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tiberius_n manner_n to_o bestow_v office_n so_o long_o before_o hand_n tacit._n 2._o annalium_fw-la p._n 271._o 2._o many_o excellent_a man_n principal_o mean_v as_o i_o take_v it_o of_o livy_n although_o his_o story_n reach_v somewhat_o further_o of_o who_o eloquence_n those_o work_n be_v witness_v that_o remain_v and_o of_o his_o liberty_n tacitus_n 4._o 347._o 4._o pag._n 347._o annal_n in_o the_o oration_n of_o cremutius_n cordus_n titus_n livius_n eloquentiae_fw-la ac_fw-la fidei_fw-la praeclarus_fw-la in_o primis_fw-la cn._n pompeium_n tantis_fw-la laudibus_fw-la tulit_fw-la ut_fw-la pompeianum_fw-la eum_fw-la augustus_n appellarit_fw-la neque_fw-la id_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la eorum_fw-la offecit_fw-la scipionem_fw-la afranium_fw-la hunc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la cassium_n nusquam_fw-la latrones_fw-la &_o parricidas_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la vocabula_fw-la imponuntur_fw-la saepe_fw-la ut_fw-la ensign_fw-la viros_fw-la nominat_fw-la 3._o because_o have_v no_o part_n in_o the_o state_n they_o be_v ignorant_a inscitia_fw-la reip_v ut_fw-la alienae_n aliena_z
now_o and_o then_o also_o know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o astronomy_n in_o augustus_n time_n city_n time_n that_o be_v agrippa_z banish_a astrologer_n for_o so_o in_o dioes_n time_n they_o begin_v to_o call_v they_o and_o magician_n out_o of_o the_o city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dio._n lib._n 49._o p._n 281._o in_o tiberius_n time_n facta_fw-la &_o de_fw-la mathematicis_fw-la magisque_fw-la italiâ_n pellendis_fw-la senatusconsulta_fw-la quorum_fw-la è_fw-la numero_fw-la l._n pituanius_fw-la saxon_a deiectus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o p._n martium_n coss_n extra_fw-la portam_fw-la esquilinam_fw-la cum_fw-la classicum_fw-la canere_fw-la iussissent_fw-la more_fw-it prisco_fw-la advertêre_fw-la tac._n 2._o ann._n p._n 269._o in_o claudius_n time_n 4â—0_n time_n tac._n ann._n 12._o p._n 4â—0_n de_fw-fr mathematicis_fw-la italiâ_n pellendis_fw-la factum_fw-la senatus_fw-la consultum_fw-la atrox_n &_o irritum_fw-la and_o in_o vitellius_n time_n histor._n time_n 2._o histor._n pulsi_fw-la italiâ_n mathematici_fw-la vlpianus_n lib._n 7._o de_fw-la officio_fw-la proconsulis_fw-la praeterea_fw-la interdicta_fw-la est_fw-la mathematicorum_fw-la callida_fw-la impostura_fw-la nec_fw-la hodie_fw-la primum_fw-la interdici_fw-la eye_n placuit_fw-la sed_fw-la vetus_fw-la haec_fw-la prohibitio_fw-la est_fw-la denique_fw-la extat_fw-la senatusconsultum_fw-la pomponio_n before_o pomponio_n a_o v._o c._n 770._o but_o tacitus_n 2._o ann._n place_v it_o in_o the_o year_n before_o &_o rufo_n coss_n factum_fw-la quo_fw-la cavetur_fw-la ut_fw-la mathematicis_fw-la chaldaeis_n ariolis_fw-la &_o caeteris_fw-la qui_fw-la similem_fw-la artem_fw-la fecerint_fw-la aqua_fw-la &_o igni_fw-la interdicatur_fw-la omniaque_fw-la bona_fw-la eorum_fw-la publicentur_fw-la and_o anon_o after_o saepissimè_fw-la denique_fw-la interdictum_fw-la est_fw-la ferè_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la principibus_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la omnino_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la ineptijs_fw-la se_fw-la immisceret_fw-la yea_o before_o the_o prince_n come_v in_o m._n popillio_n laenate_n cn._n 615._o cn._n a._n v._o c._n 615._o calpurnio_n coss_n c._n cornelius_n hispallus_n praetor_n edicto_fw-la chaldaeos_fw-la