a, %ho %as %ith her, said in a !o"d +oi(e/ 8e!!, as I %as sa$in), &$ h"s#and 0$o"r )reat-)rand ather, &$ dear2 and I (a&e h"rr$in) 0D a!on) this street one dar* ni)ht si5t$- i+e $ears a)o, %asn7t it, on o"r %a$ to the do(*s %here o"r shi- %as se(ret!$ %aitin). 8e %ere e5-e(tin) an$ &o&ent to #e arrested and *i!!ed #$ A")"st"s7 &en--ho% stran)e it see&s! M$ e!der #o$--%e had had on!$ one (hi!d so ar-%as ridin) on his ather7s #a(*. Then %hat sho"!d that !itt!e #east do #"t set "- a terri i( $o%!/ 3h, ather, I %ant to )o #a(* to Per"-"-"-sia.7 That )a+e the sho% a%a$. T%o so!diers (a&e o"t o a ta+ern and (a!!ed a ter "s. 8e dod)ed into a dar* door%a$ to !et the& -ass. B"t Ti#eri"s %ent on $o%!in), %ant to )o #a(* to Per"-"-"-sia.7 I said, 7Ai!! hi&B Ai!! the #ratB It7s o"r on!$ ho-e.7 B"t &$ h"s#and %as a tender-hearted oo! and re "sed. It %as on!$ #$ the &erest (han(e %e es(a-ed. Ti#eri"s, %ho had sto--ed to hear the end o the stor$, d") his s-"rs into his (o# and (!attered o in a "r$. The$ ne+er sa% ea(h other a)ain. Li+ia7s %arnin) a#o"t ish %as on!$ intended to &a*e hi& "n(o& orta#!e, to &a*e hi& thin* that she had his
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isher&en or his (oo*s in her -a$. She *ne% Ti#eri"s7 ondness or #ar#e!, and that he %o"!d no% ha+e a (onstant (on !i(t #et%een his a--etite and his ear o assassination. There %as a -ain "! se4"e!. One da$ Ti#eri"s %as sittin) "nder a tree on a %estern s!o-e o the is!and, en1o$in) the #ree6e and -!annin) a +erse-dia!o)"e in Gree* #et%een the hare and the -heasant, in %hi(h ea(h in t"rn (!ai&ed )astrono&i( -re-e&inen(e. It %as not an ori)ina! idea/ he had re(ent!$ re%arded one o his (o"rt--oets %ith t%o tho"sand )o!d -ie(es or a si&i!ar -oe&, in %hi(h the ri+a!s %ere a &"shroo&, a tit!ar*, an o$ster and a thr"sh. In his introd"(tion to the -resent -ie(e he #r"shed a!! these (!ai&s aside as tri !in), sa$in) that the hare and -heasant a!one had the ri)ht to dis-"te the -ars!e$-(ro%n--their !esh a!one had di)nit$ %itho"t hea+iness, de!i(a($ %itho"t -a!triness, He %as 1"st sear(hin) or a dis(o"rteo"s ad1e(ti+e %ith %hi(h to 4"a!i $ the o$ster %hen he heard a s"dden r"st!in) ro& the tho&-#"shes #e!o% hi& and a to"s!eheaded %i!d-!oo*in) &an a--eared. His (!othes %ere %et and torn to ra)s, his a(e #!eedin) and an o-en *ni e %as in his hand. He #"rst thro")h the thi(*et sho"tin)/ Here $o" are, Caesar, isn7t it a #ea"t$3 :ro& the sa(* he %as (arr$in) o+er his sho"!der he -"!!ed o"t a &onstro"s #ar#e! and thre% it, sti!! *i(*in), on the t"r at Ti#eri"s7 eet. He %as on!$ a si&-!e isher&an %ho had 1"st &ade this re&ar*a#!e (at(h and, seein) Ti#eri"s at the (!i to-, had de(ided to -resent it to hi&. He had &oored his #oat to a ro(*, s%"& to the (!i , str"))!ed "- a -re(i-i(e -ath to the #e!t o thorn-#"shes, and ha(*ed hi&se! a -ath thro")h the& %ith his (!as--*ni e. B"t Ti#eri"s had #een start!ed near!$ o"t o his senses. He #!e% a %hist!e and sho"ted o"t in Ger&an/ He!-, he!-B Co&e at on(eB 8o! )an)B Sie) riedB Ade!stanB An assassinB S(hne8. Co&in), a!!-hi)hest, no#!est-#orn, )i t-#esto%in) Chie , the Ger&ans instant!$ re-!ied. The$ had #een on sentr$d"t$ to his !e t and ri)ht and #ehind hi&, #"t there %as no#od$ -osted in ront, nat"ra!!$. The$ (a&e #o"ndin) a!on), #randishin) their asse)ais. The &an did not "nderstand Ger&an, and sh"ttin) his (!as--*ni e said (heer "!!$/ I (a")ht hi& #$ the )rotto $onder. 8hat do $o" )"ess he %ei)hs3 A re)"!ar %ha!e, eh3 Near!$ -"!!ed &e o"t o the #oat. Ti#eri"s, so&e%hat reass"red, #"t %ith his i&a)ination no% r"nnin) on -oisoned ish, sho"ted to the Ger&ans/ No, don7t s-ear hi&. C"t that thin) in t%o and r"# the -ie(es in his a(e. B"r!$ 8o! )an) ro& #ehind (!as-ed the isher&an aro"nd the &idd!e so that he (o"!d not &o+e his ar&s, %hi!e the other t%o s(r"##ed his a(e %ith ra% ish. The "n ort"nate e!!o% (a!!ed o"t/ He$, sto- itB That7s no 1o*eB 8hat !"(* that I didn7t irst o er the E&-eror the other thin) in &$ sa(*. See %hat it is, Ti#eri"s ordered. Ede!stein o-ened the sa(* and o"nd in it an enor&o"s !o#ster. R"# his a(e %ith that, said Ti#eri"s. R"# it %e!! inB
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The %ret(hed &an !ost #oth his e$es. Then Ti#eri"s said/ That7s eno")h, &en. 9o" &a$ !et hi& )oB The isher&an st"&#!ed a#o"t s(rea&in) and ra+in) %ith -ain, and there %as nothin) to #e done #"t toss hi& into the sea ro& the nearest (ra). I a& )!ad to sa$ that I %as ne+er in+ited to +isit Ti#eri"s on his is!and and ha+e (are "!!$ a+oided )oin) there sin(e, tho")h a!! e+iden(es o his +i!e -ra(ti(es ha+e !on) a)o #een re&o+ed and his t%e!+e +i!!as are said to #e +er$ #ea"ti "!. I had as*ed Li+ia7s -er&ission to &arr$ IE!ia and she had )i+en it %ith &a!i(io"s )ood %ishes. She e+en attended the %eddin). It %as a +er$ s-!endid %eddin)--Se1an"s sa% to that--and one e e(t o it %as to a!ienate &e ro& A)ri--ina and Nero and their riends. It %as tho")ht that I %o"!d not #e a#!e to *ee- an$ se(rets ro& 0E!ia and that ,OE!ia %o"!d te!! Se1an"s a!! that she o"nd o"t. This saddened &e a )reat dea!, #"t I sa% that it %as "se!ess tr$in) to reass"re A)ri--ina 0%ho %as no% in &o"rnin) or her sister ;"!i!!a, %ho had 1"st died a ter a t%ent$-$ears e5i!e in that %ret(hed !itt!e is!and o Tre&er"s2. So )rad"a!!$ I sto--ed +isitin) her ho"se, to a+oid e&#arrass&ent. I and,OEIia %ere &an and %i e on!$ in na&e. The irst thin) she said to &e %hen %e %ent into o"r #rida!-(ha&#er %as/ No% "nderstand, C!a"di"s, that I don7t %ant $o" to to"(h &e and that i %e e+er ha+e to s!ee- to)ether a)ain in one #ed, !i*e to-ni)ht, there7!! #e a (o+er!et #et%een "s, and the !east &o+e&ent $o" &a*e--o"t $o" )o. And another thin)/ $o" &ind $o"r o%n #"siness, and I7!! &ind &ine... I said. Than* $o"/ $o" ha+e ta*en a )reat !oad o &$ &ind. She %as a dread "! %o&an. She had the !o"d -ersistent e!o4"en(e o an a"(tioneer in the s!a+e-&ar*et. I soon )a+e "- tr$in) to ans%er her #a(*. O (o"rse I sti!! !i+ed at Ca-"a, and IE!ia ne+er (a&e to see &e there, #"t Se1an"s insisted that %hene+er I +isited Ro&e I sho"!d #e seen in her (o&-an$ as &"(h as -ossi#!e. Nero had no (han(e a)ainst Se1an"s and Li+i!!a. Tho")h A)ri--ina (onstant!$ %arned hi& to %ei)h e+er$ %ord he s-o*e, he %as o ar too o-en a nat"re to (on(ea! his tho")hts. A&on) the $o"n) no#!e&en %ho& he tr"sted as his riends there %ere se+era! se(ret a)ents o Se1an"s, and these *e-t a re)ister o the o-inions he e5-ressed on a!! -"#!i( e+ents. 8orse sti!!, his %i e, %ho& %e (a!!ed He!en, or He!"o, %as Li+i!!a7s da")hter and re-orted a!! his (on iden(es to her. B"t the %orst o a!! %as his o%n #rother, Dr"s"s, to %ho& he (on ided e+en &ore than to his %i e, and %ho %as 1ea!o"s #e(a"se Nero %as the e!der son, and A)ri--ina7s a+o"rite. Dr"s"s %ent to Se1an"s and said that Nero had as*ed hi& to sai! se(ret!$ to Ger&an$ %ith hi& on the ne5t dar* ni)ht, %here the$ %o"!d thro% the&se!+es on the -rote(tion o the re)i&ents, as Ger&ani("s7 sons, and (a!! or a &ar(h on Ro&e, that he had o (o"rse indi)nant!$ re "sed. Se1an"s to!d hi& to %ait a !itt!e !on)er and he %o"!d then #e (a!!ed on to te!! the stor$ to Ti#eri"s/ #"t the ri)ht &o&ent had not $et (o&e. Mean%hi!e, Se1an"s sent the r"&o"r !$in) aro"nd that Ti#eri"s %as a#o"t to (har)e Nero %ith treason. Nero7s riends #e)an to desert hi&. As soon as t%o or three o the& #e)an e5("sin) the&se!+es ro& attendin) his dinners, and ret"rnin) his )reetin) (o!d!$ %hen the$ &et hi& in -"#!i(, the rest o!!o%ed their e5a&-!e. A ter a e% &onths on!$ his rea! riends re&ained. A&on) the& %as Ga!!"s, %ho no% that Ti#eri"s hi&se! did not +isit the Senate an$ &ore (on(entrated on teasin) Se1an"s. His &ethod %ith Se1an"s %as (onstant!$ to -ro-ose +otes o than*s or his ser+i(es, and the )rantin) o e5(e-tiona! hono"rs--stat"es and ar(hes and tit!es and -ra$ers and the -"#!i( (e!e#ration o his #irthda$. The Senate did not dare to o--ose these &otions, and Se1an"s, not #ein) a
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senator, had no sa$ in the &atter, and Ti#eri"s did not %ish to )o a)ainst the Senate #$ +etoin) their +ote or ear o anta)oni6in) Se1an"s or see&in) to ha+e !ost (on iden(e in hi&. 8hene+er the Senate no% %anted an$thin) done the$ %o"!d irst send re-resentati+es to Se1an"s as*in) or -er&ission to a--!$ to Ti#eri"s a#o"t it/ and i Se1an"s dis(o"ra)ed the& the &atter %o"!d #e dro--ed. Ga!!"s one da$ -ro-osed that, as the des(endants o Tor4"at"s had a )o!den tor4"e and those o Cin(innat"s a ("r!ed !o(* o hair )ranted #$ the Senate as a&i!$ #ad)es in (o&&e&oration o their an(estors7 ser+i(e to the State, so Se1an"s and his des(endants sho"!d #e a%arded as their #ad)e a )o!den *e$, in to*en o his aith "! ser+i(es as the E&-eror7s door*ee-er. The Senate "nani&o"s!$ +oted this &otion and Se1an"s, )ro%in) a!ar&ed, %rote to Ti#eri"s and (o&-!ained that Ga!!"s had &a!i(io"s!$ -ro-osed a!! the -re+io"s hono"rs in the ho-e o &a*in) the Senate 1ea!o"s o 0DKJ2 hi&, and e+en -erha-s o &a*in) the E&-eror s"s-e(t hi& o inso!ent a&#itions. The -resent &otion had #een sti!! &ore &a!i(io"s--a s"))estion to the E&-eror that a((ess to the I&-eria! -resen(e %as in the hands o so&eone %ho &ade "se o it or his o%n -ri+ate enri(h&ent. He #e))ed that the E&-eror %o"!d ind a te(hni(a! reason or +etoin) the de(ree, and a %a$ to si!en(e Ga!!"s. Ti#eri"s ans%ered that he (o"!d not +eto the de(ree %itho"t da&a)in) Se1an"s7 (redit, #"t that he %o"!d +er$ soon ta*e ste-s to si!en(e Ga!!"s/ Se1an"s need not #e an5io"s a#o"t the &atter and his !etter had sho%n tr"e !o$a!t$ and a ine de!i(a($ o 1"d)&ent. B"t Ga!!"s7 hint had str"(* ho&e. Ti#eri"s s"dden!$ rea!ised that %hi!e a!! the )oin)s and (o&in)s at Ca-ri %ere *no%n to Se1an"s and (o"!d to a )reat e5tent #e (ontro!!ed #$ hi&, he hi&se! on!$ *ne% as &"(h as Se1an"s (ared to te!! hi& a#o"t the (o&in)s and )oin)s #$ Se1an"s7 ront door. And no% I ha+e (o&e to a t"rnin) -oint in &$ stor$--the death o &$ )rand&other Li+ia at the a)e o ei)ht$-si5. She &i)ht %e!! ha+e !i+ed &an$ $ears !on)er, or she had *e-t her e$esi)ht and hearin) and the "se o her !i&#s--not to &ention her &ind and &e&or$--0A.D. KF2 "ni&-aired. B"t re(ent!$ she had s" ered ro& re-eated (o!ds o%in) to so&e in e(tion o the nose, and at !ast one o these sett!ed on her !"n)s. She s"&&oned &e to her #edside at the Pa!a(e. I ha--ened to #e in Ro&e and (a&e i&&ediate!$. I (o"!d see that she %as d$in). She re&inded &e o &$ oath a)ain. I7!! not rest "nti! it7s "! i!!ed. Grand&other, I said. 8hen a +er$ o!d %o&an !ies d$in), one7s )rand&other too, one sa$s %hate+er one (an to -!ease her. B"t I tho")ht Ca!i)"!a %as )oin) to arran)e it or $o"3 She did not ans%er or a ti&e. Then she said, ra)in) %ea*!$/ He %as here ten &in"tes a)o! He stood and !a")hed at &e. He said that I (o"!d )o to He!! and ste% there or e+er and e+er or a!! he (ared. He said that no% I %as d$in) he had no need to *ee- in %ith &e an$ !on)er, and that he did not (onsider hi&se! #o"nd #$ the oath, #e(a"se it %as or(ed on hi&. He said that he %as )oin) to #e the A!&i)ht$ God that has #een -ro-hesied, not I. He said... That7s a!! ri)ht. Grand&other. 9o"7!! ha+e the !a")h o hi& in the end. 8hen $o"7re the G"een o Hea+en and he7s #ein) s!o%!$ #ro*en on an eterna! %hee! #$ Minos7 &en in He!!...
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And to thin* that I e+er (a!!ed $o" a oo!, she said. I7& )oin) no%, C!a"di"s. C!ose &$ e$es and -"t the (oin in &$ &o"th that $o"7!! ind "nder the -i!!o%. The :err$&an %i!! re(o)nise it. He7!! -a$ -ro-er res-e(t.... Then she died and I (!osed her e$es and -"t the (oin in her &o"th. It %as a )o!d (oin o a t$-e I had ne+er seen #e ore, %ith A")"st"s7 head and her o%n a(in) ea(h other, on the o#+erse, and a tri"&-hant (hariot on the re+erse. Nothin) had #een said #et%een "s a#o"t Ti#eri"s. I soon heard that he had #een %arned a#o"t her (ondition in -!ent$ o ti&e to -a$ her the !ast o i(es. He no% %rote to the Senate e5("sin) hi&se! or not ha+in) +isited her #"t sa$in) he had #een e5(eedin)!$ #"s$ and %o"!d at a!! e+ents (o&e to Ro&e or the "nera!. Mean%hi!e the Senate had de(reed +ario"s e5traordinar$ hono"rs in her &e&or$, in(!"din) the tit!e Mother o the Co"ntr$, and had e+en -ro-osed to &a*e her a de&i-)oddess. B"t Ti#eri"s re+ersed near!$ a!! o these de(rees, e5-!ainin) in a !etter that Li+ia %as a sin)"!ar!$ &odest %o&an, a+erse to a!! -"#!i( re(o)nition o her ser+i(es, and %ith a -e("!iar senti&ent a)ainst ha+in) an$ re!i)io"s %orshi- -aid to her a ter death. The !etter ended %ith re !e(tions on the "ns"ita#i!it$ o %o&en7s &edd!in) in -o!iti(s or %hi(h the$ are not itted, and %hi(h ro"se in the& a!! those %orst ee!in)s o arro)an(e and -et"!an(e to %hi(h the e&a!e se5 is nat"ra!!$ -rone. He did not o (o"rse (o&e to the Cit$ or the "nera! tho")h, so!e!$ %ith the o#1e(t o !i&itin) its &a)ni i(en(e, he &ade a!! arran)e&ents or it. And he too* so !on) o+er the& that the (or-se, o!d and %ithered as it %as, had rea(hed an ad+an(ed sta)e o -"tre a(tion #e ore it %as -"t on the -$re. To the )enera! s"r-rise, Ca!i)"!a s-o*e the "nera! oration, %hi(h Ti#eri"s hi&se! sho"!d ha+e done, and i not Ti#eri"s, then Nero, as his heir. The Senate had de(reed an ar(h in Li+ia7s &e&or$--the irst ti&e in the histor$ o Ro&e that a %o&an had #een so hono"red. Ti#eri"s 0I<2 a!!o%ed this de(ree to stand #"t -ro&ised to #"i!d the ar(h at his o%n e5-ense/ and then ne)!e(ted to #"i!d it. As or Li+ia7s %i!!, he inherited the )reater -art o her ort"ne as her nat"ra! heir, #"t she had !e t as &"(h o it as she %as !e)a!!$ -er&itted to &e&#ers o her o%n ho"seho!d and other tr"sted de-endents. He did not -a$ an$#od$ a sin)!e one o her #e4"ests. I %as to ha+e #ene ited to the e5tent o t%ent$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es.

CHAPTER NNCII I COULD NECER HACE THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE THAT I 8OULD &iss Li+ia %hen she died. 8hen I %as a (hi!d I "sed se(ret!$, ni)ht a ter ni)ht, to -ra$ to the In erna! Gods to (arr$ her o . And no% I %o"!d ha+e o ered the ri(hest sa(ri i(es I (o"!d ind--"n#!e&ished %hite #"!!s and desert ante!o-es and i#ises and !a&in)oes #$ the do6en--to ha+e had her #a(* a)ain. :or it %as (!ear that it had !on) #een on!$ the ear o his &other that had *e-t Ti#eri"s %ithin #o"nds. A e% da$s a ter her death he str"(* at A)ri--ina and Nero. A)ri--ina had #$ no% re(o+ered ro& her i!!ness. He did not (har)e the& %ith treason. He %rote to the Senate
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(o&-!ainin) o Nero7s )ross se5"a! de-ra+it$ and o A)ri--ina7s ha")ht$ #earin) and &is(hie -&a*in) ton)"e, and s"))ested that se+ere ste-s sho"!d #e ta*en or *ee-in) #oth o the& in order. 8hen the !etter %as read in the Senate no#od$ said a %ord or a !on) ti&e. E+er$one %as %onderin) on 1"st ho% &"(h -o-"!ar s"--ort Ger&ani("s7 a&i!$ (o"!d (o"nt no% that Ti#eri"s %as -re-arin) to +i(ti&ise the&, and %hether it %o"!d not #e sa er to )o a)ainst Ti#eri"s than a)ainst the -o-"!a(e. At !ast a riend o Se1an"s7 rose to s"))est that the E&-eror7s %ishes sho"!d #e res-e(ted and that so&e de(ree or other sho"!d #e -assed a)ainst the t%o -ersons &entioned. There %as a senator %ho a(ted as o i(ia! re(order o the Senate7s transa(tions, and %hat he said (arried )reat %ei)ht. He had hitherto +oted %itho"t 4"estion %hate+er had #een s"))ested in an$ !etter o Ti#eri"s7, and Se1an"s had re-orted that he (o"!d a!%a$s #e (o"nted "-on to do %hat he %as to!d. 9et it %as this Re(order %ho rose to o--ose the &otion. He said that the 4"estion o Nero7s &ora!s and A)ri--ina7s #earin) sho"!d not #e raised at -resent. It %as his o-inion that the E&-eror had #een &isin or&ed and had %ritten hasti!$, and that in his o%n interest there ore, as %e!! as that o Nero and A)ri--ina, no de(ree sho"!d #e -assed "nti! he had #een a!!o%ed ti&e to re(onsider s"(h )ra+e (har)es a)ainst his near re!ati+es. The ne%s o the !etter had &ean%hi!e s-read a!! o+er the Cit$, tho")h a!! transa(tions in the Senate %ere s"--osed to #e se(ret "nti! o i(ia!!$ -"#!ished #$ the E&-eror7s orders, and h")e (ro%ds )athered aro"nd the Senate Ho"se &a*in) de&onstrations in a+o"r o A)ri--ina and Nero, and (r$in) o"t, Lon) Li+e Ti#eri"s. The !etter is or)edB Lon) Li+e Ti#eri"sB It7s Se1an"s7 doin). Se1an"s sent a &essen)er at )reat s-eed to Ti#eri"s, %ho had &o+ed or the o((asion to a +i!!a on!$ a e% &i!es o"tside the Cit$, in (ase o tro"#!e. He re-orted that the Senate had, on the &otion o the Re(order, re "sed to -a$ an$ attention to the !etter, that the -eo-!e %ere on the -oint o re+o!t, (a!!in) A)ri--ina the tr"e Mother o the Co"ntr$ and Nero their Sa+io"r, and that "n!ess Ti#eri"s a(ted ir&!$ and de(isi+e!$ there %o"!d #e #!oodshed #e ore the da$ %as o"t. Ti#eri"s %as ri)htened #"t he too* Se1an"s7 ad+i(e and %rote a &ena(in) !etter to the Senate, -"ttin) the #!a&e on the Re(order or his "n-ara!!e!ed ins"!t to the I&-eria! di)nit$, and de&andin) that the %ho!e a air sho"!d #e !e t entire!$ to hi& to sett!e sin(e the$ %ere so ha! -hearted in his interests. The Senate )a+e %a$. Ti#eri"s, a ter ha+in) the G"ards &ar(hed thro")h the Cit$ %ith s%ords dra%n and tr"&-ets #!o%in), threatened to ha!+e the ree ration o (orn i an$ "rther seditio"s de&onstrations %ere &ade. He then #anished A)ri--ina to Pandataria, the +er$ is!and %here her &other ;"!ia had #een irst (on ined, and Nero to :on6a, another tin$ ro(*$ is!and, ha! -%a$ #et%een Ca-ri 0DKF2 and Ro&e #"t ar o"t o si)ht o the (oast. He to!d the Senate that the t%o -risoners had #een on the -oint o es(a-in) ro& the Cit$ in the ho-e o sed"(in) the !o$a!t$ o the re)i&ents on the Rhine. Be ore A)ri--ina %ent to her is!and he had her #e ore hi& and as*ed her &o(*in) 4"estions a#o"t ho% she -ro-osed to )o+ern the &i)ht$ *in)do& %hi(h she had 1"st inherited ro& her &other 0his +irt"o"s !ate %i e2, and %hether she %o"!d send a&#assadors to her son, Nero, in his ne% *in)do&, and enter into a )rand &i!itar$ a!!ian(e %ith hi&. She did not ans%er a %ord. He )re% an)r$ and roared at her to ans%er, and %hen she sti!! *e-t si!ent he to!d a (a-tain o the )"ard to stri*e her o+er the sho"!ders. Then at !ast she s-o*e. B!ood-soa*ed M"d is $o"r na&e. That7s %hat Theodoras the Gadarene (a!!ed $o", I7&
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to!d, %hen $o" attended his rhetori( (!asses at Rhodes. Ti#eri"s sei6ed the +ine #ran(h ro& the (a-tain and thrashed her a#o"t the #od$ and head "nti! she %as insensi#!e. She !ost the si)ht o an e$e as a res"!t o this dread "! #eatin). Soon Dr"s"s too %as a(("sed o intri)"in) %ith the Rhine re)i&ents. Se1an"s -rod"(ed !etters in -roo , %hi(h he said that he had inter(e-ted, #"t %hi(h %ere rea!!$ or)ed, and a!so the %ritten testi&on$ o Le-ida, Dr"s"s7 %i e 0%ith %ho& he had a se(ret a air2, that Dr"s"s had as*ed her to )et in to"(h %ith the sai!ors o Ostia, %ho, he ho-ed, %o"!d re&e&#er that Nero and he %ere A)ri--a7s )randsons. Dr"s"s %as handed o+er #$ the Senate to Ti#eri"s to dea! %ith and Ti#eri"s had hi& (on ined to a re&ote atti( o the Pa!a(e "nder Se1an"s7 s"-er+ision. Ga!!"s %as the ne5t +i(ti&. Ti#eri"s %rote to the Senate that Ga!!"s %as 1ea!o"s o Se1an"s and had done a!! that he (o"!d to #rin) hi& into dis a+o"r %ith his E&-eror #$ ironi(a! -raises and other &a!i(io"s &ethods. The Senate %ere so "-set #$ the ne%s o the s"i(ide o the Re(order, %hi(h rea(hed the& the sa&e da$, that the$ i&&ediate!$ sent a &a)istrate to arrest Ga!!"s. 8hen the &a)istrate %ent to Ga!!"s7 ho"se he %as to!d that Ga!!"s %as o"t o the Cit$, at Baiaa. At Baiaa he %as dire(ted to Ti#eri"s7 +i!!a and, s"re eno")h, he (a&e on hi& there at dinner %ith Ti#eri"s. Ti#eri"s %as -!ed)in) Ga!!"s in a ("- o %ine and Ga!!"s %as res-ondin) !o$a!!$, and there see&ed s"(h an air o )ood h"&o"r and 1o!!it$ in the dinin)-ha!! that the &a)istrate %as e&#arrassed and did not *no% %hat to sa$. Ti#eri"s as*ed hi& %h$ he had (o&e. To arrest one o $o"r )"ests, Caesar, #$ order o the Senate. 8hi(h )"est3 as*ed Ti#eri"s. Asini"s Ga!!"s, re-!ied the &a)istrate, #"t it see&s to #e a &ista*e. Ti#eri"s -retended to !oo* )ra+e, I the Senate ha+e an$thin) a)ainst $o", Ga!!"s, and ha+e sent this o i(er to arrest $o", I7& a raid o"r -!easant e+enin) &"st (o&e to an end. I (an7t )o a)ainst the Senate, $o" *no%. B"t I7!! te!! $o" %hat I7!! do, no% that $o" and I ha+e (o&e to s"(h a riend!$ "nderstandin)/ I7!! %rite to as* the Senate, as a -ersona! a+o"r, not to ta*e an$ a(tion in $o"r (ase "nti! the$ hear ro& &e. That %i!! n%an that $o" %i!! #e "nder si&-!e arrest, in the (har)e o the Cons"!s--no etters or an$thin) de)radin). I7!! arran)e to se("re $o"r a(4"itta! as soon as I (an. Ga!!"s e!t #o"nd to than* Ti#eri"s or his &a)nani&it$, #"t %as s"re that there %as a (at(h so&e%here, that Ti#eri"s %as -a$in) #a(* iron$ %ith iron$, and he %as ri)ht. He %as ta*en to Ro&e and -"t in an "nder)ro"nd roo& in the Senate Ho"se. He %as not a!!o%ed to see an$one, not e+en a ser+ant, or send an$ &essa)es to his riends or a&i!$. :ood %as )i+en hi& e+er$ da$ thro")h a )ri!!e. The roo& %as dar* e5(e-t or the -oor !i)ht (o&in) thro")h the )ri!!e and "n "rnished e5(e-t or a &attress. He %as to!d that these 4"arters %ere on!$ te&-orar$ ones and that Ti#eri"s %o"!d soon (o&e to sett!e his (ase. B"t the da$s dre% on into &onths, and &onths into $ears, and sti!! he sta$ed there. The ood %as +er$ -oor--(are "!!$ (a!("!ated #$ Ti#eri"s to *ee- hi& a!%a$s h"n)r$ #"t ne+er a(t"a!!$ star+in). He %as a!!o%ed no *ni e to ("t it "- %ith, or ear he &i)ht "se it to *i!! hi&se! , or an$ other shar- %ea-on, or an$thin) to distra(t hi&se! %ith, s"(h as %ritin) &ateria!s or #oo*s or di(e. He %as )i+en +er$ !itt!e %ater to drin*, none to %ash in. I e+er there %as ta!* a#o"t hi& in Ti#eri"s7 -resen(e the o!d &an %o"!d sa$, )rinnin)/ I ha+e not $et &ade &$ -ea(e %ith Ga!!"s. 8hen I heard o Ga!!"s7 arrest I %as sorr$ that I had 1"st 4"arre!!ed %ith hi&. It %as on!$ a !iterar$ 4"arre!. He
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had %ritten a si!!$ #oo* (a!!ed/ A Co&-arison #et%een &$ :ather, Asini"s Po!!io and his :riend Mar("s T+Ui"s 0DD?2 Ci(ero, as Orators. I the )ro"nd o the (o&-arison had #een &ora! (hara(ter or -o!iti(a! a#i!it$ or e+en !earnin), Po!!io %o"!d ha+e easi!$ (o&e o the #est. B"t Ga!!"s %as tr$in) to &a*e o"t that his ather %as the &ore -o!ished orator. That %as a#s"rd, and I %rote a !itt!e #oo* to sa$ so, %hi(h, (o&in) short!$ a ter &$ (riti(is& o Po!!io7s o%n re&ar*s a#o"t Ci(ero, )reat!$ anno$ed Ga!!"s. I %o"!d %i!!in)!$ ha+e re(a!!ed &$ #oo* ro& -"#!i(ation i #$ doin) so I (o"!d ha+e !i)htened Ga!!"s7 &isera#!e -rison !i e in the !east de)ree. It %as oo!ish o &e, I s"--ose, to thin* in this %a$. Se1an"s %as at !ast a#!e to re-ort to Ti#eri"s that the -o%er o the Lee* Green Part$ %as #ro*en and that he need ha+e no "rther an5ieties. Ti#eri"s re%arded hi& #$ sa$in) that he had de(ided to &arr$ hi& to his )randda")hter He!en 0%hose &arria)e %ith Nero he had disso!+ed2 and hintin) at e+en )reater a+o"rs. It %as at this -oint that &$ &other %ho, $o" &"st re&e&#er, %as Li+i!!a7s &other too, inter-osed. Sin(e Castor7s death Li+i!!a had #een !i+in) %ith her, and %as no% (are!ess eno")h to !et her ind o"t a#o"t a se(ret (orres-onden(e %hi(h she %as (arr$in) on %ith Se1an"s. M$ &other had a!%a$s #een +er$ e(ono&i(a!, and in her o!d a)e her (hie de!i)ht %as sa+in) (and!e-ends and &e!tin) the& do%n into (and!es a)ain, and se!!in) the *it(hen re "se to -i)-*ee-ers, and &i5in) (har(oa!-d"st %ith so&e !i4"id or other and *neadin) it into (a*e %hi(h, %hen dried, #"rned a!&ost as %e!! as (har(oa!, Li+i!!a, on the other hand, %as +er$ e5tra+a)ant and &$ &other %as a!%a$s s(o!din) her or it. One da$ &$ &other ha--ened to -ass Li+i!!a7s roo& and sa% a s!a+e (o&in) o"t o it %ith a #as*et o %aste-a-er. 8here are $o" )oin), #o$3 she as*ed. To the "rna(e. Mistress, the Lad$ Li+i!!a7s orders. M$ &other said/ It7s &ost %aste "! to sto*e the "rna(e %ith -er e(t!$ )ood -ie(es o -a-er, do $o" *no% %hat -a-er (osts3 8h$, three ti&es as &"(h as -ar(h&ent, e+en. So&e o these -ie(es see& hard!$ %ritten on at a!!. The Lad$ Li+i!!a ordered &ost -arti("!ar!$... The Lad$ Li+i!!a &"st ha+e #een +er$ -reo(("-ied %hen she ordered $o" to destro$ +a!"a#!e -a-er. Gi+e &e the #as*et. The (!ean -arts %i!! #e "se "! or ho"seho!d !ists, and a!! sorts o thin)s. 8aste not, %ant not. So she too* the -a-ers to her roo& and %as 7a#o"t to (!i- the )ood -ie(es o one o the& %hen it str"(* her that she &i)ht as %e!! tr$ to re&o+e the in* ro& the %ho!e thin). Unti! no% she had hono"ra#!$ re rained ro& readin) the %ritin), #"t %hen she #e)an r"##in) a%a$ at it, it %as i&-ossi#!e to a+oid doin) so. She s"dden!$ rea!ised that these %ere ro")h dra")hts, or "nsatis a(tor$ #e)innin)s, o a !etter to Se1an"s, and on(e she #e)an readin) she (o"!d not sto-, and #e ore she had done she *ne% the %ho!e stor$. Li+i!!a %as (!ear!$ an)r$ and 1ea!o"s that Se1an"s had (onsented to &arr$ so&eone e!se--her o%n da")hter tooB
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B"t she %as tr$in) to (on(ea! her ee!in)s--ea(h dra")ht o the !etter %as toned do%n a !itt!e &ore. She %rote that he &"st a(t 4"i(*!$ #e ore Ti#eri"s s"s-e(ted that he rea!!$ had no intention o &arr$in) He!en/ and i he %as not $et read$ to assassinate Ti#eri"s and "s"r- the &onar(h$ had she not #etter -oison He!en herse! 3 M$ &other sent or Pa!!as, %ho %as %or*in) or &e at the Li#rar$, !oo*in) "- so&e histori(a! -oint a#o"t the Etr"s(ans, and to!d hi& to )o to Se1an"s and, in &$ na&e and as i sent #$ &e, as* his -er&ission to see Ti#eri"s at Ca-ri, in order to -resent hi& %ith &$ Histor$ o Cartha)e. 0I had 1"st inished this %or* and sent a air (o-$ to &$ &other #e ore ha+in) it -"#!ished.2 At Ca-ri he %as to #e) the E&-eror, in &$ na&e a)ain, to a((e-t the dedi(ation o the %or*. Se1an"s )a+e -er&ission readi!$, he *ne% Pa!!as as one o o"r a&i!$ s!a+es and s"s-e(ted nothin). B"t in the t%e! th +o!"&e o the histor$ &$ &other had -asted Li+i!!a7s !etters and a !etter o her o%n in e5-!anation, and to!d Pa!!as not to !et an$#od$ hand!e the +o!"&es 0%hi(h %ere a!! sea!ed "-2 #"t to )i+e the& to Ti#eri"s %ith his o%n hands. He %as to add to &$ s"--osed )reetin)s and &$ re4"est or -er&ission to dedi(ate the #oo* the o!!o%in) &essa)e/ The Lad$ Antonia, too, sends her de+oted )reetin)s, #"t is o o-inion that these #oo*s #$ her son are o no interest at a!! to the E&-eror, e5(e-t the t%e! th +o!"&e %hi(h (ontains a +er$ ("rio"s di)ression %hi(h %i!!, she tr"sts, i&&ediate!$ interest hi&. Pa!!as sto--ed at Ca-"a to te!! &e %here he %as )oin). He said that it %as stri(t!$ a)ainst &$ &other7s orders that he %as te!!in) &e a#o"t his errand, #"t that a ter a!! I %as his rea! &aster, not &$ &other, tho")h she -retended to o%n hi&, and that he %o"!d do nothin) %i!!in)!$ to )et &e into tro"#!e, and that he %as s"re that I had no intention &$se! o o erin) the E&-eror the dedi(ation. I %as &$sti ied, at irst, es-e(ia!!$ %hen he &entioned the t%e! th +o!"&e, so %hi!e he %as %ashin) and (han)in) his (!othes I #ro*e the sea!. 8hen I sa% %hat had #een inserted I %as so ri)htened that or the &o&ent I tho")ht o #"rnin) the %ho!e thin). B"t that %as as dan)ero"s as !ettin) it )o, so e+ent"a!!$ I sea!ed it "- a)ain. M$ &other had "sed a d"-!i(ate sea! o &$ o%n, %hi(h I had )i+en her or #"siness "ses, so no#od$ %o"!d *no% that I had o-ened the #oo*, not e+en Pa!!as. Pa!!as then h"rried on to Ca-ri and on his %a$ to!d &e that Ti#eri"s had -i(*ed "- the t%e! th +o!"&e and ta*en it o"t into the %oods to !oo* at. I &i)ht dedi(ate the #oo* to hi& i I %ished, he had said, #"t I &"st a#stain ro& e5tra+a)ant -hrases in doin) so. This reass"red &e so&e%hat, #"t one (o"!d ne+er tr"st Ti#eri"s %hen he see&ed riend!$. Nat"ra!!$ I %as in the dee-est an5iet$ as to %hat %o"!d ha--en and e!t +er$ #itter a)ainst &$ &other or ha+in) -"t &$ !i e into s"(h terri#!e dan)er #$ &i5in) &e "- in a 4"arre! #et%een Ti#eri"s and Se1an"s. I tho")ht o r"nnin) a%a$, #"t there %as no%here to r"n to. The irst thin) that ha--ened %as that He!en #e(a&e an in+a!id--%e *no% no% that there %as nothin) %ron) %ith her, #"t Li+i!!a had )i+en her the (hoi(e o ta*in) to her #ed as i she %ere i!! or o ta*in) to her #ed #e(a"se she %as i!!. She %as &o+ed ro& Ro&e to Na-!es, %here the (!i&ate %as s"--osed to #e hea!thier. Ti#eri"s )a+e !ea+e or the &arria)e to #e -ost-oned inde inite!$, #"t addressed Se1an"s as his son-in-!a% as i it had a!read$ ta*en -!a(e. He e!e+ated hi& to senatoria! 0A.D. D?2 ran* and &ade hi& his (o!!ea)"e in the Cons"!shi- and a -onti . B"t he then did so&ethin) e!se %hi(h 4"ite (an(e!!ed these a+o"rs/ he in+ited Ca!i)"!a to Ca-ri or a e% da$s and then sent hi& #a(* ar&ed %ith a &ost i&-ortant !etter to the Senate. In the !etter he said I, CLAUDNUS 0DD=2 that he had e5a&ined the $o"n) &an, %ho %as no% his heir, and o"nd hi& o a +er$
