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"Cape Misenum - Ruins of a Theatre which belonged of the Villa of Lucullus".

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Title: History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Duruy, Victor, 1811-1894
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Publisher: London, Paul
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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good or bad for their health.3 Charicles, in taking leaveof Tiberius, felt his pulse on pretence of kissing his hand, anddiscerned that the emperors death was at hand. The intentiondid not escape Tiberius, but instead of punishing it he ordereda banquet to be prepared, and remained at table longer than usual, Ant. Jud., xviii. 4. 2 Suetonius (Cal. 14) and Dion (lix. 27) place the interview of Vitellius and Artabanusafter the accession of Caligula. Suetonius (Tib-, 66) speaks even of a letter from Artabanus,full of the most outrageous invective. But I prefer to follow the testimony of the twoJewish writers who were almost eve-witnesses of the events. Josephus said (Ant. Jud., xviii. 6)that after peace had been made with the Parthians, Vitellius, by order of Tiberius, was onhis way tn attack the Nabathseans, when he received news of the emperors death ; and Philodeclares thai Tiberius had nowhere left to his successor a germ or spark of war (Leg. ad Caium, p. 1012 e.L TaC, Ann., vi. H5,
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Cape Misenum. Ruins of the theatre that once belong to the villa of Luclullus.

CO o H Q ISOLATION, DANGERS, AND CRUELTY OF TIBERIUS. o67 as if to do honour to a friend who was about to leave him.Chariclcs, however, made known to Macro that the emperor hadnot two days to live; on the 16th of March lie fell into aswoon which lasted a long time; on recovering, he called forhis slaves, but no person replying he rose from his bed, sus-tained by the energy of his will, but fell dead upon the floor(16th March, 37 a.d.).1 We have endeavoured to show Tiberius in his real character:loving neither pomp nor tumult nor the crowd; despising adulationto the degree that he found his senate too cringing;2 bravinghatred; scorning to flatter the people as much as he scorned theirapplause ; measuring good and ill by the one standard of utility;a firm and active mind, but gloomy and severe, without prejudicesor beliefs, except a .faith in destiny,3 and, like it, impassible andimplacable; suspicious, because he everywhere encountered syco-phancy and treason; finally, cruel, because h

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