intra_fw-la decimum_fw-la diem_fw-la abire_fw-la ex_fw-la urbâ—_fw-la atque_fw-la italia_n iussit_fw-la levibus_fw-la atque_fw-la ineptis_fw-la ingenijs_fw-la fallaci_fw-la siderum_fw-la interpretatione_n quaestuosam_fw-la mendacijs_fw-la suis_fw-la caliginem_fw-la inijcientes_n say_v valerius_n lib._n 1._o tertullian_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr habitu_fw-la muliebri_fw-la and_o again_o in_o lib._n de_fw-fr idololatria_fw-la be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o angel_n which_o fall_v from_o their_o first_o creation_n be_v autour_n of_o astrology_n and_o therefore_o exile_v out_o of_o heaven_n as_o their_o creature_n out_o of_o italy_n expelluntur_fw-la say_v he_o mathematici_fw-la sicut_fw-la angeli_fw-la eorum_fw-la vrbs_fw-la &_o italia_n interdicitur_fw-la mathematicis_fw-la sicut_fw-la coelum_fw-la angelis_fw-la eorum_fw-la eadem_fw-la poena_fw-la est_fw-la exitij_fw-la discipulis_fw-la &_o magistris_fw-la all_o these_o law_n notwithstanding_o they_o remain_v at_o rome_n say_v tacitus_n and_o that_o in_o as_o good_a credit_n as_o before_o the_o better_a believe_v the_o often_o they_o have_v peruse_v the_o gayles_n iwenalis_n satyra_n 6._o ind_n fides_fw-la arti_fw-la sonuit_fw-la si_fw-la dextera_fw-la ferro_fw-la laevaque_fw-la si_fw-la longo_fw-la castrorum_fw-la in_o carcere_fw-la mansit_fw-la nemo_fw-la mathematicus_fw-la genium_fw-la indemnatus_fw-la habebit_fw-la and_o of_o ptolemaeus_n the_o same_o iwenal_n praecipuus_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la horum_fw-la qui_fw-la saepius_fw-la exul_fw-la cvius_fw-la amicitia_fw-la conducendaque_fw-la tabella_fw-la magnus_fw-la civis_fw-la obit_fw-la &_o formidatus_fw-la othoni_fw-la suetonius_n 4_o suetonius_n cap._n 4_o othone_n name_v he_o seleucus_n by_o error_n as_o it_o may_v seem_v for_o seleucus_n be_v vespasian_n man_n tacitus_n man_n tacitus_n nec_fw-la erat_fw-la intactus_fw-la tali_fw-la superstitione_n vespasianus_n ut_fw-la qui_fw-la mox_fw-la rerum_fw-la dominus_fw-la seleucum_n quendam_fw-la mathematicum_fw-la rectorem_fw-la &_o praescium_fw-la palà m_fw-la habuerit_fw-la 41._o the_o lake_n of_o campania_n and_o town_n of_o achaia_n the_o ancient_a and_o best_a historiographer_n take_v their_o pleasure_n in_o explicatione_n consiliorum_fw-la and_o feign_v oration_n have_v leave_v we_o sometime_o rather_o a_o image_n of_o their_o own_o wit_n then_o of_o the_o time_n whereof_o they_o have_v write_v the_o nature_n of_o which_o in_o my_o opinion_n be_v better_o learn_v ex_fw-la act_v vrbis_fw-la diurnis_fw-la act_v senatus_fw-la and_o such_o like_a if_o any_o be_v extant_a then_o by_o any_o story_n we_o have_v not_o that_o i_o think_v a_o simple_a collection_n of_o memoir_n of_o the_o like_a use_n in_o other_o respect_n as_o a_o story_n well_o write_v neither_o do_v i_o condemn_v that_o liberty_n of_o feign_v speech_n which_o i_o see_v grant_v they_o by_o 〈◊〉_d by_o in_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dionysius_n halicarnasseus_n and_o other_o good_a writer_n so_o it_o be_v do_v with_o judgement_n and_o pro_fw-la decoro_fw-la personarum_fw-la include_v no_o evident_a absurdity_n or_o contradiction_n which_o inconvenience_n tacitus_n though_o otherwise_o sharp_o sight_v enough_o in_o this_o place_n in_o my_o opinion_n have_v scarce_o avoid_v those_o which_o be_v wont_v campaniae_fw-la lacus_fw-la &_o achaiae_n urbes_fw-la classibus_fw-la adire_fw-la be_v the_o est_fw-la the_o xiphilinus_n pag._n 190_o &_o suetonius_n nerone_n c._n 19_o praetorianoâ—_n