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di erent te&-er and (hara(ter ro& his #rothers and %o"!d, indeed, re "se to #e!ie+e an$ a(("sations that &i)ht #e #ro")ht a)ainst his &ora!s or !o$a!t$. He no% entr"sted Ca!i)"!a to the (are o A!i"s Se1an"s, his e!!o%Cons"!, #e))in) hi& to )"ard the $o"n) &an ro& a!! har&. He a--ointed hi& a -onti too, and a -riest to A")"st"s. 8hen the Cit$ heard a#o"t this !etter there %as )reat re1oi(in). B$ &a*in) Se1an"s res-onsi#!e or Ca!i)"!a7s sa et$ Ti#eri"s %as "nderstood to #e %arnin) hi& that his e"d %ith Ger&ani("s7 a&i!$ had no% #een (arried ar eno")h. Se1an"s7 Cons"!shi- %as re)arded as a #ad o&en or hi&/ this %as Ti#eri"s7 i th ti&e in o i(e and e+er$ one o his -re+io"s (o!!ea)"es had died in "n!"(*$ (ir("&stan(es/ Car"s, Gnae"s Piso, Ger&ani("s, Castor. So ne% ho-e arose that the nation7s tro"#!es %o"!d soon #e o+er/ a son o Ger&ani("s %o"!d r"!e o+er the&. Ti#eri"s &i)ht -erha-s *i!! Nero and Dr"s"s #"t he had (!ear!$ de(ided to sa+e Ca!i)"!a/ Se1an"s %o"!d not #e the ne5t E&-eror. E+er$one %ho& Ti#eri"s no% so"nded on the s"#1e(t see&ed so )en"ine!$ re!ie+ed at his (hoi(e o a s"((essor-or so&eho% the$ had -ers"aded the&se!+es that Ca!i)"!a had inherited a!! his ather7s +irt"es--that Ti#eri"s, %ho re(o)nised rea! e+i! %hene+er he sa% it and had to!d Ca!i)"!a ran*!$ that he *ne% he %as a -oisono"s sna*e and had s-ared hi& or that +er$ reason, %as &"(h a&"sed, and thoro")h!$ -!eased. He (o"!d "se Ca!i)"!a7s risin) -o-"!arit$ as a (he(* to Se1an"s and Li+i!!a. He no% too* Ca!i)"!a so&e%hat into his (on ident and )a+e hi& a &ission/ to ind o"t #$ inti&ate ta!*s %ith G"ards&en, %hi(h o their (a-tains had the )reatest -ersona! in !"en(e in the G"ards7 (a&-, ne5t to Se1an"s, and then to &a*e s"re that he %as e4"a!!$ #!ood$-&inded and ear!ess. Ca!i)"!a dressed "- in a %o&an7s %i) and (!othes and, -i(*in) "- a (o"-!e o $o"n) -rostit"tes, #e)an re4"entin) the s"#"r#an ta+erns %here the so!diers dran* in the e+enin). 8ith a hea+i!$ &ade "- a(e and. -added i)"re he -assed or a %o&an, a ta!! and not +er$ attra(ti+e one, #"t sti!!, a %o&an. The a((o"nt that he )a+e o hi&se! in the ta+erns %as that he %as #ein) *e-t #$ a ri(h 0DDJ2 sho- *ee-er %ho )a+e hi& -!ent$ o &one$--on the stren)th o %hi(h he "sed to stand drin*s a!! ro"nd. This )enerosit$ &ade hi& +er$ -o-"!ar. He soon (a&e to *no% a )reat dea! o (a&- )ossi-, and the na&e that %as (onstant!$ (o&in) "- in (on+ersations %as that o a (a-tain (a!!ed Ma(ro. Ma(ro %as the son o one o Ti#eri"s7 reed&en, and ro& a!! a((o"nts %as the to")hest e!!o% in Ro&e. The so!diers a!! s-o*e ad&irin)!$ o his drin*in) eats and his %en(hin) and his do&ination o the other (a-tains and his -resen(e o &ind in di i("!t sit"ations. E+en Se1an"s %as a raid o hi&, the$ said/ Ma(ro %as the on!$ &an %ho e+er stood "- to hi&. So Ca!i)"!a -i(*ed "- %ith Ma(ro one e+enin) and se(ret!$ introd"(ed hi&se! / the t%o %ent o or a stro!! to)ether and had a !on) ta!*. Ti#eri"s then #e)an %ritin) a 4"eer series o !etters to the Senate, no% sa$in) that he %as in a #ad state o hea!th and a!&ost d$in), and no% that he had s"dden!$ re(o+ered and %o"!d arri+e in Ro&e an$ &o&ent. He %rote +er$ 4"eer!$ too a#o"t Se1an"s, &i5in) e5tra+a)ant -raises %ith -et"!ant re#"*es, and the )enera! i&-ression (on+e$ed %as that he had #e(o&e seni!e and %as !osin) his senses. Se1an"s %as so -"66!ed #$ these !etters that he (o"!d not &a*e "- his &ind %hether to atte&-t a re+o!"tion at on(e or to ho!d on to his -osition, %hi(h %as sti!! +er$ stron), "nti! Ti#eri"s died or (o"!d #e re&o+ed ro& -o%er on the )ro"nds o i&#e(i!it$. He %anted to +isit Ca-ri and ind o"t or hi&se! 1"st ho% thin)s stood %ith Ti#eri"s. He %rote as*in) -er&ission to +isit hi&
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on his #irthda$, #"t Ti#eri"s ans%ered that as Cons"! he sho"!d sta$ at Ro&e, it %as irre)"!ar eno")h or hi&se! to #e -er&anent!$ a#sent, Se1an"s then %rote that He!en %as serio"s!$ i!! at Na-!es and had #e))ed hi& to +isit her/ (o"!d he not #e -er&itted to do so, 1"st or a da$3 and ro& Na-!es it %as on!$ an ho"r7s ro% to Ca-ri. Ti#eri"s ans%ered that He!en had the #est do(tors and &"st #e -atient/ and that he hi&se! %as rea!!$ (o&in) to Ro&e no% and %anted Se1an"s to #e there to %e!(o&e hi&. At a#o"t the sa&e ti&e he 4"ashed an indi(t&ent a)ainst an e5-Go+ernor o S-ain, %ho& Se1an"s %as a(("sin) o e5tortion, on the )ro"nds that the e+iden(e %as (on !i(tin). He had ne+er #e ore ai!ed to s"--ort Se1an"s in a (ase o the sort. Se1an"s #e)an to #e a!ar&ed. The ter& o his Cons"!shi- e5-ired. On the da$ set #$ Ti#eri"s or his arri+a! in Ro&e, Se1an"s %as %aitin), at the head o a #atta!ion o G"ards, o"tside the te&-!e o A-o!!o, %here the Senate ha--ened to #e sittin) #e(a"se o re-airs that %ere #ein) done at the ti&e to the Senate Ho"se. S"dden!$ Ma(ro rode "- and sa!"ted hi&. Se1an"s as*ed hi& %h$ he had !e t the Ca&-. Ma(ro re-!ied that Ti#eri"s had sent hi& a !etter to de!i+er to the Senate. 8h$ $o"3 Se1an"s as*ed s"s-i(io"s!$. 8h$ not3 B"t %h$ not &e3 Be(a"se the !etter is a#o"t $o"B Then Ma(ro %his-ered in his ear, M$ heartiest (on)rat"!ations, Genera!. There7s a s"r-rise or $o" in the !etter. 9o"7re to #e &ade Prote(tor o the Peo-!e. That &eans $o"7re to #e o"r ne5t E&-eror. Se1an"s had not rea!!$ e5-e(ted Ti#eri"s to a--ear, #"t he had #een &ade +er$ an5io"s #$ his re(ent si!en(e. He no% r"shed, e!ated, into the Senate Ho"se. Ma(ro then (a!!ed the G"ards to attention. He said/ Bo$s, the E&-eror has 1"st a--ointed &e $o"r Genera! in Se1an"s7 -!a(e. Here7s &$ (o&&ission. 9o" are to )o strai)ht #a(* to the Ca&- no%, e5("sed a!! )"ard d"ties. 8hen $o" )et there te!! the other e!!o%s that Ma(ro7s in (har)e no% and that there7s thirt$ )o!d -ie(es (o&in) to e+er$ &an %ho *no%s ho% to o#e$ orders. 8ho7s the senior (a-tain3 9o"3 Mar(h the &en o B B"t don7t &a*e too &"(h ro% a#o"t it. So the G"ards %ent o and Ma(ro (a!!ed on the Co&&ander o the 8at(h&en, %ho had a!read$ #een %arned, to "rnish a )"ard in their -!a(e. Then he %ent in a ter Se1an"s, handed the !etter to the Cons"!s and (a&e o"t at on(e #e ore a %ord had #een read. He satis ied hi&se! that the 8at(h&en %ere -ro-er!$ -osted and then h"rried a ter the ret"rnin) G"ards to &a*e s"re that no dist"r#an(e arose in the Ca&-. Mean%hi!e the ne%s o Se1an"s7 Prote(torshi- had )one ro"nd the Ho"se and e+er$one #e)an to (heer hi& and o er their (on)rat"!ations. The senior Cons"! (a!!ed or order and #e)an readin) the !etter. It #e)an %ith
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Ti#eri"s7 "s"a! 0DD<2 e5("ses or not attendin) the &eetin)---ress"re o %or* and i!!-hea!th--and %ent on to dis("ss )enera! to-i(s, then to (o&-!ain s!i)ht!$ o Se1an"s7 hastiness in -re-arin) the indi(t&ent o the e5Go+e&or %itho"t -ro-er e+iden(e. Here Se1an"s s&i!ed #e(a"se this -et"!an(e o Ti#eri"s had a!%a$s hitherto #een a -re!"de to the )rantin) o so&e ne% hono"r. B"t the !etter (ontin"ed in the sa&e strain o re-roa(h, -ara)ra-h a ter -ara)ra-h, %ith )rad"a!!$ in(reasin) se+erit$, and the s&i!e s!o%!$ !e t Se1an"s7 a(e. The senators %ho had #een (heerin) hi& )re% si!ent and -er-!e5ed, and one or t%o %ho %ere sittin) near hi& &ade so&e e5("se and %a!*ed a(ross to the other side o the Ho"se. The !etter ended #$ sa$in) that Se1an"s had #een )"i!t$ o )ra+e irre)"!arities, that t%o o his riends, his "n(!e ;"ni"s B!ass"s %ho had tri"&-hed o+er Ta( arinas, and another, sho"!d, in his o-inion, #e -"nished and that Se1an"s hi&se! sho"!d #e arrested. The Cons"!, %ho had #een %arned #$ Ma(ro the ni)ht #e ore %hat Ti#eri"s %anted hi& to do, then (a!!ed o"t, Se1an"s, (o&e hereB Se1an"s (o"!d not #e!ie+e his ears. He %as %aitin) or the end o the !etter and his a--oint&ent to the Prote(torshi-. The Cons"! had to (a!! hi& t%i(e #e ore he "nderstood. He said/ Me3 9o" &ean &e3 As soon as his ene&ies rea!ised that Se1an"s had at !ast a!!en the$ #e)an !o"d!$ #ooin) and hissin) hi&, and his riends and re!ati+es, an5io"s or their o%n sa et$, 1oined in. He s"dden!$ o"nd hi&se! %itho"t a sin)!e s"--orter. The Cons"! as*ed the 4"estion, %hether the E&-eror7s ad+i(e sho"!d #e o!!o%edA$, a$B the %ho!e Ho"se sho"ted. The Co&&ander o the 8at(h&en %as s"&&oned, and %hen Se1an"s sa% that his o%n G"ards had disa--eared and that 8at(h&en had ta*en their -!a(es, he *ne% that he %as #eaten. He %as &ar(hed o to -rison and the -o-"!a(e, %ho had )ot %ind o %hat %as ha--enin), (ro%ded ro"nd hi& and sho"ted and )roaned and -e!ted hi& %ith i!th. He &" !ed his a(e %ith his )o%n #"t the$ threatened to *i!! hi& i he did not sho% it, and %hen he o#e$ed the$ -e!ted hi& a!! the harder. The sa&e a ternoon the Senate, seein) that no G"ards %ere a#o"t and that the (ro%d %as threatenin) to #rea* into the )ao! to !$n(h Se1an"s, de(ided to *ee- the (redit or the&se!+es and (onde&ned hi& to death. Ca!i)"!a sent Ti#eri"s the ne%s at on(e #$ #ea(on si)na!. Ti#eri"s had a !eet standin) #$ -re-ared to ta*e hi& to E)$-t i his -!ans %ent astra$. Se1an"s %as e5e("ted and his #od$ thro%n do%n the 8ee-in) Stairs, %here the ra##!e a#"sed it or three %ho!e da$s. 8hen the ti&e (a&e or it to #e dra))ed to the Ti#er %ith a hoo* thro")h the throat, the s*"!! had #een (arried o to the P"#!i( Baths and "sed as a #a!!, and there %as on!$ ha! the tr"n* !e t. The streets o Ro&e %ere !ittered, too, %ith the #ro*en !i&#s o his inn"&era#!e stat"es. His (hi!dren #$ A-i(ata %ere -"t to death #$ de(ree. There %as a #o$ %ho had (o&e o a)e, and a #o$ "nder a)e, and the )ir! %ho had #een #etrothed to &$ son Dr"si!!"s--she %as no% o"rteen $ears o!d. The #o$ "nder a)e (o"!d not !e)a!!$ #e e5e("ted, so, o!!o%in) a
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Ci+i! 8ar -re(edent, the$ &ade hi& -"t on his &an!$-)o%n or the o((asion. The )ir! #ein) a +ir)in %as sti!! &ore stron)!$ -rote(ted #$ !a%. There %as no -re(edent or e5e("tin) a +ir)in %hose on!$ (ri&e %as #ein) her ather7s da")hter. 8hen she %as (arried o to -rison she did not "nderstand %hat %as ha--enin) and (a!!ed o"t/ Don7t ta*e &e to -risonB 8hi- &e i $o" !i*e and I %on7t do it a)ainB She a--arent!$ had so&e )ir!ish na")htiness on her (ons(ien(e, Ma(ro )a+e orders that, to a+oid the i!!-!"(* that %o"!d #e a!! the Cit$ i the$ e5e("ted her %hi!e sti!! a +ir)in, the -"#!i( e5e("tioner sho"!d o"tra)e her. As soon as I heard o this, I said to &$se! / Ro&e, $o" are r"ined, there (an #e no e5-iation or a (ri&e so horri#!e, and I (a!!ed the Gods to %itness that tho")h a re!ati+e o the E&-eror I had ta*en no -art in the )o+ern&ent o &$ (o"ntr$ and that I detested the (ri&e as &"(h as the$ did, tho")h -o%er!ess to a+en)e it. 8hen A-i(ata %as to!d %hat had ha--ened to her (hi!dren and sa% the (ro%d ins"!tin) their #odies on the Stairs she *i!!ed herse! . B"t irst she %rote a !etter to Ti#eri"s te!!in) hi& that Castor had #een -oisoned #$ Li+i!!a and that Li+i!!a and Se1an"s had intended to "s"r- the &onar(h$. She #!a&ed Li+i!!a or e+er$thin). M$ &other had not *no%n a#o"t the &"rder o Castor. Ti#eri"s no% (a!!ed &$ &other to Ca-ri, than*ed her or her )reat ser+i(es, and sho%ed her A-i(ata7s !etter. He to!d her that an$ re%ard %ithin reason %as hers or the as*in). M$ &other said that the on!$ re%ard that she %o"!d as* %as that the a&i!$ na&e sho"!d not #e dis)ra(ed/ that her da")hter sho"!d not #e e5e("ted and her #od$ thro%n do%n the Stairs. Ho% is she to #e -"nished then3 Ti#eri"s as*ed shar-!$. Gi+e her to &e, said &$ &other. I %i!! -"nish her. So Li+i!!a %as not -"#!i(!$ -ro(eeded a)ainst. M$ &other !o(*ed her "- in the roo& ne5t to her o%n and star+ed her to death. She (o"!d hear her des-airin) (ries and ("rses, da$ a ter da$, ni)ht a ter ni)ht, )rad"a!!$ %ea*enin), #"t she *e-t her there, instead o in so&e (e!!ar o"t o earshot, "nti! she died. She did this not ro& a de!i)ht in tort"re, or it %as ine5-ressi#!$ -ain "! to her, #"t as a -"nish&ent to herse! or ha+in) #ro")ht "- so a#o&ina#!e a da")hter. A %ho!e (ro- o e5e("tions o!!o%ed as a res"!t o Se1an"s7 death--a!! his riends %ho had not #een 4"i(* in &a*in) the (han)e-o+er, and a )reat &an$ o those %ho had. The ones %ho did not anti(i-ate death #$ s"i(ide %ere h"r!ed ro& the Tar-eian (!i o the Ca-ito!ine Hi!!. Their estates %ere (on is(ated, Ti#eri"s -aid the a(("sers +er$ !itt!e, he %as #e(o&in) e(ono&i(a!. On Ca!i)"!a7s ad+i(e he ra&ed (har)es a)ainst those a(("sers %ho %ere entit!ed to #ene it &ost hea+i!$ and so %as a#!e to (on is(ate their estates too. A#o"t si5t$ senators, t%o h"ndred *ni)hts and a tho"sand or &ore o the (o&&ons died at this ti&e. M$ a!!ian(e #$ &arria)e %ith Se1an"s7 a&i!$ &i)ht easi!$ ha+e (ost &e &$ !i e, had I not #een &$ &other7s son. I %as no% a!!o%ed to di+or(e MSia and to retain an ei)hth -art o her do%r$. As a &atter o a(t I ret"rned it a!! to her. She &"st ha+e tho")ht &e a oo!. B"t I did this as so&e (o&-ensation or ta*in) o"r !itt!e (hi!d Antonia a%a$ ro& her as soon as she %as #orn. :or MMia had a!!o%ed herse! to #e(o&e -re)nant #$ &e as soon as she e!t that Se1an"s7 -osition %as #e(o&in) inse("re.
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She tho")ht that this %o"!d #e so&e -rote(tion to her i he e!! ro& -o%er/ Ti#eri"s (o"!d hard!$ ha+e her e5e("ted %hi!e she %as %ith (hi!d o his ne-he%. I %e!(o&ed &$ di+or(e ro& IE!ia, #"t %o"!d not ha+e ro##ed her o the (hi!d i &$ &other had not insisted on it/ &$ &other %anted Antonia or herse! as so&ethin) to &other o her +er$ o%n--)rand&other-h"n)er, as it is (a!!ed. The on!$ &e&#er o Se1an"s7 a&i!$ %ho es(a-ed %as his #rother, and he es(a-ed or the stran)e reason that he had -"#!i(!$ &ade "n o Ti#eri"s7 #a!dness. At the !ast ann"a! esti+a! in hono"r o :!ora, at %hi(h he ha--ened to #e -residin), he e&-!o$ed on!$ #a!d-headed &en to -er or& the (ere&onies, %hi(h %ere -ro!on)ed to the e+enin), and the s-e(tators %ere !i)hted o"t o the theatre #$ i+e tho"sand (hi!dren %ith tor(hes in their hands and their heads sha+ed. Ti#eri"s %as in or&ed o this in Ner+a7s -resen(e #$ a +isitin) senator and 1"st to (reate a )ood i&-ression on Ner+a he said, I or)i+e the e!!o%. I ;"!i"s Caesar did not resent 1o*es a#o"t his #a!dness, ho% &"(h !ess sho"!d I3 I s"--ose that %hen Se1an"s e!! Ti#eri"s de(ided, #$ the sa&e *ind o %hi&, to rene% his &a)nani&it$. B"t He!en %as -"nished, &ere!$ or ha+in) -retended to #e i!!, #$ #ein) &arried to B!and"s, a +er$ +"!)ar e!!o% %hose )rand ather, a -ro+in(ia! *ni)ht, had (o&e to Ro&e as a tea(her o rhetori(. This %as (onsidered +er$ #ase #eha+io"r on Ti#eri"s7 -art, #e(a"se He!en %as his )randda")hter and he %as dishono"rin) his o%n ho"se #$ this a!!ian(e. It %as said that one had not to )o ar #a(* in the B!and"s !ine #e ore one (a&e to s!a+es. Ti#eri"s rea!ised no% that the G"ards, to %ho& he -aid a #o"nt$ o i t$ )o!d -ie(es ea(h, not thirt$ as Ma(ro had -ro&ised, %ere his one (ertain de en(e a)ainst the -eo-!e and the Senate. He to!d Ca!i)"!a/ There7s not a &an in Ro&e %ho %o"!d not )!ad!$ eat &$ !esh. The G"ards, to sho% their !o$a!t$ to Ti#eri"s, (o&-!ained that the$ had #een %ron)ed #$ ha+in) the 8at(h&en -re erred to the& as Se1an"s7 -rison es(ort, and as a -rotest &ar(hed o"t o Ca&- to -!"nder the s"#"r#s. Ma(ro !et the& ha+e a )ood ni)ht o"t, #"t %hen the Asse&#!$-(a!! %as #!o%n at da%n the ne5t da$, the &en %ho %ere not #a(* %ithin t%o ho"rs he !o))ed near!$ to death. A ter a ti&e Ti#eri"s de(!ared an a&nest$. No#od$ (o"!d no% #e tried or ha+in) #een -o!iti(a!!$ (onne(ted 0D=72 %ith Se1an"s, and i an$one (ared to )o into &o"rnin) or hi&, re&e&#erin) his no#!e deeds no% that his e+i! ones had #een "!!$ -"nished, there %o"!d 0A.D. DK2 #e no o#1e(tion to this. A )ood &an$ &en did so, )"essin) that this %as %hat Ti#eri"s %anted, #"t the$ )"essed %ron). The$ %ere soon on tria! or their !i+es, a(ed %ith -er e(t!$ )ro"nd!ess (har)es, the (o&&onest #ein) in(est. The$ %ere a!! e5e("ted. It &a$ #e %ondered ho% it ha--ened that there %ere an$ senators or *ni)hts !e t a ter a!! this s!a")hter/ #"t the ans%er is that Ti#eri"s *e-t the Orders "- to stren)th #$ (onstant -ro&otion. :ree #irth, a (!ean re(ord, and so &an$ tho"sands o )o!d -ie(es, %ere the on!$ 4"a!i i(ations or ad&ission into the No#!e Order o Ani)hts, and there %ere a!%a$s -!ent$ o (andidates, tho")h the initiation ee %as hea+$. Ti#eri"s %as #e(o&in) &ore )ras-in) than e+er/ he e5-e(ted ri(h &en to !ea+e hi& at !east ha! their estates in their %i!!s, and i the$ %ere o"nd not to ha+e done so he de(!ared the %i!!s te(hni(a!!$ in+a!id #e(a"se o so&e !e)a! !a% or other, and too* (har)e o the entire estate hi&se! , the heirs )ettin) nothin). He s-ent -ra(ti(a!!$ no &one$ on -"#!i( %or*s, not e+en (o&-!etin) the Te&-!e o A")"st"s, and stinted the (orn-do!e and the a!!o%an(e or -"#!i( entertain&ents. He -aid the ar&ies re)"!ar!$, that %as a!!. As or the -ro+in(es, he did nothin) at a!! a#o"t the& an$ &ore, so !on) as the ta5es and tri#"te (a&e in re)"!ar!$, he did not e+en tro"#!e to a--oint ne% )o+ernors %hen the o!d ones died. A de-"tation o S-aniards on(e (a&e to (o&-!ain to hi& that
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the$ had #een o"r $ears no% %itho"t a )o+ernor and that the sta o the !ast one %ere -i!!a)in) the -ro+in(e sha&e "!!$. Ti#eri"s said/ 9o" aren7t as*in) or a ne% )o+ernor, are $o"3 B"t a ne% )o+ernor %o"!d on!$ #rin) a ne% sta , and then $o"7d #e %orse o than #e ore. I7!! te!! $o" a stor$. There %as on(e a #ad!$ %o"nded &an !$in) on the #att!e- ie!d %aitin) or the s"r)eon to dress his %o"nd, %hi(h %as (o+ered %ith !ies. A !i)ht!$ %o"nded (o&rade sa% the !ies and %as )oin) to dri+e the& a%a$, 7Oh, no,7 (ried the %o"nded &an, 7don7t do thatB These !ies are a!&ost )or)ed %ith &$ #!ood no% and aren7t h"rtin) &e near!$ so &"(h as the$ did at irst/ i $o" dri+e the& a%a$ their -!a(e %i!! #e ta*en at on(e #$ h"n)rier ones, and that %i!! #e the end o &e. He a!!o%ed the Parthians to o+err"n Ar&enia, and the trans-Dan"#e tri#es to in+ade the Ba!*ans, and the Ger&ans to &a*e raids a(ross the Rhine into :ran(e. He (on is(ated the estates o a n"&#er o a!!ied (hie s and -ett$ *in)s in :ran(e, S-ain, S$ria and Gree(e, "sin) the &ost !i&s$ -rete5ts. He re!ie+ed Conones o his treas"re--$o" %i!! re(a!! that Conones %as the or&er *in) o Ar&enia, a#o"t %ho& &$ #rother Ger&ani("s had 4"arre!!ed %ith Gnae"s Piso--#$ sendin) a)ents to he!- hi& es(a-e ro& the (it$ in Ci!i(ia %here Ger&ani("s had -"t hi& "nder )"ard and then ha+in) hi& -"rs"ed and *i!!ed. The in or&ers a#o"t this ti&e #e)an to a(("se %ea!th$ &en o (har)in) &ore than the !e)a! interest on !oans-one and a ha! -er (ent %as a!! that the$ %ere a!!o%ed to (har)e. The stat"te a#o"t it had !on) a!!en in a#e$an(e and hard!$ a sin)!e senator %as inno(ent o in rin)in) it. B"t Ti#eri"s "-he!d its +a!idit$. A de-"tation %ent to hi& and -!eaded that e+er$one sho"!d #e a!!o%ed a $ear and a ha! to ad1"st his -ri+ate inan(es to (on or& %ith the !etter o the !a%, and Ti#eri"s as a )reat a+o"r )ranted the re4"est. The res"!t %as that a!! de#ts %ere at on(e (a!!ed in, and this (a"sed a )reat shorta)e o ("rrent (oin. Ti#eri"s7 )reat id!e hoards o )o!d and si!+er in the Treas"r$ had #een res-onsi#!e or or(in) "- the rate o interest in the irst -!a(e, and no% there %as a inan(ia! -ani( and !and-+a!"es e!! to nothin). Ti#eri"s %as e+ent"a!!$ or(ed to re!ie+e the sit"ation #$ !endin) the #an*ers a &i!!ion )o!d -ie(es o -"#!i( &one$, %itho"t interest, to -a$ o"t to #orro%ers in e5(han)e or se("rities in !and. He %o"!d not e+en ha+e done this &"(h #"t or Co((ei"s Ner+a7s ad+i(e. He sti!! "sed o((asiona!!$ to (ons"!t Ner+a %ho, !i+in) at Ca-ri, %here he %as *e-t (are "!!$ a%a$ ro& the s(ene o Ti#eri"s7 de#a"(hes and a!!o%ed !itt!e ne%s ro& Ro&e, %as -erha-s the on!$ &an in the %or!d %ho sti!! #e!ie+ed in Ti#eri"s7 )oodness. To Ner+a 0Ca!i)"!a to!d &e so&e $ears !ater2 Ti#eri"s e5-!ained his -ainted a+o"rites as -oor or-hans on %ho& he had ta*en -it$, &ost o the& a !itt!e 4"eer in the head, %hi(h a((o"nted or the "nn$ %a$ the$ dressed and #eha+ed. B"t (o"!d Ner+a rea!!$ ha+e 0D=J2 #een so si&-!e as to ha+e #e!ie+ed this, and so shortsi)hted3

CHAPTER NNCIII O: THE LAST :ICE 9EARS O: TIBERIUS7 REIGN THE LESS to!d the #etter. I (annot #ear to %rite in detai! o Nero, s!o%!$ star+ed to death, or o A)ri--ina, %ho %as (heered #$ ne%s o Se1an"s7 a!!, #"t %hen she sa% that it &ade &atters no #etter or her re "sed to eat, and %as or(i#!$ ed or a%hi!e, and then at !ast !e t to die as she %ished, or o Ga!!"s, %ho died o a (ons"&-tion, or o Dr"s"s %ho, re&o+ed so&e ti&e #e ore ro& his atti(
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in the Pa!a(e to a dar* (e!!ar, %as o"nd dead %ith his &o"th "!! o the !o(* ro& his &attress, %hi(h he had #een )na%in) in his star+ation. B"t I &"st re(ord at !east that Ti#eri"s %rote !etters to the Senate re1oi(in) in the death o A)ri--ina and Nero--he a(("sed her no% o treason and o ad"!ter$ %ith Ga!!"s--and re)rettin), in the (ase o Ga!!"s, that the -ress o -"#!i( #"siness had (onstant!$ -ost-oned his tria! so that he had died #e ore his )"i!t (o"!d #e -ro+ed. As or Dr"s"s, he %rote that this $o"n) &an %as the !e%dest and &ost trea(hero"s ras(a! he had e+er en(o"ntered. He ordered a re(ord to #e -"#!i(!$ read, #$ the G"ards (a-tain %ho had #een in (har)e o hi&, o the treasona#!e re&ar*s %hi(h Dr"s"s had "ttered %hi!e in -rison. Ne+er had s"(h a -ain "! do("&ent #een read in the Ho"se #e ore. It %as (!ear ro& Dr"s"s7 re&ar*s that he had #een #eaten and tort"red and ins"!ted #$ the (a-tain hi&se! , #$ (o&&on so!diers and e+en #$ s!a+es, and that he had +er$ (r"e!!$ #een )i+en e+er$ da$ !ess and !ess ood and drin*, (r"&# #$ (r"&#, and dro- #$ dro-. Ti#eri"s e+en ordered the (a-tain to read Dr"s"s7 d$in) ("rse. It %as a %i!d #"t %e!!-(o&-osed i&-re(ation, a(("sin) Ti#eri"s o &iser!iness, trea(her$, o#s(ene i!th&ess and de!i)ht in tort"re, o &"rderin) Ger&ani("s and Post"&"s, and o a %ho!e series o other (ri&es 0&ost o %hi(h he had (o&&itted #"t none o %hi(h had e+er #een -"#!i(!$ &entioned #e ore2, he -ra$ed the Gods that a!! the i&&eas"ra#!e s" erin) and distress that Ti#eri"s had (a"sed others sho"!d %ei)h "-on hi& %ith in(reasin) stren)th, %a*in) or s!ee-in), ni)ht and da$, or as !on) as he !i+ed, sho"!d o+er%he!& hi& in the ho"r o his death, and sho"!d (o&&it hi& to e+er!astin) tort"re in the da$ o in erna! ;"d)&ent. The senators interr"-ted the readin) %ith e5(!a&ations o -retended horror at Dr"s"s7 treason, #"t these oh, oh7s and )roans (o+ered their a&a6e&ent that Ti#eri"s sho"!d +o!"ntari!$ -ro+ide s"(h a re+e!ation o his o%n %i(*edness. Ti#eri"s %as +er$ sorr$ or hi&se! at the ti&e 0I heard a ter%ards ro& Ca!i)"!a2, tor&ented #$ inso&nia and s"-erstitio"s ears, and a(t"a!!$ (o"nted on the Senate7s s$&-ath$. He to!d Ca!i)"!a %ith tears in his e$es that the *i!!in) o his re!ati+es had #een or(ed on hi& #$ their o%n a&#ition and #$ the -o!i($ that he had inherited ro& A")"st"s 0he said A")"st"s, not Li+ia2 o -"ttin) the tran4"i!!it$ o the rea!& #e ore -ri+ate senti&ent. Ca!i)"!a, %ho had ne+er sho%n the s!i)htest si)ns o )rie or an)er at Ti#eri"s7 treat&ent o his &other or #rothers, (ondo!ed %ith the o!d &an, and then 4"i(*!$ #e)an te!!in) hi& o a ne% sort o +i(e that he had heard a#o"t re(ent!$ ro& so&e S$rians. S"(h ta!* %as the on!$ %a$ to (heer Ti#eri"s "- %hen he had atta(*s o re&orse. Le-ida, %ho had #etra$ed Dr"s"s, did not !on) s"r+i+e hi&. She %as a(("sed o ad"!ter$ %ith a s!a+e and not #ein) a#!e to den$ the (har)e 0 or she %as o"nd in #ed %ith hi&2 too* her o%n !i e. Ca!i)"!a s-ent &ost o his ti&e at Ca-ri #"t o((asiona!!$ %ent to Ro&e on Ti#eri"s7 #eha! to *ee- an e$e on Ma(ro. Ma(ro did a!! Se1an"s7 %or* no%, and +er$ e i(ient!$, #"t %as sensi#!e eno")h to !et the Senate *no% that he %anted no hono"rs +oted to hi& and that an$ senator %ho -ro-osed an$ s"(h %o"!d soon ind hi&se! on tria! or his !i e on so&e (har)e o treason, in(est or or)er$. Ti#eri"s had indi(ated Ca!i)"!a as his s"((essor or se+era! reasons. The irst %as that Ca!i)"!a7s -o-"!arit$ as Ger&ani("s7 son *e-t the -eo-!e on their #est #eha+io"r or 0D=J7 ear that an$ dist"r#an(e on their -art %o"!d #e -"nished #$ his death. The ne5t %as that Ca!i)"!a %as an e5(e!!ent ser+ant and one o the e% -eo-!e %i(*ed eno")h to &a*e Ti#eri"s ee!, #$ (o&-arison, a +irt"o"s &an. The third %as that he did not #e!ie+e that Ca!i)"!a %o"!d, as a &atter o a(t, e+er
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#e(o&e E&-eror. :or Thras$!!"s, %ho& he sti!! tr"sted a#so!"te!$ 0sin(e no e+ent had e+er ha--ened (ontrar$ to his -redi(tions2, had to!d hi&, Ca!i)"!a (an no &ore #e(o&e E&-eror than he (o"!d )a!!o- on horse#a(* a(ross $onder #a$ ro& IBaias to P"teo!i. Thras$!!"s a!so said, Ten $ears ro& no% Ti#eri"s Caesar %i!! sti!! #e E&-eror. This %as tr"e, as it t"rned o"t, #"t it %as another Ti#eri"s Caesar. Ti#eri"s *ne% a )reat dea!, #"t so&e thin)s Thras$!!"s *e-t ro& hi&. He *ne%, or instan(e, the ate o his )randson Ge&e!!"s, %ho %as not rea!!$ his )randson #e(a"se Castor %as not the ather, #"t Se1an"s. He said to Ca!i)"!a one da$/ I a& &a*in) $o" &$ -rin(i-a! heir. I a& &a*in) Ge&e!!"s &$ se(ond heir in (ase $o" die #e ore hi&, #"t this is on!$ a or&a!it$. I *no% that $o"7!! *i!! Ge&e!!"s, #"t then, others %i!! *i!! $o". He said this e5-e(tin) to o"t!i+e the& #oth. Then he added, 4"otin) ro& so&e Gree* tra)edian or other/ 8hen I a& dead, !et :ire the Earth (on o"nd. B"t Ti#eri"s %as not dead $et. The in or&ers %ere sti!! #"s$ and e+er$ $ear &ore and &ore -eo-!e %ere e5e("ted. There %as hard!$ a senator !e t %ho had *e-t his seat sin(e the da$s o A")"st"s. Ma(ro had a ar )reater a--etite or #!ood and ar !ess (o&-"n(tion in sheddin) it than Se1an"s. Se1an"s %as at an$ rate the son o a *ni)ht, Ma(ro7s ather had #een #orn a s!a+e. A&on) the ne% +i(ti&s %as P!an(ina %ho, no% that Li+ia had died, had no#od$ to -rote(t her. She %as a(("sed on(e &ore o -oisonin) Ger&ani("s, or she %as 4"ite %ea!th$. Ti#eri"s had not a!!o%ed her to #e -rose("ted "nti! A)ri--ina %as dead, #e(a"se i A)ri--ina had heard the ne%s it %o"!d ha+e -!eased her )reat!$. I %as not sorr$ %hen I heard that P!an(ina7s #od$ had #een thro%n on the Stairs, tho")h she had anti(i-ated e5e("tion #$ s"i(ide. One da$ at dinner %ith Ti#eri"s, Ner+a as*ed Ti#eri"s7 -ardon, e5-!ainin) that he %as not ee!in) h"n)r$ and %anted no ood. Ner+a had #een in -er e(t hea!th and s-irits a!! this ti&e and a--arent!$ 4"ite (ontented %ith his she!tered !i e at Ca-ri. Ti#eri"s tho")ht at irst that Ner+a had ta*en a -"r)e the ni)ht #e ore and %as restin) his sto&a(h, #"t %hen he (arried his ast thro")h into the se(ond and third da$, Ti#eri"s #e)an to ear that he had de(ided to (o&&it s"i(ide #$ star+ation. He sat do%n at Ner+a7s side and #e))ed hi& to te!! hi& %h$ he %as not eatin). B"t a!! Ner+a %o"!d do %as to a-o!o)ise a)ain and sa$ that he %as not h"n)r$. Ti#eri"s tho")ht that -erha-s Ner+a %as anno$ed %ith hi& or not ha+in) ta*en his ad+i(e sooner a#o"t a+ertin) the inan(ia! (risis. He as*ed, 8o"!d $o" eat %ith a #etter a--etite i I re-ea!ed a!! !a%s !i&itin) the interest on !oans to a i)"re %hi(h $o" (onsider too !o%3 Ner+a said/ No, it isn7t that. I7& 1"st not h"n)r$. The ne5t da$ Ti#eri"s said to Ner+a, I ha+e %ritten to the Senate. So&eone has to!d &e that t%o or three &en a(t"a!!$ &a*e a !i+in) #$ a(tin) as -ro essiona! in or&ers a)ainst %ron)doers. It ne+er o(("rred to &e that #$ re%ardin) !o$a!t$ to the State I sho"!d en(o"ra)e &en to te&-t their riends into (ri&e and then #etra$ the&, #"t this see&s to ha+e ha--ened on &ore than one instan(e.
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I a& te!!in) the Senate i&&ediate!$ to e5e("te an$ -erson %ho (an #e -ro+ed to ha+e &ade a !i+in) #$ s"(h in a&o"s (ond"(t. Perha-s no% $o"7!! ta*e so&ethin)3 8hen Ner+a than*ed hi& and -raised his de(ision #"t said that he had sti!! no a--etite at a!!, Ti#eri"s #e(a&e &ost de-ressed. 9o"7!! die i $o" don7t eat, Ner+a, and then %hat %i!! I do3 9o" *no% ho% &"(h I +a!"e $o"r riendshi- and $o"r -o!iti(a! ad+i(e. P!ease, -!ease eat, I #esee(h $o". I $o" %ere to die the %or!d %o"!d thin* that it %as &$ doin), or at !east that $o" %ere star+in) $o"rse! o"t o hatred or &e. Oh, don7t die, Ner+aB 9o"7re &$ on!$ rea! riend !e t. Ner+a said/ It7s no "se as*in) &e to eat, Caesar. M$ sto&a(h %o"!d re "se an$thin) I )a+e it. And s"re!$ no#od$ (o"!d -ossi#!$ sa$ s"(h i!!-nat"red thin)s as $o" s"))est3 The$ *no% %hat a %ise r"!er and *ind-hearted &an $o" are and I a& s"re the$ ha+e no reason or s"--osin) &e "n)rate "!, ha+e the$3 I I &"st die, I &"st die, and that7s a!! 0D=<2 there is to it. Death is the (o&&on ate o a!! and at !east I sha!! ha+e the satis a(tion o not o"t!i+in) $o". Ti#eri"s %as not to #e (on+in(ed, #"t soon Ner+a %as too %ea* to ans%er his 4"estions/ he died on the ninth da$. Thras$!!"s died. His death %as anno"n(ed #$ a !i6ard. It %as a +er$ s&a!! !i6ard and ran a(ross the stone ta#!e %here Thras$!!"s %as at #rea* ast %ith Ti#eri"s in the s"n and stradd!ed a(ross his ore in)er. 0A.D. D>2 Thras$!!"s as*ed, 9o" ha+e (o&e to s"&&on &e, #rother3 I e5-e(ted $o" at this +er$ ho"r. Then t"rnin) to Ti#eri"s he said/ M$ !i e is at an end, Caesar, so are%e!!B I ne+er to!d $o" a !ie. 9o" to!d &e &an$. B"t #e%are %hen $o"r !i6ard )i+es $o" a %arnin). He (!osed his e$es and a e% &o&ents !ater %as dead. No% Ti#eri"s had &ade a -et o the &ost e5traordinar$ ani&a! e+er seen in Ro&e. Gira es e5(ited )reat ad&iration %hen irst seen, and so did the rhino(eros, #"t this, tho")h not so !ar)e %as ar &ore a#"!o"s. It (a&e ro& an is!and #e$ond India (a!!ed ;a+a, and it %as !i*e a !i6ard the si6e o a s&a!! (a! , %ith an ")!$ head and a #a(* !i*e a sa%. 8hen Ti#eri"s irst !oo*ed at it he said that he %o"!d no% no !on)er #e s(e-ti(a! a#o"t the &onsters said to ha+e #een s!ain #$ Her("!es and These"s. It %as (a!!ed the 8in)!ess Dra)on and Ti#eri"s ed it hi&se! e+er$ da$ %ith (o(*roa(hes and dead &i(e and s"(h-!i*e +er&in. It had a dis)"stin) s&e!!, dirt$ ha#its and a +i(io"s te&-er. The dra)on and Ti#eri"s "nderstood ea(h other -er e(t!$. He tho")ht that Thras$!!"s &eant that the dra)on %o"!d #ite hi& one da$, so he -"t it in a (a)e %ith #ars too s&a!! or it to -o*e its ")!$ head thro")h. Ti#eri"s %as no% se+ent$-ei)ht $ears o!d, and (onstant "se o &$rrh and si&i!ar a-hrodisia(s had &ade hi& +er$ ee#!e, #"t he dressed s-r"(e!$ and tried to #eha+e !i*e a &an not $et -ast &idd!e a)e. He had )ro%n tired o Ca-ri, no% that Ner+a and Thras$!!"s %ere )one, and ear!$ in Mar(h the ne5t $ear deter&ined to de $ :ate and +isit Ro&e. He %ent there #$ eas$ sta)es, 0A.D. D<2 his !ast sto--in) -!a(e #ein) a +i!!a on the A--ian Road, %ithin si)ht o the Cit$ %a!!s. B"t the da$ a ter he arri+ed there the dra)on )a+e hi& the -ro-hesied %arnin). Ti#eri"s %ent to eed it at noon and o"nd it !$in) in the (a)e, dead, and a h")e s%ar& o !ar)e #!a(* ants r"nnin) a!! o+er it, tr$in) to -"!! a%a$ #its o so t !esh. He too* this as a si)n that i he %ent an$ "rther to%ards the Cit$ he %o"!d die !i*e the dra)on and the (ro%d %o"!d tear his #od$ to -ie(es. So he h"rried!$ t"rned #a(*.
