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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 1, chapter 165 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 16 (search)
Corsica, Sardinia, and the other
islands of the neighbouring seas, were retained in the interests of Otho by
the fame of these naval successes. Corsica, however,
all but suffered fatal injury from the rash proceedings of Decumus Pacarius,
the procurator, proceedings which in so gigantic a war could contribute
nothing to the Corsica, however,
all but suffered fatal injury from the rash proceedings of Decumus Pacarius,
the procurator, proceedings which in so gigantic a war could contribute
nothing to the general result, and which only brought destruction upon their
author. In his hatred of Otho he resolved to support Vitellius with the
whole strength of Corsica, an insignificant
assistance even had the design succeeded. He collected the chief men of the
island, and explained his plans. Claudius Pyrrhicus, captain of the
LibuCorsica, an insignificant
assistance even had the design succeeded. He collected the chief men of the
island, and explained his plans. Claudius Pyrrhicus, captain of the
Liburnian ships stationed in the place, and Quintius
Certus, a
Roman knight, who ventured to offer opposition, he ordered to execution. All
who were present were terrified at their death, and, with the ignorant
populace, which ever blindly shares in the fears of others, took the oath of
allegiance to Vitellius. But when Pacarius b
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Divus Augustus (ed. Alexander Thomson), chapter 63 (search)
When he was yet a mere boy, before he arrived at the age of puberty, during the celebration of the Circensian Games,A.U.C. 806
he performed his part in the Trojan play with a degree of firmness which gained him great applause. In the eleventh year of his age,
he was adopted by Claudius, and placed under the tuition of Anneus Seneca,
Seneca. the celebrated philosophical writer. had been released from exile in Corsica, shortly before the death of Tiberius. He afterwards fell a sacrifice to the jealousy and cruelty of his former pupil, Nero.
who had been made a senator.
It is said, that Seneca dreamt the night after, that he was giving a lesson to Caius Caesar.Caligula Nero soon verified his dream, betraying the cruelty of his disposition in every way he could.
For he attempted to persuade his father that his brother, Britannicus, was nothing but a changeling, because the latter had saluted him, notwithstanding his adoption, by the name of ,Enobarbus, as usual.
When his aunt, Lepida,
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Divus Vespasianus (ed. Alexander Thomson), chapter 1 (search)
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The voyage of Sir Thomas Chaloner to Alger
with Charles the fift 1541 , drawen out of his booke De Republica Anglorum instauranda. (search)