pro_fw-la concione_fw-la adinchoandum_fw-la opus_fw-la cohortatus_fw-la est_fw-la praetorian_a soldier_n those_o who_o otho_n have_v here_o to_o talk_v with_o be_v the_o legionary_n of_o spain_n as_o they_o pass_v the_o mountain_n who_o sure_o can_v not_o in_o possibility_n accompany_v nero_n into_o achaia_n hist_o 183._o hist_o pag._n 183._o 4._o in_o the_o oration_n of_o vocula_n non_fw-la adeò_fw-la turbatam_fw-la civilibus_fw-la armis_fw-la rem_fw-la romanan_n ut_fw-la treveris_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o lingonibus_fw-la despectui_fw-la sit_fw-la meliùs_fw-la divo_fw-la julio_n divoque_fw-la augusto_fw-la notos_fw-la eorum_fw-la animos_fw-la galbam_fw-la &_o infracta_fw-la tributa_fw-la hostiles_fw-la spiritus_fw-la induisse_fw-la nunc_fw-la host_n quia_fw-la molle_fw-la seruitium_fw-la cum_fw-la spoliati_fw-la exutique_fw-la fuerint_fw-la amicos_fw-la fore_fw-la and_o yet_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o tacitus_n himself_o &_o all_o other_o history_n of_o that_o time_n that_o treveri_fw-la &_o lingones_n be_v of_o all_o the_o french_a the_o only_a man_n which_o galba_n atrocibus_fw-la edictis_fw-la aut_fw-la damno_fw-la fiâ—ium_fw-la perculerat_fw-la relieve_n the_o rest_n of_o their_o tribute_n &_o make_v they_o citizen_n vulcatius_n gallicanus_n in_o the_o life_n 862._o life_n pag._n 862._o of_o auidius_fw-la cassius_n bring_v in_o m._n antoninê°_n the_o philosopher_n profound_o dispute_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o certain_a emperor_n among_o other_o of_o pertinax_n mâ—â—nioninus_n pertinax_n mâ—â—nioninus_n enumeravit_fw-la deinde_fw-la omnes_fw-la principes_fw-la qui_fw-la occisi_fw-la essent_fw-la habuisse_fw-la causas_fw-la quibus_fw-la mererentur_fw-la occidi_fw-la nec_fw-la quenquam_fw-la facile_fw-la bonum_fw-la vel_fw-la victum_fw-la â_fw-la tyranno_fw-la vel_fw-la occisum_fw-la dicens_fw-la meruisse_fw-la neronem_fw-la debuisse_fw-la caligulam_fw-la othonen_fw-mi &_o vitellium_fw-la nec_fw-la imperare_fw-la voluisse_fw-la nam_fw-la de_fw-la pertinace_fw-la &_o galbâ_fw-la paria_fw-la sentiebat_fw-la cum_fw-la diceret_fw-la in_o imperatore_n avaritiam_fw-la esse_fw-la acerbissimum_fw-la malum_fw-la whereas_o pertinax_n be_v live_v thirteen_o year_n after_o antoninus_n be_v dead_a succeed_v in_o state_n to_o commodus_n his_o son_n appianus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d place_v in_o the_o roman_a battle_n domitius_n in_o dextro_fw-la cornu_fw-la lucius_n scipio_n in_o the_o middle_a battle_n and_o eumenes_n in_o laevo_fw-la and_o of_o the_o enemy_n antiochus_n in_o dextro_fw-la philippus_n in_o the_o middle_n and_o seleucus_n in_o laevo_fw-la in_o join_v like_o a_o good_a and_o skilful_a captain_n match_v the_o middle_n oppose_v the_o left_a to_o the_o leave_v a_o thing_n not_o possible_a in_o nature_n eumenes_n to_o seleucus_n &_o his_o people_n which_o indeed_o be_v true_a as_o it_o appear_v by_o 305._o by_o lib_n 37_o fol_z 305._o livy_n but_o appian_o order_v of_o the_o battle_n be_v false_a for_o eumenes_n by_o livy_n &_o in_o truth_n be_v place_v in_o dextro_fw-la appians_n word_n be_v p._n 76._o eumenes_n 76._o thaâ—_n iâ—_n domitiu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d end_v the_o â—â—ght_n wiâ—g_v in_o the_o mid_a e_o battle_n be_v the_o consul_n himself_o the_o left_a wing_n be_v give_v to_o eumenes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—_o domitius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o enemy_n elephant_n enemy_n the_o right_a wing_n