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He (a")ht a (hi!! #$ tra+e!!in) in an east %ind, %hi(h he &ade %orse #$ attendin) so&e Ga&es e5hi#ited #$ the so!diers o a )arrison to%n thro")h %hi(h he -assed. A %i!d #oar %as re!eased in the arena and he %as as*ed to thro% a 1a+e!in at it ro& his #o5. He thre% one and &issed, and %as anno$ed %ith hi&se! or &issin), and (a!!ed or another. He had a!%a$s -rided hi&se! on his s*i!! %ith the 1a+e!in and did not %ant the so!diers to thin* that o!d a)e had #eaten hi&. So he )ot hot and e5(ited, h"r!in) 1a+e!in a ter 1a+e!in, tr$in) to hit the #oar ro& an i&-ossi#!e distan(e, and ina!!$ had to storo& e5ha"stion. The #oar %as "nto"(hed and Ti#eri"s ordered it to #e re!eased as a re%ard or its s*i!! in a+oidin) his shots. The (hi!! sett!ed on his !i+er, #"t he (ontin"ed tra+e!!in) #a(* to Ca-ri. He rea(hed Misen"&/ it !ies at the nearer end o the Ba$ o Na-!es. The 8estern !eet has its head4"arters here. Ti#eri"s %as anno$ed to ind the sea so ro")h that he (o"!d not (ross. He had a s-!endid +i!!a, ho%e+er, on the -ro&ontor$ o Misen"&--it had on(e #e!on)ed to the a&o"s e-i("re L"("!!"s. He &o+ed into it %ith his train. Ca!i)"!a had a((o&-anied hi& and so had Ma(ro, and to sho% that there %as nothin) serio"s!$ a&iss %ith hi& Ti#eri"s )a+e a )reat #an4"et to a!! the !o(a! o i(ia!s. The eastin) had )one on or so&e ti&e %hen Ti#eri"s7 -ri+ate -h$si(ian as*ed -er&ission to !ea+e the ta#!e and attend to so&e &edi(a! #"siness/ (ertain her#s, $o" *no%, ha+e )reater +irt"e %hen the$ are -i(*ed at &idni)ht or %hen the &oon is in s"(h and s"(h a -osition, and Ti#eri"s %as a(("sto&ed to the -h$si(ian7s risin) d"rin) the &ea! to see to thin)s o this sort. He too* "- Ti#eri"s7 hand to *iss it, #"t he!d it rather !on)er than ne(essar$. Ti#eri"s tho")ht, 4"ite ri)ht!$, that the -h$si(ian %as ee!in) his -"!se to see ho% %ea* he %as, so he &ade hi& sit do%n a)ain as a -"nish&ent and *e-t the #an4"et )oin) a!! ni)ht, 1"st to -ro+e that he %asn7t i!!. The ne5t da$ Ti#eri"s %as in a state o -rostration, and 0D=F2 the %ord %ent ro"nd Misen"&, and s-read ro& there to Ro&e, that he %as a#o"t to die. No%, Ti#eri"s had to!d Ma(ro that he %ished e+iden(e o treason o"nd a)ainst (ertain !eadin) senators %ho& he dis!i*ed and had )i+en hi& orders to se("re their (on+i(tion #$ %hate+er &eans he -!eased. Ma(ro %rote the& a!! do%n as a((o&-!i(es in a (har)e that he %as -re-arin) a)ainst a %o&an he had a )r"d)e a)ainst, the %i e o a or&er a)ent o Se1an"s/ she had re-e!!ed his ad+an(es. The$ %ere a!! a(("sed o ad"!ter$ %ith her and o ta*in) Ti#eri"s7 na&e in +ain. B$ #ro%#eatin) reed&en and tort"rin) s!a+es Ma(ro )ot the e+iden(e that %as needed-- reed&en and s!a+es had #$ no% a!! !ost the tradition o ide!it$ to%ards their &asters. The tria! #e)an. B"t the riends o the a(("sed noti(ed that tho")h Ma(ro hi&se! had (ond"(ted the e5a&ination o %itnesses and the tort"re o s!a+es, the "s"a! I&-eria! !etter a--ro+in) his a(tions %as not !aid on the ta#!e/ so the$ (on(!"ded that -erha-s Ma(ro had added one or t%o -ri+ate ene&ies o his o%n to the !ist )i+en hi& #$ Ti#eri"s. The (hie +i(ti& o these o#+io"s!$ a#s"rd (har)es %as Arr"nti"s, the o!dest and &ost di)ni ied &e&#er o the Senate. A")"st"s, a $ear #e ore his death, had said that he %as the on!$ -ossi#!e (hoi(e or E&-eror, ai!in) Ti#eri"s, Ti#eri"s had a!read$ on(e tried to (on+i(t hi& o treason, #"t "ns"((ess "!!$. O!d Arr"nti"s %as the on!$ re&ainin) !in* %ith the A")"stan a)e. On the -re+io"s o((asion senti&ent had #een so stron) a)ainst his a(("sers, tho")h it %as #e!ie+ed that the$ %ere a(tin) on Ti#eri"s7 insti)ation, that the$ %ere the&se!+es tried, (on+i(ted o -er1"r$ and -"t to death. It %as *no%n no% that Ma(ro had re(ent!$ had a dis-"te %ith Arr"nti"s a#o"t &one$, so the tria! %as ad1o"rned "nti! Ti#eri"s sho"!d ha+e
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(on ir&ed Ma(ro7s (o&&ission. Ti#eri"s ne)!e(ted to re-!$ to the Senate7s en4"ir$, so Arr"nti"s and the rest had #een in -rison or so&e ti&e. At !ast Ti#eri"s sent the ne(essar$ (on ir&ation, and the da$ or the ne% tria! %as i5ed. Arr"nti"s had deter&ined to *i!! hi&se! #e ore the tria! (a&e o so that his estate sho"!d not #e (on is(ated and his )rand(hi!dren -a"-eri6ed. He %as sa$in) )ood-#$e to a e% o!d riends %hen the ne%s arri+ed o Ti#eri"s7 se+ere i!!ness. His riends #e))ed hi& to -ost-one s"i(ide "nti! the !ast &o&ent, #e(a"se i the ne%s %as tr"e he had a +er$ )ood (han(e o s"r+i+in) Ti#eri"s and #ein) -ardoned #$ his s"((essor. Arr"nti"s said/ No, I ha+e !i+ed too !on), M$ !i e %as di i("!t eno")h in the da$s %hen Ti#eri"s shared his -o%er %ith Li+ia. It %as %e!! ni)h into!era#!e %hen he shared it %ith Se1an"s. B"t Ma(ro has sho%n hi&se! &ore o a +i!!ain e+en than Se1an"s and, &ar* &$ %ords, Ca!i)"!a %ith his Ca-ri ed"(ation %i!! &a*e a %orse E&-eror e+en than Ti#eri"s. I (annot in &$ o!d a)e #e(o&e the s!a+e o a ne% &aster !i*e hi&. He too* a -en*ni e and se+ered an arter$ o his %rist. E+er$one %as )reat!$ sho(*ed, or Ca!i)"!a %as a -o-"!ar hero, and %as e5-e(ted to #e a se(ond and #etter A")"st"s. No#od$ tho")ht o #!a&in) hi& or his -retended !o$a!t$ to Ti#eri"s/ he %as on the (ontrar$ )reat!$ ad&ired or his (!e+erness in s"r+i+in) his #rothers and or (on(ea!in) so %e!! %hat %ere s"--osed to #e his rea! ee!in)s. Mean%hi!e, Ti#eri"s7 -"!se near!$ sto--ed and he !a-sed into a (o&a. The -h$si(ian to!d Ma(ro that t%o da$s &ore, at the o"tside, %ere a!! that he had to !i+e. So the %ho!e Co"rt %as in a )reat #"st!e. Ma(ro and Ca!i)"!a %ere in -er e(t a((ord. Ca!i)"!a res-e(ted Ma(ro7s -o-"!arit$ %ith the G"ards, and Ma(ro res-e(ted Ca!i)"!a7s -o-"!arit$ %ith the nation as a %ho!e/ ea(h (o"nted on the other7s s"--ort. Besides, Ma(ro %as inde#ted to Ca!i)"!a or his rise to -o%er, and Ca!i)"!a %as (arr$in) on an a air %ith Ma(ro7s %i e, %hi(h Ma(ro had #een )ood eno")h to o+er!oo*. Ti#eri"s had a!read$ (o&&ented so"r!$ on Ma(ro7s ("!ti+ation o Ca!i)"!a, sa$in), 9o" do %e!! to desert the settin) or the risin) s"n. Ma(ro and Ca!i)"!a #e)an sendin) o &essa)es to the (o&&anders o di erent re)i&ents and ar&ies to te!! the& that the E&-eror %as sin*in) ast and had a--ointed Ca!i)"!a as his s"((essor/ he had )i+en hi& his si)net rin). It %as tr"e that Ti#eri"s in a !"(id inter+a! had (a!!ed or Ca!i)"!a and dra%n the rin) o his in)er. B"t he had (han)ed his &ind and -"t the rin) #a(* on a)ain and then (!as-ed his hands ti)ht!$ to)ether as i to -re+ent an$one ro& ro##in) hi& o it. 8hen he re!a-sed into "n(ons(io"sness and )a+e no "rther si)ns o !i e Ca!i)"!a had 4"iet!$ -"!!ed the rin) I I 0DJ?2 o and %as no% str"ttin) a#o"t, !ashin) it in the a(es o e+er$one he &et and a((e-tin) (on)rat"!ations and ho&a)e. B"t Ti#eri"s %as not $et dead e+en no%. He )roaned, stirred, sat "- and (a!!ed or his +a!ets. He %as %ea* #e(a"se o his !on) ast, #"t other%ise 4"ite hi&se! . It %as a tri(* that he had -!a$ed #e ore, to see& dead and then to (o&e to !i e a)ain. He (a!!ed on(e &ore. No#od$ heard hi&. The +a!ets %ere a!! in the #"tter$, drin*in) Ca!i)"!a7s hea!th. B"t soon an enter-risin) s!a+e ha--ened to (o&e a!on) to see %hat he (o"!d stea! ro& the death-(ha&#er in their a#sen(e. The roo& %as dar* and Ti#eri"s ri)htened hi& near!$ o"t o his senses #$ s"dden!$ sho"tin)/ 8here in He!!7s na&e are the +a!ets3 Didn7t the$ hear &e (a!!3 I %ant #read and (heese, an o&e!ette, a (o"-!e o #ee ("t!ets, and a drin* o Chian%ine at on(eB And a tho"sand :"riesB 8ho7s sto!en &$ rin)3 The s!a+e dashed o"t o the roo& and near!$ ran into Ma(ro, %ho %as -assin). The E&-eror7s a!i+e, sir, and (a!!in) or ood and his rin). The ne%s ran thro")h the Pa!a(e and a !"di(ro"s s(ene o!!o%ed. The (ro%d aro"nd Ca!i)"!a s(attered in a!! dire(tions. Cries %ent "-, Than* God, the ne%s %as a!se. Lon) !i+e Ti#eri"sB Ca!i)"!a %as in a &isera#!e state o sha&e and terror. He -"!!ed the rin) o his in)er and !oo*ed aro"nd or so&e%here to hide it.
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On!$ Ma(ro *e-t his head. It7s a nonsensi(a! !ie, he sho"ted. The s!a+e &"st ha+e !ost his %its. Ha+e hi& (r"(i ied, Caesar! 8e !e t the o!d E&-eror dead an ho"r a)o. He %his-ered so&ethin) to Ca!i)"!a, %ho %as seen to nod in )rate "! re!ie . Then he h"rried into Ti#eri"s7 roo&. Ti#eri"s %as on his eet, ("rsin) and )roanin) and totterin) ee#!$ to%ards the door. Ma(ro -i(*ed hi& "- in his ar&s, thre% hi& #a(* on the #ed and s&othered hi& %ith a -i!!o%. Ca!i)"!a %as standin) #$. So Arr"nti"s7 e!!o%--risoners %ere re!eased, tho")h &ost o the& !ater %ished that the$ had o!!o%ed Arr"nti"s7 e5a&-!e. There %ere, #esides, a#o"t i t$ &en and %o&en %ho had #een a(("sed o treason in a se-arate #at(h ro& this. The$ had no in !"en(e in the Senate, #ein) &ost!$ sho-*ee-ers %ho had #a"!*ed at -a$in) the -rote(tion &one$ that Ma(ro7s (a-tains no% !e+ied on a!! the Cit$ %ards. The$ %ere tried and (onde&ned and %ere to #e e5e("ted on the ?>th o Mar(h. This %as the +er$ da$ that ne%s (a&e o Ti#eri"s7 death, and the$, and their riends %ent near!$ &ad %ith 1o$ to thin* that no% the$ %o"!d #e sa+ed. B"t Ca!i)"!a %as a%a$ at Misen"& and (o"!d not #e a--ea!ed to in ti&e and the -rison )o+ernor %as a raid o !osin) his 1o# i he too* the res-onsi#i!it$ o -ost-onin) the e5e("tions. So the$ %ere *i!!ed and their #odies thro%n on the Stairs in the "s"a! %a$. This %as the si)na! or an o"t#"rst o -o-"!ar an)er a)ainst Ti#eri"s. He stin)s !i*e a dead %as-, so&eone sho"ted. Cro%ds )athered at the street (orners or so!e&n (o&&ination-ser+i(es "nder the %ard-&asters, #esee(hin) Mother Earth and the ;"d)es o the Dead to )rant the (or-se and the )host o that &onster no rest or -ea(e "nti! the da$ o "ni+ersa! disso!"tion. Ti#eri"s7 #od$ %as #ro")ht to Ro&e "nder a stron) es(ort o G"ards. Ca!i)"!a %a!*ed in the -ro(ession as a &o"rner and the %ho!e (o"ntr$side (a&e !o(*in) to &eet hi&, not in &o"rnin) or Ti#eri"s #"t in ho!ida$ (!othes, %ee-in) %ith )ratit"de that Hea+en had -reser+ed a son o Ger&ani("s to r"!e o+er the&. O!d (o"ntr$ %o&en (ried o"t, O o"r s%eet dar!in), Ca!i)"!aB O"r (hi(*enB O"r #a#$B O"r starB A e% &i!es ro& Ro&e he rode ahead to &a*e -re-arations or the so!e&n entr$ o the (or-se into the Cit$. B"t %hen he had -assed, a #i) (ro%d )athered and #arri(aded the A--ian Road %ith -!an*s and #!o(*s o #"i!din) stone. 8hen the o"triders o the es(ort a--eared there %as #ooin) and )roanin) and (ries o Into the Ti#er %ith Ti#eri"sB Thro% hi& do%n the StairsB Eterna! da&nation to Ti#eri"sB The !eader sho"ted/ So!diers, %e Ro&ans %on7t a!!o% that e+i! (or-se into the Cit$. It %i!! #rin) "s #ad !"(*. Ta*e it #a(* to Ate!!a and ha! -#"rn it in the a&-hitheatre thereB Ha! -#"rnin), I sho"!d e5-!ain, %as the "s"a! ate o -a"-ers and "n ort"nates, and Ate!!a %as a to%n (e!e#rated or a *ind o ro")h (o"ntr$ &as4"e or ar(e %hi(h had #een -er or&ed there at the har+est esti+a! e+er$ $ear ro& the +er$ ear!iest ti&es, Ti#eri"s had a +i!!a at Ate!!a and "sed to attend the esti+a! near!$ e+er$ $ear. He had (on+erted the inno(ent r"ra! #a%dr$ o the &as4"e into a so-histi(ated +i!eness. He &ade the &en o Ate!!a #"i!d 0DJD2 an a&-hitheatre to -resent the re+ised sho%, %hi(h %as -rod"(ed #$ hi&se! . Ma(ro ordered his &en to (har)e the #arri(ade, and a n"&#er o (iti6ens %ere *i!!ed and %o"nded, and three or o"r so!diers %ere *no(*ed "n(ons(io"s %ith -a+in) stones.
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Ca!i)"!a -re+ented "rther disorders and Ti#eri"s7 #od$ %as d"!$ #"rned on Mars :ie!d. Ca!i)"!a s-o*e the "nera! oration. It %as a +er$ or&a! and ironi(a! one and &"(h a--re(iated, #e(a"se there %as a )ood dea! in it a#o"t A")"st"s and Ger&ani("s, #"t +er$ !itt!e a#o"t Ti#eri"s. At a #an4"et that ni)ht Ca!i)"!a to!d a stor$ %hi(h &ade the %ho!e (o"ntr$ %ee- and )ained hi& )reat (redit. He said that ear!$ one &ornin) at Misen"&, #ein) as "s"a! s!ee-!ess %ith )rie or the ate o his &other and #rothers, he had deter&ined, (o&e %hat &i)ht, to #e a+en)ed at !ast on their &"rderer. He sei6ed the da))er that had #een his ather7s and %ent #o!d!$ into Ti#eri"s7 roo&. The E&-eror !a$ )roanin) and tossin) in ni)ht&are on his #ed. Ca!i)"!a s!o%!$ !i ted the da))er to stri*e #"t a Di+ine Coi(e so"nded in his ears/ Great-)randson, ho!d $o"r hand! To *i!! hi& %o"!d #e i&-io"s. Ca!i)"!a ans%ered, O God A")"st"s, he *i!!ed &$ &other and &$ #rothers, $o"r des(endants. Sho"!d I not a+en)e the& e+en at the -ri(e o #ein) sh"nned #$ a!! &en as a -arri(ide3 A")"st"s ans%ered, Ma)nani&o"s son, %ho are to #e E&-eror herea ter, there is no need to do %hat $o" %o"!d do. B$ M$ orders the :"ries ni)ht!$ a+en)e $o"r dear ones, %hi!e he drea&s. And so he had !aid his da))er on the ta#!e #eside the #ed and %a!*ed o"t. Ca!i)"!a did not e5-!ain %hat had ha--ened ne5t &ornin) %hen Ti#eri"s %o*e and sa% the da))er on the ta#!e, the -res"&-tion %as that Ti#eri"s had not dared to &ention the in(ident.

CHAPTER NNIN CALIGULA 8AS T8ENT9-:ICE 9EARS OLD 8HEN HE BECAMB E&-eror. Se!do&, i e+er, in the histor$ o the %or!d has a -rin(e #een &ore enth"siasti(a!!$ a((!ai&ed on his a((ession or had an easier tas* o ered hi& o )rati $in) the &odest %ishes o his -eo-!e, %hi(h %ere on!$ or -ea(e and se("rit$. 8ith a #"!)in) treas"r$, %e!!-trained ar&ies, an e5(e!!ent ad&inistrati+e s$ste& that needed on!$ a !itt!e (are to )et it into -er e(t order a)ain-- or in s-ite o Ti#eri"s7 ne)!e(t the E&-ire %as sti!! r"nnin) a!on) air!$ %e!! "nder the i&-et"s )i+en it #$ Li+ia--%ith a!! these ad+anta)es, added to the !e)a($ o !o+e and (on iden(e he en1o$ed as Ger&ani("s7 son, and the i&&ense re!ie e!t #$ Ti#eri"s7 re&o+a!, %hat a s-!endid (han(e he had o #ein) re&e&#ered in histor$ as Ca!i)"!a the Good, or Ca!i)"!a the 8ise, or Ca!i)"!a the Sa+io"rB B"t it is id!e to %rite in this %a$. :or i he had #een the sort o &an that the -eo-!e too* hi& or, he %o"!d ne+er ha+e s"r+i+ed his #rothers or #een (hosen #$ Ti#eri"s as his s"((essor. C!a"di"s, re&e&#er %hat s(orn o!d Athenodor"s had or s"(h i&-ossi#!e (ontin)en(ies, he "sed to sa$, I the 8ooden Horse o Tro$ had oa!ed, horses to-da$ %o"!d (ost ar !ess to eed. It a&"sed Ca!i)"!a at irst to en(o"ra)e the a#s"rd &is(on(e-tion that e+er$one #"t &$se! and &$ &other and Ma(ro and one or t%o others had o his (hara(ter, and e+en to -er or& a n"&#er o a(ts in *ee-in) %ith it. He %anted a!so to &a*e s"re o his -osition. There %ere t%o o#sta(!es to his (o&-!ete reedo& o a(tion. One %as Ma(ro, %hose -o%er &ade hi& dan)ero"s. The other %as Ge&e!!"s. :or %hen Ti#eri"s7 %i!! %as read 0%hi(h or
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se(re($7s sa*e he had had %itnessed #$ a e% reed&en and i!!iterate isher&en2 it %as o"nd that the o!d &an, 1"st to &a*e tro"#!e, had not a--ointed Ca!i)"!a his irst heir, %ith Ge&e!!"s as a se(ond (hoi(e in (ase o a((idents/ he had &ade the& 0DJJ2 1oint-heirs, to r"!e a!ternate $ears. Ho%e+er, Ge&e!!"s had not (o&e o a)e and so %as not e+en a!!o%ed $et to enter the Senate, %hi!e Ca!i)"!a %as a!read$ a &a)istrate o the se(ond ran*, so&e $ears #e ore the !e)a! a)e, and a -onti . The Senate %as there ore +er$ read$ to a((e-t Ca!i)"!a7s +ie% that Ti#eri"s had not #een o so"nd &ind %hen he &ade the %i!! and to )i+e the %ho!e -o%er to Ca!i)"!a %itho"t en("&#ran(e. E5(e-t or this &atter o Ge&e!!"s, ro& %ho& he a!so %ithhe!d his share in the Pri+$ P"rse, on the )ro"nd that the Pri+$ P"rse %as an inte)ra! -art o the so+erei)nt$, Ca!i)"!a o#ser+ed a!! the ter&s o the %i!! and -aid e+er$ !e)a($ -ro&-t!$. The G"ards %ere to re(ei+e a #o"nt$ o i t$ )o!d -ie(es a &an, Ca!i)"!a, to ens"re their !o$a!t$ %hen the ti&e (a&e or Ma(ro7s re&o+a!, do"#!ed the a&o"nt. He -aid the -eo-!e o Ro&e the o"r h"ndred and i t$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es #e4"eathed the& and added three )o!d -ie(es a head, he said that he had intended to )i+e the& this %hen he (a&e o a)e, #"t the o!d E&-eror had or#idden it. The ar&ies %ere a%arded the sa&e #o"nt$ as "nder A")"st"s7 %i!!, #"t this ti&e it %as -aid -ro&-t!$. 8hat %as &ore, he -aid a!! the s"&s o%in) "nder Li+ia7s %i!!, %hi(h %e !e)atees had !on) a)o %ritten o as #ad de#ts. To &e the t%o &ost interestin) ite&s in Ti#eri"s7 %i!! %ere/ the s-e(i i( #e4"est to &e o the histori(a! #oo*s %hi(h Po!!io had !e t &e #"t %hi(h I had #een (heated o , to)ether %ith a n"&#er o other +a!"a#!e +o!"&es, and the s"& o t%ent$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es, and a #e4"est to the Chie Cesta!, the )randda")hter o Ci-sania, o a h"ndred tho"sand )o!d -ie(es to #e s-ent as she -!eased, either on herse! or on the Co!!e)e. The Chie Cesta!, as the )randda")hter o the &"rdered Ga!!"s, &e!ted the (oin do%n and &ade it into a )reat )o!den (as*et or his ashes. 8ith these #e4"ests ro& Li+ia and Ti#eri"s I %as no% 4"ite %e!! o . Ca!i)"!a astonished &e #$ "rther -a$in) &e #a(* the i t$ tho"sand that I had o"nd or Ger&ani("s at the ti&e o the &"tin$/ he had heard the stor$ ro& his &other. He did not a!!o% &e to re "se it and said that i I &ade an$ "rther -rotest he %o"!d insist on -a$in) &e the a(("&"!ated interest too/ it %as a de#t he o%ed his ather7s &e&or$. 8hen I to!d Ca!-"rnia a#o"t &$ ne% %ea!th she see&ed &ore sorr$ than -!eased. It %on7t #rin) $o" an$ !"(*, she said. M"(h #etter #e &odest!$ %e!! o , as $o" ha+e #een, than r"n the ris* o ha+in) $o"r %ho!e ort"ne stri--ed ro& $o" #$ in or&ers on a (har)e o treason. Ca!-"rnia %as A(te7s s"((essor, $o" re&e&#er. She %as +er$ shre%d or her $ears--se+enteen. I said, 8hat do $o" &ean, Ca!-"rnia3 In or&ers3 There are no s"(h thin)s in Ro&e no%, and no treason tria!s. She said, I didn7t hear that the in or&ers %ere -a(*ed o in the sa&e #oat %ith the S-intrians. 0:or Ti#erias7 -ainted or-hans had #een #anished #$ Ca!i)"!a. As a -"#!i( )est"re o -"re-&indedness he had sent the %ho!e (re% o the& o to Sardinia, a &ost "nhea!th$ is!and, and to!d the& to !a#o"r honest!$ or their !i+in) as road&a*ers. So&e o the& 1"st !a$ do%n and died %hen -i(*s and sho+e!s %ere -"t into their hands, #"t the rest %ere %hi--ed into %or*, e+en the daintiest o the&. Soon-the$ had a stro*e o !"(*. A -irate +esse! &ade a s"dden raid, (a-t"red the&, and (arried the& o to T$re, %here the$ %ere so!d as s!a+es to ri(h Eastern -ro !i)ates.2
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B"t the$ %o"!dn7t dare to tr$ their o!d tri(*s a)ain, Ca!-"rnia3 She -"t do%n her e&#roider$. C!a"di"s, I7& no -o!iti(ian or s(ho!ar, #"t I (an at !east "se &$ -rostit"te7s %it and do si&-!e s"&s. Ho% &"(h &one$ did the o!d E&-eror !ea+e3 A#o"t t%ent$-se+en &i!!ion )o!d -ie(es. That7s a !ot o &one$. And ho% &"(h has the ne% one -aid o"t in !e)a(ies and #o"nties3 A#o"t three &i!!ion and a ha! . 9es, at !east that a&o"nt. And sin(e he has #een E&-eror ho% &an$ -anthers and #ears and !ions and ti)ers and %i!d #"!!s and thin)s has he i&-orted or the h"nts&en to *i!! in the a&-hitheatres and the Cir("s3 A#o"t t%ent$ tho"sand, -erha-s. Pro#a#!$ &ore. And ho% &an$ other ani&a!s ha+e #een sa(ri i(ed in the te&-!es3 I don7t *no%. I sho"!d )"ess #et%een one and t%o h"ndred tho"sand. Those !a&in)oes and desert ante!o-es and 6e#ras and British #ea+ers &"st ha+e (ost hi& so&ethin)B So %hat %ith #"$in) a!! those ani&a!s and -a$in) the h"nts&en in the a&-hitheatres, and then the )!adiators, o (o"rse-)!adiators )et o"r ti&es %hat the$ )ot "nder A")"st"s, I7& to!d--and a!! the State #an4"ets and de(orated (ars and the theatre sho%s--the$ sa$ that %hen he re(a!!ed the a(tors %ho& the o!d E&-eror #anished he -aid the& or a!! the $ears the$ %ere o"t o %or*--handso&e, eh3--and &$ )oodness the &one$ he has s-ent on ra(ehorsesB 8e!!, %hat %ith one thin) and the other he (an7t ha+e &"(h (han)e !e t o"t o t%ent$ &i!!ion, (an he3 I thin* $o"7re ri)ht there, Ca!-"rnia. 8e!!, se+en &i!!ion in three &onthsB Ho% is the &one$ )oin) to !ast at that rate, e+en i a!! the ri(h &en %ho die !ea+e hi& a!! their &one$3 The I&-eria! re+en"e is !ess no% than it "sed to #e %hen $o"r o!d )rand&other ran the #"siness and %ent o+er the a((o"nts. Perha-s he7!! #e &ore e(ono&i(a! a ter the irst e5(ite&ent o ha+in) &one$ to s-end. He7s )ot a )ood e5("se or s-endin), he sa$s that the sta)nation o &one$ in the Treas"r$ "nder Ti#eri"s had a &ost disastro"s e e(t on trade. He %ants to -"t a e% &i!!ion into (ir("!ation a)ain. 8e!!, $o"7re #etter a(4"ainted %ith hi& than I a&. Perha-s he7!! *no% 1"st %hen to sto-. B"t i he )oes on at this rate he %on7t ha+e a -enn$ !e t in a (o"-!e o $ears, and then %ho7s )oin) to -a$3 That7s %h$ I s-o*e o in or&ers and treason-tria!s.
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I said/ Ca!-"rnia, I7& )oin) to #"$ $o" a -ear! ne(*!a(e %hi!e I sti!! ha+e the &one$. 9o"7re as (!e+er as $o" are #ea"ti "!. And I on!$ ho-e $o" are as dis(reet. I7d -re er (ash, she said, i $o" don7t &ind. And I )a+e her i+e h"ndred )o!d -ie(es the ne5t da$. Ca!-"rnia, a -rostit"te and the da")hter o a -rostit"te, %as &ore inte!!i)ent and !o$a! and *ind-hearted and strai)ht or%ard than an$ o the o"r no#!e%o&en I ha+e &arried. I soon #e)an to ta*e her into &$ (on iden(e a#o"t &$ -ri+ate a airs and I &a$ sa$ at on(e that I ne+er re)retted ha+in) done so. The &o&ent that Ti#eri"s7 "nera! %as o+er, Ca!i)"!a had ta*en shi-, in s-ite o +er$ #ad %eather, to the is!ands %here his &other and his #rother Nero had #een #"ried, he )athered "- their re&ains, ha! -#"&ed, and #ro")ht the& #a(*, #"rned the& -ro-er!$, and -io"s!$ interred the& in A")"st"s7 to&#. He instit"ted a ne% ann"a! esti+a!, %ith s%ord- i)htin) and horse ra(es, in his &other7s &e&or$ and ann"a! sa(ri i(es to her )host and that o his #rothers. He (a!!ed the &onth o Se-te&#er Ger&ani("s, as the -re+io"s &onth had #een (a!!ed a ter A")"st"s. He a!so hea-ed on &$ &other #$ a sin)!e de(ree as &an$ hono"rs as Li+ia had #een )i+en in her !i eti&e, and a--ointed her Hi)h-Priestess o A")"st"s. He ne5t -rono"n(ed a )enera! a&nest$, re(a!!in) a!! #anished &en and %o&en and re!easin) a!! -o!iti(a! -risoners. He e+en #ro")ht to)ether a !ar)e #at(h o (ri&ina! re(ords (o+erin) the (ases o his &other and #rothers and -"#!i(!$ #"rned the& in the Mar*et P!a(e, s%earin) that he had not read the& and that an$one %ho had a(ted as in or&er or (ontri#"ted in an$ other %a$ to the de-!ora#!e ate o his !o+ed ones need ha+e no ear/ a!! re(ord o those e+i! da$s %as destro$ed. As a &atter o a(t, %hat he #"rned %ere on!$ (o-ies/ he *e-t the ori)ina!s. He o!!o%ed A")"st"s7 e5a&-!e #$ &a*in) a stri(t s(r"tin$ o the Orders and re1e(tin) a!! "n%orth$ &e&#ers o either, and Ti#eri"s7 e5a&-!e in re "sin) a!! tit!es o hono"r e5(e-t those o E&-eror and Prote(tor o the Peo-!e and in or#iddin) stat"es o hi&se! to #e set "-. I %ondered ho% !on) this &ood o his %o"!d !ast, and ho% !on) he %o"!d *ee- #$ the -ro&ise he had &ade to the Senate on the o((asion that the$ +oted hi& the I&-eria! -o%er, to share it %ith the& and #e their aith "! ser+ant. A ter si5 &onths o his &onar(h$, in Se-te&#er, the Cons"!s in o i(e inished their ter& and he "ndertoo* a Cons"!shi- or hi&se! or a %hi!e. 8ho& do $o" s"--ose he (hose as a (o!!ea)"e3 He a(t"a!!$ (hose &eB And I %ho had t%ent$-three $ears #e ore #e))ed Ti#eri"s to #e )i+en rea! hono"rs, not e&-t$ ones, %o"!d no% %i!!in)!$ ha+e resi)ned &$ a--oint&ent in an$one7s a+o"r. It %as not that I %anted to )o #a(* to &$ %ritin) 0 or I had 1"st (o&-!eted and re+ised &$ Etr"s(an histor$ and had #e)"n on 0DJF2 no ne% %or*2, #"t that I had 4"ite or)otten a!! the r"!es o -ro(ed"re and !e)a! or&"!as and -re(edents that I had on(e st"died so -ain "!!$, and that I e!t thoro")h!$ i!! at ease in the Senate. :ro& #ein) so !itt!e at Ro&e, too, I *ne% nothin) a#o"t ho% to -"!! strin)s and )et thin)s done 4"i(*!$, or %ho %ere the &en %ith rea! -o%er. I )ot into )reat tro"#!e %ith Ca!i)"!a a!&ost at on(e. He entr"sted &e %ith the tas* o ha+in) stat"es &ade o Nero and Dr"s"s, to #e set "and (onse(rated in the Mar*et P!a(e, and the Gree* ir& ro& %ho& I (o&&issioned the& -ro&ised aith "!!$ to ha+e the& read$ on the da$ i5ed or the (ere&on$ ear!$ in De(e&#er. Three da$s #e ore I %ent a!on) to see ho% the stat"es !oo*ed. The ro)"es hadn7t #e)"n on the&. The$ &ade so&e e5("se a#o"t the ri)ht (o!o"red &ar#!e ha+in) on!$ 1"st (o&e in. I !e% into a te&-er 0as I o ten do on o((asions o this sort, #"t &$ an)er doesn7t !ast !on)2 and to!d the& that i the$ didn7t )et %or*&en #"s$ on the #!o(*s and *ee- the& at the 1o# ni)ht and da$ I %o"!d ha+e the %ho!e ir&--o%ner, &ana)ers and &en--thro%n o"t o the Cit$. Perha-s I &ade the& ner+o"s, #e(a"se tho")h Nero %as done on the a ternoon #e ore the (ere&on$--it %as a )ood !i*eness too--a
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(are!ess s("!-tor so&eho% #ro*e Dr"s"s7 hand o at the %rist. There are %a$s o re-airin) a #rea* o this sort, #"t the 1oin a!%a$s sho%s and I (o"!dn7t -resent Ca!i)"!a %ith a #ot(hed -ie(e o %or* on so i&-ortant an o((asion. A!! that I (o"!d do %as to )o at on(e and te!! hi& that Dr"s"s %o"!dn7t #e read$. Hea+ens, ho% an)r$ he %asB He threatened to de)rade &e ro& &$ Cons"!shi- and %o"!dn7t !isten to an$ e5-!anation. :ort"nate!$ he had de(ided to resi)n his o%n Cons"!shi- the ne5t da$, and as* &e to resi)n &ine, in a+o"r o the &en %ho had ori)ina!!$ #een (hosen or it, so nothin) (a&e o his threat and I %as e+en (hosen a)ain as Cons"! %ith hi& or o"r $ears ahead. I %as e5-e(ted to o(("-$ a s"ite o roo&s at the Pa!a(e and #e(a"se o Ca!i)"!a7s stern s-ee(hes a)ainst a!! sorts o i&&ora!it$ 0in the &anner o A")"st"s2 I (o"!d not ha+e Ca!-"rnia there %ith &e, tho")h I %as "n&arried. She had to re&ain at Ca-"a, &"(h to &$ anno$an(e, and I %as on!$ a#!e to )et a%a$ o((asiona!!$ to +isit her. His I, CLAUDIUB 03>o2 o%n &ora!s see&ed not to (o&e into the s(o-e o his stri(t"res. He %as )ro%in) tired o Ma(ro7s %i e, Ennia, %ho& Ma(ro had di+or(ed at his re4"est and %ho& he had -ro&ised to &arr$, and "sed to )o o"t at ni)ht in sear(h o )a!!ant ad+ent"res %ith a -art$ o 1o!!$ e!!o%s %ho& he (a!!ed The S(o"ts. The$ (onsisted "s"a!!$ o three $o"n) sta -o i(ers, t%o a&o"s )!adiators, A-e!!es the a(tor, and E"t$(h"s, the #est (harioteer in Ro&e, %ho %on near!$ e+er$ ra(e in %hi(h he (o&-eted. Ca!i)"!a had no% (o&e o"t stron) as a -artisan o the Lee* Greens and sent a!! o+er the %or!d in sear(h o the astest horses. He o"nd a re!i)io"s e5("se or -"#!i( (hariot-ra(in), %ith t%ent$ heats a da$, a!&ost %hene+er the s"n shone. He &ade a !ot o &one$ #$ (ha!!en)in) ri(h &en to ta*e his #ets a)ainst the other (o!o"rs, %hi(h or -o!iteness the$ did. B"t %hat he )ot this %a$ %as a &ere dro-, as the sa$in) )oes, in the o(ean o his e5-enses. At a!! e+ents %ith these 1o!!$ S(o"ts he "sed to )o o"t at ni)ht, dis)"ised, and +isit the !o%est ha"nts o the Cit$, "s"a!!$ (o&in) into (on !i(t %ith the ni)ht-%at(h&en and ha+in) rioto"s es(a-ades %hi(h the Co&&ander o the 8at(h&en %as (are "! to h"sh "-. Ca!i)"!a7s three sisters, Dr"si!!a, A)ri--ini!!a and Les#ia, had a!! #een &arried to no#!e&en, #"t he insisted on their (o&in) to the Pa!a(e and !i+in) there. A)ri--ini!!a and Les#ia %ere to!d to #rin) their h"s#ands %ith the&, #"t Dr"si!!a had to !ea+e hers #ehind, his na&e %as Cassi"s Lon)in"s and he %as sent to )o+ern Asia Minor. Ca!i)"!a de&anded that the three o the& sho"!d #e treated %ith the )reatest res-e(t and )a+e the& a!! the -ri+i!e)es en1o$ed #$ the Cesta! Cir)ins. He had their na&es 1oined %ith his o%n in the -"#!i( -ra$ers or his hea!th and sa et$, and e+en in the -"#!i( oath that o i(ia!s and -riests s%ore in his na&e on their (onse(ration... neither sha!! I +a!"e &$ o%n !i e or the !i+es o &$ (hi!dren &ore hi)h!$ than His !i e and the !i+es o His sisters. He #eha+ed to%ards the& in a %a$ that -"66!ed -eo-!e--rather as i the$ %ere his %i+es than his sisters. Dr"si!!a %as his a+o"rite. A!tho")h she %as %e!! rid o her h"s#and, she a!%a$s see&ed "nha--$ no%, and the "nha--ier she )re% the &ore so!i(ito"s %ere Ca!i)"!a7s 0D>i2 attentions. He no% &arried her, or a--earan(es on!$, to a (o"sin o his, IE&i!i"s Le-id"s, %ho& I ha+e a!read$ &entioned as a s!a(*-t%isted $o"n)er #rother o the IE&i!ia, ;"!i!!a7s da")hter, to %ho& I %as near!$ &arried %hen I %as a #o$. This.OE&i!i"s Le-id"s, %ho %as *no%n as Gan$&ede #e(a"se o his e e&inate a--earan(e and his o#se4"io"sness to Ca!i)"!a, %as a +a!"ed &e&#er o the S(o"ts. He %as se+en $ears o!der than Ca!i)"!a #"t Ca!i)"!a treated hi& !i*e a #o$ o thirteen, and he see&ed to !i*e it. Dr"si!!a (o"!d not #ear hi&. B"t A)ri--ini!!a and Les#ia %ere a!%a$s in and o"t o his #edroo& !a")hin) and
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1o*in) and -!a$in) -ran*s. Their h"s#ands did not see& to &ind. Li e at the Pa!a(e I o"nd e5tre&e!$ disorder!$. I don7t &ean that I %asn7t &ade +er$ (o& orta#!e or that the ser+ants %ere not %e!! trained or that the ordinar$ or&a!ities and (o"rtesies %ere not o#ser+ed to%ards +isitors. B"t I ne+er 4"ite *ne% %hat tender re!ations e5isted #et%een this -erson and that/ A)ri--ini!!a and Les#ia see&ed to ha+e e5(han)ed h"s#ands at one ti&e, and at another A-e!!es see&ed so&eho% inti&ate!$ (onne(ted %ith Les#ia and the (harioteer %ith A)ri--ini!!a. As or Ca!i)"!a and Gan$&ede--#"t I ha+e said eno")h to sho% %hat I &ean #$ disorder!$. I %as the on!$ one a&on) the& -ast &idd!e-a)e, and did not "nderstand the %a$s o the ne% )eneration at a!!. Ge&e!!"s a!so !i+ed in the Pa!a(e/ he %as a ri)htened, de!i(ate #o$ %ho #it his nai!s to the 4"i(* and %as "s"a!!$ to #e o"nd sittin) in a (orner and dra%in) desi)ns o n$&-hs and sat$rs and that sort o thin) or +ases. I (an7t te!! $o" &"(h &ore a#o"t Ge&e!!"s than that I )ot into ta!* %ith hi& on(e or t%i(e, ee!in) sorr$ or hi& #e(a"se he %as not rea!!$ one o the -art$, an$ &ore than I %as, #"t -erha-s he tho")ht that I %as tr$in) to dra% hi& o"t and or(e hi& into sa$in) so&ethin) a)ainst Ca!i)"!a, or he %o"!d on!$ ans%er in &onos$!!a#!es. On the da$ that he -"t on his &an!$-)o%n Ca!i)"!a ado-ted hi& as his son and heir, and a--ointed hi& Leader o Cadets, #"t that %asn7t the sa&e thin) #$ an$ &eans as sharin) the &onar(h$ %ith hi&. Ca!i)"!a e!! i!! and or a %ho!e &onth his !i e %as des-aired o . The do(tors (a!!ed it #rain- e+er. The -o-"!ar (onsternation at Ro&e %as so )reat that a (ro%d o ne+er !ess than ten tho"sand -eo-!e stood da$ and 0A.D. DE2 ni)ht aro"nd the Pa!a(e, %aitin) or a a+o"ra#!e #"!!etin. The$ *e-t "- a 4"iet &"tterin) and %his-erin) to)ether, the noise, as it rea(hed &$ %indo%, %as !i*e that o a distant strea& r"nnin) o+er -e##!es. There %ere a n"&#er o &ost re&ar*a#!e &ani estations o an5iet$. So&e &en e+en -asted "- -!a(ards on their ho"se-doors, to sa$ that i Death he!d his hand and s-ared the E&-eror, the$ +o%ed to )i+e hi& their o%n !i+es in (o&-ensation. B$ "ni+ersa! (onsent a!! tra i( noises and street (ries and &"si( (eased %ithin ha! a &i!e or &ore o the Pa!a(e. That had ne+er ha--ened #e ore, e+en d"rin) A")"st"s7 i!!ness, the one o %hi(h M"sa %as s"--osed to ha+e ("red hi&. The #"!!etins a!%a$s read/ No (han)e. One e+enin) Dr"si!!a *no(*ed at &$ door and said, Un(!e C!a"di"sB The E&-eror %ants to see $o" -r)ent!$. Co&e at on(e. Don7t sto- tor an$thin). 8hat does he %ant &e or3 I don7t *no%. B"t or Hea+en7s sa*e h"&o"r hi&. He7s )ot a s%ord there. He7!! *i!! $o" i $o" don7t sa$ %hat he %ants $o" to sa$. He had the -oint at &$ throat this &ornin). He to!d &e that I didn7t !o+e hi&. I had to s%ear and s%ear that I did !o+e hi&. 7Ai!! &e, i $o" !i*e, &$ dar!in),7 I said .O Un(!e C!a"di"s, %h$ %as I e+er #orn3 He7s &ad. He a!%a$s %as. B"t he7s %orse than &ad no%. He7s -ossessed. I %ent a!on) to Ca!i)"!a7s #edroo&, %hi(h %as hea+i!$ ("rtained and thi(*!$ (ar-eted. One ee#!e oi!-!a&- %as #"rnin) #$ the #edside. The air s&e!t sta!e. His 4"er"!o"s +oi(e )reeted &e. Late a)ain3 I to!d $o" to h"rr$, He
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didn7t !oo* i!!, on!$ "nhea!th$. T%o -o%er "! dea -&"tes %ith a5es stood as )"ards, one on ea(h side o his #ed. I said, sa!"tin) hi&, Oh, ho% I h"rriedB I I hadn7t had a !a&e !e) I7d ha+e #een here a!&ost #e ore I started. 8hat 1o$ to see $o" a!i+e and to hear $o"r +oi(e a)ain, CaesarB Can I dare to ho-e that $o"7re #etter3 I ha+e ne+er rea!!$ #een i!!. On!$ restin). And "nder)oin) a &eta&or-hosis. It7s the &ost i&-ortant re!i)io"s e+ent in histor$. No %onder the Cit$ *ee-s so 4"iet. I e!t that he e5-e(ted &e to #e s$&-atheti(, ne+erthe!ess. 0D>D2 Has the &eta&or-hosis #een -ain "!, E&-eror3 I tr"st not. As -ain "! as i I %ere &$ o%n &other. I had a +er$ di i("!t de!i+er$. Mer(i "!!$, I ha+e or)otten a!! a#o"t it. Or near!$ a!!. :or I %as a +er$ -re(o(io"s (hi!d and distin(t!$ re&e&#er the &id%i+es7 a(es o ad&iration as the$ %ashed &e a ter &$ e&er)en(e into this %or!d, and the taste o the %ine the$ -"t #et%een &$ !i-s to re resh &e a ter &$ str"))!es. An asto"ndin) &e&or$. E&-eror. B"t &a$ I h"&#!$ en4"ire -re(ise!$ %hat is the (hara(ter o this )!orio"s (han)e that has (o&e o+er $o"3 Isn7t it i&&ediate!$ a--arent3 he as*ed an)ri!$. Dr"si!!a7s %ord -ossessed and the (on+ersation I had had %ith &$ )rand&other Li+ia as she !a$ d$in) )a+e &e the (!"e. I e!! on &$ a(e and adored hi& as a God. A ter a &in"te or t%o I as*ed ro& the !oor %hether I %as the irst &an -ri+i!e)ed to %orshi- hi&. He said that I %as and I #"rst o"t into )ratit"de. He %as tho")ht "!!$ -roddin) &e %ith the -oint o his s%ord in the #a(* o &$ ne(*. I tho")ht I %as done or. He said/ I ad&it I a& sti!! in &orta! dis)"ise, so it is not re&ar*a#!e that $o" did not noti(e &$ Di+init$ at on(e. I don7t *no% ho% I (o"!d ha+e #een so #!ind. 9o"r a(e shines in this di& !i)ht !i*e a !a&-. Does it3 he as*ed %ith interest. Get "- and )i+e &e that &irror. I handed hi& a -o!ished stee! &irror and he a)reed that it shone +er$ #ri)ht!$. In this it o )ood h"&o"r he #e)an to te!! &e a )ood dea! a#o"t hi&se! . I a!%a$s *ne% that it %o"!d ha--en, he said. I ne+er e!t an$thin) #"t Di+ine. Thin* o it. At t%o $ears o!d I -"t do%n a &"tin$ o &$ ather7s ar&$ and so sa+ed Ro&e. That %as -rodi)io"s, !i*e the stories to!d a#o"t the God Mer("r$ %hen a (hi!d, or a#o"t Her("!es %ho stran)!ed the sna*es in his (rad!e. And Mer("r$ on!$ sto!e a e% o5en, I said, and t%an)ed a note or t%o on the !$re. That %as nothin) #$ (o&-arison.
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And %hat7s &ore, #$ the a)e o ei)ht I had *i!!ed &$ ather. ;o+e hi&se! ne+er did that. He &ere!$ #anished the o!d e!!o%. I too* this as ra+in) on the sa&e !e+e!, #"t I as*ed in a &atter-o - a(t +oi(e, 8h$ did $o" do that3 7 He stood in &$ %a$. He tried to dis(i-!ine &e--&e, a $o"n) God, i&a)ine itB So I ri)htened hi& to death. I s&"))!ed dead thin)s into o"r ho"se at Antio(h and hid the& "nder !oose ti!es, and I s(ra%!ed (har&s, on the %a!!s, and I )ot a (o(* in &$ #edroo& to )i+e hi& his &ar(hin) orders. And I ro##ed hi& o his He(ate. Loo*, here she is/ I a!%a$s *ee- her "nder &$ -i!!o%B He he!d "- the )reen 1as-er (har&. M$ heart %ent as (o!d as i(e %hen I re(o)nised it. I said in a horri ied +oi(e/ 9o" %ere the one then3 And it %as $o" %ho (!i&#ed into the #o!ted roo& #$ that tin$ %indo% and dre% $o"r de+i(es there too3 He nodded -ro"d!$ and %ent ratt!in) on/ Not on!$ did I *i!! &$ nat"ra! ather #"t I *i!!ed &$ ather #$ ado-tion too--Ti#eri"s, $o" *no%. And %hereas ;"-iter on!$ !a$ %ith one sister o his, ;"no, I ha+e !ain %ith a!! three o &ine. Martina to!d &e it %as the ri)ht thin) to do i I %anted to #e !i*e ;o+e. 9o" *ne% Martina %e!! then3 Indeed I did. 8hen &$ -arents %ere in E)$-t I "sed to +isit her e+er$ ni)ht. She %as a +er$ %ise %o&an, I7!! te!! $o" another thin), Dr"si!!a7s Di+ine too. I7& )oin) to anno"n(e it at the sa&e ti&e as I &a*e the anno"n(e&ent a#o"t &$se! . Ho% I !o+e Dr"si!!aB A!&ost as &"(h as she !o+es &e. Ma$ I as* %hat are $o"r sa(red intentions3 This &eta&or-hosis %i!! s"re!$ a e(t Ro&e -ro o"nd!$. Certain!$. :irst, I7& )oin) to -"t the %ho!e %or!d hi a%e o &e. I %on7t a!!o% &$se! to #e )o+erned #$ a !ot o "ss$ o!d &en an$ !on)er. I7& )oin) to sho%... #"t $o" re&e&#er $o"r o!d )rand&other, Li+ia3 That %as a 1o*e. So&eho% she had )ot the notion that it %as she %ho %as to #e the e+er!astin) God a#o"t %ho& e+er$one has #een -ro-hes$in) in the East or the !ast tho"sand $ears. I thin* it %as Thras$!!"s %ho tri(*ed her into #e!ie+in) that she %as &eant. Thras$!!"s ne+er to!d !ies #"t he !o+ed &is!eadin) -eo-!e. 9o" see, Li+ia didn7t *no% the -re(ise 0J>J2 ter&s o the -ro-he($. The God is to #e a &an not a %o&an, and not #orn in Ro&e, tho")h he is to rei)n at Ro&e 0I %as #o& at Anti"&2, and #o& at a ti&e o -ro o"nd -ea(e 0as I %as2, #"t destined to #e the (a"se o inn"&era#!e %ars a ter his death. He is to die $o"n) and to #e at irst !o+ed #$ his -eo-!e and then hated, and ina!!$ to die &isera#!$, orsa*en o a!!. His ser+ants sha!! drin* his #!ood. Then a ter his death he is to r"!e o+er a!! the other Gods o the %or!d, in !ands not $et *no%n to "s. That (an on!$ #e &$se! . Martina to!d &e that &an$ -rodi)ies had #een seen !ate!$ in the near East %hi(h -ro+ed (on(!"si+e!$ that the God had #een #o& at !ast. The ;e%s %ere the &ost e5(ited. The$ so&eho% e!t the&se!+es -e("!iar!$ (on(erned. I s"--ose that this %as #e(a"se I on(e +isited their (it$ ;er"sa!e& %ith &$ ather and )a+e &$ irst di+ine &ani estation there. He -a"sed. It %o"!d )reat!$ interest &e to *no% a#o"t that, I said.
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Oh, it %as nothin) &"(h. ;"st or a 1o*e I %ent into a ho"se %here so&e o their -riests and do(tors %ere ta!*in) theo!o)$ to)ether and s"dden!$ sho"ted o"t/ 79o"7re a !ot o i)norant o!d ra"ds. 9o" *no% nothin) at a!! a#o"t it.7 That (a"sed a )reat sensation and one o!d %hite-#earded &an said/ 7Oh3 And %ho are $o". Chi!d3 Are $o" the -ro-hesied one33 es,7 I ans%ered #o!d!$. He said, %ee-in) or ra-t"re/ hen tea(h "sB7 I ans%ered/ 7Certain!$ notB It7s #eneath &$ di)nit$,7 and ran o"t a)ain. 9o" sho"!d ha+e seen their a(esB No, Li+ia %as a (!e+er and (a-a#!e %o&an in her %a$--a e&a!e U!$sses, as I (a!!ed her on(e to her a(e--and one da$ -erha-s I sha!! dei $ her as I -ro&ised, #"t there7s no h"rr$ a#o"t that. She %i!! ne+er &a*e an i&-ortant deit$. Perha-s %e7!! &a*e her the -atron )oddess o (!er*s and a((o"ntants, #e(a"se she had a )ood head or i)"res. 9es, and %e7!! add -oisoners, as Mer("r$ has thie+es "nder his -rote(tion as %e!! as &er(hants and tra+e!!ers. That7s on!$ 1"sti(e, I said. B"t %hat I a& an5io"s to *no% at on(e is this/ in %hat na&e a& I to adore $o"3 Is it in(orre(t, or instan(e, to (a!! $o" ;o+e3 Aren7t $o" so&eone )reater than ;o+e3 He said/ Oh, )reater than ;o+e, (ertain!$, #"t anon$&o"s as $et. :or the &o&ent, I thin* tho")h, I7!! (a!! &$se! ;o+e--the Latin ;o+e to distin)"ish &$se! ro& that Gree* e!!o%. I7!! ha+e to sett!e %ith hi& one o these da$s. He7s had his o%n %a$ too !on). I as*ed/ Ho% does it ha--en that $o"r ather %asn7t a God too3 I ne+er heard o a God %itho"t a di+ine ather. That7s si&-!e. The God A")"st"s %as &$ ather. B"t he ne+er ado-ted $o", did he3 He on!$ ado-ted $o"r e!der #rothers and !e t $o" to (arr$ on $o"r ather7s !ine. I don7t &ean that he %as &$ ather #$ ado-tion, I &ean that I a& his son #$ his in(est %ith ;"!ia. I &"st #e. That7s the on!$ -ossi#!e so!"tion. I7& (ertain!$ no son o A)ri--ina/ her ather %as a no#od$. It7s ridi("!o"s. I %as not s"(h a oo! as to -oint o"t that in this (ase Ger&ani("s %asn7t his ather and there ore his sisters %ere on!$ his nie(es. I h"&o"red hi& as Dr"si!!a ad+ised and said/ This is the &ost )!orio"s ho"r o &$ !i e. A!!o% &e to retire and sa(ri i(e to $o" at on(e, %ith &$ re&ainin) stren)th. The di+ine air $o" e5ha!e is too stron) or &$ &orta! nostri!s. I a& near!$ aintin), The roo& %as dread "!!$ st" $. Ca!i)"!a hadn7t a!!o%ed the %indo%s to #e o-ened e+er sin(e he too* to his #ed. He said/ Go in -ea(e. I tho")ht o *i!!in) $o", #"t I %on7t no%. Te!! the S(o"ts a#o"t &$ #ein) a God and a#o"t &$ a(e shinin), #"t don7t te!! the& an$ &ore. I i&-ose ho!$ si!en(e on $o" or the rest. I )ro+e!!ed on the !oor a)ain and retired, #a(*%ards. Gan$&ede sto--ed &e in the (orridor and as*ed or the ne%s. I said/ He7s 1"st #e(o&e a God and a +er$
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i&-ortant one, he sa$s. His a(e shines. That7s #ad ne%s or "s &orta!s, said Gan$&ede. B"t I sa% it (o&in). Than*s or the ti-, I7!! -ass it on to the other e!!o%s. Does Dr"si!!a *no%3 No3 Then I ! te!! her. Te!! her that she7s a Goddess too, I said, in (ase she hasn7t noti(ed it. I %ent #a(* to &$ roo& and tho")ht to &$se! , This has ha--ened or the #est. E+er$one %i!! soon see that he7s &ad, and !o(* hi& "-. And there are no other des(endants o A")"st"s !e t no% o an a)e to #e(o&e E&-eror, e5(e-t Gan$&ede, and he7s not )ot the -o-"!arit$ or the ne(essar$ 0D><2 or(e o (hara(ter. The Re-"#!i( %i!! #e restored. Ca!i)"!a7s ather-in-!a% is the &an or that. He has the &ost in !"en(e o an$ &an in the Senate. I7!! #a(* hi& "-. I on!$ %e (o"!d )et rid o Ma(ro, and ha+e a de(ent (o&&ander o the G"ards in his -!a(e e+er$thin) %o"!d #e eas$. The G"ards are the )reatest o#sta(!e. The$ *no% +er$ %e!! that the$7d ne+er )et #o"nties o i t$ and a h"ndred )o!d -ie(es a &an +oted the& #$ a Re-"#!i(an Senate. 9es, it %as Se1an"s7 idea o t"rnin) the& into a sort o -ri+ate ar&$ or &$ "n(!e Ti#eri"s that )a+e &onar(h$ its orienta! a#so!"teness. 8e o")ht to #rea* "- the Ca&- and #i!!et the &en in -ri+ate ho"ses a)ain as %e "sed to do. B"t--%o"!d $o" #e!ie+e it3--Ca!i)"!a7s di+init$ %as a((e-ted #$ e+er$one %itho"t 4"estion. :or a%hi!e he %as (ontent to !et the ne%s o it (ir("!ate -ri+ate!$, and to re&ain o i(ia!!$ a &orta! sti!!. It %o"!d ha+e s-oi!t his ree and eas$ re!ations %ith the S(o"ts and ("rtai!ed &ost o his -!eas"re i e+er$one had had to !ie a(e-do%n on the !oor %hene+er he a--eared. B"t %ithin ten da$s o his re(o+er$, %hi(h %as )reeted %ith ine5-ressi#!e 1"#i!ation, he had ta*en on hi&se! a!! the &orta! hono"rs that A")"st"s had a((e-ted in a !i eti&e and one or t%o &ore #esides. He %as Caesar the Good, Caesar the :ather o the Ar&ies, and the Most Gra(io"s and Mi)ht$ Caesar, and :ather o the Co"ntr$, a tit!e %hi(h Ti#eri"s had stead ast!$ re "sed a!! his !i e. Ge&e!!"s %as the irst +i(ti& o the terror, Ca!i)"!a sent or a (o!one! o the G"ards and to!d hi&, Ai!! that traitor, &$ son, at on(e. The (o!one! %ent strai)ht to Ge&e!!"s7 roo&s and str"(* his head o . The ne5t +i(ti& %as Ca!i)"!a7s ather-in-!a%. He %as one o the Si!an"s a&i!$--Ca!i)"!a had &arried his da")hter ;"nia #"t she had died in (hi!d-#irth a $ear #e ore he #e(a&e E&-eror. Si!an"s en1o$ed the distin(tion o #ein) the on!$ Senator %ho& Ti#eri"s had ne+er s"s-e(ted o dis!o$a!t$/ Ti#eri"s had a!%a$s re "sed to !isten to an$ a--ea! ro& his 1"di(ia! senten(es. Ca!i)"!a no% sent hi& a &essa)e, B$ da%n to&orro% $o" &"st #e dead. The "n ort"nate &an there"-on said )ood-#$e to his a&i!$ and ("t his throat %ith a ra6or. Ca!i)"!a e5-!ained in a !etter to the Senate that Ge&e!!"s had died a traitor7s death/ the inso!ent !ad had re "sed to (o&e to sea %ith hi& that stor&$ da$ %hen he had sai!ed to Pandataria and Pon6a to (o!!e(t the re&ains o his &other and #rothers, and had sta$ed #ehind in the ho-e o sei6in) the &onar(h$ i te&-ests %re(*ed his shi-, and d"rin) his re(ent dan)ero"s i!!ness had o ered no -ra$er or his re(o+er$ #"t tried to in)ratiate hi&se! %ith the o i(ers o his #od$-)"ard. His ather-in-!a%, he %rote, %as another traitor/ he had ta*en antidotes a)ainst -oison %hene+er he (a&e to dine at the Pa!a(e so that his %ho!e -erson s&e!t o the&. B"t is there an$ antidote a)ainst Caesar3 These e5-!anations %ere a((e-ted #$ the Senate. The tr"th o the &atter %as, that Ge&e!!"s %as so #ad a sai!or that he near!$ died o sea-si(*ness e+er$ ti&e he %ent o"t in a #oat, e+en in ine %eather, and it %as Ca!i)"!a hi&se! %ho had *ind!$ re "sed his o er to a((o&-an$ hi& on that +o$a)e. As or his ather-in-!a% he had an o#stinate (o")h and s&e!t o the &edi(ine that
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he too* to soothe his throat, so as not to #e a n"isan(e at ta#!e.

CHAPTER NNN 8HEN M9 MOTHER HEARD O: GEMELLUS7 MURDER SHE %as +er$ )rie+ed and (a&e to the Pa!a(e as*in) to see Ca!i)"!a, %ho re(ei+ed her s"!*i!$, or he e!t that she %as a#o"t to s(o!d hi&. She said, Grandson, &a$ I s-ea* to $o" in -ri+ate3 It is a#o"t the death o Ge&e!!"s. No, (ertain!$ not in -ri+ate, he ans%ered. Sa$ %hat $o" %ish to sa$ in Ma(ro7s -resen(e. I &"st ha+e a %itness #$ &e i %hat $o" ha+e to sa$ is as i&-ortant as a!! that. Then I -re er to *ee- si!ent. It is a a&i!$ &atter, not or the ears o the sons o s!a+es. That e!!o%7s ather %as the son o one o &$ +ine-dressers. I so!d hi& to &$ #rother-in-!a% or ort$- i+e )o!d -ie(es. 9o" %i!! -!ease te!! &e at on(e %hat it %as $o" %ere a#o"t to sa$, %itho"t ins"!tin) &$ &inisters. Don7t $o" 0D>F2 *no% that I ha+e the -o%er to &a*e an$one in the %or!d do 1"st %hat I -!ease3 It is nothin) that $o" %i!! #e )!ad to hear. Sa$ it. As $o" %ish. I (a&e to sa$ that $o"r *i!!in) o &$ -oor Ge&e!!"s %as %anton &"rder and I %ish to resi)n a!! the hono"rs I ha+e had ro& $o"r %i(*ed hands. Ca!i)"!a !a")hed and said to Ma(ro, I thin* the #est thin) that this o!d !ad$ (an do no% is to )o ho&e and #orro% a -r"nin)-*ni e ro& one o her +ine-dressers and ("t her +o(a! (hords %ith it. Ma(ro said/ I a!%a$s )a+e the sa&e sort o ad+i(e to &$ )rand&other, #"t the o!d %it(h re "sed to ta*e it. M$ &other (a&e to see &e. I a& a#o"t to *i!! &$se! , C!a"di"s, she said. 9o" %i!! ind a!! &$ a airs in order. There %i!! #e a e% s&a!! de#ts o"tstandin)/ -a$ the& -"n(t"a!!$. Be )ood to &$ ho"seho!d sta , the$ ha+e #een !o$a! %or*ers, e+er$ one o the&. I a& sorr$ that $o"r !itt!e da")hter %i!! ha+e no#od$ no% to !oo* a ter her, I thin* that $o" had #etter &arr$ a)ain to )i+e her a &other. She7s a )ood (hi!d. I said/ 8hat, MotherB Ai!! $o"rse! 3 8h$3 O don7t do thatB
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She s&i!ed so"r!$. M$ !i e7s &$ o%n, isn7t it3 And %h$ sho"!d $o" diss"ade &e ro& ta*in) it3 S"re!$ $o" %on7t &iss &e, %i!! $o"3 9o" are &$ &other, I said. A &an on!$ has one &other. I a& s"r-rised that $o" s-ea* so d"ti "!!$. I ha+e #een no +er$ !o+in) &other to $o". Ho% (o"!d I ha+e #een e5-e(ted to #e so3 9o" %ere a!%a$s a )reat disa--oint&ent to &e--a si(*, ee#!e, ti&oro"s, %oo!!$-%itted thin). 8e!!, I ha+e #een -retti!$ -"nished #$ the Gods or &$ ne)!e(t o $o". M$ s-!endid son Ger&ani("s &"rdered, and &$ -oor )randsons, Nero and Dr"s"s and Ge&e!!"s &"rdered, and &$ da")hter Li+i!!a -"nished or her %i(*edness, her a#o&ina#!e %i(*edness, #$ &$ o%n hand--that %as the %orst -ain I s" ered, no &other e+er s" ered a %orse--and &$ o"r )randda")hters a!! )one to the #ad, and this i!th$ i&-io"s Ca!i)"!a.... B"t $o"7!! s"r+i+e hi&. 9o"7d s"r+i+e a Uni+ersa! De!")e, I #e!ie+e. Her +oi(e, (a!& at irst, had risen to its "s"a! an)r$ s(o!din) tone. I said/ Mother, ha+e $o" no *ind!$ %ord to )i+e &e e+en at a ti&e !i*e this3 Ho% did I e+er intentiona!!$ %ron) $o" or diso#e$ $o"3 B"t she did not see& to hear. I ha+e #een -retti!$ -"nished, she re-eated. Then/ I %ish $o" to (o&e to &$ ho"se in i+e ho"rs7 ti&e. B$ that ti&e I sha!! ha+e (o&-!eted &$ arran)e&ents. I (o"nt on $o" to -a$ &e the !ast rites. I don7t %ant $o" to (at(h &$ d$in) #reath. I I a& not dead %hen $o" arri+e %ait in the ante-roo& "nti! $o" )et the %ord ro& &$ &aid Briseis. Don7t &a*e a &"dd!e o the +a!edi(tor$/ that %o"!d #e 1"st !i*e $o". 9o" %i!! ind "!! instr"(tions %ritten o"t or the "nera!. 9o" are to #e (hie &o"rner. I %ant no "nera! oration. Re&e&#er to ("t o &$ hand or se-arate #"ria!/ #e(a"se this %i!! #e a s"i(ide. I %ant no -er "&es on the -$re/ it7s o ten done #"t it7s stri(t!$ a)ainst the !a% and I ha+e a!%a$s re)arded it as a &ost %aste "! -ra(ti(e. I a& )i+in) Pa!!as his reedo&, so he7!! %ear the (a- o !i#ert$ in the -ro(ession, don7t or)et. And 1"st or on(e in $o"r !i e tr$ to (arr$ one (ere&on$ thro")h %itho"t a &ista*e. That %as a!!, e5(e-t-a or&a! Good-#$e. No *iss, no tears, no #!essin). As a d"ti "! son I (arried o"t her !ast %ishes, to the !etter. It %as odd her )i+in) &$ o%n s!a+e Pa!!as his reedo&. She did the sa&e %ith Briseis. 8at(hin) her -$re #"rnin), ro& his dinin)-roo& %indo%, a e% da$s !ater, Ca!i)"!a said to Ma(ro/ 9o" stood #$ &e %e!! a)ainst that o!d %o&an. I7& )oin) to re%ard $o". I7& )oin) to )i+e $o" the &ost hono"ra#!e a--oint&ent in the %ho!e E&-ire. It7s an a--oint&ent %hi(h, as A")"st"s !aid do%n as a -rin(i-!e o State, &"st ne+er a!! into the hands o an ad+ent"rer. I a& )oin) to &a*e $o" Go+ernor o E)$-t. Ma(ro %as de!i)hted/ he did not 4"ite *no%, these da$s, ho% he stood %ith Ca!i)"!a and i he %ent to E)$-t he %o"!d #e sa e. As Ca!i)"!a had said, the a--oint&ent %as an i&-ortant one/ the Go+ernor o E)$-t had the -o%er o star+in) Ro&e #$ ("ttin) o the (orn-s"--!$, and the )arrison (o"!d #e stren)thened #$ !o(a! !e+ies "nti! it %as #i) eno")h to ho!d the -ro+in(e a)ainst an$ in+adin) ar&$ that (o"!d #e #ro")ht a)ainst it. So Ma(ro %as re!ie+ed o his (o&&and o the G"ards. Ca!i)"!a a--ointed no#od$ in his -!a(e or a ti&e, #"t !et the nine (o!one!s o #atta!ions ea(h (o&&and or a &onth in t"rn. He )a+e o"t that at the end o this ti&e the &ost !o$a! and e i(ient o the& %o"!d #e )i+en the a--oint&ent -er&anent!$. B"t the &an to %ho& he se(ret!$ -ro&ised it %as the (o!one! o the #atta!ion %hi(h
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o"nd the Pa!a(e G"ard--none other than the sa&e #ra+e Cassi"s Chaerea %hose na&e $o" (annot ha+e or)otten i $o" ha+e read this stor$ %ith an$ attention--the &an %ho *i!!ed the Ger&an in the a&-hitheatre, the &an %ho !ed his (o&-an$ #a(* ro& the &assa(re o Car"s7 ar&$, and %ho a ter%ards sa+ed the #rid)ehead, the &an too %ho ("t his %a$ thro")h the &"tineers in the (a&- at Bonn and %ho (arried Ca!i)"!a on his #a(* that ear!$ &ornin) %hen A)ri--ina and her riends had to tr"d)e on oot ro& the (a&- "nder his -rote(tion. Cassi"s %as %hite-haired no%, tho")h not $et si5t$ $ears o a)e, and stoo-ed a !itt!e, and his hands tre&#!ed #e(a"se o a e+er that had near!$ *i!!ed hi& in Ger&an$, #"t he %as sti!! a ine s%ords&an and re-"ted!$ the #ra+est &an in Ro&e. One da$ an o!d so!dier o the G"ards %ent &ad and ran a&o* %ith his s-ear in the (o"rt$ard o the Pa!a(e. He tho")ht he %as *i!!in) :ren(h re#e!s. E+er$one !ed #"t Cassi"s, %ho tho")h "nar&ed stood his )ro"nd "nti! the &ad&an (har)ed hi&, %hen he (a!&!$ )a+e the -arade-)ro"nd order, Co&-an$, ha!tB Gro"nd ar&sB and the (ra6$ e!!o%, to %ho& o#edien(e to orders had #e(o&e se(ond-nat"re, ha!ted and !aid his s-ear !at a!on) the )ro"nd. Co&-an$ a#o"t t"rn, Cassi"s ordered a)ain. G"i(* &ar(hB So he disar&ed hi&. Cassi"s, then, %as the irst te&-orar$ (o&&ander o the G"ards and *e-t the& in order %hi!e Ma(ro %as #ein) tried or his !i e. :or Ma(ro7s a--oint&ent to the )o+ernorshi- o E)$-t %as on!$ a tri(* o Ca!i)"!a7s, the sa&e sort o tri(* that Ti#eri"s had -!a$ed on Se1an"s. Ma(ro %as arrested as he %ent a#oard his shi- at Ostia and #ro")ht #a(* to Ro&e in (hains. He %as a(("sed o ha+in) #ro")ht a#o"t the deaths o Arr"nti"s and se+era! other inno(ent &en and %o&en. To this (har)e Ca!i)"!a added another, na&e!$ that Ma(ro had -!a$ed the -ander, tr$in) to &a*e hi& a!! in !o+e %ith his %i e Ennia--a te&-tation to %hi(h in his $o"th "! ine5-erien(e, he ad&itted, he had near!$ s"(("&#ed, Ma(ro and Ennia %ere #oth or(ed to *i!! the&se!+es. I %as s"r-rised ho% easi!$ he )ot rid o Ma(ro. One da$ Ca!i)"!a as Hi)h Ponti %ent to so!e&nise a &arria)e #et%een one o the Piso a&i!$ and a %o&an (a!!ed Oresti!!a. He too* a an($ to Oresti!!a and %hen the (ere&on$ %as (o&-!eted and &ost o the hi)h no#i!it$ o Ro&e %ere )athered at the %eddin) east, ha+in) )reat "n, as one does on these o((asions, he s"dden!$ (a!!ed o"t to the #ride)roo&/ He$, there. Sir, sto- *issin) that %o&anB She7s &$ %i e. He then rose and, in the h"sh o s"r-rise that o!!o%ed, ordered the )"ards to sei6e Oresti!!a and (arr$ her o to the Pa!a(e. No#od$ dared to -rotest. The ne5t da$ he &arried Oresti!!a/ her h"s#and %as or(ed to attend the (ere&on$ and )i+e her a%a$. He sent a !etter to the Senate to in or& the& that he had (e!e#rated a &arria)e in the st$!e o Ro&"!"s and A")"st"s--re errin), I s"--ose, to Ro&"!"s7 ra-e o the Sa#ine %o&en and A")"st"s7 &arria)e %ith &$ )rand&other 0%hen &$ )rand ather %as -resent2. 8ithin t%o &onths he had di+or(ed Oresti!!a and #anished her, and her or&er h"s#and too, on the )ro"nds that the$ had #een (o&&ittin) ad"!ter$ %hen his #a(* %as t"rned. She %as sent to S-ain and he to Rhodes. He %as on!$ a!!o%ed to ta*e ten s!a+es %ith hi&/ %hen he as*ed as a a+o"r to #e a!!o%ed do"#!e that n"&#er Ca!i)"!a said/ As &an$ as $o" !i*e, #"t or e+er$ e5tra s!a+e $o" ta*e $o" ! ha+e to ha+e an e5tra so!dier to )"ard $o". Dr"si!!a died. I a& (ertain in &$ o%n &ind that Ca!i)"!a *i!!ed her #"t I ha+e no -roo . 8hene+er he *issed a %o&an no%, I a& to!d, he "sed to sa$/ As %hite and !o+e!$ a ne(* as this is, I ha+e on!$ to )i+e the %ord, and s!ashB It %i!! #e ("t (!ean thro")h. I the ne(* %as -arti("!ar!$ %hite and !o+e!$ he (o"!d so&eti&es not resist the te&-tation o )i+in) the %ord and seein) his #oast -ro+ed tr"e. In the (ase o Dr"si!!a I thin* that he str"(* the
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#!o% hi&se! . At a!! e+ents no#od$ %as a!!o%ed to see her (or-se. He )a+e o"t that she died o a (ons"&-tion and )a+e her a &ost e5traordinar$ ri(h "nera!. She %as dei ied "nder the na&e o Panthea and had te&-!es #"i!t to her, and no#!e&en and no#!e%o&en a--ointed her -riests, and 0D<D2 a )reat ann"a! esti+a! instit"ted in her hono"r, &ore s-!endid than an$ other in the Ca!endar. A &an earned ten tho"sand )o!d -ie(es or seein) her s-irit #ein) re(ei+ed into Hea+en #$ A")"st"s. D"rin) the da$s o -"#!i( &o"rnin) that Ca!i)"!a ordered in her hono"r, it %as a (a-ita! (ri&e or an$ (iti6en to !a")h, sin), sha+e, )o to the #aths, or e+en ha+e dinner %ith his a&i!$. The !a%-(o"rts %ere (!osed, no &arria)es %ere (e!e#rated, no troo-s -er or&ed &i!itar$ e5er(ises. Ca!i)"!a had one &an -"t to death or se!!in) hot %ater in the streets, and another or e5-osin) ra6ors or sa!e. The res"!tin) )!oo& %as so -ro o"nd and %ides-read that he (o"!d not hi&se! #ear it 0or it &a$ ha+e #een re&orse2, so one ni)ht he !e t the Cit$ and tra+e!!ed do%n to%ards S$ra("se, a!one e5(e-t or a )"ard o hono"r. He had no #"siness there, #"t the 1o"rne$ %as a distra(tion. He )ot no "rther then Messina, %here Etna ha--ened to #e in s!i)ht er"-tion. The si)ht ri)htened hi& so &"(h that he t"rned #a(* at on(e. 8hen he rea(hed Ro&e a)ain he soon set thin)s )oin) as "s"a!, -arti("!ar!$ s%ord- i)htin), (hariot-ra(in), and %i!d-#east h"ntin). He s"dden!$ re&e&#ered that the &en %ho had +o%ed their !i+es in e5(han)e or his d"rin) his i!!ness had not $et (o&&itted s"i(ide, and &ade the& do it, not on!$ on )enera! -rin(i-!es to *ee- the& ro& the sin o -er1"r$, #"t &ore -arti("!ar!$ to -re+ent Death ro& )oin) #a(* on the #ar)ain the$ had str"(* %ith hi&. A e% da$s !ater at s"--er I ha--ened to #e !a$in) do%n the !a%, rather dr"n*en!$, a#o"t the inheritan(e o e&a!e #ea"t$, and 4"otin) e5a&-!es o &$ (ontention that it "s"a!!$ &issed a )eneration, )oin) ro& the )rand&other to the )randda")hter. Un ort"nate!$ I %o"nd "- #$ sa$in), The &ost #ea"ti "! %o&an in Ro&e %hen I %as a #o$ has rea--eared, eat"re or eat"re, and !i&# or !i&#, in the -erson o her )randda")hter and na&esa*e Lo!!ia, the %i e o the -resent Go+ernor o Gree(e. 8ith the so!e e5(e-tion o a (ertain !ad$ %ho& I %i!! not na&e, #e(a"se she is -resent in this roo&, Lo!!ia is in &$ o-inion the &ost #ea"ti "! %o&an a!i+e toda$. I &ade this e5(e-tion &ere!$ or ta(t "!ness. Lo!!ia %as ar and a%a$ &ore #ea"ti "! than &$ nie(es, A)ri--ini!!a or Les#ia, or than an$ other &e&#er o the (o&-an$. I %as not in !o+e %ith her, I &a$ sa$/ I had &ere!$ noti(ed one da$ that she %as -er e(t, and re&e&#ered ha+in) &ade e5a(t!$ the sa&e o#ser+ation a#o"t her )rand&other %hen I %as a #o$. Ca!i)"!a )re% interested and 4"estioned &e a#o"t Lo!!ia, I did not rea!ise that I had said too &"(h, and said &ore. That e+enin) Ca!i)"!a %rote to Lo!!ia7s h"s#and te!!in) hi& to ret"rn to Ro&e and a((e-t a si)na! hono"r. The si)na! hono"r t"rned o"t to #e that o di+or(in) Lo!!ia and &arr$in) her to the E&-eror. Another (han(e re&ar* that I &ade at s"--er a#o"t this ti&e had an "ne5-e(ted e e(t on Ca!i)"!a. So&eone &entioned e-i!e-s$ and I said that Cartha)inian re(ords sho%ed Hanni#a! to ha+e #een an e-i!e-ti(, and that A!e5ander and ;"!i"s Casar %ere #oth s"#1e(t to this &$sterio"s disease, %hi(h see&ed to #e an a!&ost ine+ita#!e a((o&-ani&ent o s"-er!ati+e &i!itar$ )eni"s. Ca!i)"!a -ri(*ed "- his ears at this, and a e% da$s !ater he )a+e a +er$ )ood i&itation o an e-i!e-ti( it, a!!in) on the !oor in the Senate Ho"se and s(rea&in) at the too his +oi(e, his !i-s %hite %ith oa&--soa--s"ds, -ro#a#!$. The -eo-!e o Ro&e %ere sti!! ha--$ eno")h. Ca!i)"!a (ontin"ed )i+in) the& a )ood ti&e %ith theatri(a! sho%s and s%ord- i)hts and %i!d-#easts h"nts and (hariot-ra(es and !ar)esse thro%n ro& the Oration P!at or& or ro& the "--er %indo%s o the Pa!a(e. 8hat &arria)es he (ontra(ted or disso!+ed, or %hat (o"rtiers he &"rdered, the$ did not &"(h (are. He %as ne+er satis ied "n!ess e+er$ seat in the theatre or Cir("s %as o(("-ied and a!! the
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)an)%a$s (ro%ded, so %hene+er there %as a -er or&an(e he -ost-oned a!! !a%s"its and s"s-ended a!! &o"rnin) to )i+e no#od$ an$ e5("se or not attendin). He &ade se+era! other inno+ations. He a!!o%ed -eo-!e to #rin) ("shions to sit on and in hot %eather to %ear stra% hats, and to (o&e #are ooted--e+en senators, %ho %ere s"--osed to set an e5a&-!e o a"sterit$. 8hen I e+ent"a!!$ &ana)ed to +isit Ca-"a or a e% da$s, or the irst ti&e or near!$ a $ear, a!&ost the irst thin) Ca!-"rnia as*ed &e %as/ Ho% &"(h is !e t in the Treas"r$, C!a"di"s, o that t%ent$ &i!!ion3 Less than i+e &i!!ion, I #e!ie+e. B"t he7s #een #"i!din) -!eas"re-#ar)es o (edar-%ood and o+er!a$in) the& %ith 0D<32 )o!d and st"ddin) the& %ith 1e%e!s and -"ttin) #aths and !o%er-)ardens in the&, and he7s started %or* on si5t$ ne% te&-!es and ta!*s o ("ttin) a (ana! a(ross the isth&"s o Corinth. He ta*es #aths in s-i*enard and oi! o +io!et. T%o da$s a)o he )a+e E"t$(h"s, the Lee* Green (harioteer, a -resent o t%ent$ tho"sand in )o!d or %innin) a (!ose ra(e. Does Lee* Green a!%a$s %in3 A!%a$s. Or a!&ost a!%a$s. S(ar!et ha--ened to (o&e in irst the other da$ and the -eo-!e )a+e it a #i) (heer. The$ %ere tirin) o the &onoton$ o Lee* Green. The E&-eror %as "rio"s. Ne5t da$ the S(ar!et (harioteer and his %innin) tea& %ere a!! dead. Poisoned. The sa&e sort o thin) has ha--ened #e ore. B$ this ti&e ne5t $ear thin)s %i!! #e )oin) #ad!$ %ith $o", &$ -oor C!a"di"s. B$ the %a$, %o"!d $o" !i*e to !oo* at $o"r a((o"nts3 It7s #een an "n!"(*$ $ear, as I %rote to $o". Those +a!"a#!e (att!e d$in), and the s!a+es stea!in) ri)ht and !e t, and the (orn-ri(*s #"rned. 9o"7re the -oorer #$ t%o tho"sand or &ore )o!d -ie(es. It7s not the ste%ard7s a"!t, either. He does his #est and at !east he7s honest. It7s #e(a"se $o" are not here to a(t as o+erseer that these thin)s ha--en. It (an7t #e he!-ed, I said. To #e ran*, I a& &ore an5io"s a#o"t &$ !i e than a#o"t &$ &one$ these da$s. Are $o" #ad!$ treated3 9es. The$ &a*e a oo! o &e a!! the ti&e. I don7t !i*e it. The E&-eror is &$ (hie tor&entor. 8hat do the$ do to $o"3 Oh, -ra(ti(a! 1o*es. Boo#$ tra-s %ith #"(*ets o %ater s"s-ended o+er doors. And ro)s in &$ #ed. Or nast$ -athi(s s&e!!in) o &$rrh/ $o" *no% ho% I !oathe ro)s and -athi(s. I I ha--en to ta*e a na- a ter &$ dinner the$ !i- date-stones at &e or tie shoes on &$ hands or rin) the ire-#e!! in &$ ears. And I ne+er )et ti&e to do an$ %or*. I I e+er start the$ "-set &$ in*-ot a!! o+er it. And nothin) that I sa$ is e+er treated serio"s!$. Are $o" the on!$ #"tt the$ ha+e3
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The a+o"rite one. The o i(ia! one. C!a"di"s, $o"7re !"(*ier than $o" rea!ise. G"ard $o"r a--oint&ent 1ea!o"s!$. Don7t !et an$one "s"r- it. 8hat do $o" &ean, )ir!3 I &ean that -eo-!e don7t *i!! their #"tts. The$ are (r"e! to the&, the$ ri)hten the&, the$ ro# the&, #"t the$ don7t *i!! the&. I said/ Ca!-"rnia, $o" are +er$ (!e+er. Listen to &e no%. I sti!! ha+e &one$. I sha!! #"$ $o" a #ea"ti "! si!* dress and a )o!d (os&eti( #o5 and a &ar&oset and a -ar(e! o (inna&on sti(*s. She s&i!ed. I sho"!d -re er the -resent in (ash. Ho% &"(h %ere $o" )oin) to s-end3 A#o"t se+en h"ndred. Good. It %i!! (o&e in hand$ one o these da$s. Than* $o", *ind C!a"di"s. 8hen I ret"rned to Ro&e I heard that there had o-en tro"#!e. Ca!i)"!a had #een dist"r#ed one ni)ht #$ the distant noise o the -eo-!e (ro%din) to the a&-hitheatre 1"st #e ore da%n, and -"shin) and str"))!in) to )et near the )ates, so that %hen these o-ened the$ (o"!d )et into the ront ro%s o the ree seats. Ca!i)"!a sent a (o&-an$ o G"ards %ith tr"n(heons to restore order. The G"ards %ere i!!-te&-ered at #ein) -"!!ed ro& their #eds or this d"t$ and str"(* o"t ri)ht and !e t, *i!!in) a n"&#er o -eo-!e, in(!"din) so&e 4"ite s"#stantia! (iti6ens. To sho% his dis-!eas"re at ha+in) had his s!ee- dist"r#ed #$ the ori)ina! (o&&otion and #$ the ar !o"der noise that the -eo-!e &ade %hen the$ s(attered s(rea&in) #e ore the tr"n(heon (har)e, Ca!i)"!a did not a--ear in the a&-hitheatre "nti! %e!! on in the a ternoon %hen e+er$one %as %orn o"t #$ %aitin) or hi&, and h"n)r$ too. 8hen Lee* Green %on the irst heat there %as no a--!a"se and e+en a !itt!e hissin). Ca!i)"!a !ea-ed an)ri!$ ro& his seat/ I %ish $o" had on!$ a sin)!e ne(*. I7d ha(* it thro")hB The ne5t da$ there %as to #e a s%ord- i)ht and a %i!d#east h"nt. Ca!i)"!a (an(e!!ed a!! the arran)e&ents that had #een &ade and sent in the &ost %ret(hed set o ani&a!s that he (o"!d #"$ "- in the %ho!esa!e &ar*et--&an)$ !ions and -anthers and si(* #ears and o!d %orn-o"t %i!d #"!!s, the sort that are sent to o"t-o -the-%a$ )arrison to%ns in the -ro+in(es %here a"dien(es are not -arti("!ar and a&ate"r h"nts&en don7t %e!(o&e ani&a!s o too )ood 4"a!it$. The h"nts&en %ho& Ca!i)"!a s"#stit"ted or the 0D<<2 -er or&ers ad+ertised to a--ear %ere in *ee-in) %ith the ani&a!s/ at, sti -1ointed, %hee6$ +eterans. So&e o the& had -erha-s #een )ood &en in their da$--#a(* in A")"st"s7 )o!den a)e. The (ro%d 1eered and #ooed the&. This %as %hat Ca!i)"!a had #een %aitin) or. He sent his o i(ers to arrest the &en %ho %ere &a*in) &ost noise and -"t the& into the arena to see i the$ %o"!d do an$ #etter. The &an)$ !ions and -anthers and si(* #ears and %orn-o"t #"!!s &ade short %or* o the&. He %as #e)innin) to #e "n-o-"!ar. That the (ro%d a!%a$s !i*es a ho!ida$ is a (o&&on sa$in), #"t %hen the %ho!e $ear #e(o&es one !on) ho!ida$, and no#od$ has ti&e or attendin) to his #"siness, and -!eas"re #e(o&es (o&-"!sor$, then it is a di erent &atter. Chariot ra(es )re% %eariso&e. It %as a!! +er$ %e!! or Ca!i)"!a, %ho had a -ersona! interest in the tea&s and dri+ers and e+en "sed so&eti&es to dri+e a (ar hi&se! . He %as not a #ad hand %ith the reins and %hi- and the (o&-etin) (harioteers too* (are not to %in ro& hi&. Theatri(a! sho%s
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)re% rather %eariso&e too. A!! theatre--ie(es are &"(h the sa&e e5(e-t to (onnoisse"rs, or the$ are to &e at a!! e+ents. Ca!i)"!a an(ied hi&se! a (onnoisse"r and %as a!so senti&enta!!$ atta(hed to A-e!!es, the Phi!istine tra)i( a(tor, %ho %rote &an$ o the -ie(es in %hi(h he -!a$ed. One -ie(e %hi(h Ca!i)"!a ad&ired -arti("!ar!$-#e(a"se he had &ade s"))estions %hi(h A-e!!es had in(or-orated in his -art--%as -!a$ed o+er and o+er a)ain "nti! e+er$one hated the si)ht and so"nd o it. He had an e+en stron)er !i*in) or Mnester, the -rin(i-a! dan(er o the &$tho!o)i(a! #a!!ets then in ashion. He "sed to *iss Mnester in "!! +ie% o the a"dien(e %hene+er he had done an$thin) -arti("!ar!$ %e!!. A *ni)ht #e)an (o")hin) on(e d"rin) a -er or&an(e, (o"!dn7t sto-, and at !ast had to !ea+e. The noise he &ade #$ s4"ee6in) a!on) -ast -eo-!e7s *nees, and a-o!o)isin) and (o")hin) and -"shin) his %a$ thro")h the (ro%ded ais!es to the e5it dist"r#ed Mnester, %ho sto--ed in the &idd!e o one o his &ost e54"isite dan(es to so t !"te-&"si( and %aited or e+er$one to sett!e do%n a)ain. Ca!i)"!a %as "rio"s %ith the *ni)ht, had hi& #ro")ht #e ore hi& and )a+e hi& a )ood #eatin) %ith his o%n hands. Then he sent hi& o -ost-haste on a 1o"rne$ to Tan)ier, %ith a sea!ed &essa)e or the Ain) o Moro((o. 0The Ain), a re!ati+e o &ine--his &other %as &$ A"nt Se!ene, Anton$7s da")hter #$ C!eo-atra--%as )reat!$ &$sti ied #$ the &essa)e. It read/ Aind!$ send #earer #a(* to Ro&e.2 The other *ni)hts resented this in(ident +er$ &"(h/ Mnester %as on!$ a reed&an and )a+e hi&se! airs !i*e a tri"&-hant )enera!. Ca!i)"!a too* -ri+ate !essons in e!o("tion and dan(in) ro& A-e!!es and Mnester and a ter a ti&e re4"ent!$ a--eared on the sta)e in their -arts. A ter de!i+erin) a s-ee(h in so&e tra)ed$, he "sed so&eti&es to r"n and sho"t to A-e!!es in the %in)s/ That %as -er e(t, %asn7t it3 9o" (o"!dn7t ha+e done #etter $o"rse! . And a ter a )ra(e "! ho-, s*i- and 1"&- or t%o in the #a!!et he %o"!d sto- the or(hestra, ho!d "- his hand or a#so!"te si!en(e and then )o thro")h the &o+e&ent a)ain "na((o&-anied. As Ti#eri"s had a -et dra)on, so Ca!i)"!a had a a+o"rite sta!!ion. This horse7s ori)ina! sta#!e na&e %as Por(e!!"s 0&eanin) !itt!e -i)2 #"t Ca!i)"!a did not (onsider that )rand eno")h and rena&ed hi& In(itat"s %hi(h &eans s%i t-s-eedin). In(itat"s ne+er !ost a ra(e and Ca!i)"!a %as so e5tra+a)ant!$ ond o hi& that he &ade hi& irst a (iti6en and then a senator and at !ast -"t hi& on the !ist o his no&inees or the Cons"!shi- o"r $ears in ad+an(e. In(itat"s %as )i+en a ho"se and ser+ants. He had a &ar#!e #edroo& %ith a #i) stra% &at or a #ed, a ne% one e+er$ da$, a!so an i+or$ &an)er, a )o!d #"(*et to drin* ro&, and -i(t"res #$ a&o"s artists on the %a!!s. He "sed to #e in+ited to dinner %ith "s %hene+er he %on a ra(e, #"t -re erred a #o%! o #ar!e$ to the &eat and ish that Ca!i)"!a a!%a$s o ered hi&. 8e had to drin* his hea!th t%ent$ ti&es o+er. The &one$ %ent aster and aster and at !ast Ca!i)"!a de(ided to &a*e e(ono&ies. He said one da$, or instan(e, 8hat is the "se o -"ttin) &en in -rison or or)er$ and the t and #rea(hes o the -ea(e3 The$ don7t en1o$ the&se!+es there and the$ are a )reat e5-ense or &e to eed and )"ard, $et i I %ere to !et the& )o the$ %o"!d on!$ start their (areer o (ri&e a)ain. I7!! +isit the -risons to-da$ and !oo* into the &atter. He did. He %eeded o"t the &en %ho& he (onsidered the &ost hardened (ri&ina!s, and had the& e5e("ted. Their #odies %ere ("t "- and "sed as &eat 0D<F2 or the %i!d #easts %aitin) to #e *i!!ed in the a&-hitheatre/ %hi(h &ade it a do"#!e e(ono&$. E+er$ &onth no% he &ade his ro"nd o the -risons. Cri&e de(reased s!i)ht!$. One da$ his Treas"rer, Ca!!ist"s, re-orted on!$ a &i!!ion )o!d -ie(es !e t in the Treas"r$ and on!$ ha! a &i!!ion in the Pri+$ P"rse. He rea!ised that e(ono&$ %as not eno")h/ re+en"e had to #e in(reased. So irst he #e)an
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se!!in) -riesthoods and &a)istra(ies and &ono-o!ies, and that #ro")ht hi& in a )reat dea!, #"t not eno")h, and then, as Ca!-"rnia had oreseen, he #e)an "sin) in or&ers to (on+i(t ri(h &en o rea! or i&a)inar$ (ri&es, in order to )et their estates. He had a#o!ished the (a-ita! (har)e or treason as soon as he #e(a&e E&-eror, #"t there %ere -!ent$ o other (ri&es -"nisha#!e %ith death. He (e!e#rated his irst #at(h o (on+i(tions %ith a -arti("!ar!$ s-!endid %i!d-#east h"nt. B"t the (ro%d %as in an ")!$ te&-er. The$ #ooed and )roaned and re "sed to -a$ an$ attention to the -ro(eedin)s. Then a (r$ #e)an at the other end o the Cir("s ro& the President7s Bo5 %here Ca!i)"!a %as sittin)/ Gi+e "- the in or&ersB Gi+e "the in or&ersB Ca!i)"!a rose to (o&&and si!en(e, #"t the$ ho%!ed hi& do%n. He sent G"ards %ith tr"n(heons a!on) to the -art %here noise %as !o"dest and the$ %ha(*ed a e% &en on the head, #"t it #e)an a)ain &ore +io!ent!$ e!se%here. Ca!i)"!a )re% a!ar&ed. He h"rried!$ !e t the a&-hitheatre, (a!!in) on &e to ta*e on the -residen($ ro& hi&. I did not %e!(o&e this at a!! and %as &"(h re!ie+ed, %hen I rose to s-ea*, that the (ro%d )a+e &e a (o"rteo"s hearin) and e+en sho"ted :e!i(iter %hi(h &eans Good !"(* to $o"B M$ +oi(e is not stron). Ca!i)"!a7s %as +er$ stron)/ he (o"!d &a*e hi&se! heard ro& one end o Mars :ie!d to the other. I had to ind so&eone to re-eat &$ s-ee(h a ter &e. Mnester +o!"nteered, and &ade it so"nd &"(h #etter than it %as. I anno"n(ed that the E&-eror had "n ort"nate!$ #een (a!!ed a%a$ on i&-ortant State #"siness. That &ade e+er$one !a")h, Mnester did so&e #ea"ti "! )est"res i!!"strati+e o the i&-ortan(e and "r)en($ o this State #"siness. Then I said that the President7s d"ties had de+o!+ed on &$ "n ort"nate and "n%orth$ se! . Mnester7s ho-e!ess shr") and the !itt!e t%idd!e %ith a ore in)er at his te&-!es e5-ressed this e5(e!!ent!$. Then I said/ Let "s )o on %ith the Ga&es, &$ riends. B"t at on(e the sho"t rose a)ain, Gi+e "- the in or&ersB B"t I as*ed, and Mnester re-eated the 4"estion %innin)!$/ And i the E&-eror does (onsent to )i+e the& "-, %hat then3 8i!! so&eone in or& a)ainst the&3 There %as no ans%er to this #"t a (on "sed #"66in). I as*ed the& a "rther 4"estion. I as*ed the& %hi(h %as the %orst sort o (ri&ina!--an in or&er3 or an in or&er a)ainst an in or&er3 or an in or&er a)ainst an in or&er a)ainst an in or&er3 I said that the "rther $o" too* the o en(e the &ore heino"s it #e(a&e, and the &ore -eo-!e it -o!!"ted. The #est -o!i($ %as to do nothin) %hi(h &i)ht )i+e in or&ers an$ )ro"nd or a(tion. I e+er$one, I said, !i+ed a !i e o the stri(test +irt"e, the ("rsed #reed %o"!d die o"t or %ant o no"rish&ent, !i*e &i(e in a &iser7s *it(hen. 9o" %o"!d ne+er #e!ie+e %hat a te&-est o !a")hter this sa!!$ -ro+o*ed. The si&-!er and si!!ier the 1o*e, the #etter a #i) (ro%d !i*es it. 0The )reatest a--!a"se I e+er %on or a 1o*e %as on(e in the Cir("s %hen I ha--ened to #e -residin) in Ca!i)"!a7s a#sen(e. The -eo-!e (a!!ed o"t an)ri!$ or a s%ord- i)hter (a!!ed Pi)eon %ho %as ad+ertised to -er or& #"t had not t"rned "-, so I said Patien(e, riendsB :irst (at(h $o"r Pi)eon and then -!"(* hi&B 8hereas rea!!$ %itt$ 1o*es o &ine ha+e #een 4"ite !ost on the&.2 Let7s )et on %ith the Ga&es, &$ riends, I re-eated, and this ti&e the sho"tin) sto--ed. The )a&es t"rned o"t +er$ )ood ones. T%o s%ord- i)hters *i!!ed ea(h other, %ith si&"!taneo"s thr"sts in the #e!!$/ this is a +er$ rare ha--enin). I ordered the %ea-ons to #e #ro")ht to &e and had !itt!e *ni+es &ade o the&, s"(h !itt!e *ni+es are the &ost e e(ti+e (har&s *no%n or the "se in (ases o e-i!e-s$. Ca!i)"!a %o"!d a--re(iate the )i t--i he or)a+e &e or 4"ietin) the (ro%d %here he had ai!ed. :or he had #een in s"(h a ri)ht that he had dri+en o"t o Ro&e at "!! s-eed in the dire(tion o Anti"&, and did not rea--ear or
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se+era! da$s. It t"rned o"t a!! ri)ht. He %as -!eased %ith the !itt!e *ni+es %hi(h )a+e hi& an o--ort"nit$ o en!ar)in) on the s-!endo"r o his disease, and %hen he as*ed %hat had ha--ened at the a&-hitheatre I said that I had %arned the 0DEi2 (ro%d o %hat he %o"!d do i the$ did not re-ent o their dis!o$a!t$ and in)ratit"de. I said that the$ had then (han)ed their re#e!!io"s (ries into ho%!s o )"i!t$ ear and -!eas or or)i+eness. 9es, he said, I %as too )ent!e %ith the&. I a& deter&ined no% not to $ie!d an in(h. 7I&&o+a#!e ri)o"r7 is the %at(h%ord ro& hen(e or%ard. And to *ee- hi&se! re&inded o this de(ision, he "sed e+er$ &ornin) no% to -ra(tise ri)ht "! a(es #e ore a &irror in his #edroo& and terri#!e sho"ts in his -ri+ate #athroo&, %hi(h had a ine e(ho. I as*ed hi&/ 8h$ don7t $o" -"#!i(!$ anno"n(e $o"r Godhead3 That %o"!d a%e the& as nothin) e!se %o"!d! He ans%ered/ I ha+e sti!! a e% a(ts to -er or& in &$ h"&an dis)"ise. The irst o these a(ts %as to order har#o"r&asters thro")ho"t Ita!$ and Si(i!$ to detain a!! +esse!s that %ere o+er a (ertain tonna)e, -"t their (ar)oes in #ond and send the& e&-t$ "nder the (on+o$ o %arshi-s to the Ba$ o Na-!es. No#od$ "nderstood %hat this order &eant. It %as s"--osed that he (onte&-!ated an in+asion o Britain and %anted the +esse!s or "se as trans-orts. B"t nothin) o the sort. He %as &ere!$ a#o"t to 1"sti $ Thras$n"s7 state&ent that he (o"!d no &ore #e(o&e E&-eror than ride a horse a(ross the Ba$ o Bai6e. He (o!!e(ted a#o"t o"r tho"sand +esse!s, in(!"din) a tho"sand #"i!t es-e(ia!!$ or the o((asion, and an(hored the& a(ross the #a$, th%art to th%art in a do"#!e !ine ro& the do(*s o P"teo!i to his +i!!a at Ba"!i. The -ro%s %ere o"t%ard and the sterns inter!o(*ed. The sterns st"(* "- too hi)h or his -"r-ose, so he had the& tri&&ed !at, sa%in) o the he!&s&an7s seat and the i)"rehead or e+er$ one, %hi(h &ade the (re%s +er$ "nha--$, #e(a"se the i)"rehead %as the )"ardian deit$ o the shi-. Then he #oarded the do"#!e !ine a(ross and thre% earth on the #oards and had the earth %atered and ra&&ed !at, and the res"!t %as a #road ir& road, so&e si5 tho"sand -a(es !on) ro& end to end. 8hen &ore shi-s arri+ed, 1"st #a(* ro& +o$a)es to the East, he !ashed the& to)ether into i+e is!ands %hi(h he !in*ed to the road, one at e+er$ tho"sand -a(es. He had a ro% o shi-s #"i!t a!! the %a$ a(ross and ordered the %ard-&asters o Ro&e to ha+e the& sto(*ed and sta ed %ithin ten da$s. He insta!!ed a drin*in)-%ater s$ste& and -!anted )ardens. The is!ands he &ade into +i!!a)es. :ort"nate!$ the %eather %as ine thro")ho"t these -re-arations and the sea )!ass$ s&ooth. 8hen e+er$thin) %as read$ he -"t on the #reast-!ate o A!e5ander 0A")"st"s %as "n%orth$ to "se A!e5ander7s rin), #"t Ca!i)"!a %ore his +er$ #reast-!ate2 and o+er it a -"r-!e si!* (!oa* sti %ith 1e%e!-en(r"sted )o!d e&#roider$, then he too* ;"!i"s Caesar7s s%ord and the re-"ted #att!e-a5e o Ro&"!"s and the re-"ted shie!d o Eneas %hi(h %ere stored & the Ca-ito! 0#oth or)eries in &$ o-inion, #"t s"(h ear!$ or)eries as to #e -ra(ti(a!!$ )en"ine2 and (ro%ned hi&se! %ith a )ar!and o oa*-!ea+es. A ter a -ro-itiator$ sa(ri i(e to Ne-t"ne--a sea!, #e(a"se that is an a&-hi#io"s #east--and another, a -ea(o(*, to En+$, in (ase, as he said, an$ God sho"!d #e 1ea!o"s o hi&, he &o"nted on In(itat"s and #e)an trottin) a(ross the #rid)e ro& the Ba"!i end. The %ho!e o the G"ards (a+a!r$ %as at his #a(*, and #ehind that a )reat or(e o (a+a!r$ #ro")ht ro& :ran(e, o!!o%ed #$ t%ent$ tho"sand in antr$. 8hen he rea(hed the !ast is!and, (!ose to P"teo!i, he &ade his tr"&-eters #!o% the (har)e and dashed
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into the (it$ as ier(e!$ as i he %ere -"rs"in) a #eaten ene&$. He re&ained in P"teo!i that ni)ht and &ost o the ne5t da$, as i restin) ro& #att!e. In the e+enin) he ret"rned in a tri"&-ha! (hariot %ith )o!d--!ated %hee!s and sides. In(itat"s and the &are Pene!o-e to %ho& Ca!i)"!a had rit"a!!$ &arried hi& %ere in the sha ts. Ca!i)"!a %as %earin) the sa&e s-!endid (!othes as #e ore, e5(e-t that he had a )ar!and o #a$-!ea+es instead o oa*-!ea+es. A !on) %a)ontrain o!!o%ed hea-ed hi)h %ith %hat %ere s"--osed to #e #att!e-s-oi!s-- "rnit"re and stat"es and orna&ents (o##ed ro& the ho"ses o ri(h P"teo!i &er(hants. :or -risoners he "sed the hosta)es %hi(h the -ett$ *in)s o the East %ere re4"ired to send to Ro&e as earnest o )ood #eha+io"r and %hate+er orei)n s!a+es he (o"!d !a$ his hands "-on, dressed in their nationa! (ost"&es and !oaded %ith (hains. His riends o!!o%ed in de(orated (hariots, %earin) e&#roidered )o%ns and (hantin) his -raises. Then (a&e the ar&$, and !ast a -ro(ession o a#o"t t%o h"ndred tho"sand -eo-!e in ho!ida$ dress. Co"nt!ess #on ires %ere a!i)ht on the %ho!e 0DED2 (ir(!e o hi!!s aro"nd the #a$ and e+er$ so!dier and (iti6en in the -ro(ession (arried a tor(h. It %as the &ost i&-ressi+e theatri(a! s-e(ta(!e, I sho"!d thin*, that the %or!d has e+er seen, and I a& s"re it %as the &ost -oint!ess. B"t ho% e+er$#od$ en1o$ed itB A -ine-%ood %ent on ire at Ca-e Misen"& to the so"th-%est and #!a6ed &a)ni i(ent!$. As soon as Ca!i)"!a rea(hed Ba"!i a)ain he dis&o"nted and (a!!ed or his )o!d--ron)ed trident and his other -"r-!e (!oa* %or*ed o+er %ith si!+er ish and do!-hins. 8ith these he entered the #i))est o his i+e (edar-#"i!t -!eas"re#ar)es %hi(h %ere %aitin) on the shore-side o the #rid)e, and %as ro%ed o"t in it to the &idd!e is!and o the i+e, %hi(h %as #$ ar the #i))est, o!!o%ed #$ &ost o his troo-s in %ar-+esse!s. Here he dise&#ar*ed, &o"nted a si!*-h"n) -!at or& and haran)"ed the (ro%ds as the$ -assed a!on) the #rid)e. There %ere %at(h&en to *ee- the& on the &o+e, so no#od$ heard &ore than a e% senten(es, e5(e-t his riends aro"nd the -!at or&--a&on) %ho& I o"nd &$se! --and the so!diers in the nearest %ar-+esse!s, %ho had not #een -er&itted to !and. A&on) other thin)s, he (a!!ed Ne-t"ne a (o%ard or a!!o%in) hi&se! to #e -"t in etters %itho"t a str"))!e, and -ro&ised, one da$ soon, to tea(h the o!d God an e+en shar-er !esson. 0He see&ed to or)et the -ro-itiator$ sa(ri i(e he had &ade.2 As or the E&-eror Ner5es %ho had on(e #rid)ed the He!!es-ont in the (o"rse o his "n!"(*$ e5-edition a)ainst Gree(e, Ca!i)"!a !a")hed at hi& !i*e an$thin). He said that Ner5es7 a&o"s #rid)e had #een on!$ ha! the !en)th o the -resent one and not near!$ so so!id. Then he anno"n(ed that he %as a#o"t to )i+e e+er$ so!dier t%o )o!d -ie(es to drin* his hea!th %ith, and e+er$ &e&#er o the (ro%d i+e si!+er -ie(es. The (heerin) !asted or ha! an ho"r, %hi(h see&ed to satis $ hi&. He sto--ed it and had the &one$ -aid o"t on the s-ot. The %ho!e -ro(ession had to i!e -ast a)ain and #a) a ter #a) o (oin %as #ro")ht "- and e&-tied. A ter a (o"-!e o ho"rs the &one$-s"--!$ ai!ed and Ca!i)"!a to!d the disa--ointed !ate-(o&ers to re+en)e the&se!+es on the )reed$ irst-(o&ers. This, o (o"rse, started a ree i)ht. There o!!o%ed one o the &ost re&ar*a#!e ni)hts o drin*in) and sin)in) and horse--!a$ and +io!en(e and &err$-&a*in) that %as e+er *no%n. The e e(t o drin* on Ca!i)"!a %as a!%a$s to &a*e hi& a !itt!e &is(hie+o"s. At the head o the S(o"ts and the Ger&an #od$)"ard he (har)ed a#o"t the is!and and a!on) the !ine o sho-s, -"shin) -eo-!e into the sea. The %ater %as so (a!& that it %as on!$ the dead-dr"n*, the de(re-it, the a)ed and !itt!e (hi!dren %ho ai!ed to sa+e the&se!+es. Not &ore than t%o or three h"ndred %ere dro%ned.
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A#o"t &idni)ht he &ade a na+a! atta(* on one o the s&a!!er is!ands, #rea*in) the #rid)e on either side o it and then ra&&in) shi- a ter shi- o the is!and "nti! the inha#itants %ho& he had ("t o %ere (ro%ded to)ether in a +er$ s&a!! s-a(e in the &idd!e. The ina! assa"!t %as reser+ed or Ca!i)"!a7s !a)shi-. He stood %a+in) his trident in the ore(ast!e to-, s%e-t do%n on the terri ied s"r+i+ors and sent the& a!! "nder. A&on) the +i(ti&s o this sea#att!e %as the &ost re&ar*a#!e e5hi#it o Ca!i)"!a7s tri"&-ha! -ro(ession--E!ea6ar, the Parthian hosta)e, %ho %as the ta!!est &an in the %or!d. He %as o+er e!e+en oot hi)h. He %as not, ho%e+er, stron) in -ro-ortion to his hei)ht, he had a +oi(e !i*e the #!eat o a (a&e! and a %ea* #a(*, and %as (onsidered to #e o ee#!e inte!!e(t. He %as a ;e% #$ #irth. Ca!i)"!a had the #od$ st" ed and dressed in ar&o"r and -"t E!ea6ar o"tside the door o his #ed(ha&#er to ri)hten a%a$ %o"!d-#e assassins.

CHAPTER NNNI THE ENPENSE O: THIS T8O DA9S7 ENTERTAINMENT DRAINED the Treas"r$ and the Pri+$ P"rse (o&-!ete!$ dr$. To &a*e thin)s %orse Ca!i)"!a, instead o ret"rnin) the +esse!s to their &asters and (re%, ordered the #rea(h in the #rid)e to #e re-aired and then, ridin) #a(* to Ro&e, #"sied hi&se! %ith other a airs. Ne-t"ne, to -ro+e hi&se! no (o%ard, sent a hea+$ stor& at the #rid)e ro& the %est and san* 0DEJ2 a#o"t a tho"sand shi-s. Most o the rest dra))ed their an(hors and %ere dri+en ashore. A#o"t t%o tho"sand rode the stor& o"t or %ere ha"!ed in on the #ea(h or sa et$, #"t the !oss o the rest (a"sed a )reat shorta)e o shi-s or the (arria)e o (orn ro& E)$-t and A ri(a, and so a serio"s ood-shorta)e in the Cit$. Ca!i)"!a s%ore to #e re+en)ed on Ne-t"ne. His ne% %a$s o raisin) &one$ %ere &ost in)enio"s and a&"sed a!! #"t the +i(ti&s and their riends or de-endants. :or instan(e, an$ $o"n) &en %ho& he -"t so dee-!$ in his de#t #$ ines or (on is(ations that the$ #e(a&e his s!a+es he sent to the s%ord- i)htin) s(hoo!s. 8hen the$ %ere trained he -"t the& into the a&-hitheatre to i)ht or their !i+es. His on!$ e5-ense in this %as their #oard and !od)in)s/ #ein) his s!a+es the$ %ere )i+en no -a$&ent. I the$ %ere *i!!ed, there %as an end o the&. I the$ %ere +i(torio"s he a"(tioned the& o to the &a)istrates %hose d"t$ it %as to )i+e si&i!ar (ontests--!ots %ere dra%n or this distin(tion--and to an$one e!se %ho (ared to #id. He ran "- the -ri(es to an a#s"rd hei)ht #$ -retendin) that -eo-!e had &ade #ids %hen the$ had done no &ore than s(rat(h their heads or r"# their noses. M$ ner+o"s toss o the head )ot &e into )reat tro"#!e/ I %as sadd!ed %ith three s%ord- i)hters at an a+era)e o t%o tho"sand )o!d -ie(es ea(h. B"t I %as !"(*ier than a &a)istrate (a!!ed A-oni"s %ho e!! as!ee- d"rin) the a"(tion. Ca!i)"!a so!d hi& s%ord- i)hters %ho& no#od$ e!se see&ed to an($, raisin) the #id e+er$ ti&e his head nodded on his #reast/ %hen he %o*e "- he o"nd he had no !ess than ninet$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es to -a$ or thirteen s%ord- i)hters %ho& he did not in the !east %ant. One o the s%ord i)hters I had #o")ht %as a +er$ )ood -er or&er, #"t Ca!i)"!a #etted a)ainst hi& hea+i!$ %ith &e. 8hen the da$ (a&e or hi& to i)ht he (o"!d hard!$ stand and %as easi!$ #eaten. It a--ears that Ca!i)"!a had dr"))ed his ood. Man$ ri(h &en (a&e to these a"(tions and %i!!in)!$ #id !ar)e s"&s, not #e(a"se the$ %anted s%ord- i)hters #"t #e(a"se i the$ !oosened their -"rse-strin)s no% Ca!i)"!a %o"!d #e !ess !i*e!$ to #rin) so&e (har)e a)ainst the&
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!ater and ro# the& o their !i+es as %e!! as o their &one$. An a&"sin) thin) ha--ened on the da$ that &$ s%ord i)hter %as #eaten. Ca!i)"!a had #etted hea+i!$ %ith &e a)ainst i+e net-and-trident &en %ho %ere &at(hed a)ainst an e4"a! n"&#er o (hasers ar&ed %ith s%ord and shie!d. I %as resi)ned to !osin) the tho"sand )o!d -ie(es that he had &ade &e #et a)ainst i+e tho"sand o his o%n, or as soon as the i)ht #e)an I (o"!d see that the net-&en had #een #ri#ed to )i+e the i)ht a%a$. I %as sittin) ne5t to Ca!i)"!a and said/ 8e!!, $o" see& !i*e!$ to %in, #"t it7s &$ o-inion that those net-&en aren7t doin) their #est. One #$ one the (hasers ro"nded "- the net-&en, %ho s"rrendered, and ina!!$ a!! i+e %ere !$in) %ith their a(es in the sand and ea(h %ith a (haser standin) o+er hi& %ith a raised s%ord. The a"dien(e t"rned their th"&#s do%n%ards as a si)na! that the$ sho"!d #e *i!!ed. Ca!i)"!a, as the President, had a ri)ht to ta*e this ad+i(e or not, as he -!eased. He too* it. Ai!! the&B he sho"ted. The$ didn7t tr$ to %inB This %as hard !"(* on the net-&en, to %ho& he had se(ret!$ -ro&ised their !i+es i the$ a!!o%ed the&se!+es to #e #eaten, or I %asn7t #$ an$ &eans the on!$ &an %ho had #een or(ed to #et on the&--he stood to %in ei)ht$ tho"sand i the$ !ost. 8e!!, one o the& e!t so sore at #ein) (heated that he s"dden!$ )ra--!ed %ith his (haser, o+ert"rned hi& and &ana)ed to -i(* "- a trident, %hi(h %as !$in) not ar o , and a net, and dash a%a$. 9o" %o"!dn7t #e!ie+e it, #"t I %on &$ i+e tho"sand a ter a!!B :irst that an)r$ net-&an *i!!ed t%o (hasers %ho had their #a(*s to hi& and %ere #"s$ a(*no%!ed)in) the (heers o the a"dien(e a ter dis-at(hin) their +i(ti&s, and then he *i!!ed the other three, one #$ one, as the$ (a&e r"nnin) at hi&, ea(h a e% -a(es #ehind the other. Ca!i)"!a %e-t or +e5ation and e5(!ai&ed, Oh, the &onsterB Loo*, he7s *i!!ed i+e -ro&isin) $o"n) s%ords&en %ith that horri#!e tro"t-s-ear o hisB 8hen I sa$ that I %on &$ i+e tho"sand, I &ean that I %o"!d ha+e %on it i I hadn7t #een ta(t "! eno")h to (a!! the #et o . :or one &an to *i!! i+e isn7t air i)htin), I said. U- to this ti&e Ca!i)"!a had a!%a$s s-o*en o Ti#eri"s as a thoro")h s(o"ndre! and en(o"ra)ed e+er$one e!se to do the sa&e. B"t one da$ he entered the Senate and de!i+ered a !on) e"!o)$ on hi&, sa$in) that he had #een a &"(h &is"nderstood &an and that no#od$ &"st s-ea* a %ord a)ainst hi&. In &$ (a-a(it$ as E&-eror I ha+e the ri)ht 0DE<2 to (riti(ise hi& i I -!ease, #"t $o" ha+e no ri)ht. In a(t, $o" are )"i!t$ o treason. The other da$ a senator said in a s-ee(h that &$ #rothers Nero and Dr"s"s %ere &"rdered #$ Ti#eri"s a ter ha+in) #een i&-risoned on a!se (har)es. 8hat an a&a6in) thin) to sa$B Then he -rod"(ed the re(ords %hi(h he had -retended to #"rn, and read !en)th$ e5tra(ts. He sho%ed that the Senate had not 4"estioned the e+iden(e (o!!e(ted a)ainst his #rothers #$ Ti#eri"s, #"t had "nani&o"s!$ +oted or the& to #e handed o+er to hi& or -"nish&ent. So&e had e+en +o!"nteered testi&on$ a)ainst the&. Ca!i)"!a said/ I $o" *ne% that the e+iden(e %hi(h Ti#eri"s !aid #e ore $o" 0in a!! )ood aith2 %as a!se, then $o" are the &"rderers, not he, and it is on!$ sin(e he has #een dead that $o" ha+e dared to #!a&e $o"r (r"e!t$ and trea(her$ on hi&. Or i $o" tho")ht at the ti&e that the e+iden(e %as tr"e, then he %as no &"rderer and $o" are treasona#!$ de a&in) his (hara(ter. Or i $o" tho")ht that it %as a!se and that he *ne% it %as a!se, then $o" %ere as )"i!t$ o &"rder as he %as, and (o%ards too. He ro%ned hea+i!$ in i&itation o Ti#eri"s and &ade Ti#eri"s7 shar- (ho--in) &otion o the hand, %hi(h #ro")ht #a(* ri)htenin) &e&ories o treason-tria!s, and said in Ti#eri"s7 harsh +oi(e, 8e!! s-o*en, &$ SonB 9o" (an7t tr"st an$ one o these ("rs arther than $o" (an *i(* hi&. Loo* %hat a !itt!e God the$ &ade o Se1an"s #e ore the$ t"rned and tore hi& to -ie(esB The$7!! do the sa&e to $o" i the$ )et ha! a (han(e. The$ a!! hate $o" and -ra$ or $o"r death. M$ ad+i(e to $o" is, (ons"!t no interest #"t $o"r o%n and -"t -!eas"re #e ore
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e+er$thin). No#od$ !i*es #ein) r"!ed o+er, and the on!$ %a$ that I *e-t &$ -!a(e %as #$ &a*in) this trash a raid o &e. Do the sa&e. The %orse $o" treat the&, the &ore the$7!! hono"r $o". Ca!i)"!a then reintrod"(ed treason as a (a-ita! (ri&e, ordered his s-ee(h to #e at on(e en)ra+ed on a #ron6e ta#!et and -osted on the %a!! o the Ho"se a#o+e the seats o the Cons"!s, and r"shed a%a$. No &ore #"siness %as transa(ted that da$/ %e %ere a!! too de1e(ted. B"t the ne5t da$ %e !a+ished -raise on Ca!i)"!a as a sin(ere and -io"s r"!er and +oted ann"a! sa(ri i(es to his C!e&en($. 8hat e!se (o"!d %e do3 He had the Ar&$ at his #a(*, and -o%er o !i e and death o+er "s, and "nti! so&eone %as #o!d and (!e+er eno")h to &ate a s"((ess "! (ons-ira($ a)ainst his !i e a!! that %e (o"!d do %as to h"&o"r hi& and ho-e or the #est. At a #an4"et a e% ni)hts !ater he s"dden!$ #"rst into a &ost e5traordinar$ ho%! o !a")hter. No#od$ *ne% %hat the 1o*e %as. The t%o Cons"!s, %ho sat ne5t to hi&, as*ed %hether the$ &i)ht #e )ra(io"s!$ -er&itted to share in it. At this Ca!i)"!a !a")hed e+en !o"der, the tears startin) ro& his e$es. No, he (ho*ed, that7s 1"st the -oint. It7s a 1o*e that $o" %o"!dn7t thin* at a!! "nn$. I %as !a")hin) to thin* that %ith one nod o &$ head I (o"!d ha+e #oth $o"r throats ("t on the s-ot. Char)es o treason %ere no% #ro")ht a)ainst the t%ent$ re-"ted!$ %ea!thiest &en in Ro&e. The$ %ere )i+en no (han(e o (o&&ittin) s"i(ide #e ore the tria! and a!! (onde&ned to death. One o the&, a senior &a)istrate, -ro+ed to ha+e #een 4"ite -oor. Ca!i)"!a said/ The idiotB 8h$ did he -retend to ha+e &one$3 I %as 4"ite ta*en in. He need not ha+e died at a!!. I (an on!$ re&e&#er a sin)!e &an %ho es(a-ed %ith his !i e ro& a (har)e o treason. That %as A er, the &an %ho had -rose("ted &$ (o"sin P"!(hra, a !a%$er a&o"s or his e!o4"en(e. His (ri&e %as ha+in) -"t an ins(ri-tion on a stat"e o Ca!i)"!a in the ha!! o his ho"se, to the e e(t that the E&-eror in his t%ent$-se+enth $ear %as a!read$ Cons"! or the se(ond ti&e. Ca!i)"!a o"nd this treasona#!e--a sneer at his $o"th and a re-roa(h a)ainst hi& or ha+in) he!d the o i(e #e ore he %as !e)a!!$ (a-a#!e o doin) so. He (o&-osed a !on), (are "! s-ee(h a)ainst A er and de!i+ered it in the Senate %ith a!! the oratori(a! or(e at his (o&&and, e+er$ )est"re and tone (are "!!$ rehearsed #e orehand. Ca!i)"!a "sed to #oast that he %as the #est !a%$er and orator in the %or!d, and %as e+en &ore an5io"s to o"tshine A er in e!o4"en(e than to se("re his (onde&nation and (on is(ate his &one$. A er rea!ised this and -retended to #e astonished and o+er(o&e #$ Ca!i)"!a7s )eni"s as a -rose("tor. He re-eated the (o"nts a)ainst hi&se! , -oint #$ -oint, -raisin) the& %ith a -ro essiona! deta(h&ent and &"tterin) 9es, that7s 4"ite "nans%era#!e and He7s )ot the !ast o"n(e o %ei)ht o"t o that ar)"&ent and A +er$ rea! di!e&&a and 8hat e5traordinar$ (o&&and o !an)"a)eB 8hen Ca!i)"!a had inished and sat do%n %ith a tri"&-hant )rin, A er %as 0DEF2 as*ed i he had an$thin) to sa$. He ans%ered/ Nothin) e5(e-t that I (onsider &$se! &ost "n!"(*$. I had (o"nted on "sin) &$ oratori(a! )i ts as so&e s!i)ht o set a)ainst the E&-eror7s an)er %ith &e or &$ ine5("sa#!e tho")ht!essness in the &atter o that ("rsed ins(ri-tion. B"t :ate has %ei)hted the di(e ar too hea+i!$ a)ainst &e. The E&-eror has a#so!"te -o%er, a (!ear (ase a)ainst &e, and a tho"sand ti&es &ore e!o4"en(e than I (o"!d e+er ho-e to a(hie+e e+en i I es(a-ed senten(e and st"died "nti! I %as a (entenarian. He %as (onde&ned to death, #"t re-rie+ed the ne5t da$. S-ea*in) o %ei)hted di(e--%hen ri(h -ro+in(ia!s (a&e to the Cit$ the$ %ere a!%a$s in+ited to dinner at the Pa!a(e and a riend!$ )a&#!e a ter%ards. The$ %ere astonished and dis&a$ed #$ the E&-eror7s !"(*/ he thre% Cen"s e+er$ ti&e and s*inned the& o a!! the$ had. 9es, Ca!i)"!a a!%a$s -!a$ed %ith %ei)hted di(e. :or
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instan(e, he no% re&o+ed the Cons"!s ro& o i(e and ined the& hea+i!$ on the )ro"nd that the$ had (e!e#rated the "s"a! esti+a! in hono"r o A")"st"s7 +i(tor$ o+er Anton$ at A(ti"&. He said that it %as an ins"!t to his an(estor Anton$. 0B$ the %a$, he a--ointed A er to one o the +a(ant Cons"!shi-s.2 He had to!d "s at dinner a e% da$s #e ore the esti+a! that %hate+er the Cons"!s did he %o"!d -"nish the&/ or i the$ re rained ro& (e!e#ratin) the esti+a! the$ %o"!d #e ins"!tin) his an(estor A")"st"s. It %as on this o((asion that Gan$&ede &ade a ata! &ista*e. He (ried/ 9o" are (!e+er, &$ dearB 9o" (at(h the& e+er$ %a$. B"t the -oor idiots %i!! (e!e#rate the esti+a!, i the$ ha+e an$ sense, #e(a"se A)ri--a did &ost o the %or* at A(ti"& and he %as $o"r an(estor too, so the$ %i!! at !east #e hono"rin) t%o o $o"r an(estors o three. Ca!i)"!a said/ Gan$&ede, %e are no !on)er riends. Oh, said Gan$&ede, don7t te!! &e that, &$ dearB I said nothin) to o end $o", did I3 Lea+e the ta#!e, ordered Ca!i)"!a. I *ne% at on(e %hat Gan$&ede7s &ista*e %as. It %as a do"#!e one. Gan$&ede, as Ca!i)"!a7s (o"sin on the &aterna! side, %as des(ended ro& A")"st"s and A)ri--a, #"t not ro& Anton$. A!! his an(estors had #een o A")"st"s7 -art$. So he sho"!d ha+e #een (are "! to a+oid the s"#1e(t. And Ca!i)"!a dis!i*ed an$ re&inder o his des(ent ro& A)ri--a, a &an o "ndistin)"ished a&i!$. B"t he too* no a(tion a)ainst Gan$&ede $et. He di+or(ed Lo!!ia, sa$in) that she %as #arren, and &arried a %o&an (a!!ed Caesonia. She %as neither $o"n) nor )ood-!oo*in) and %as the da")hter o a (a-tain o the 8at(h&en, and &arried to a #a*er, or so&e s"(h -erson, #$ %ho& she a!read$ had three (hi!dren. B"t there %as so&ethin) a#o"t her that attra(ted Ca!i)"!a in a %a$ that no#od$ (o"!d e5-!ain, hi&se! !east o a!!. He "sed o ten to sa$ that he %o"!d et(h the se(ret o"t o her, e+en i he had to do it %ith the idd!e-strin) tort"re, %h$ it %as that he !o+ed her so entire!$. It %as said that she %on hi& %ith a !o+e--hi!tre, and "rther that it sent hi& &ad. B"t the !o+e--hi!tre is on!$ a )"ess, and he had #e)"n to )o &ad !on) #e ore he &et her. In an$ (ase, she %as %ith (hi!d #$ hi& and he %as so e5(ited at the tho")ht o #ein) a -arent, that, as I sa$, he &arried her. It %as short!$ a ter his &arria)e %ith Caesonia that he irst -"#!i(!$ de(!ared his o%n Di+init$. He +isited the te&-!e o ;o+e on the Ca-ito!ine Hi!!. A-e!!es %as %ith hi&. He as*ed A-e!!es, 8ho7s the )reater God--;o+e or &$se! 3 A-e!!es hesitated, thin*in) that Ca!i)"!a %as 1o*in), and not %ishin) to #!as-he&e ;o+e in ;o+e7s o%n te&-!e. Ca!i)"!a %hist!ed t%o Ger&ans "- and had A-e!!es stri--ed and %hi--ed in si)ht o ;o+e7s stat"e. Not so ast, Ca!i)"!a to!d the Ger&ans. S!o%!$, so that he ee!s it &ore. The$ %hi--ed hi& "nti! he ainted, and then re+i+ed hi& %ith ho!$ %ater and %hi--ed hi& "nti! he died. Ca!i)"!a then sent !etters to the Senate anno"n(in) his Di+init$ and ordered the i&&ediate #"i!din) o a )reat shrine ne5t door to the te&-!e o ;o+e, in order that I &a$ d%e!! %ith &$ #rother ;o+e. Here he set "- an i&a)e o hi&se! , three ti&es the si6e o !i e, &ade o so!id )o!d and dressed e+er$ da$ in ne% (!othes. B"t he soon 4"arre!!ed %ith ;o+e and %as heard to threaten hi& an)ri!$/ I $o" (an7t rea!ise %ho7s &aster here I7!! -a(* $o" o to Gree(e. ;o+e %as "nderstood to a-o!o)ise, and Ca!i)"!a said/ Oh, *ee- $o"r %ret(hed Ca-ito!ine Hi!!. I7!! )o to the Pa!atine. It7s a &"(h iner sit"ation. I7!! #"i!d a te&-!e there %orth$ o &$se! , $o" sha##$ o!d
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#e!!$-r"&#!in) ra"d. Another ("rio"s thin) 0JF ha--ened %hen he +isited the te&-!e o Diana in (o&-an$ %ith a or&er )o+ernor o S$ria (a!!ed Cite!!i"s. Cite!!i"s had done +er$ %e!! o"t there, ha+in) s"r-rised the Ain) o Parthia, %ho %as a#o"t to in+ade the -ro+in(e, #$ a or(ed &ar(h a(ross the E"-hrates. Ca")ht on )ro"nd "n a+o"ra#!e or #att!e the Parthian Ain) %as o#!i)ed to si)n a h"&i!iatin) -ea(e and )i+e his sons "- as hosta)es. I sho"!d ha+e &entioned that Ca!i)"!a had the e!dest son as a -risoner %ith hi& in his (hariot %hen he dro+e a(ross the #rid)e. 8e!!, Ca!i)"!a %as 1ea!o"s o Cite!!i"s and %o"!d ha+e -"t hi& to death i Cite!!i"s had not #een %arned #$ &e 0he %as a riend o &ine2 %hat to do. A !etter ro& &e %as %aitin) or hi& at Brindisi %hen he arri+ed, and as soon as he rea(hed Ro&e and %as ad&itted to Ca!i)"!a7s -resen(e he e!! -rostrate and %orshi--ed hi& as a God. This %as #e ore the ne%s o Ca!i)"!a7s Di+init$ %as o i(ia!!$ *no%n, so Ca!i)"!a tho")ht it %as a )en"ine tri#"te. Cite!!i"s #e(a&e his inti&ate riend and sho%ed his )ratit"de to &e in &an$ %a$s. As I %as sa$in), Ca!i)"!a %as in Diana7s te&-!e ta!*in) to the Goddess--not the stat"e #"t an in+isi#!e -resen(e. He as*ed Cite!!i"s %hether he (o"!d see her too, or on!$ the &oon!i)ht. . Cite!!i"s tre&#!ed +io!ent!$, as i in a%e, and *ee-in) his e$es i5ed on the )ro"nd said/ On!$ $o" Gods, &$ Lord, are -ri+i!e)ed to #eho!d one another. Ca!i)"!a %as -!eased. She7s +er$ #ea"ti "!, Cite!!i"s, and o ten (o&es to s!ee- %ith &e at the Pa!a(e. It %as a#o"t this ti&e that I )ot into tro"#!e a)ain. I tho")ht at irst that it %as a -!ot o Ca!i)"!a7s to )et rid o &e. I a& sti!! not so s"re that it %as not. An a(4"aintan(e o &ine, a &an I "sed to -!a$ di(e %ith a )ood dea!, or)ed a %i!! and too* the tro"#!e to or)e &$ sea! to it as %itness. L"(*i!$ or &e he had not noti(ed a tin$ (hi- on the ed)e o the a)ate sea!-)e&, %hi(h a!%a$s !e t its &ar* on the %a5. 8hen I %as s"dden!$ arrested or (ons-ira($ to de ra"d and #ro")ht to Co"rt, I #ri#ed a so!dier to (arr$ a se(ret a--ea! to &$ riend Cite!!i"s, #e))in) hi& to sa+e &$ !i e as I had sa+ed his. I as*ed hi& to hint a#o"t the (hi- to Ca!i)"!a, %ho %as 1"d)in) the (ase, and to ha+e a )en"ine sea! o &ine read$ or Ca!i)"!a to (o&-are %ith the or)ed one. B"t Ca!i)"!a &"st #e en(o"ra)ed to ind the di eren(e or hi&se! and to ta*e a!! the (redit. Cite!!i"s &ana)ed the a air +er$ ta(t "!!$. Ca!i)"!a noti(ed the (hi-, #oasted o his 4"i(*ness o e$e and a#so!+ed &e %ith a stern %arnin) to #e &ore (are "! in "t"re a#o"t &$ asso(iates. The or)er had his hands ("t o and h"n) aro"nd his ne(* as a %arnin). I I had #een o"nd )"i!t$ I %o"!d ha+e !ost &$ head. Ca!i)"!a to!d &e so at s"--er that ni)ht. I re-!ied, Most &er(i "! God, I rea!!$ don7t "nderstand %h$ $o" tro"#!e so &"(h a#o"t &$ !i e. It is the nat"re o ne-he%s to en1o$ an "n(!e7s !atter$. He "n#ent a !itt!e and as*ed &e, %ith a %in* to the rest o the ta#!e, And %hat -re(ise +a!"ation %o"!d $o" -"t on $o"r !i e toni)ht, &a$ I as*3 I ha+e %or*ed it o"t a!read$/ one arthin).
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And ho% do $o" arri+e at so &odest a i)"re3 E+er$ !i e has an assessa#!e +a!"e. The ranso& that ;"!i"s Caesar7s a&i!$ a(t"a!!$ -aid the -irates %ho had (a-t"red hi& and threatened to *i!! hi&--tho")h the$ as*ed a )reat dea! &ore than this at irst--%as no &ore than t%ent$ tho"sand in )o!d. So ;"!i"s Caesar7s !i e %as a(t"a!!$ %orth no &ore than t%ent$ tho"sand. M$ %i e IE!ia %as on(e atta(*ed #$ oot-ads, #"t -ers"aded the& to s-are her !i e #$ handin) o+er an a&eth$st #roo(h %orth on!$ i t$. So IE!ia %as %orth on!$ i t$. M$ !i e has 1"st #een sa+ed #$ a (hi- o a)ate %ei)hin), I sho"!d 1"d)e, no &ore than the ortieth -art o a s(r"-!e. That 4"a!it$ o a)ate is %orth -erha-s as &"(h as a si!+er--ie(e a s(r"-!e. The (hi-, i one (o"!d ind it, %hi(h %o"!d #e di i("!t, or ind a #"$er, %hi(h %o"!d #e sti!! &ore di i("!t, %o"!d there ore #e %orth one ortieth -art o a si!+er -ie(e, or e5a(t!$ one arthin). So &$ !i e is a!so %orth e5a(t!$ one arthin)---I $o" (o"!d ind a #"$er, he roared, de!i)hted %ith his o%n %it. Ho% e+er$#od$ (heered, &$se! in(!"dedB :or a !on) ti&e a ter this I %as (a!!ed Ter"n(i"s C!a"di"s at the Pa!a(e, instead o Ti#eri"s C!a"di"s. Ter"n(i"s is Latin or arthin). :or his %orshi- he had to ha+e -riests. He %as his o%n Hi)h Priest and his s"#ordinates %ere &$se! , Caesonia, Cite!!i"s, Gan$&ede, o"rteen e5-Cons"!s and his no#!e riend the horse In(itat"s. Ea(h o these s"#ordinates had 0DFD2 to -a$ ei)ht$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es or the hono"r. He he!-ed In(itat"s to raise the &one$ #$ i&-osin) a $ear!$ tri#"te in his na&e on a!! the horses in Ita!$/ i the$ did not -a$ the$ %o"!d #e sent to the *na(*ers. He he!-ed Caesonia to raise the &one$ #$ i&-osin) a ta5 in her na&e on a!! &arried &en or the -ri+i!e)e o s!ee-in) %ith their %i+es. Gan$&ede, Cite!!i"s and the others %ere ri(h &en, tho")h in so&e instan(es the$ had to se!! -ro-ert$ at a !oss to )et the h"ndred tho"sand in (ash at short noti(e, the$ sti!! re&ained (o& orta#!$ o . Not so -oor C!a"di"s. Ca!i)"!a7s -re+io"s tri(*s in se!!in) &e s%ord- i)hters, and (har)in) &e hea+i!$ or the -ri+i!e)e o s!ee-in) and #oardin) at the Pa!a(e, had !e t &e %ith a &ere thirt$ tho"sand in (ash, and no -ro-ert$ to se!! e5(e-t &$ s&a!! estate at Ca-"a and the ho"se !e t &e #$ &$ &other. I -aid Ca!i)"!a the thirt$ tho"sand and to!d hi& the sa&e ni)ht at dinner that I %as -"ttin) "- a!! &$ -ro-ert$ or sa!e at on(e to ena#!e &e to -a$ hi& the re&ainder %hen I o"nd a #"$er. I7+e nothin) e!se to se!!, I said. Ca!i)"!a tho")ht this a )reat 1o*e. Nothin) at a!! to se!!3 8h$, %hat a#o"t the (!othes $o"7re %earin)3 B$ this ti&e I had o"nd it %isest to -retend I %as 4"ite ha! -%itted. B$ Hea+en, I said. I or)ot a!! a#o"t the&. 8i!! $o" #e )ood eno")h to a"(tion the& or &e to the (o&-an$3 9o"7re the &ost %onder "! a"(tioneer in the %or!d. I #e)an stri--in) o a!! &$ (!othes "nti! I had on nothin) #"t a ta#!e-na-*in %hi(h I hasti!$ %ra--ed ro"nd &$ !oins. He so!d &$ sanda!s to so&eone or a h"ndred )o!d -ie(es ea(h, and &$ )o%n or a tho"sand, and so on, and ea(h ti&e I e5-ressed &$ #oistero"s de!i)ht. He then %anted to a"(tion the na-*in. I said, M$ nat"ra! &odest$ %o"!d not -re+ent &e ro& sa(ri i(in) &$ !ast ra), i the &one$ it #ro")ht in he!-ed &e to -a$ the rest o the ee. B"t in this (ase, a!as, so&ethin) &ore -o%er "! e+en than &odest$ -re+ents &e ro& se!!in).
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Ca!i)"!a ro%ned. 8hat7s that3 8hat7s stron)er than &odest$3 M$ +eneration or $o"rse! , Caesar. It7s $o"r o%n na-*in. One that $o" had )ra(io"s!$ set or &$ "se at this e5(e!!ent &ea!. This !itt!e -!a$ on!$ red"(ed &$ de#t #$ three tho"sand. B"t it did (on+in(e Ca!i)"!a o &$ -o+ert$. I had to )i+e "- &$ roo&s and &$ -!a(e at ta#!e, and !od)ed or a ti&e %ith o!d Briseis, &$ &other7s or&er &aid, %ho %as (areta*er o the ho"se "nti! it o"nd a #"$er. Ca!-"rnia (a&e to !i+e %ith &e there, and %o"!d $o" #e!ie+e it, the dear )ir! sti!! had the &one$ %hi(h I had )i+en her instead o ne(*!a(es and &ar&osets and si!* dresses, and o ered to !end it to &e. And %hat %as &ore, &$ (att!e hadn7t rea!!$ died as she -retended, nor had the ri(*s #"rned. It %as 1"st a tri(* to se!! the& se(ret!$ at a )ood -ri(e and -"t the &one$ aside or an e&er)en($. She -aid it a!! o+er to &e--t%o tho"sand )o!d -ie(es--to)ether %ith an e5a(t a((o"nt o the transa(tions si)ned #$ &$ ste%ard. So %e &ana)ed -rett$ %e!!. B"t to *ee- "- the -reten(e o a#so!"te -o+ert$ I "sed to )o o"t %ith a 1") e+er$ ni)ht, "sin) a (r"t(h instead o a sedan-(hair, and #"$ %ine ro& the ta+erns. O!d Briseis "sed to sa$, Master C!a"di"s, -eo-!e a!! thin* that I %as $o"r &other7s reed%o&an. It isn7t so. I #e(a&e $o"r s!a+e %hen $o" irst )re% "- to #e Master, and it %as $o" %ho )a+e &e &$ reedo&, not she, %asn7t it3 I %o"!d ans%er, O (o"rse, Briseis. One da$ I7!! nai! that !ie in -"#!i(. She %as a dear o!d thin) and entire!$ de+oted to &e. 8e !i+ed in o"r roo&s to)ether, %ith an o!d s!a+e to do the -orter7s %or*, and had a +er$ ha--$ ti&e, a!! (onsidered. Caesonia7s (hi!d, a )ir!, %as #orn a &onth a ter Ca!i)"!a &arried her. Ca!i)"!a said that this %as a -rodi)$. He too* the (hi!d and !aid her on the *nees o the stat"e o ;o+e--this %as #e ore his 4"arre! %ith ;o+e--as i to &a*e ;o+e his honorar$ (o!!ea)"e in atherhood, and then -"t her in the ar&s o Miner+a7s stat"e and a!!o%ed her to s"(* at the Goddess7 &ar#!e #reast or a%hi!e. He (a!!ed her Dr"si!!a, the na&e that his dead sister had dis(arded %hen she #e(a&e the Goddess Panthea. This (hi!d %as &ade a -riestess too. He raised the &one$ or the initiation ee #$ &a*in) a -atheti( a--ea! to the -"#!i(, (o&-!ainin) o his -o+ert$ and the hea+$ e5-enses o atherhood, and o-enin) a "nd, (a!!ed The Dr"si!!a :"nd. He -"t (o!!e(tin) #o5es in e+er$ street &ar*ed Dr"si!!a7s :ood, Dr"si!!a7s Drin* and 0DFJ2 Dr"si!!a7s Do%r$, and no#od$ dared -ass #$ the G"ards -osted there %itho"t dro--in) in a (o--er or t%o. Ca!i)"!a dear!$ !o+ed his !itt!e Dr"si!!a, %ho t"rned o"t as -re(o(io"s a (hi!d as he had hi&se! #een. He too* de!i)ht in tea(hin) her his o%n i&&o+a#!e ri)o"r, #e)innin) the !essons %hen she %as on!$ 1"st a#!e to %a!* and ta!*. He en(o"ra)ed her to tort"re *ittens and -"--ies and to !$ %ith her shar- nai!s at the e$es o her !itt!e -!a$&ates. There (an #e no reasona#!e do"#t as to $o"r -aternit$, &$ -rett$ one, #e "sed to (h"(*!e %hen she sho%ed -arti("!ar -ro&ise. And on(e in &$ -resen(e he #ent do%n and said s!$!$ to her/ And the irst "!!-si6ed &"rder
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$o" (o&&it, Pre(io"s, i it7s on!$ $o"r -oor o!d )rand-"n(!e C!a"di"s, I7!! &a*e a Goddess o $o". 8i!! $o" &a*e &e a Goddess i I *i!! Ma&&a3 the !itt!e iend !is-ed. I hate Ma&&a. The )o!d stat"e or his te&-!e %as another e5-ense. He -aid or it #$ -"#!ishin) an edi(t that he %o"!d re(ei+e Ne%-9ear7s )i ts at the &ain )ate o the Pa!a(e. 8hen the da$ (a&e he sent -arties o G"ards o"t to herd the Cit$ (ro%ds "- the Pa!atine Hi!! at the s%ord--oint and &a*e the& shed e+er$ (oin the$ had on the& into )reat t"#s -"t o"t or the -"r-ose. The$ %ere %arned that i the$ tried to dod)e the G"ards or ho!d #a(* a sin)!e arthin) o &one$ the$ %o"!d #e !ia#!e to instant death. B$ e+enin) t%o tho"sand h")e t"#s had #een i!!ed. It %as a#o"t this ti&e that he said to Gan$&ede and A)ri--ini!!a and Les#ia/ 9o" o")ht to #e asha&ed o $o"rse!+es, $o" id!e drones. 8hat do $o" do or $o"r !i+in)3 9o"7re &ere -arasites. Are $o" a%are that e+er$ &an and %o&an in Ro&e %or*s hard to s"--ort &e3 E+er$ %ret(hed #a))a)e--orter )!ad!$ -a$s &e one-ei)hth o his %a)e, and e+er$ -oor -rostit"te the sa&e. A)ri--ini!!a said/ 8e!!, #rother, $o" ha+e stri--ed "s o -ra(ti(a!!$ a!! o"r &one$ on one -rete5t or another. Isn7t that eno")h3 Eno")h3 Indeed it isn7t. Mone$ inherited is not the sa&e as &one$ honest!$ earned. I7& )oin) to &a*e $o" )ir!s and #o$s %or*. So he ad+ertised in the Senate, #$ distri#"tin) !ea !ets, that on s"(h and s"(h a ni)ht a &ost e5(!"si+e and e54"isite #rothe! %o"!d #e o-ened at the Pa!a(e, %ith entertain&ent to s"it a!! tastes -ro+ided #$ -ersons o the &ost i!!"strio"s #irth. Ad&ission, on!$ one tho"sand )o!d -ie(es. Drin*s ree. A)ri--ini!!a and Les#ia, I a& sorr$ to sa$, did not -rotest +er$ stron)!$ a)ainst Ca!i)"!a7s dis)ra(e "! -ro-osa!, and indeed tho")ht that it %o"!d #e )reat "n. B"t the$ insisted that the$ sho"!d ha+e the ri)ht o (hoosin) their o%n ("sto&ers and that Ca!i)"!a sho"!d not ta*e too hi)h a (o&&ission on the &one$ earned. M"(h to &$ dis)"st I %as dra))ed into this #"siness, #$ #ein) dressed "- as the (o&i( -orter. Ca!i)"!a, %earin) a &as* and dis)"isin) his +oi(e, %as the #a%d-&aster, and -!a$ed a!! the "s"a! #a%d-&aster tri(*s or (heatin) his )"ests o their -!eas"re and their &one$. 8hen the$ -rotested, I %as (a!!ed "-on to a(t as (h"(*er-o"t. I a& stron) eno")h in the ar&s, stron)er than &ost &en, I &a$ sa$, tho")h &$ !e)s are +er$ !itt!e "se to &e, so I (a"sed a )reat dea! o a&"se&ent #$ &$ (!"&s$ ho##!in) and #$ the "ne5-e(ted!$ hea+$ dr"##in) I )a+e the )"ests %hen I &ana)ed to )et ho!d o the&. Ca!i)"!a de(!ai&ed in a theatri(a! +oi(e, the !ines ro& Ho&er/ C"!(an %ith a%*%ard )ra(e his o i(e -!ies And "ne5tin)"ished !a")hter sha*es the s*ies. This %as the -assa)e in the :irst Boo* o the I!iad %here the !a&e God )oes ho##!in) a#o"t O!$&-"s and the other Gods a!! !a")h at hi&. I %as !$in) on the !oor -o"ndin) Les#ia7s h"s#and %ith &$ ists--it %asn7t o ten that I )ot s"(h a (han(e o -a$in) #a(* o!d s(ores--and raisin) &$se! "- I said/ Then ro& his an+i! the !a&e (ra ts&an rose. 8ide, %ith distorted !e)s, o#!i4"e, he )oes, and sta))ered o+er to the re resh&ent ta#!e. Ca!i)"!a %as de!i)hted and 4"oted another (o"-!e o !ines %hi(h o(("r 1"st #e ore the "ne5tin)"ished !a")hter -assa)e/ I
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$o" s"#&it, the Th"nderer stands a--eased, The Gra(io"s God is %i!!in) to #e -!eased. This %as ho% he (a&e to (a!! &e C"!(an, a tit!e that I %as )!ad to %in, #e(a"se it )a+e &e a (ertain -rote(tion a)ainst his (a-ri(es. Ca!i)"!a then 4"iet!$ !e t "s, re&o+ed his dis)"ise and rea--eared as hi&se! , (o&in) in ro& the Pa!a(e (o"rt$ard #$ the door %here he had -osted &e. He -retended to #e "tter!$ s"r-rised and sho(*ed at %hat %as )oin) oa and stood de(!ai&in) Ho&er a)ain--U!$sses7 sha&e and an)er at the #eha+io"r o the -a!a(e-%o&en/ As th"s -a+i!ioned in the -or(h he !a$, S(enes o !e%d !o+es his %a*e "! e$es s"r+e$, 8hi!st to no(t"rna! 1o$s i&-"re re-air 8ith %anton )!ee, the -rostit"ted air. His heart %ith ra)e this ne% dishono"r st"n), 8a+erin) his tho")ht in d"#io"s #a!an(e h"n). Or, instant sho"!d he 4"en(h the )"i!t$ Sa&e 8ith their o%n #!ood, and inter(e-t the sha&e, Or to their !"st ind"!)e a !ast e&#ra(e, And !et the -eers (ons"&&ate the dis)ra(e, Ro"nd his s%o!n heart the &"r&"ro"s "r$ ro!!s, As o7er her $o"n) the &other-&asti )ro%!s, And #a$s the stran)er )roo&/ so %rath (o&-ress7d Re(oi!in), &"tter7d th"nder in his #reast. Poor, s" erin) heart, he (ried, s"--ort the -ain O %o"nded hono"r and th$ ra)e restrainB Not ier(er %oes th$ ortit"de (o"!d oi! 8hen the #ra+e -artners o th$ ten-$ear toi! Dire Po!$-he&e de+o"red/ I then %as reed B$ -atient -r"den(e ro& the death de(reed. :or o!$-he&e7 read Ti#eri"s7, he e5-!ained. Then he (!a--ed his hands or the G"ard, %ho (a&e r"nnin) "- at the do"#!e. Send Cassi"s Chserea here at on(eB Cassi"s %as sent or and Ca!i)"!a said/ Cassi"s, o!d hero, $o" %ho a(ted as &$ %ar-horse %hen I %as a (hi!d, &$ o!dest and &ost aith "! a&i!$- riend, did $o" e+er see s"(h a sad and de)radin) si)ht as this3 M$ t%o sisters -rostit"tin) their #odies to senators in &$ +er$ Pa!a(e, &$ "n(!e C!a"di"s standin) at the )ate se!!in) ti(*ets o ad&issionB Oh, %hat %o"!d &$ -oor &other and ather ha+e said i the$ had !i+ed to see this da$B Sha!! I arrest the& a!!, Caesar3 as*ed Cassi"s, ea)er!$. No, to their !"st ind"!)e a !ast e&#ra(e And !et the -eers (ons"&&ate the dis)ra(e, Ca!i)"!a re-!ied resi)ned!$, and &ade &other-&asti noises in his throat. Cassi"s %as to!d to &ar(h the G"ard o a)ain. It %as not the !ast or)$ o this sort at the Pa!a(e and therea ter Ca!i)"!a &ade the senators %ho had attended the sho% #rin) their %i+es and da")hters to assist A)ri--ini!!a and Les#ia. B"t the -ro#!e& o raisin) &one$ %as #e(o&in) a("te a)ain and Ca!i)"!a de(ided to +isit :ran(e and see %hat he (o"!d do there. He irst )athered an enor&o"s n"&#er o troo-s, sendin) or deta(h&ents ro& a!! the re)"!ar re)i&ents, and or&in) ne% re)i&ents, and raisin) !e+ies ro& e+er$ -ossi#!e 4"arter. He &ar(hed o"t o Ita!$ at the head o one h"ndred and i t$ tho"sand &en and in(reased the&, in :ran(e, to a 4"arter o a &i!!ion. The e5-ense o ar&in) and e4"i--in) this i&&ense or(e e!! on the (ities thro")h %hi(h he -assed/ and he (o&&andeered the
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ne(essar$ ood s"--!ies ro& the& too. So&eti&es he %ent or%ard at a )a!!o- and &ade the ar&$ &ar(h ort$ei)ht ho"rs or &ore on end to (at(h "- %ith hi&, so&eti&es he %ent or%ard at the rate o on!$ a &i!e or t%o a da$, ad&irin) the s(ener$ ro& a sedan-(hair (arried on ei)ht &en7s sho"!ders and re4"ent!$ sto--in) to -i(* !o%ers. He sent !etters ahead orderin) the -resen(e at L$ons, %here he -ro-osed to (on(entrate his or(es, o a!! o i(ia!s in :ran(e and the Rhine -ro+in(es %ho %ere o+er the ran* o (a-tain. A&on) those %ho o#e$ed the s"&&ons %as Gaet"!i("s, one o &$ dear #rother Ger&ani("s7 &ost +a!"ed o i(ers, %ho had #een in (o&&and o the o"r re)i&ents o the U--er Pro+in(e or the !ast e% $ears. He %as +er$ -o-"!ar a&on) the troo-s #e(a"se he *e-t "- the tradition o &i!d -"nish&ents and o dis(i-!ine #ased on !o+e rather than on ear. He %as -o-"!ar %ith the re)i&ents in the Lo%er Pro+in(e too, (o&&anded #$ his ather-in-!a% A-roni"s-- or Gaet"!i("s had &arried a sister o that A-ronia %ho& &$ #rother-in-!a% P!a"ti"s %as s"--osed to ha+e thro%n o"t o the %indo%. At the a!! o Se1an"s he %o"!d ha+e #een -"t to death #$ Ti#eri"s #e(a"se he had 0DFF2 -ro&ised his da")hter in &arria)e to Se1an"s7 son, #"t he es(a-ed #$ %ritin) the E&-eror a #o!d !etter. He said that so !on) as he %as a!!o%ed to retain his (o&&and his a!!e)ian(e (o"!d #e (o"nted on, and so (o"!d that o the troo-s. Ti#eri"s %ise!$ !et hi& a!one. B"t Ca!i)"!a en+ied hi& his -o-"!arit$ and a!&ost as soon as he arri+ed had hi& arrested. Ca!i)"!a had not in+ited &e on this e5-edition, so I &issed %hat o!!o%ed and (annot %rite a#o"t it in detai!. A!! I *no% is that Gan$&ede and Gaet"!i("s %ere a(("sed o (ons-ira($--Gan$&ede %ith desi)ns on the &onar(h$, Gaet"!i("s %ith a#ettin) hi&, and that #oth %ere -"t to death %itho"t tria!. Les#ia and A)ri--ini!!a 0the !atter7s h"s#and had !ate!$ died o dro-s$2 %ere a!so s"--osed to #e in the -!ot. The$ %ere #anished to an is!and o the (oast o A ri(a near Cartha)e. It %as a +er$ hot, +er$ arid is!and %here s-on)e- ishin) %as the on!$ ind"str$, and Ca!i)"!a ordered the& to !earn the trade o di+in) or s-on)es, or he said that he (o"!d not a ord to s"--ort the& !on)er. B"t #e ore #ein) sent to their is!and the$ had a tas* !aid on the&/ the$ had to %a!* to Ro&e, a!! the %a$ ro& L$ons, "nder an ar&ed es(ort, and ta*e t"rns at (arr$in) in their ar&s the "rn in %hi(h Gan$&ede7s ashes had #een -"t. This %as a -"nish&ent or their -ersistent ad"!ter$ %ith Gan$&ede, as Ca!i)"!a e5-!ained in a !o ti!$ st$!ed !etter he sent the Senate. He en!ar)ed on his o%n )reat (!e&en($ in not -"ttin) the& to death. 8h$, the$ had -ro+ed the&se!+es %orse than (o&&on -rostit"tes/ no honest -rostit"te %o"!d ha+e had the a(e to as* the -ri(es the$ as*ed, and )ot, or their de#a"(heriesB I had no reason to ee! sorr$ or &$ nie(es. The$ %ere as #ad as Ca!i)"!a, in their %a$, and treated &e +er$ s-ite "!!$. 8hen A)ri--ini!!a7s #a#$ %as #orn three $ears #e ore she had as*ed Ca!i)"!a to s"))est a na&e or it. Ca!i)"!a said, Ca!! it C!a"di"s and it %i!! #e s"re to t"rn o"t a #ea"t$. A)ri--ini!!a %as so "rio"s that she near!$ str"(* Ca!i)"!a, instead she t"rned 4"i(*!$ ro"nd and s-at to%ards &e--and then #"rst into tears. The #a#$ %as (a!!ed L"(i"s Do&iti"s.H Les#ia %as too -ro"d to -a$ attention H A ter%ards the E&-eror Nero.--R. G. to &e or a(*no%!ed)e &$ -resen(e in an$ %a$. I I ha--ened to &eet her in a narro% -assa)e she "sed to %a!* strai)ht on do%n the &idd!e %itho"t s!a(*enin) her -a(e, &a*in) &e s4"ee6e a)ainst the %a!!. It %as di i("!t or &e to re&e&#er that the$ %ere the (hi!dren o &$ dear #rother and that I had -ro&ised A)ri--ina to do &$ +er$ #est to -rote(t the&, I had the e&#arrassin) d"t$ assi)ned to &e o )oin) to :ran(e, at the head o an e&#ass$ o o"r e5-Cons"!s, to (on)rat"!ate Ca!i)"!a on his s"--ression o the (ons-ira($. This %as &$ irst +isit to :ran(e sin(e &$ in an($ and I %ished I %as not &a*in) it. I had to ta*e &one$ ro&
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Ca!-"rnia or tra+e!!in) e5-enses, or &$ estate and ho&e had not $et o"nd a #"$er, and I (o"!d not (o"nt on Ca!i)"!a7s #ein) -!eased to see &e. I %ent #$ sea ro& Ostia, !andin) at Marsei!!es. It a--ears that a ter #anishin) &$ nie(es Ca!i)"!a had a"(tioned the 1e%e!!er$ and orna&ents and (!othes the$ had #ro")ht %ith the&. These et(hed s"(h hi)h -ri(es that he a!so so!d their s!a+es and then their reed&en, -retendin) that these %ere s!a+es too. The #ids %ere &ade #$ ri(h -ro+in(ia!s %ho %anted the )!or$ o sa$in), 9es, s"(h and s"(h #e!on)ed to the E&-eror7s sister. I #o")ht it ro& hi& -ersona!!$B This )a+e Ca!i)"!a a ne% idea. The o!d Pa!a(e %here Li+ia had !i+ed %as no% sh"t "-. It %as "!! o +a!"a#!e "rnit"re and -i(t"res and re!i(s o A")"st"s. Ca!i)"!a sent or a!! this st" to Ro&e and &ade &e res-onsi#!e tor its sa e and -ro&-t arri+a! at L$ons. He %rote/ Send it #$ road, not #$ sea. I ha+e a 4"arre! on %ith Ne-t"ne. The !etter arri+ed on!$ the da$ #e ore I sai!ed, so I -"t Pa!!as in (har)e o the 1o#. The di i("!t$ %as that a!! the s"r-!"s horses and (arts had a!read$ #een (o&&andeered or the trans-ort o Ca!i)"!a7s ar&$. B"t Ca!i)"!a had )i+en the order, and horses and (on+e$an(es had so&eho% to #e o"nd. Pa!!as %ent to the Cons"!s and sho%ed the& Ca!i)"!a7s orders. The$ %ere or(ed to (o&&andeer -"#!i( &ai!-(oa(hes and #a*ers7 +ans and the horses that t"rned the (orn-&i!!s, %hi(h %as a )reat in(on+enien(e to the -"#!i(. So it ha--ened that one e+enin) in Ma$ 1"st #e ore s"nset Ca!i)"!a, sittin) on the #rid)e at L$ons en)a)ed in 0=@?2 i&a)inar$ (on+ersation %ith the !o(a! ri+er-)od, sa% &e (o&in) a!on) the road in the distan(e. He re(o)ni6ed &$ sedan #$ the di(e-#oard I ha+e 0A.D. =@2 itted a(ross it/ I #e)"i!e !on) 1o"rne$s #$ thro%in) di(e %ith &$se! . He (a!!ed o"t an)ri!$/ He$, $o" sir, %here are the (arts3 8h$ ha+en7t $o" #ro")ht the (arts3 I (a!!ed #a(*/ Hea+en #!ess $o"r Ma1est$B The (arts %on7t #e here or a e% da$s $et, I ear. The$ are (o&in) #$ !and, thro")h Genoa. M$ (o!!ea)"es and I ha+e (o&e #$ %ater. Then #a(* #$ %ater $o" ! )o, &$ &an, he said. Co&e hereB 8hen I rea(hed the #rid)e I %as -"!!ed o"t o &$ sedan #$ t%o Ger&an so!diers and (arried to the -ara-et a#o+e the &idd!e ar(h, %here the$ sat &e %ith &$ #a(* to the ri+er. Ca!i)"!a r"shed or%ard and -"shed &e o+er. I t"rned t%o #a(*-so&ersa"!ts and e!! %hat see&ed !i*e a tho"sand eet #e ore I str"(* the %ater. I re&e&#er sa$in) to &$se! / Born at L$ons, died at L$onsB The ri+er Rh e is +er$ (o!d, +er$ dee- and +er$ s%i t. M$ hea+$ ro#e entan)!ed &$ ar&s and !e)s, #"t so&eho% I &ana)ed to *ee- a !oat, and to (!a&#er ashore #ehind so&e #oats a#o"t ha! a &i!e do%nstrea&, o"t o si)ht o the #rid)e. I a& a &"(h #etter s%i&&er than I a& a %a!*er/ I a& stron) in the ar&s and #ein) rather at ro& not #ein) a#!e to ta*e e5er(ise and ro& !i*in) &$ &ea!s I !oat !i*e a (or*. B$ the %a$, Ca!i)"!a (o"!dn7t s%i& a stro*e. He %as s"r-rised, a e% &in"tes !ater, to see &e (o&e ho##!in) "- the road, and !a")hed h")e!$ at the stin*in) &"dd$ &ess I %as in. 8here ha+e $o" #een, &$ dear C"!(an3 he (a!!ed. I had the ans%er -at/ I e!t the Th"nderer7s &i)ht, H"r!ed head!on) do%n%ard ro& th7etheria! hei)ht Tost a!! the da$ in ra-id (ir(!es ro"nd Nor ti!! the s"n des(ended to"(h7d the )ro"nd.
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Breath!ess I e!!, in )idd$ &otions !ost, The Sinthians raised &e on the Le&nian (oast. :or 7Le&nian7 read 7L$onian7, I said. He %as sittin) on the -ara-et %ith &$ three e!!o%-en+o$s !$in) on the )ro"nd a(e-do%n%ards in a ro% #e ore hi&. He had his eet on the ne(*s o t%o and his s%ord-oint #a!an(ed #et%een the sho"!ders o the third, Les#ia7s h"s#and, %ho %as so##in) or &er($. C!a"di"s, he )roaned, hearin) &$ +oi(e, #esee(h the E&-eror to set "s ree/ %e on!$ (a&e to o er hi& o"r !o+in) (on)rat"!ations. I %ant (arts, not (on)rat"!ations, said Ca!i)"!a. It see&ed as i Ho&er had %ritten the -assa)e ro& %hi(h I had 1"st 4"oted on -"r-ose or this o((asion. I said to Les#ia7s h"s#and/ Be -atient and o#e$. Dear as $o" are, i ;o+e his ar& e5tend I (an #"t )rie+e, "na#!e to de end. 8hat so"! so darin) in $o"r aid to &o+e Or !i t his hand a)ainst the &i)ht o ;o+e3 Ca!i)"!a %as de!i)hted. He said to the three s"--!iants/ 8hat are $o"r !i+es %orth to $o"3 :i t$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es ea(h3 8hate+er $o" sa$, Caesar, the$ ans%ered aint!$. Then -a$ -oor C!a"di"s that s"& as soon as $o" )et #a(* to Ro&e. He7s sa+ed $o"r !i+es #$ his read$ ton)"e. So the$ %ere a!!o%ed to rise and Ca!i)"!a &ade the& si)n a -ro&ise, then and there, to -a$ &e one h"ndred and i t$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es in three &onths7 ti&e. I said to Ca!i)"!a/ Most )ra(io"s Caesar, $o"r need is )reater than &ine. 8i!! $o" a((e-t one h"ndred tho"sand )o!d -ie(es ro& &e, %hen the$ -a$ &e, in )ratit"de or &$ o%n sa!+ation3 I $o" (ondes(ended to ta*e that )i t, I %o"!d sti!! ha+e i t$ tho"sand !e t, %hi(h %o"!d ena#!e &e to -a$ &$ initiation ee in "!!. I ha+e %orried a )reat dea! a#o"t that de#t. He said, An$thin) that I (an do that %i!! (ontri#"te to $o"r -ea(e o &indB and (a!!ed &e his Go!den :arthin). So Ho&er sa+ed &e. B"t Ca!i)"!a a e% da$s !ater %arned &e not to 4"ote Ho&er a)ain. He7s a &ost o+errated a"thor. I a& )oin) to ha+e his -oe&s (a!!ed in and #"rned. 8h$ sho"!dn7t I -"t P!ato7s -hi!oso-hi(a! re(o&&endations into -ra(ti(e3 9o" *no% The Re-"#!i(3 An T 0=32 ad&ira#!e -ie(e o ar)"&ent. P!ato %as or *ee-in) a!! -oets %hatsoe+er o"t o his idea! state/ he said that the$ %ere a!! !iars, and so the$ are. I as*ed/ Is $o"r Sa(red Ma1est$ )oin) to #"& an$ other -oets #esides Ho&er3 Oh, indeed, $es. A!! the o+er-rated ones. Cir)i! or a start. He7s a d"!! e!!o%. Tries to #e a Ho&er and (an7t do it.
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And an$ historians3 9es, Li+$. Sti!! d"!!er. Tries to #e a Cir)i! and (an7t do it.

CHAPTER NNNII HE CALLED :OR THE MOST RECENT O::ICIAL PROPERT9 (ens"s and a ter e5a&inin) it s"&&oned a!! the ri(hest &en in :ran(e to L$ons, so that %hen the Pa!a(e-st"nB arri+ed there ro& Ro&e he %o"!d #e s"re to )et )ood -ri(es or it. ;"st #e ore the a"(tion started, he &ade a s-ee(h. He said that he %as a -oor #an*r"-t %ith enor&o"s !ia#i!ities, #"t tr"sted that, or the sa*e o the E&-ire, his a e(tionate -ro+in(ia! riends and )rate "! a!!ies %o"!d not ta*e ad+anta)e o his inan(ia! -!i)ht. He #e))ed the& not to o er !ess than the tr"e +a!"e o 7the a&i!$ heir!oo&s %hi(h, &"(h to his )rie , he %as #ein) or(ed to -"t "- or sa!e. There %as no ordinar$ a"(tioneer7s tri(* that he had not !earned, and he in+ented a )reat &an$ ne% ones too #e$ond the s(o-e o the &ar*et--!a(e (hea--1a(*s ro& %ho& he #orro%ed so &"(h o his -atter. :or instan(e, he so!d the sa&e arti(!e se+era! ti&es o+er to di erent #"$ers %ith ea(h ti&e a di erent a((o"nt o its 4"a!it$ and "se "!ness and histor$. And #$ tr"e +a!"e he e5-e(ted #idders to "nderstand senti&enta! +a!"e %hi(h a!%a$s t"rned o"t to #e a h"ndred ti&es )reater than the intrinsi( +a!"e. :or instan(e he %o"!d sa$/ This %as the a+o"rite eas$-(hair o &$ )reat-)rand ather Mar* Anton$--the God A")"st"s dran* o"t o this %ine-("- at his &arria)e east--this dress %as %orn #$ &$ sister, the Goddess Panthea, at a re(e-tion )i+en to Ain) Herod A)ri--a in (e!e#ration o his re!ease ro& -rison--and so orth. And he so!d %hat he (a!!ed #!ind #ar)ains, s&a!! arti(!es %ra--ed "- in (!oth. 8hen he had in+ei)!ed a &an into #"$in) an o!d sanda! or a -ie(e o (heese or t%o tho"sand )o!d -ie(es, he %as tre&endo"s!$ -!eased %ith hi&se! . Biddin) a!%a$s started at the reser+e -ri(e, or he %o"!d nod at so&e ri(h :ren(h&an and sa$, I thin* $o" said ort$ tho"sand )o!d -ie(es or that a!a#aster (as*et3 Than* $o". B"t !et7s see i %e (an7t do #etter. 8ho7!! sa$ ort$- i+e tho"sand3 9o" (an i&a)ine that ear &ade the #iddin) #ris*. He s*inned the %ho!e !ot o a!! the$ had and (e!e#rated the s*innin) #$ a &a)ni i(ent ten-da$ esti+a!. He then (ontin"ed his -ro)ress to the Rhine Pro+in(es. He s%ore that he %as a#o"t to i)ht a %ar a)ainst the Ger&ans that %o"!d on!$ end in their tota! e5ter&ination. He %o"!d -io"s!$ (o&-!ete the tas* #e)"n #$ his )rand ather and ather. He sent a (o"-!e o re)i&ents o+er the ri+er to !o(ate the nearest ene&$. A#o"t a tho"sand -risoners %ere #ro")ht #a(*. Ca!i)"!a re+ie%ed the& and a ter -i(*in) o"t three h"ndred ine $o"n) &en or his #od$)"ard he !ined "- the re&ainder a)ainst a (!i . A #a!d-headed &an %as at either end o the !ine. Ca!i)"!a )a+e Cassi"s the order/ Ai!! the&, ro& #a!d head to #a!d
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head, in +en)ean(e or the death o Car"s. The ne%s o this &assa(re rea(hed the Ger&ans and the$ %ithdre% into their thi(*est orests. Ca!i)"!a then (rossed the ri+er %ith his entire ar&$ and o"nd the (o"ntr$side deserted. The irst da$ o his &ar(h, 1"st to &a*e thin)s &ore e5(itin), he ordered so&e o his Ger&an #od$)"ard into a nei)h#o"rin) %ood, and then had ne%s #ro")ht to hi& at s"--er that the ene&$ %as at hand. At the head o his S(o"ts and a troo- o G"ards Ca+a!r$ he then dashed o"t to the atta(*. He #ro")ht #a(* the &en as -risoners, !oaded %ith (hains and anno"n(ed a (r"shin) +i(tor$ a)ainst o+er%he!&in) odds. He re%arded his (o&rades-in-ar&s %ith a ne% sort o &i!itar$ de(oration (a!!ed The S(o"ts7 Cro%n, a )o!den (oronet 0=32 de(orated %ith the S"n, Moon and stars in -re(io"s stones. On the third da$ the road !a$ thro")h a narro% -ass. The ar&$ had to &o+e in (o!"&n instead o in s*ir&ishin) order. Cassi"s said to Ca!i)"!a, It %as in a -!a(e rather !i*e this, Caesar, that Car"s )ot a&#"shed. I sha!! ne+er or)et that da$ so !on) as I !i+e--I %as &ar(hin) at the head o &$ (o&-an$ and had 1"st rea(hed a #end in the road, as it &i)ht #e this one %e are (o&in) to, %hen s"dden!$ there %as a tre&endo"s %ar-(r$, as it &i)ht #e ro& that (!"&- o irs $onder, and three or o"r h"ndred asse)ais (a&e %hi66in) do%n on "s.... G"i(*, &$ &areB (a!!ed Ca!i)"!a in a -ani(. C!ear the roadB He s-ran) ro& his sedan, &o"nted Pene!o-e 0In(itat"s %as at Ro&e, %innin) ra(es2 and )a!!o-ed #a(* do%n the (o!"&n. In o"r ho"rs7 ti&e he %as at the #rid)e a)ain, #"t o"nd it so (ho*ed %ith #a))a)e-%a)ons and %as in s"(h a h"rr$ to (ross that he dis&o"nted and &ade so!diers hand hi& in a (hair ro& %a)on to %a)on "nti! he %as sa e!$ on the other side. He re(a!!ed his ar&$ at on(e, anno"n(in) that the ene&$ %ere too (o%ard!$ to &eet hi& in #att!e, and that he %o"!d there ore see* ne% (on4"ests e!se%here. 8hen the %ho!e or(e had reasse&#!ed at Co!o)ne he &ar(hed do%n the Rhine and then a(ross to Bo"!o)ne, the nearest -ort to Britain. It so ha--ened that the son o C$&#e!ine, the Ain) o Britain, had 4"arre!!ed %ith his ather and, hearin) o Ca!i)"!a7s a--roa(h, he !ed a(ross the Channe! %ith a e% o!!o%ers and -"t hi&se! "nder Ro&an -rote(tion. Ca!i)"!a, %ho had a!read$ in or&ed the Senate o his tota! s"#1")ation o Ger&an$, no% %rote to sa$ that Ain) C$&#e!ine had sent his son to a(*no%!ed)e Ro&an s"6eraint$ o+er the entire British ar(hi-e!a)o ro& the S(i!!$ Is!ands to the Or*ne$s. I %as %ith Ca!i)"!a thro")ho"t this e5-edition and had a +er$ di i("!t ti&e tr$in) to h"&o"r hi&. He (o&-!ained o s!ee-!essness and said that his ene&$ Ne-t"ne %as -!a)"in) hi& a!! the ti&e %ith sea-noises in his ears, and "sed to (o&e #$ ni)ht and threaten hi& %ith a trident. I said/ Ne-t"ne3 I %o"!dn7t a!!o% &$se! to #e #ro%#eaten #$ that sa"($ e!!o% i I %ere $o". 8h$ don7t $o" -"nish hi& as $o" -"nished the Ger&ans3 9o" threatened hi& I CLAUDIC 0I@>2 on(e #e ore, I re&e&#er, and i he (ontin"es to !o"t $o", it %o"!d #e %ron) to stret(h $o"r (!e&en($ an$ "rther. He !oo*ed at &e, "n(o& orta#!$, thro")h narro%ed e$e!ids. Do $o" thin* I7& &ad3 he as*ed, a ter a ti&e. I !a")hed ner+o"s!$. Mad, Caesar3 9o" as* %hether I thin* $o" &ad3 8h$, $o" set the standard o sanit$ or the %ho!e ha#ita#!e %or!d. It7s a +er$ di i("!t thin), $o" *no%, C!a"di"s, he said (on identia!!$, to #e a God in h"&an dis)"ise. I7+e o ten
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tho")ht I %as )oin) &ad. The$ sa$ that the he!!e#ore C"re at Anti($ra is +er$ )ood. 8hat do $o" thin* o it3 I said/ One o the )reatest Gree* -hi!oso-hers, O"t I (an7t re&e&#er no% %hi(h o the& it %as, too* the he!!e#ore ("re 1"st to &a*e his (!ear #rain sti!! (!earer. B"t i $o" are as*in) &e to ad+ise $o", I sho"!d sa$, Don7t ta*e it. 9o"r #rain is as (!ear as a -oo! o ro(*-%ater. 9es, he said. #"t I %ish I (o"!d )et &ore than three ho"rs7 s!ee- a ni)ht. Those three ho"rs are #e(a"se o $o"r &orta! dis)"ise, I said. Undis)"ised Gods ne+er s!ee- at a!!. So he %as (o& orted and the ne5t da$ dre% "- his ar&$ in order o #att!e on the sea- ront/ ar(hers and s!in)ers in ront, then the a"5i!iar$ Ger&ans ar&ed %ith asse)ais, then the &ain Ro&an or(es, %ith the :ren(h in the rear. The (a+a!r$ %ere on the %in)s and the sie)e-en)ines, &an)one!s and (ata-"!ts, -!anted on sand-d"nes. No#od$ *ne% %hat on earth %as )oin) to ha--en. He rode or%ard into the sea as ar as Pene!o-e7s *nees and (ried/ Ne-t"ne, o!d ene&$, de end $o"rse! . I (ha!!en)e $o" to &orta! i)ht. 9o" trea(hero"s!$ %re(*ed &$ ather7s !eet, did $o"3 Tr$ $o"r &i)ht on &e, i $o" dare. Then he 4"oted ro& A1a57s %rest!in) &at(h %ith U!$sses, in Ho&er/ Or !et &e !i t thee, Chie , or !i t tho" &e. Pro+e %e o"r or(e,.. A !itt!e %a+e (a&e ro!!in) -ast. He ("t at it %ith his s%ord and !a")hed (onte&-t"o"s!$. Then he (oo!!$ retired and ordered the )enera! en)a)e&ent to #e so"nded. The ar(hers shot, the s!in)ers s!"n), the 1a+e!in-&en thre% their 1a+e!ins, the re)"!ar in antr$ %aded into the %aters as ar as their ar&--its and ha(*ed at the !itt!e %a+es, the (a+a!r$ 0=32 (har)ed on either !an* and s%a& o"t so&e %a$, s!ashin) %ith their sa#res, the &an)one!s h"r!ed ro(*s and the (ata-"!ts h")e 1a+e!ins and iron-ti--ed #ea&s. Ca!i)"!a then -"t to sea in a %ar-+esse! and an(hored 1"st o"t o ran)e o the &issi!es, "tterin) a#s"rd (ha!!en)es to Ne-t"ne and s-ittin) ar o"t o+er the +esse!7s side. Ne-t"ne &ade no atte&-t to de end hi&se! or to re-!$, e5(e-t that one &an %as ni--ed #$ a !o#ster, and another st"n) #$ a 1e!!$- ish. Ca!i)"!a ina!!$ had the ra!!$ #!o%n and to!d his &en to %i-e the #!ood o their s%ords and )ather the s-oi!. The s-oi! %as the sea-she!!s on the #ea(h. Ea(h &an %as e5-e(ted to (o!!e(t a he!&et- "!!, %hi(h %as added to a )enera! hea-. The she!!s %ere then sorted and -a(*ed in #o5es to #e sent to Ro&e in -roo o this "nheard-o +i(tor$. The troo-s tho")ht it )reat "n, and %hen he re%arded the& %ith o"r )o!d -ie(es a &an (heered hi& tre&endo"s!$. As a tro-h$ o +i(tor$ he #"i!t a +er$ hi)h !i)htho"se, on the &ode! o the a&o"s one at A!e5andria, %hi(h has sin(e -ro+ed a )reat #!essin) to sai!ors in those dan)ero"s %aters. He then &ar(hed "- the Rhine a)ain. 8hen %e rea(hed Bonn Ca!i)"!a too* &e aside and %his-ered dar*!$/ The re)i&ents ha+e ne+er #een -"nished or the ins"!t the$ on(e -aid &e #$ &"tin$in) a)ainst &$ ather, d"rin) &$ a#sen(e ro& this Ca&-. 9o" re&e&#er, I had to (o&e #a(* and restore order or hi&.
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I re&e&#er -er e(t!$. I said. B"t that7s rather !on) a)o, isn7t it3 A ter t%ent$-si5 $ears there (an7t #e &an$ &en sti!! ser+in) in the ran*s %ho %ere then there. 9o" and Cassi"s Chsrea are -ro#a#!$ the on!$ t%o +eteran s"r+i+ors o that dread "! da$. Perha-s I sha!! on!$ de(i&ate the&, then, he said. The &en o the :irst and T%entieth Re)i&ents %ere ordered to attend a s-e(ia! asse&#!$ and to!d that the$ &i)ht !ea+e their ar&s #ehind, #e(a"se o the hot %eather. The G"ards (a+a!r$ %ere a!so ordered to attend #"t instr"(ted to #rin) their !an(es as %e!! as their sa#res. I o"nd a ser)eant %ho !oo*ed as tho")h he &i)ht ha+e o")ht at Phi!i--i, he %as so o!d and s(arred. I said, Ser)eant, do $o" *no% %ho I a&3 No, sir. Can7t sa$ that I do, sir. 9o" see& to #e an e5Cons"!, sir. I a& the #rother o Ger&ani("s. Indeed, sir. Ne+er *ne% that there %as s"(h a -erson, sir. No, I7& not a so!dier or an$one i&-ortant. B"t I7+e )ot an i&-ortant &essa)e or $o" e!!o%s. Don7t !ea+e $o"r s%ords too ar a%a$ %hen $o" )o to this a ternoon7s asse&#!$B 8h$, sir, i I &a$ as*3 Be(a"se $o" &a$ need the&. Perha-s there %i!! #e an atta(* #$ the Ger&ans. Perha-s #$ so&eone e!se. He stared hard at &e and then sa% that I rea!!$ &eant it. M"(h o#!i)ed to $o", sir, I7!! -ass the %ord aro"nd, he ans%ered. The in antr$ %ere &assed in ront o the tri#"na! -!at or& and Ca!i)"!a s-o*e to the& %ith an an)r$ s(o%!in) a(e, sta&-in) his eet and sa%in) %ith his hands. He #e)an re&indin) the& o a (ertain ni)ht in ear!$ a"t"&n, &an$ $ears #e ore, %hen "nder a star!ess and #e%it(hed s*$... Here so&e o the &en #e)an snea*in) a%a$ thro")h a )a- #et%een t%o troo-s o (a+a!r$. The$ %ere )oin) to et(h their s%ords. Others #o!d!$ -"!!ed theirs o"t ro& "nder their &i!itar$ (!oa*s %here the$ had #een hidin) the&. Ca!i)"!a &"st ha+e noti(ed %hat %as ha--enin), or he s"dden!$ (han)ed his tone, in the &idd!e o a senten(e. He #e)an dra%in) a ha--$ (ontrast #et%een those #ad da$s, ha--i!$ or)otten, and the -resent rei)n o )!or$, %ea!th and +i(tor$. 9o"r !itt!e -!a$ e!!o% )re% to &anhood, he said, and #e(a&e the &i)htiest E&-eror this %or!d has e+er *no%n. No oe&an ho%e+er ier(e, dares (ha!!en)e his "n(on4"era#!e ar&s. M$ o!d ser)eant r"shed or%ard. A!! is !ost, Caesar, he sho"ted. The ene&$ has (rossed the ri+er at Co!o)ne-three h"ndred tho"sand stron). The$7re o"t to sa(* L$ons--then the$7!! (ross the A!-s and sa(* Ro&e!
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No#od$ #e!ie+ed this nonsensi(a! stor$ #"t Ca!i)"!a. He t"rned $e!!o% %ith ear, di+ed ro& the -!at or&, )ra##ed ho!d o a horse, t"&#!ed into the sadd!e and %as o"t o the (a&- !i*e a !ash. A )roo& )a!!o-ed a ter hi& and Ca!i)"!a 0=32 (a!!ed #a(* to hi&, Than* God I sti!! ho!d E)$-t. I ! #e sa e there at !east. The Ger&ans aren7t sai!ors. Ho% e+er$one !a")hedB B"t a (o!one! %ent a ter hi& on a )ood horse and (a")ht hi& #e ore +er$ !on). He ass"red Ca!i)"!a that the ne%s %as e5a))erated. On!$ a s&a!! or(e, he said, had (rossed the ri+er and had #een #eaten #a(*/ the Ro&an #an* %as no% 4"ite (!ear o the ene&$. Ca!i)"!a sto--ed at the ne5t to%n and %rote a dis-at(h to the Senate, in or&in) the& that a!! his %ars %ere no% s"((ess "!!$ o+er and that he %as (o&in) #a(* at on(e %ith his !a"re!-)ar!anded troo-s. He #!a&ed those (o%ard!$ sta$-at-ho&es &ost se+ere!$ or ha+in), ro& a!! a((o"nts, !i+ed !i e in the Cit$ 1"st as "s"a!--theatres, #aths, s"--er--arties--%hi!e he had #een "nder)oin) the se+erest hardshi-s o (a&-ai)n. He had eaten, dr"n* and s!e-t no #etter than a -ri+ate so!dier. The Senate %as -"66!ed ho% to -a(i $ hi&, #ein) "nder stri(t orders ro& hi& to +ote hi& no hono"rs on their o%n initiati+e. The$ sent hi& an e&#ass$, ho%e+er, (on)rat"!atin) hi& on his &a)ni i(ent +i(tories and #e))in) hi& to hasten #a(* to Ro&e %here his -resen(e %as so sad!$ &issed. He %as dread "!!$ an)r$ that no tri"&-h had #een de(reed hi& e+en in s-ite o his orders, and that he %as not re erred to as ;o+e in the &essa)e #"t &ere!$ as the E&-eror Gai"s Caesar. He ra--ed his hand on his s%ord -o&&e! and sho"ted/ Hasten #a(*3 Indeed I %i!!, and %ith this in &$ hand. He had &ade -re-arations or a tri-!e tri"&-h/ o+er Ger&an$, o+er Britain and o+er Ne-t"ne. :or British (a-ti+es he had C$&#e!ine7s son and his o!!o%ers, to %hi(h %ere added the (re%s o so&e British tradin) +esse!s %ho& he had detained at Bo"!o)ne. :or Ger&an (a-ti+es he had three h"ndred rea! ones and a!! the ta!!est &en he (o"!d ind in :ran(e, %earin) $e!!o% %i)s and Ger&an (!othes and ta!*in) to)ether in a 1ar)on s"--osed to #e Ger&an. B"t, as I sa$, the Senate had #een a raid to +ote hi& a or&a! tri"&-h, so he had to #e (ontent %ith an in or&a! one. He rode into the Cit$ in the sa&e st$!e as he had ridden a(ross the #rid)e at Bais, and it %as on!$ on the inter(ession o Caesonia, %ho %as a sensi#!e %o&an, that he re rained ro& -"ttin) the entire Senate to the s%ord. He re%arded the -eo-!e or their a!&s-)i+in) )enerosit$ to hi& in the -ast #$ sho%erin) )o!d and si!+er ro& the Pa!a(e roo . B"t he &i5ed red-hot dis(s o iron %ith this !ar)esse, to re&ind the& that he had not $et or)i+en the& or their #eha+io"r in the a&-hitheatre. His so!diers %ere to!d that the$ (o"!d &a*e as &"(h dist"r#an(e as the$ -!eased and )et as dr"n* as the$ !i*ed at the -"#!i( e5-ense. The$ too* "!! ad+anta)e o this !i(en(e, sa(*in) %ho!e streets o sho-s and #"rnin) do%n the -rostit"tes7 4"arter. Order %as not restored or ten da$s. This %as in Se-te&#er. 8hi!e he %as a%a$ the %or*&en had #een #"s$ on the ne% te&-!e on the Pa!atine Hi!! at the other side o the Te&-!e o Castor and Po!!"5 horn the Ne% Pa!a(e. An e5tension had #een &ade as ar as the Mar*et P!a(e. Ca!i)"!a no% t"rned the Te&-!e o Castor and Po!!"5 into a +esti#"!e or the ne% te&-!e, ("ttin) a -assa)e #et%een the stat"es o the Gods. The Hea+en!$ T%ins are &$ door*ee-ers, he #oasted. Then he sent a &essa)e to the Go+ernor o Gree(e to see that a!! the &ost a&o"s stat"es o Gods %ere re&o+ed ro& the te&-!es there and sent to hi& at Ro&e. He -ro-osed to ta*e o their heads and s"#stit"te his o%n. The stat"e he
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&ost (o+eted %as the (o!ossa! one o O!$&-ian ;o+e. He had a s-e(ia! shi- #"i!t or its (on+e$an(e to Ro&e. B"t the shi- %as str"(* #$ !i)htnin) 1"st #e ore it %as !a"n(hed. Or this, at !east, %as the re-ort--I #e!ie+e rea!!$, that the s"-erstitio"s (re% #"rned it on -"r-ose. Ho%e+er, Ca-ito!ine ;o+e then re-ented o his 4"arre! %ith Ca!i)"!a 0or so Ca!i)"!a to!d "s2 and #e))ed hi& to ret"rn and !i+e ne5t to hi& a)ain. Ca!i)"!a re-!ied that he had no% -ra(ti(a!!$ (o&-!eted a ne% te&-!e, #"t sin(e Ca-ito!ine ;o+e had a-o!o)ised so h"&#!$ he %o"!d &a*e a (o&-ro&ise--he %o"!d #"i!d a #rid)e o+er the +a!!e$ and 1oin the t%o hi!!s. He did this/ the #rid)e -assed o+er the roo o the Te&-!e o A")"st"s. Ca!i)"!a %as no% -"#!i(!$ ;o+e. He %as not on!$ Latin ;o+e #"t O!$&-ian ;o+e, and not on!$ that #"t a!! the other Gods and Goddesses, too, %ho& he had de(a-itated and reheaded. So&eti&es he %as A-o!!o and so&eti&es Mer("r$ and so&eti&es P!"to, in ea(h (ase %earin) the a--ro-riate dress and de&andin) the a--ro-riate sa(ri i(es. I 0=2 ha+e seen hi& )o a#o"t as Cen"s in a !on) )a"6$ si!* ro#e %ith a(e -ainted, a red %i), -added #oso& and hi)hhee!ed s!i--ers. He %as -resent as the Good Goddess at her De(e&#er esti+a!/ that %as a s(anda!. Mars %as a a+o"rite (hara(ter %ith hi&, too. B"t &ost o the ti&e he %as ;o+e/ he %ore an o!i+e%reath, a #eard o ine )o!d %ires and a #ri)ht #!"e si!* (!oa*, and (arried a 1a))ed -ie(e o e!e(tr"& in his hand to re-resent !i)htnin). One da$ he %as on the Oration P!at or& in the Mar*et P!a(e dressed as ;o+e and &a*in) a s-ee(h. I intend short!$, he said, to #"i!d a (it$ or &$ o(("-ation on the to- o the A!-s. 8e Gods -re er &o"ntain-to-s to "nhea!th$ ri+er-+a!!e$s. :ro& the A!-s I sha!! ha+e a %ide +ie% o &$ E&-ire--:ran(e, Ita!$, S%it6er!and, the T$ro! and Ger&an$. I I see an$ treason hat(hin) an$%here #e!o% &e, I sha!! )i+e a %arnin) )ro%! o th"nder soB 0He )ro%!ed in his throat.2 I the %arnin) is disre)arded I sha!! #!ast the traitor %ith this !i)htnin) o &ine, soB 0He h"r!ed his -ie(e o !i)htnin) at the (ro%d. It hit a stat"e and #o"n(ed o har&!ess!$.2 A stran)er in the (ro%d, a shoe&a*er ro& Marsei!!es on a si)ht-seein) +isit to Ro&e, #"rst o"t !a")hin). Ca!i)"!a had the e!!o% arrested and #ro")ht nearer the -!at or&, then #endin) do%n he as*ed ro%nin)/ 8ho do I see& to $o" to #e3 A #i) h"&#"), said the shoe&a*er. Ca!i)"!a %as -"66!ed. H"&#")3 he re-eated. I a h"&#")! 9es, said the :ren(h&an, I7& on!$ a -oor :ren(h shoe&a*er and this is &$ irst +isit to Ro&e. And I don7t *no% an$ #etter. I an$one at ho&e did %hat $o"7re doin) he7d #e a #i) h"&#"). Ca!i)"!a #e)an to !a")h too. 9o" -oor ha! -%it, he said. O (o"rse he %o"!d #e. That7s 1"st the di eren(e. The %ho!e (ro%d !a")hed !i*e &ad, #"t %hether at Ca!i)"!a or at the shoe&a*er %as not (!ear. Soon a ter this he had a th"nder-and-!i)htnin) &a(hine &ade. He !it a "se and it &ade a roar and a !ash and (ata-"!ted stones in %hate+er dire(tion he %anted. B"t I ha+e it on )ood a"thorit$ that %hene+er there %as a rea! th"nderstor& at ni)ht he "sed to (ree- "nder the #ed. There is a )ood stor$ a#o"t that. One da$ a stor& #"rst %hen he %as -aradin) a#o"t dressed as Cen"s. He #e)an to (r$/ :ather, :ather. s-are $o"r -rett$ da")hterB
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The &one$ he had %on in :ran(e %as soon s-ent and he in+ented ne% %a$s o in(reasin) the re+en"e. His a+o"rite one no% %as to e5a&ine 1"di(ia!!$ the %i!!s o &en %ho had 1"st died and had !e t hi& no &one$/ he %o"!d then )i+e e+iden(e o the #ene its that the testators had re(ei+ed ro& hi& and de(!are that the$ had #een either "n)rate "! or o "nso"nd &ind at the ti&e o dra%in) their %i!!s and that he -re erred to thin* that the$ had #een o "nso"nd &ind. He (an(e!!ed the %i!!s and a--ointed hi&se! -rin(i-a! heir. He "sed to (o&e into Co"rt in the ear!$ &ornin) and %rite "- on a #!a(*#oard the s"& o &one$ that he intended to %in that da$, "s"a!!$ t%o h"ndred tho"sand )o!d -ie(es. 8hen he had %on it, he (!osed the Co"rt. He &ade a ne% edi(t one &ornin) a#o"t the ho"rs o #"siness -er&itted in +ario"s sorts o sho-s. He had it %ritten in +er$ s&a!! !etters on a tin$ -!a(ard -osted hi)h on a -i!!ar in the Mar*et P!a(e %here no#od$ tro"#!ed to read it, not rea!isin) its i&-ortan(e. That a ternoon his o i(ers too* the na&es o se+era! h"ndred trades&en %ho had "n%ittin)!$ in rin)ed the edi(t. 8hen the$ %ere #ro")ht to tria! he a!!o%ed an$ o the& %ho (o"!d do so to -!ead in &iti)ation o senten(e that the$ had na&ed hi& as (o-heir %ith their (hi!dren. :e% o the& (o"!d. It no% #e(a&e ("sto&ar$ or &en %ith &one$ to noti $ the I&-eria! Treas"rer that Ca!i)"!a %as na&ed in-their %i!!s as the -rin(i-a! heir. B"t in se+era! (ases this -ro+ed "n%ise. :or Ca!i)"!a &ade "se o the &edi(ine (hest that he had inherited ro& &$ )rand&other Li+ia. One da$ he sent ro"nd -resents o honied r"its to so&e re(ent testators. The$ a!! died at on(e. He a!so s"&&oned &$ (o"sin, the Ain) o Moro((o, to Ro&e and -"t hi& to death, sa$in) si&-!$/ I need $o"r ort"ne, Pto!e&$. D"rin) his a#sen(e in :ran(e there had #een (o&-arati+e!$ e% (on+i(tions at Ro&e and the -risons %ere near!$ e&-t$/ this &eant a shorta)e o +i(ti&s or thro%in) to the %i!d #easts. He &ade the shorta)e "- #$ "sin) &e&#ers o the a"dien(e, irst ("ttin) o"t their ton)"es so that the$ (o"!d not (a!! o"t to their riends or res("e. He %as #e(o&in) &ore and &ore (a-ri(io"s. One da$ a -riest %as a#o"t to sa(ri i(e a $o"n) #"!! to hi& in his as-e(t o A-o!!o. The "s"a! sa(ri i(ia! -ro(ed"re %as or a dea(on to 0=?32 st"n the #"!! %ith a stone a5e, and or the -riest then to ("t its throat. Ca!i)"!a (a&e in dressed as a dea(on and as*ed the "s"a! 4"estion/ Sha!! I3 8hen the -riest ans%ered, Do so, he #ro")ht the a5e do%n s&ash on the -riest7s head. I %as sti!! !i+in) in -o+ert$ %ith Briseis and Ca!-"rnia, or tho")h I had no de#ts, neither had I an$ &one$ e5(e-t %hat !itt!e in(o&e (a&e to &e ro& the ar&. I %as (are "! to !et Ca!i)"!a *no% ho% -oor I %as and he )ra(io"s!$ -er&itted &e to re&ain in the Senatoria! Order tho")h I no !on)er had the ne(essar$ inan(ia! 4"a!i i(ations. B"t I e!t &$ -osition dai!$ &ore inse("re. One &idni)ht ear!$ in O(to#er I %as a%a*ened #$ !o"d *no(*in) at the ront door. I -"t &$ head o"t o the %indo%. 8ho7s there3 I as*ed. 9o"7re %anted at the Pa!a(e i&&ediate!$. I said/ Is that $o", Cassi"s Chaerea3 A& I )oin) to #e *i!!ed, do $o" *no%3 M$ orders are to et(h $o" to hi& i&&ediate!$. Ca!-"rnia (ried and Briseis (ried and #oth *issed &e )ood-#$e +er$ tender!$. As the$ he!-ed &e to dress I h"rried!$ to!d the& ho% to dis-ose o &$ e% re&ainin) -ossessions, and %hat to do %ith !itt!e Antonia, and a#o"t &$ "nera!, and so on. It %as a &ost a e(tin) s(ene or a!! o "s, #"t I did not dare -ro!on) it. Soon I %as ho--in) a!on) at Cassi"s7 side to the Pa!a(e. He said )r" !$, T%o &ore e5-Cons"!s ha+e #een s"&&oned to
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a--ear %ith $o". He to!d &e their na&es and I %as sti!! &ore a!ar&ed. The$ %ere ri(h &en, 1"st the sort %ho& Ca!i)"!a %o"!d a(("se o a -!ot a)ainst hi&. B"t %h$ &e3 I %as the irst to arri+e. The t%o others (a&e r"shin) in a!&ost i&&ediate!$ a ter, #reath!ess %ith haste and ear. 8e %ere ta*en into the Ha!! o ;"sti(e and &ade to sit on (hairs on a sort o s(a o!d !oo*in) do%n on the tri#"na! -!at or&. A )"ard o Ger&an so!diers stood #ehind "s, &"tterin) to)ether in their o%n !an)"a)e. The roo& %as in (o&-!ete dar*ness #"t or t%o tin$ oi! !a&-s on the tri#"na!. The %indo%s #ehind %ere dra-ed, %e noti(ed, %ith #!a(* han)in)s e&#roidered %ith si!+er stars. M$ (o&-anions and I si!ent!$ (!as-ed hands in are%e!!. The$ %ere &en ro& %ho& I had had &an$ ins"!ts at one ti&e or another, #"t in the shado% o death s"(h tri !es are or)otten. 8e sat there %aitin) or so&ethin) to ha--en "nti! 1"st #e ore da$#rea*. S"dden!$ %e heard a (!ash o s$&#o!s and the )a$ &"si( o o#oes and Eddies. S!a+es i!ed in ro& a door at the side o the tri#"na!, ea(h (arr$in) t%o !a&-s, %hi(h the$ -"t on ta#!es at the side, and then the -o%er "! +oi(e o a e"n"(h #e)an sin)in) the %e!!-*no%n son), 8hen the !on) %at(hes o the ni)ht. The s!a+es retired. A sh" !in) so"nd %as heard and -resent!$ in dan(ed a ta!! "n)ain!$ i)"re in a %o&an7s -in* si!* )o%n %ith a (ro%n o i&itation TGS S on its head. It %as Ca!i)"!a. The ros$- in)ered Goddess then 8i!! ro!! a%a$ the ni)ht o stars... Here he dre% a%a$ the dra-eries ro& the %indo% and dis(!osed the irst strea*s o da%n, and then, %hen the e"n"(h rea(hed the -art a#o"t the ros$- in)ered Goddess #!o%in) o"t the !a&-s one #$ one, #ro")ht this in(ident into the dan(e too. P" . P" . P" . And %here (!andestine !o+ers !ie Entan)!ed in s%eet -assion7s toi!s... :ro& a #ed %hi(h %e had not noti(ed, #e(a"se it %as in an a!(o+e, the Goddess Da%n then -"!!ed o"t a )ir! and a &an, neither o the& %ith an$ (!othes on, and in d"&# sho% indi(ated that it %as the ti&e or the& to -art. The )ir! %as +er$ #ea"ti "!. The &an %as the e"n"(h %ho %as sin)in). The$ -arted in o--osite dire(tions as i -ro o"nd!$ distressed. 8hen the !ast +erse (a&e/ O Da%n, o Goddesses &ost air, 8ho %ith th$ s!o% and !o+e!$ tread Dost )i+e re!ie to e+er$ (are... I had the sense to -rostrate &$se! on the )ro"nd. M$ (o&-anions %ere not s!o% in o!!o%in) &$ e5a&-!e. Ca!i)"!a (a-ered o the sta)e and soon a ter%ards %e %ere s"&&oned to #rea* ast %ith hi&. I said O God o Gods, I ha+e ne+er in &$ !i e %itnessed an$ dan(e that )a+e &e s"(h -ro o"nd 1o$ as the one I ha+e 1"st %itnessed. I ha+e no %ords or its !o+e!iness. M$ (o&-anions a)reed %ith &e and said that it %as a &i!!ion -ities that so &at(h!ess a -er or&an(e had #een )i+en to so tin$ an a"dien(e. He said, (o&-!a(ent!$, that it %as on!$ a rehearsa!. He %o"!d )i+e it one ni)ht soon in the a&-hitheatre to the %ho!e Cit$. I didn7t see ho% he %o"!d &ana)e the ("rtain-dra%in) e e(t in an o-en 262 275 http://www.en8848.com.cn/

air a&-hitheatre h"ndreds o $ards !on), #"t I said nothin) a#o"t that. 8e had a +er$ tast$ #rea* ast, the senior e5-Cons"! sittin) on the !oor a!ternate!$ eatin) thr"sh--ie and *issin) Ca!i)"!a7s oot. I %as 1"st thin*in) ho% -!eased Ca!-"rnia and Briseis %o"!d #e to see &e #a(* %hen Ca!i)"!a, %ho %as in a +er$ -!easant h"&o"r, s"dden!$ said/ Prett$ )ir!, %asn7t she, C!a"di"s, $o" o!d !e(her3 Cer$ -rett$ indeed, God. And sti!! a +ir)in, so ar as I *no%. 8o"!d $o" !i*e to &arr$ her3 9o" (an i $o" !i*e. I too* a an($ to her or a &o&ent, #"t it7s a "nn$ thin), I don7t rea!!$ !i*e i&&at"re %o&en.... Or an$ &at"re %o&an, or that &atter, e5(e-t Caesonia. Did $o" re(o)nise the )ir!3 No, Lord, I %as on!$ %at(hin) $o", to te!! the tr"th. She7s $o"r (o"sin Messa!ina, Bar#at"s7 da")hter. The o!d -ander didn7t "tter a %ord o -rotest %hen I as*ed or her to #e sent a!on) to &e. 8hat (o%ards the$ are, a ter a!!, C!a"di"sB 9es, Lord God. A!! ri)ht, then, I7!! &arr$ $o" t%o to-&orro%. I7& )oin) to #ed no%, I thin*. A tho"sand than*s and ho&a)es. Lord. He )a+e &e his other oot to *iss. Ne5t da$ he *e-t his -ro&ise and &arried "s. He a((e-ted a tenth o Messa!ina7s do%r$ as a ee #"t other%ise #eha+ed (o"rteo"s!$ eno")h. Ca!-"rnia had #een de!i)hted to see &e a!i+e a)ain and had -retended not to &ind a#o"t &$ &arria)e. She said in a #"siness-!i*e %a$/ Cer$ %e!!, &$ dear, I7!! )o #a(* to the ar& and !oo* a ter thin)s or $o" there a)ain. 9o" %on7t &iss &e, %ith that -rett$ %i e o $o"rs. And no% $o" ha+e &one$ $o"7!! ha+e to !i+e at the Pa!a(e a)ain. I to!d her that the &arria)e %as or(ed on &e and that I %o"!d &iss her +er$ &"(h indeed. B"t she -ooh--oohed that/ Messa!ina had t%i(e her !oo*s, three ti&es her #rains, and #irth and &one$ into the #ar)ain. I %as in !o+e %ith her a!read$, Ca!-"rnia said. I e!t "n(o& orta#!e. Ca!-"&ia had #een &$ on!$ tr"e riend in a!! those o"r $ears o &iser$. 8hat had she not done or &e3 And $et she %as ri)ht/ I %as in !o+e %ith Messa!ina, and Messa!ina %as to #e &$ %i e no%. There %o"!d #e no -!a(e or Ca!-"rnia %ith Messa!ina a#o"t. She %as in tears as she %ent a%a$. So %as I. I %as not in !o+e %ith her, #"t she %as &$ tr"est riend and I *ne% that i e+er I needed her she %o"!d #e there to he!- &e. I need not sa$ that %hen I re(ei+ed the do%r$ &one$ I did not or)et her.

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CHAPTER NNNIII MESSALINA 8AS AN ENTREMEL9 BEAUTI:UL GIRL, SLIM and 4"i(*-&o+in) %ith e$es as #!a(* as 1et and &asses o ("r!$ #!a(* hair. She hard!$ s-o*e a %ord and had a &$sterio"s s&i!e %hi(h dro+e &e near!$ (ra6$ %ith !o+e or her. She %as so )!ad to ha+e es(a-ed ro& Ca!i)"!a and so 4"i(* to rea!ise the ad+anta)es that &arria)e %ith &e )a+e her, that she #eha+ed in a %a$ %hi(h &ade &e 4"ite s"re that she !o+ed &e as &"(h as I !o+ed her. This %as -ra(ti(a!!$ the irst ti&e I had #een in !o+e %ith an$one sin(e &$ #o$hood, and %hen a not +er$ (!e+er, not +er$ attra(ti+e &an o i t$ a!!s in !o+e %ith a +er$ attra(ti+e and +er$ (!e+er )ir! o i teen it is "s"a!!$ a -oor !oo*-o"t or hi&. 8e %ere &arried in O(to#er. B$ De(e&#er she %as -re)nant #$ &e. She a--eared +er$ ond o &$ !itt!e Antonia, %ho %as a)ed a#o"t ten, and it %as a re!ie to &e that the (hi!d no% had so&eone %ho& she (o"!d (a!! &other, so&eone %ho %as near eno")h to her in a)e to #e a riend and (o"!d e5-!ain the %a$s o so(iet$ to her and ta*e her a#o"t, as Ca!-"rnia had not #een a#!e to do. Messa!ina and I %ere in+ited to !i+e at the Pa!a(e a)ain. 8e arri+ed at an "n ort"nate ti&e. A &er(hant (a!!ed Bass"s had #een as*in) 4"estions o a (a-tain o the Pa!a(e G"ards a#o"t Ca!i)"!a7s dai!$ ha#its--%as it tr"e that he %a!*ed a#o"t the (!oisters at ni)ht #e(a"se he (o"!d not s!ee-3 At %hat ti&e did he do this3 8hi(h (!oisters did he "s"a!!$ (hoose3 8hat )"ard did he ha+e %ith hi&3 The (a-tain re-orted the in(ident to Cassi"s and Cassi"s re-orted it to Ca!i)"!a. Bass"s %as arrested and (rosse5a&ined. He %as or(ed to ad&it that he had intended to *i!! Ca!i)"!a #"t denied e+en "nder tort"re that he had an$ asso(iates. Ca!i)"!a then sent a &essa)e to Bass"s7 o!d ather, orderin) hi& to attend his son7s e5e("tion. The o!d &an, %ho had no notion that Bass"s had #een -!annin) to assassinate Ca!i)"!a or e+en that he had #een arrested, %as )reat!$ sho(*ed to ind his son )roanin) on the Pa!a(e !oor, his #od$ #ro*en #$ tort"re. B"t he (ontro!!ed hi&se! and than*ed Ca!i)"!a or his )ra(io"sness in s"&&onin) hi& to (!ose his son7s e$es. Ca!i)"!a !a")hed. C!ose his e$es indeedB He7s )oin) to ha+e no e$es to (!ose, the assassinB I7& )oin) to -o*e the& o"t in a &o&ent. And $o"rs too. Bass"s7 ather said/ S-are o"r !i+es. 8e are on!$ too!s in the hands o -o%er "! &en. I7!! )i+e $o" a!! the na&es. This i&-ressed Ca!i)"!a, and %hen the o!d &an &entioned the G"ards7 Co&&ander, the Co&&ander o the Ger&ans, Ca!!ist"s the Treas"rer, Caesonia, Mnester, and three or o"r others, he )re% -a!e %ith a!ar&. And %ho& %o"!d the$ &a*e E&-eror in &$ -!a(e3 he as*ed. 9o"r "n(!e C!a"di"s. Is he in the -!ot too3 No, the$ %ere &ere!$ )oin) to "se hi& as a i)"rehead. Ca!i)"!a h"rried a%a$ and s"&&oned the G"ards7 Co&&ander, the Co&&ander o the Ger&ans, the Treas"rer and &$se! to a -ri+ate roo&. He as*ed the others, -ointin) to &e, Is that (reat"re it to #e E&-eror3 The$ ans%ered in s"r-rised tones, Not "n!ess $o" sa$ so, ;o+e.
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Then he )a+e the& a -atheti( s&i!e and e5(!ai&ed, I a& one and $o" are three. T%o o $o" are ar&ed and I a& de en(e!ess. I $o" hate &e and %ant to *i!! &e, do so at on(e and -"t that -oor idiot into &$ -!a(e as E&-eror. 8e a!! e!! on o"r a(es and the t%o so!diers handed hi& their s%ords ro& the !oor, sa$in), 8e are inno(ent o an$ s"(h trea(hero"s tho")ht. Lord. I $o" dis#e!ie+e "s, *i!! "sB Do $o" *no%, he %as a(t"a!!$ a#o"t to *i!! "sB B"t %hi!e he hesitated I said, A!&i)ht$ God, the (o!one! %ho s"&&oned &e here to!d &e o the (har)e #ro")ht a)ainst these !o$a! &en #$ Bass"s7 ather. Its a!sit$ is e+ident. I Bass"s had rea!!$ #een e&-!o$ed #$ the&, %o"!d it ha+e #een ne(essar$ or hi& to 4"estion the (a-tain a#o"t $o"r &o+e&ents3 8o"!d he not ha+e #een a#!e to )et a!! the ne(essar$ in or&ation ro& these )enera!s the&se!+es3 No, Bass"s7 ather has tried to sa+e his o%n !i e and Bass"s7 #$ a (!"&s$ !ie. Ca!i)"!a a--eared to #e (on+in(ed #$ &$ ar)"&ent. He )a+e &e his hand to *iss, &ade "s a!! rise, and handed the s%ords #a(*. Bass"s and his ather %ere there"-on he%n to -ie(es #$ the Ger&ans. B"t Ca!i)"!a (o"!d not rid his &ind o the dread o assassination, %hi(h %as -resent!$ in(reased #$ a n"&#er o "n!"(*$ o&ens. :irst the -orter7s !od)e at the Pa!a(e %as str"(* #$ !i)htnin). Then In(itat"s, %hen he %as #ro")ht in to dinner one e+enin), reared "- and (ast a shoe %hi(h #ro*e an a!a#aster ("- that had #e!on)ed to ;"!i"s Caesar, s-i!!in) the %ine on the !oor. The %orst o&en o a!! %as %hat ha--ened at O!$&-"s, %hen, in a((ordan(e %ith Ca!i)"!a7s orders, the te&-!e %or*&en #e)an to ta*e the stat"e o ;o+e to -ie(es or (on+e$an(e to Ro&e. The head %as to (o&e o irst, to #e "sed as a &eas"re or the ne% head o Ca!i)"!a that %o"!d #e s"#stit"ted %hen the stat"e %as reasse&#!ed. The$ had )ot the -"!!e$ i5ed to the te&-!e roo and a ro-e *notted aro"nd the ne(* and %ere 1"st a#o"t to ha"!, %hen s"dden!$ a th"ndero"s -ea! o !a")hter roared o"t thro")h the %ho!e #"i!din). The %or*&en r"shed a%a$ in -ani(. No#od$ (o"!d #e o"nd #o!d eno")h to ta*e their -!a(es. Caesonia no% ad+ised hi&, sin(e #$ his i&&o+a#!e ri)o"r he had &ade e+er$one tre&#!e at the +er$ so"nd o his na&e, to r"!e &i!d!$ and earn the -eo-!e7s !o+e instead o their ear. :or Caesonia rea!ised ho% dan)ero"s!$ he %as -!a(ed and that i an$thin) ha--ened to hi& she %o"!d 0=IF2 (ertain!$ !ose her !i e too, "n!ess she %as *no%n to ha+e done her #est to diss"ade hi& ro& his (r"e!ties. He %as #eha+in) in a &ost i&-r"dent %a$ no%. He %ent in t"rn to the G"ards7 Co&&ander, the Treas"rer and the Co&&ander o the Ger&ans and -retended to ta*e ea(h o the& into his (on iden(e sa$in), I tr"st $o", #"t the others are -!ottin) a)ainst &e and I %ant $o" to re)ard the& as &$ dead!iest ene&ies. The$ (o&-ared notes, and that is %h$ %hen a rea! -!ot %as or&ed the$ sh"t their e$es to it. Ca!i)"!a said that he a--ro+ed Caesonia7s ad+i(e and than*ed her or it, he %o"!d (ertain!$ o!!o% it %hen he had &ade his -ea(e %ith his ene&ies. He (a!!ed the Senate to)ether and addressed "s in this strain/ Soon I sha!! )rant $o" a!! an a&nest$, &$ ene&ies, and rei)n %ith !o+e and -ea(e a tho"sand $ears. That is the -ro-he($. B"t #e ore that )o!den ti&e (o&es heads &"st ro!! a!on) the !oor o this Ho"se and #!ood s-"rt "- to the #ea&s. A %i!d i+e &in"tes that %i!! #e. I the tho"sand $ears o -ea(e had (o&e irst, and then the %i!d i+e &in"tes, %e sho"!d ha+e -re erred it. The -!ot %as or&ed #$ Cassi"s Chaerea. He %as an o!d- ashioned so!dier, a(("sto&ed to #!ind o#edien(e to the orders o his s"-eriors. Thin)s ha+e to #e e5traordinari!$ #ad #e ore a &an o this sta&- (an thin* o -!ottin)
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a)ainst the !i e o his Co&&ander-in-Chie , to %ho& he has s%orn a!!e)ian(e in the &ost so!e&n ter&s i&a)ina#!e. Ca!i)"!a had treated Cassi"s e5tre&e!$ #ad!$. He had de inite!$ -ro&ised hi& the (o&&and o the G"ards and then %itho"t a %ord o e5-!anation or a-o!o)$ had )i+en it to a (a-tain o short ser+i(e and no &i!itar$ distin(tion as a re%ard or a re&ar*a#!e drin*in) eat at the Pa!a(e/ he had +o!"nteered to drain a three-)a!!on 1ar o %ine %itho"t re&o+in) it ro& his !i-s, and had rea!!$ done so--I %as %at(hin)--and *e-t the %ine do%n into the #ar)ain. Ca!i)"!a had a!so &ade this &an a senator. And Ca!i)"!a e&-!o$ed Cassi"s on a!! his &ost "n-!easant errands and tas*s--(o!!e(tion o ta5es that %ere not rea!!$ d"e, the sei6"re o -ro-ert$ or o en(es ne+er (o&&itted, the e5e("tion o inno(ent &en. Re(ent!$ he had &ade hi& tort"re a #ea"ti "! )ir!, %e!! #orn too, (a!!ed G"inti!ia. The stor$ %as as o!!o%s. Se+era! $o"n) &en had %anted to &arr$ her, #"t the one %ho& her )"ardian had -ro-osed, a &e&#er o the S(o"ts, she did not !i*e at a!!. She #e))ed hi& to !et her (hoose one o the others, he (onsented, and the da$ or the &arria)e %as i5ed. The re1e(ted S(o"t %ent to Ca!i)"!a and #ro")ht an a(("sation a)ainst his ri+a!, sa$in) that he had #!as-he&ed, s-ea*in) o his A")"st So+erei)n as that #a!d-headed &ada&e. He (ited G"inti!ia as a %itness. G"inti!ia and her #etrothed %ere #ro")ht #e ore Ca!i)"!a. Both denied the (har)e. Both %ere senten(ed to the ra(*. Cassi"s7 a(e re+ea!ed his dis)"st, or on!$ s!a+es (o"!d !e)a!!$ #e -"t to tort"re. So Ca!i)"!a ordered hi& to s"-er+ise G"inti!ia7s ra(*in) and t"rn the s(re%s %ith his o%n hands. G"inti!ia did not "tter a %ord or a (r$ thro")ho"t her ordea! and a ter%ards said to Cassi"s, %ho %as so a e(ted that he %as %ee-in), Poor Co!one!, I #ear $o" no )r"d)e. So&eti&es it &"st #e hard to o#e$ orders. Cassi"s said #itter!$/ I %ish I had died that da$ %ith Car"s in the Te"to#"r)er :orest. She %as ta*en a)ain into Ca!i)"!a7s -resen(e and Cassi"s re-orted that she had &ade no (on ession and not a!!o%ed a (r$ to es(a-e her. Caesonia said to Ca!i)"!a, That %as #e(a"se she %as in !o+e %ith the &an. Lo+e (on4"ers a!!. 9o" &i)ht ("t her to -ie(es #"t she %o"!d ne+er #etra$ hi&. Ca!i)"!a said/ And %o"!d $o" too #e so )!orio"s!$ #ra+e on &$ a((o"nt, Caesonia3 9o" *no% that I %o"!d, she said. So G"inti!ia7s #etrothed %as not tort"red #"t )i+en a ree -ardon, and G"inti!ia %as a%arded a do%r$ o ei)ht tho"sand )o!d -ie(es ro& the estate o the S(o"t, %ho %as e5e("ted or -er1"r$. B"t Ca!i)"!a heard that Cassi"s had %e-t d"rin) G"inti!ia7s tort"re and 1eered at hi& or an o!d (r$-#a#$. Cr$-#a#$ %as not the %orst he o"nd. He -retended that Cassi"s %as an e e&inate o!d -athi(, and %as a!%a$s &a*in) dirt$ 1o*es a#o"t hi& to the other G"ards o i(ers, %ho %ere o#!i)ed to !a")h hearti!$ at the&. Cassi"s "sed to (o&e to Ca!i)"!a or the %at(h%ord e+er$ da$ at noon. It had a!%a$s #een Ro&e or A")"st"s or ;o+e or Ci(tor$ or so&ethin) o the sort, #"t no% to anno$ Cassi"s, Ca!i)"!a %o"!d )i+e hi& a#s"rd %ords !i*e Sta$-!a(es or Lots o Lo+e or C"r!in) irons 0=2 or Aiss &e. Ser)eant, and Cassi"s had to ta*e the& #a(* to his #rother-o i(ers and stand their (ha . He de(ided to *i!! Ca!i)"!a. Ca!i)"!a %as &adder than e+er. He (a&e into &$ roo& one da$ and said %itho"t an$ introd"(tor$ re&ar*/ I sha!! ha+e three I&-eria! (ities, and Ro&e %on7t #e one o the&.
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I sha!! ha+e &$ (it$ on the A!-s, and I sha!! re#"i!d Ro&e at Anti"& #e(a"se that7s %here I %as #o& and deser+es the hono"r, and #e(a"se it7s on the sea, and then I sha!! ha+e A!e5andria in (ase the Ger&ans (a-t"re the other t%o. A!e5andria is a +er$ ("!ti+ated -!a(e. 9es, God, I said h"&#!$. He then s"dden!$ re&e&#ered that he had #een (a!!ed a #a!d-headed &ada&e--his hair %as (ertain!$ +er$ thin on to- no%--and sho"ted o"t, Ho% dare $o" )o a#o"t %ith a )reat ")!$ #"sh o hair in &$ -resen(e3 It7s #!as-he&$. He t"rned to his Ger&an )"ard, C"t his head o B On(e &ore I tho")ht I %as done or. B"t I had the -resen(e o &ind to sa$ shar-!$ to the G"ard %ho %as r"nnin) at &e %ith his s%ord, 8hat are $o" doin), idiot3 The God didn7t sa$ 7head7, he said 7hair7B R"n o and et(h the shears at on(eB Ca!i)"!a %as ta*en a#a(* and -erha-s rea!!$ tho")ht that he had said hair. He a!!o%ed the Ger&an to et(h the shears. M$ (ro%n %as shorn (!ean. I as*ed -er&ission to dedi(ate the (!i--in)s to his Deit$ and he )ra(io"s!$ )a+e (onsent. So no% he had e+er$one in the Pa!a(e shorn, e5(e-t the Ger&ans. 8hen it (a&e to Cassi"s7 t"rn Ca!i)"!a said, Oh, %hat a -it$B Those dar!in) !itt!e rin)!ets that the Ser)eant !o+es so &"(hB That e+enin) Cassi"s &et Les#ia7s h"s#and. He had #een Gan$&ede7s #est riend and ro& so&ethin) that Ca!i)"!a had said that &ornin) %as not !i*e!$ to !i+e &"(h !on)er. He said, Good e+enin) Cassi"s Chasrea, &$ riend. 8hat7s the %at(h%ord to-da$3 Cassi"s had ne+er #een (a!!ed &$ riend #e ore #$ Les#ia7s h"s#and and !oo*ed intent!$ at hi&. Les#ia7s h"s#and--his na&e %as Mar("s Cini(i"s--said a)ain, Cassi"s, %e ha+e &"(h in (o&&on and %hen I (a!! $o" 7 riend7, I &ean it. 8hat7s the %at(h%ord3 Cassi"s ans%ered, The %at(h%ord to-ni)ht is 7Litt!e Rin)!ets7. B"t, &$ riend Mar("s Cini(i"s, i I &a$ indeed (a!! $o" riend, )i+e &e the %at(h%ord 7Li#ert$7 and &$ s%ord is at $o"r ser+i(e. Cini(i"s e&#ra(ed hi&. 8e are not the on!$ t%o %ho are read$ to stri*e or Li#ert$. The Ti)er is a!so %ith &e. 7The Ti)er--his rea! na&e %as Corne!i"s Sa#in"s--%as another G"ards (o!one!, %ho re!ie+ed Cassi"s %hene+er he %ent o d"t$. The )reat Pa!atine :esti+a! started the ne5t da$. This esti+a! in hono"r o A")"st"s had #een instit"ted #$ Li+ia at the #e)innin) o Ti#eri"s7 &onar(h$ and %as he!d ann"a!!$ in the So"thern Co"rt o the O!d Pa!a(e. A;2 .=?2 It #e)an %ith sa(ri i(es to A")"st"s and a s$&#o!i( -ro(ession, and (ontin"ed or three da$s %ith theatri(a! -ie(es, dan(in), sin)in), 1"))!in) and the !i*e. 8ooden stands %ere ere(ted %ith seatin) or si5t$
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tho"sand -eo-!e. 8hen the esti+a! ended the stands %ere ta*en do%n and stored a%a$ "nti! the o!!o%in) $ear. This $ear Ca!i)"!a had -ro!on)ed the three da$s to ei)ht, inters-ersin) the -er or&an(es %ith (hariot-ra(es in the Cir("s and sha& na+a!- i)hts in the Basin. He %anted to #e (ontin"o"s!$ a&"sed "nti! the da$ he sai!ed or A!e5andria, %hi(h %as to #e the t%ent$- i th o ;an"ar$. :or he %as )oin) to E)$-t to see the si)hts, to raise &one$ #$ i&&o+a#!e ri)o"r and the sa&e sort o tri(*er$ he had "sed in :ran(e, to &a*e -!ans or the re#"i!din) o A!e5andria and, !ast!$, so he #oasted, to -"t a ne% head on the S-hin5. The :esti+a! started. Ca!i)"!a sa(ri i(ed to A")"st"s, #"t in a so&e%hat -er "n(tor$ and disdain "! %a$--!i*e a &aster %ho in so&e e&er)en($ or other has to -er or& so&e &enia! ser+i(e or one o his s!a+es. 8hen this %as o+er he -ro(!ai&ed that i an$ (iti6en -resent as*ed a #oon that it %as in his -o%er to )rant he %o"!d )ra(io"s!$ )rant it. He had #een an)r$ %ith the -eo-!e !ate!$ or their !a(* o enth"sias& at the !ast %i!d-#east sho% and had -"nished the& #$ sh"ttin) the (it$ )ranaries or ten da$s, #"t -erha-s he had or)i+en the& no% #e(a"se he had 1"st s(attered !ar)esse ro& the Pa!a(e roo . So a )!ad sho"t %ent "-, More #read, !ess ta5es, CaesarB More #read, !ess ta5esB Ca!i)"!a %as +er$ an)r$. He sent a -!atoon o Ger&ans a!on) the #en(hes and a h"ndred heads %ere (ho--ed o . This in(ident dist"r#ed the (ons-irators, it %as a re&inder 0=KD2 o the #ar#arit$ o the Ger&ans and the &ar+e!!o"s de+otion that the$ -aid Ca!i)"!a. B$ this ti&e, there (an hard!$ ha+e #een a (iti6en in Ro&e %ho did not !on) or the death o Ca!i)"!a, or %o"!d not %i!!in)!$ ha+e eaten his !esh, as the sa$in) is, #"t to these Ger&ans he %as the &ost )!orio"s hero the %or!d had e+er *no%n. And i he dressed as a %o&an, or )a!!o-ed s"dden!$ a%a$ ro& h", ar&$ on the &ar(h, or &ade Caesonia a--ear na*ed #e ore the& and #oasted o her #ea"t$, or #"rned do%n his &ost #ea"ti "! +i!!a at Her("!ane"& on the )ro"nd that his &other A)ri--ina had #een i&-risoned there or t%o da$s on her %a$ to the is!and %here she died--this ine5-!i(a#!e sort o #eha+io"r on!$ &ade hi& the &ore %orth$ o their %orshi- as a di+ine #ein). The$ "sed to nod %ise!$ to ea(h other and sa$, 9es, the Gods are !i*e that. 9o" (an7t te!! %hat the$ are )oin) to do ne5t. T"is(o and Mann, at ho&e in o"r dear, dear :ather!and, are 1"st the sa&e. Cassi"s %as re(*!ess and did not (are %hat ha--ened to hi& -ersona!!$, so !on) as Ca!i)"!a %as assassinated, #"t the other (ons-irators %ho did not ee! so stron)!$, #e)an to %onder %hat +en)ean(e the Ger&ans %o"!d ta*e on the &"rderers o their %onder "! hero. The$ #e)an &a*in) e5("ses and Cassi"s (o"!d not )et the& to a)ree on a -ro-er -!an o a(tion. The$ s"))ested !ea+in) it to (han(e. Cassi"s )re% an5io"s. He (a!!ed the& (o%ards and a(("sed the& o -!a$in) or ti&e. He said that the$ rea!!$ %anted Ca!i)"!a to )et sa e a%a$ to E)$-t. The !ast da$ o the esti+a! (a&e, and Cassi"s had %ith )reat di i("!t$ -ers"aded the& to a)ree to a %or*a#!e -!an, %hen Ca!i)"!a s"dden!$ )a+e o"t that the esti+a! %o"!d )o on tor another three da$s. He said that he %anted to a(t and sin) in a &as4"e %hi(h he had hi&se! (o&-osed or the #ene it o the A!e5andrians, #"t %hi(h he tho")ht it on!$ air to sho% his o%n (o"ntr$&en irst. This (han)e o -!ans )a+e the &ore ti&oro"s o the (ons-irators a ne% o--ort"nit$ or hed)in). Oh, #"t Cassi"s, this 4"ite a!ters &atters. It &a*es e+er$thin) &"(h easier or "s. 8e (an *i!! hi& on the !ast da$, 1"st as he (o&es o the sta)e. That7s a ar #etter -!an. Or as he )oes on.
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8hi(he+er $o" -re er. Cassi"s ans%ered, 8e7+e &ade a -!an and s%orn to *ee- it, and *ee- it %e &"st. It7s a +er$ )ood -!an too. Not a !a% in it. B"t %e ha+e -!ent$ o ti&e no% 8h$ not %ait another three da$s3 Cassi"s said/ I $o" %on7t (arr$ that -!an o"t to-da$ as $o" a!! s%ore $o" %o"!d, I sha!! ha+e to %or* sin)!ehandedB %on7t ha+e &"(h o a (han(e a)ainst the Ger&ans--#"t I7!! do &$ #est. I the$ are too stron) or &e I7!! (a!! o"t, 7Cini(i"s, As-renas, B"#o, A4"i!a, Ti)er, %h$ aren7t $o" here as $o" -ro&ised37 So the$ a)reed to (arr$ o"t the ori)ina! -!an. Ca!i)"!a %as to #e -ers"aded #$ Cini(i"s and As-renas to !ea+e the theatre at noon or a -!"n)e in the s%i&&in) -oo! and a 4"i(* !"n(h. ;"st #e ore this Cassi"s, The Ti)er, and the other (a-tains %ho %ere in the -!ot %ere to s!i- o"t "no#tr"si+e!$ #$ the sta)e-door. The$ %ere to )o ro"nd to the entran(e o the (o+ered -assa)e %hi(h %as the short ("t ro& the theatre to the Ne% Pa!a(e. As-renas and Cini(i"s %o"!d -ers"ade Ca!i)"!a to ta*e this short ("t. The -!a$ that da$ had #een anno"n(ed as U!$sses and Cir(e and Ca!i)"!a had -ro&ised to s(atter r"it and (a*es and &one$ at the end o it. He %o"!d nat"ra!!$ do this ro& the end nearest the )ate, %here his seat %as, so e+er$one (a&e as ear!$ as -ossi#!e to the theatre to se("re seats at that end. 8hen the )ates %ere o-ened the (ro%d r"shed in and ra(ed or the nearest seats. Us"a!!$ a!! the %o&en sat to)ether in one -art, and there %ere seats reser+ed or *ni)hts, and or senators, and or distin)"ished orei)ners and so on. B"t to-da$ e+er$one %as &"dd!ed "- to)ether. I sa% a senator %ho had (o&e in !ate or(ed to sit #et%een an A ri(an s!a+e and a %o&an %ith sa ron-d$ed hair and the dar*-(o!o"red )o%n that (o&&on -rostit"tes %ear as their -ro essiona! dress. So &"(h the #etter, said Cassi"s to The Ti)er. The &ore (on "sion there is, the #etter (han(e %e ha+e. A-art ro& the Ger&ans and Ca!i)"!a hi&se! a!&ost the on!$ -erson at the Pa!a(e %ho had not #$ no% heard o the -!ot %as -oor C!a"di"s. This %as #e(a"se -oor C!a"di"s %as )oin) to #e *i!!ed too, as Ca!i)"!a7s "n(!e. A!! Ca!i)"!a7s a&i!$ %ere to #e *i!!ed. The (ons-irators %ere a raid, I s"--ose, that I %o"!d &a*e &$se! E&-eror 0=K32 and a+en)e his death. The$ had deter&ined to restore the Re-"#!i(. I on!$ the idiots had ta*en &e into their (on iden(e this stor$ %o"!d ha+e had a +er$ di erent endin). :or I %as a #etter Re-"#!i(an than an$ o the&. B"t the$ &istr"sted &e, and +er$ (r"e!!$ doo&ed &e to death. E+en Ca!i)"!a *ne% &ore a#o"t the -!ot than I did, in a sense, or he had 1"st #een sent a %arnin) ora(!e ro& the Te&-!e o :ort"ne at Anti"&/ Be%are o Cassi"s. He &is"nderstood it, and re(a!!ed Dr"si!!a7s irst h"s#and, Cassi"s Lon)in"s, ro& Asia Minor, %here he %as Go+ernor. He tho")ht that Lon)in"s %as an)r$ %ith hi& or &"rderin) Dr"si!!a and re&e&#ered that he %as a des(endant o that Cassi"s %ho he!-ed to assassinate ;"!i"s Caesar. I (a&e into the theatre that &ornin) at ei)ht o7(!o(* and o"nd that a -!a(e had #een reser+ed or &e #$ the "shers.
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I %as #et%een the G"ards7 Co&&ander and the Co&&ander o the Ger&ans. The G"ards7 Co&&ander !eant a(ross &e and as*ed/ Ha+e $o" heard the ne%s3 8hat ne%s3 said the Co&&ander o the Ger&ans. The$ are -!a$in) a ne% dra&a to-da$. 8hat is it3 The T$rant7s Death. The Co&&ander o the Ger&ans )a+e hi& a 4"i(* !oo* and 4"oted ro%nin)/ Bra+e (o&rade, ho!d th$ -ea(e Lest so&eone hear thee, o the &en o Gree(e. I said/ 9es, there is a (han)e in the -ro)ra&&e. Mnester is to )i+e "s The T$rant7s Death. It hasn7t #een -!a$ed or $ears. It7s a#o"t Ain) Cin$ras, %ho %o"!dn7t (o&e into the %ar a)ainst Tro$, and )ot *i!!ed or his (o%ardi(e. The -!a$ #e)an and Mnester %as at the to- o his or&. 8hen he died at the hands o A-o!!o he s-"rted #!ood a!! o+er his (!othes ro& a !itt!e #!adder (on(ea!ed in his &o"th. Ca!i)"!a sent or hi& and *issed hi& on #oth (hee*s. Cassi"s and The Ti)er es(orted hi& to his dressin)roo& as i to -rote(t hi& ro& his ad&irers. Then the$ %ent o"t #$ the sta)e-door. The (a-tains o!!o%ed d"rin) the (on "sion o the !ar)esse-thro%in). As-renas said to Ca!i)"!a/ That %as &ar+e!!o"s. No% %hat a#o"t a -!"n)e in the #ath and a !itt!e !i)ht !"n(heon3 No. said Ca!i)"!a, I %ant to see those )ir! a(ro#ats. The$7re said to #e -rett$ )ood. I thin* I7!! sit the sho% o"t. It7s the !ast da$. He %as in an e5tre&e!$ a a#!e &ood. So Cini(i"s rose. He %as )oin) to te!! Cassi"s, The Ti)er, and the rest, not to %ait. Ca!i)"!a -"!!ed at his (!oa*. M$ dear e!!o%, don7t r"n a%a$. 9o" &"st see those )ir!s. One does a dan(e (a!!ed the ish-dan(e %hi(h &a*es $o" ee! as i $o" %ere ten atho&s "nder %ater. Cini(i"s sat do%n and sa% the ish-dan(e. B"t irst he had to sit thro")h a short &e!odra&ati( inter!"de (a!!ed La"reo!"s, or The Ro##er Chie . There %as a !ot o s!a")hter in it and the a(tors, a se(ond-rate !ot, had a!! o"nd #!ood-#!adders to -"t in their &o"ths in i&itation o Mnester. 9o" ne+er sa% s"(h an i!!-o&ened &ess as the$ &ade o the sta)eB 8hen the ish-dan(e %as o+er Cini(i"s rose a)ain/ To te!! the tr"th, Lord, I %o"!d !o+e to sta$ #"t C!oa(ina (a!!s &e. It7s so&e (on o"nded thin) I ate.
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So t #"t (ohesi+e !et &$ o erin)s !o%, Not ro")h!$ s%i t, nor i&-"dent!$ s!o%.,. Ca!i)"!a !a")hed. Don7t #!a&e it on &e, &$ dear e!!o%. 9o"7re one o &$ #est riends. I %o"!dn7t do(tor $o"r ood or the %or!d. Cini(i"s %ent o"t #$ the sta)e-door and o"nd Cassi"s and The Ti)er in the (o"rt. 9o"7d #etter (o&e #a(*, he said. He7s sittin) it o"t to the end. Cassi"s said/ Cer$ %e!!. Let7s )o #a(*. I7& )oin) to *i!! hi& %here he sits. I e5-e(t $o" to stand #$ &e. ;"st then a G"ards&an (a&e "- to Cassi"s and said, The #o$s are here at !ast, sir. No%, Ca!i)"!a had !ate!$ sent !etters to the Gree* (ities o Asia Minor orderin) the& ea(h to send hi& ten #o$s o the no#!est #!ood to dan(e the nationa! s%ord-dan(e at the esti+a! and sin) a h$&n in his hono"r. This %as on!$ an e5("se or )ettin) the #o$s in his -o%er/ the$ %o"!d #e "se "! hosta)es %hen he t"rned his "r$ a)ainst Asia Minor. The$ sho"!d ha+e arri+ed se+era! da$s #e ore this, #"t ro")h %eather in the Adriati( #ad he!d the& "- at 0%2 Cor ". The Ti)er said, In or& the E&-eror at on(e. The G"ards&an h"rried to the theatre. Mean%hi!e I %as #e)innin) to ee! +er$ h"n)r$. I %his-ered to Cite!!i"s %ho %as sittin) #ehind &e, I do3 Ah that the E&-eror %o"!d set "s the e5a&-!e o )oin) o"t i$s. a !itt!e !"n(heon. Then the G"ards&an (a&e "- %ith the &essa)e a#o"t the #o$s3arri+a! and Ca!i)"!a said to As-renas/ S-!endidB The$7!! #e a#!e to -er or& this a ternoon. I &"st see the& at on(e and ha+e a short rehearsa! o the h$&n. Co&e on, riendsB The rehearsa! irst, then a #athe, !"n(heon, and #a(* a)ainB 8e %ent o"t. Ca!i)"!a sto--ed at the )ate to )i+e orders a#o"t the a ternoon -er or&an(e. I %a!*ed ahead %ithCite!!i"s, a senator na&ed Senti"s, and the t%o )enera!s. 8e %ent #$ the (o+ered -assa)e. I noti(ed Cassi"s and The Ti)er at the entran(e. The$ did not sa!"te &e, %hi(h I tho")ht stran)e, or the$ sa!"ted the others. 8e rea(hed the Pa!a(e. I said, I a& h"n)r$. I s&e!! +enison (oo*in). I ho-e that rehearsa! %on7t ta*e too !on). 8e %ere in the ante-roo& to the #an4"etin)-ha!!. This is odd, I tho")ht. No (a-tains here, on!$ ser)eants. I "&ed 4"estionin)!$ to &$ (o&-anions #"t--another odd thin)-o"nd that the$ had a!! si!ent!$ +anished. ;"st then I heard distant sho"tin) and s(rea&s, then &ore sho"tin). I %ondered %hat on earth %as ha--enin). So&eone ran -ast the %indo% sho"tin), It7s a!! o+er. He7s deadB T%o &in"tes !ater there (a&e a &ost a% "! roar ro& the theatre, as i the %ho!e a"dien(e %as #ein) &assa(red. It %ent on and on #"t a ter a ti&e there %as a !"!! o!!o%ed #$ tre&endo"s (heerin). I st"&#!ed "-stairs to &$ !itt!e readin)-roo& %here I (o!!a-sed tre&#!in) on a (hair. The -i!!ared -ortrait-#"sts o Herodot"s, Po!$#i"s, Th"($dides, and Asini"s Po!!io stood a(in) &e. Their i&-assi+e eat"res see&ed to sa$/ A tr"e historian %i!! a!%a$s rise s"-erior to the -o!iti(a! dist"r#an(es o his da$.
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I deter&ined to (o&-ort &$se! as a tr"e historian.

CHAPTER NNNIC 8HAT HAD HAPPENED 8AS THIS. CALIGULA HAD COME OUT o the theatre. A sedan %as %aitin) to ta*e hi& the !on) %a$ ro"nd to the Ne% Pa!a(e #et%een do"#!e ran*s o G"ards. B"t Cini(i"s said/ Let7s )o #$ the short ("t. The Gree* #o$s are %aitin) there at the entran(e, I #e!ie+e. A!! ri)ht, then, (o&e a!on), said Ca!i)"!a. The -eo-!e tried to o!!o% hi& o"t #"t As-renas dro--ed #ehind and or(ed the& #a(*. The E&-eror doesn7t %ant to #e #othered %ith $o", he said. Get #a(*B He to!d the )ate*ee-ers to (!ose the )ates a)ain. Ca!i)"!a %ent to%ards the (o+ered -assa)e. Cassi"s ste--ed or%ard and sa!"ted. The %at(h%ord, Caesar3 Ca!i)"!a said, Eh3 O $es, the %at(h%ord, Cassi"s. I7!! )i+e $o" a ni(e one to-da$--7O!d Man7s Petti(oat.7 The Ti)er (a!!ed ro& #ehind Ca!i)"!a, Sha!! I3 It %as the a)reed si)na!. Do soB #e!!o%ed Cassi"s, dra%in) his s%ord, and stri*in) at Ca!i)"!a %ith a!! his stren)th. He had intended to s-!it his s*"!! to the (hin, #"t in his ra)e he &issed his ai& and str"(* hi& #et%een the ne(* and the sho"!ders. The "--er #reast#one too* the (hie or(e o the #!o%. Ca!i)"!a %as sta))ered %ith -ain and astonish&ent. He !oo*ed %i!d!$ aro"nd hi&, t"rned and ran. As he t"rned Cassi"s str"(* at hi& a)ain, se+erin) his 1a%. The Ti)er then e!!ed hi& %ith a #ad!$-ai&ed #!o% on the side o his head. He s!o%!$ rose to his *nees. Stri*e a)ainB Cassi"s sho"ted. Ca!i)"!a !oo*ed "- to Hea+en %ith a a(e o a)on$. O ;o+e, he -ra$ed. Granted, sho"ted The Ti)er, and ha(*ed o one o his hands. A (a-tain (a!!ed A4"i!a )a+e the inishin) stro*e, a dee- thr"st in the )roin, #"t ten &ore s%ords %ere -!"n)ed into his #reast and #e!!$ a ter%ards, 1"st to &a*e s"re o3hi&. A (a-tain (a!!ed B"#o di--ed his hand in a %o"nd in Ca!i)"!a7s side and then !i(*ed his in)ers, shrie*in), I s%ore to drin* his #!oodB
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A (ro%d had (o!!e(ted and the a!ar& %ent aro"nd, The Ger&ans are (o&in). The assassins had no (han(e a)ainst a %ho!e #atta!ion o Ger&ans. The$ r"shed into the nearest #"i!din), %hi(h ha--ened to #e &$ o!d ho&e, !ate!$ #orro%ed ro& &e #$ Ca!i)"!a as )"est-a-art&ents or orei)n a&#assadors %ho& he did not %ant to ha+e a#o"t in the Pa!a(e. The$ %ent in at the ront door and o"t at the #a(* door. A!! )ot a%a$ in ti&e #"t The Ti)er and As-renas. The Ti)er had to -retend that he %as not one o the assassins and 1oined the Ger&ans in their (ries or +en)ean(e. As-renas ran into the (o+ered -assa)e, %here the Ger&ans (a")ht hi& and *i!!ed hi&. The$ *i!!ed t%o other senators %ho& the$ ha--ened to &eet. This %as on!$ a s&a!! -art$ o Ger&ans. The rest o the #atta!ion &ar(hed into the theatre and (!osed the )ate #ehind the&. The$ %ere )oin) to a+en)e their &"rdered hero #$ a %ho!esa!e &assa(re. That %as the roar and s(rea&in) I had heard. No#od$ in the theatre *ne% that Ca!i)"!a %as dead or that an$ atte&-t had #een &ade a)ainst his !i e. B"t it %as 4"ite (!ear %hat the Ger&ans intended #e(a"se the$ %ere )oin) thro")h that ("rio"s -er or&an(e o -attin) and stro*in) their asse)ais and s-ea*in) to the& as i the$ %ere h"&an #ein)s, %hi(h is their in+aria#!e ("sto& #e ore sheddin) #!ood %ith those terri#!e %ea-ons. There %as no es(a-e. S"dden!$ ro& the sta)e the tr"&-et #!e% the Attention, o!!o%ed #$ the si5 notes %hi(h &ean I&-eria! Orders. Mnester entered and raised his hand. And at on(e the terri#!e din died do%n into &ere so#s and s&othered )roans, or %hen Mnester a--eared on the sta)e it %as a r"!e that no#od$ sho"!d "tter the !east so"nd on -ain o instant death. The Ger&ans too sto--ed their -attin) and stro*in) and in(antations. The I&-eria! Orders sti ened the& into stat"es. Mnester sho"ted/ He7s not dead, Citi6ens. :ar ro& it. The assassins set on hi& and #eat hi& to his *nees, soB B"t he -resent!$ rose a)ain, soB S%ords (annot -re+ai! a)ainst o"r Di+ine Caesar. 8o"nded and #!ood$ as he %as he rose. SoB He !i ted his a")"st head and %a!*ed, soB %ith di+ine stride thro")h the ran*s o his (o%ard!$ and #a !ed assassins. His %o"nds hea!ed, a &ira(!eB He is no% in the Mar*et P!a(e !o"d!$ and e!o4"ent!$ haran)"in) his s"#1e(ts ro& the Oration P!at or&. A &i)ht$ (heer arose and the Ger&ans sheathed their s%ords and &ar(hed o"t. Mnester7s ti&e!$ !ie 0-ro&-ted, as a &atter o a(t, #$ a &essa)e ro& Herod A)ri--a, Ain) o the ;e%s, the on!$ &an in Ro&e %ho *e-t his %its a#o"t hi& that ate "! a ternoon had sa+ed si5t$ tho"sand !i+es or &ore2. B"t the rea! ne%s had #$ no% rea(hed the Pa!a(e, %here it (a"sed the &ost "tter (on "sion. A e% o!d so!diers tho")ht that the o--ort"nit$ or !ootin) %as too )ood to #e &issed. The$ %o"!d -retend to #e !oo*in) or the assassins. E+er$ roo& in the Pa!a(e had a )o!den door-*no#, ea(h %orth si5 &onths7 -a$, eas$ eno")h to ha(* o %ith a shar- s%ord. I heard the (ries, Ai!! the&, *i!! th(&B A+en)e CaesarB and hid #ehind a ("rtain. T%o so!diers (a&e in. The$ sa% &$ eet "nder the ("rtain. Co&e o"t o there, assassin. No "se hidin) ro& "s. I (a&e o"t and e!! on &$ a(e. Don7t *-*-*-*-*i!! &e, Lords, I said. I had n-nothin) to d-d-d-d-do %ith it. 8ho7s this o!d )ent!e&an3 as*ed one o the so!diers %ho %as ne% at the Pa!a(e. He doesn7t !oo* dan)ero"s. 8h$B Don7t $o" *no%3 He7s Ger&ani("s7 in+a!id #rother. A de(ent o!d sti(*. No har& in hi& at a!!. Get "-, sir. 8e %on7t h"rt $o". This so!dier7s na&e %as Grat"s.
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The$ &ade &e o!!o% the& do%nstairs a)ain into the #an4"etin)-ha!! %here the ser)eants and (or-ora!s %ere ho!din) a (o"n(i!-o -%ar. A $o"n) ser)eant stood on a ta#!e %a+in) his ar&s and sho"tin), Re-"#!i( #e han)edB A ne% E&-eror7s o"r on!$ ho-e. An$ E&-eror so !on) as %e (an -ers"ade the Ger&ans to a((e-t hi&. In(itat"s, so&eone s"))ested, )" a%in). 9es, #$ GodB Better the o!d na) than no E&-eror at a!!. 8e %ant so&eone i&&ediate!$, to *ee- the Ger&ans 4"iet. Other%ise the$7!! r"n a&o*. M$ t%o (a-tors -"shed their %a$ thro")h the (ro%d dra))in) &e #ehind the&. Grat"s (a!!ed o"t, He$, Ser)eantB Loo* %ho& %e ha+e hereB A #it o !"(*, I thin*. It7s o!d C!a"di"s. 8hat7s %ron) %ith o!d C!a"di"s or E&-eror3 0=Di2 The #est &an or the 1o# in Ro&e, tho")h he do !i&- and sta&&er a #it. Lo"d (heers, !a")hter, and (ries o Lon) !i+e the E&-eror C!a"di"sB The Ser)eant a-o!o)ised. 8h$ sir, %e a!! tho")ht $o" %ere dead. B"t $o"7re o"r &an, a!! ri)ht. P"sh hi& "-, !ads, %here %e (an a!! see hi&B T%o #"r!$ (or-ora!s (a")ht &e #$ the !e)s and hoisted &e on their sho"!ders. Lon) !i+e the E&-eror C!a"di"s! P"t &e do%n, I (ried "rio"s!$. P"t &e do%nB I don7t %ant to #e E&-eror. I re "se to #e E&-eror. Lon) !i+e the Re-"#!i(B B"t the$ on!$ !a")hed. That7s a )ood one. He doesn7t %ant to #e E&-eror, he sa$s. Modest, eh3 Gi+e &e a s%ord, I sho"ted. I7!! *i!! &$se! sooner. Messa!ina (a&e h"rr$in) to%ards "s. :or &$ sa*e, C!a"di"s, do %hat the$ as* o $o". :or o"r (hi!d7s sa*eB 8e7!! a!! #e &"rdered i $o" re "se. The$7+e *i!!ed Caesonia a!read$. And the$ too* her !itt!e )ir! #$ the eet and #ashed o"t her #rains a)ainst a %a!!. 9o"7!! #e a!! ri)ht, sir, on(e $o" )et a(("sto&ed to it, Grat"s said, )rinnin). It7s not s"(h a #ad !i e, an E&-eror7s isn7t. I &ade no &ore -rotests. 8hat %as the "se o str"))!in) a)ainst :ate3 The$ h"rried &e o"t into the Great Co"rt, sin)in) the oo!ish h$&n o ho-e (o&-osed at Ca!i)"!a7s a((ession, Ger&ani("s is (o&e A)ain, To :ree the Cit$ ro& her Pain. :or I had the s"rna&e Ger&ani("s too. The$ or(ed &e to -"t on Ca!i)"!a7s )o!den oa*-!ea (ha-!et, re(o+ered ro& one o the !ooters. To stead$ &$se! I had to (!in) ti)ht!$ to the (or-ora!s7 sho"!ders. The (ha-!et *e-t s!i--in) o+er one ear. Ho% oo!ish I e!t. The$ sa$ that I !oo*ed !i*e a (ri&ina! #ein) ha"!ed a%a$ to e5e("tion. Massed tr"&-eters #!e% the I&-eria! Sa!"te.
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The Ger&ans (a&e strea&in) to%ards "s. The$ had 1"st heard or (ertain o Ca!i)"!a7s death, ro& a senator %ho (a&e to &eet the& in dee- &o"rnin). The$ %ere "rio"s at ha+in) #een tri(*ed and %anted to )o #a(* to the theatre, #"t the theatre %as e&-t$ no%, so the$ %ere at a !oss %hat to do ne5t. There %as no#od$ a#o"t to ta*e +en)ean(e on e5(e-t the G"ards, and the G"ards %ere ar&ed. The I&-eria! Sa!"te de(ided the&. The$ r"shed or%ard sho"tin)/ Ho(hi Ho(hi Lon) !i+e the E&-eror C!a"di"sB and #e)an ranti(a!!$ dedi(atin) their asse)ais to &$ ser+i(e and str"))!in) to #rea* thro")h the (ro%d o G"ards&en to *iss &$ eet. I (a!!ed to the& to *ee- #a(*, and the$ o#e$ed, -rostratin) the&se!+es #e ore &e. I %as (arried ro"nd and ro"nd the Co"rt. And %hat tho")hts or &e&ories, %o"!d $o" )"ess, %ere -assin) thro")h &$ &ind on this e5traordinar$ o((asion3 8as I thin*in) o the Si#$!7s -ro-he($, o the o&en o the %o! -("#, o Po!!io7s ad+i(e, or o Briseis7 drea&3 O &$ )rand ather and !i#ert$3 O &$ ather and !i#ert$3 O &$ three I&-eria! -rede(essors, A")"st"s, Ti#eri"s, Ca!i)"!a, their !i+es and deaths3 O the )reat dan)er I %as sti!! in ro& the (ons-irators, and ro& the Senate, and ro& the G"ards #atta!ions at A( Ca&-3 O Messa!ina and o"r "n#orn (hi!d3 O &$ )rand&other Li+ia and &$ -ro&ise to dei $ her i e+er I #e(a&e E&-eror3 O Post"&"s and Ger&ani("s3 O A)ri--ina and Nero3 O Ca&i!!a3 No, $o" %o"!d ne+er )"ess %hat %as -assin) thro")h &$ &ind. B"t I sha!! #e ran* and te!! $o" %hat it %as, tho")h the (on ession is a sha&e "! one. I %as thin*in), So, I7& E&-eror, a& I3 8hat nonsenseB B"t at !east I7!! #e a#!e to &a*e -eo-!e read &$ #oo*s no%. P"#!i( re(ita!s to !ar)e a"dien(es. And )ood #oo*s too, thirt$- i+e $ears7 hard %or* in the&. It %on7t #e "n air. Po!!io "sed to )et attenti+e a"dien(es #$ )i+in) e5-ensi+e dinners. He %as a +er$ so"nd historian, and the !ast o Ro&ans. M$ Histor$ o Cartha)e is "!! o a&"sin) ane(dotes. I7& s"re the$7!! en1o$ it. That %as %hat I %as thin*in). I %as thin*in) too, %hat o--ort"nities I sho"!d ha+e, as E&-eror, or (ons"!tin) the se(ret ar(hi+es and indin) o"t 1"st %hat ha--ened on this o((asion or on that. Ho% &an$ t%isted stories sti!! re&ained to #e strai)htened o"t. 8hat a &ira("!o"s ate or a historianB And as $o" %i!! ha+e seen, I too* "!! ad+anta)e o &$ o--ort"nities. E+en the &at"re historian7s -ri+i!e)e o settin) orth (on+ersations o %hi(h he *no%s on!$ the )ist is one that I ha+e a+ai!ed &$se! o hard!$ at a!!. The End

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