be_v lead_v by_o antioch_n be_v himself_o the_o left_a by_o seleucus_n his_o son_n the_o main_a battle_n by_o philip_n master_n of_o the_o elephant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o in_o the_o join_n fumenes_n say_v he_o p._n 77._o they_o 77._o charge_v with_o his_o horseman_n against_o the_o galatian_n and_o cappadocian_o which_o be_v over_o against_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o lest_o we_o may_v doubt_v where_o these_o cappadoces_n stand_v he_o conclude_v with_o these_o word_n battle_n word_n and_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v on_o the_o left_a hand_n of_o the_o macedonian_a battle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o like_a error_n be_v in_o dionysius_n lib._n 6._o
my_o judgement_n very_o material_a in_o a_o good_a story_n &_o great_o to_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o reader_n 29._o illyrian_a army_n some_o learned_a man_n charge_v this_o narration_n here_o &_o general_o the_o story_n of_o the_o action_n between_o vitellius_n &_o vespasian_n of_o great_a insufficiency_n imperfection_n &_o confusion_n whereof_o i_o do_v in_o my_o judgement_n most_o clear_o acquit_v it_o illyricum_n be_v divide_v into_o three_o province_n moesia_n whereof_o at_o this_o time_n aponius_n saturninus_n be_v precedent_n or_o lieutenant_n general_a pamnonia_n whereof_o t._n ampius_n flavianus_n be_v precedent_n &_o dalmatia_n whereof_o poppaeus_n silvanus_n or_o pompeius_n sullanê°_n for_o in_o both_o name_n we_o find_v difference_n of_o writing_n be_v precedent_n in_o moesia_n be_v three_o legion_n tertia_fw-la gallica_n octava_fw-la augusta_n and_o septima_fw-la claudiana_n lead_v by_o three_o legati_fw-la legionun_n lieutenant_n of_o legion_n dillius_n aponianus_n 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express_v by_o tacitus_n i_o see_v not_o what_o can_v be_v require_v more_o to_o the_o perfection_n of_o this_o narration_n here_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o one_o of_o the_o best_a &_o most_o sufficient_a in_o this_o book_n &_o so_o likewise_o in_o the_o whole_a story_n of_o tacitus_n of_o all_o great_a action_n i_o take_v that_o between_o vitellius_n &_o vespasian_n to_o be_v general_o the_o most_o full_o &_o best_a set_v down_o as_o the_o other_o between_o otho_n &_o vitellius_n the_o worst_a now_o for_o the_o time_n when_o illyricum_n begin_v to_o revolt_v from_o vitellius_n as_o in_o note_v of_o time_n tacitus_n be_v always_o too_o scant_o suetonius_n 15._o suetonius_n cap._n 15._o vitellio_n somewhat_o releeve_v us._n octavo_fw-la imperij_fw-la mense_fw-la desciverunt_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la exercitus_fw-la moesiarun_n atque_fw-la pannoniae_fw-la so_o that_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v begin_v in_o august_n or_o perchance_o towards_o the_o late_a end_n of_o july_n 30._o threescore_o 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cum_fw-la gladiatoriâ_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la firmitate_fw-la cyprianus_n impletur_fw-la in_o succum_fw-la cibis_fw-la fortioribus_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o aruina_fw-la assidui_fw-la nidoris_fw-la mole_n membrorum_fw-la robusta_fw-la pinguescit_fw-la ut_fw-la saginatus_fw-la in_o poenam_fw-la cariùs_fw-la pereat_fw-la 32._o the_o standard_n of_o four_o legion_n the_o eight_o legion_n which_o seem_v here_o &_o elsewhere_o to_o be_v note_v of_o vitellius_n side_n be_v italica_n &_o the_o seven_o legion_n of_o germany_n albeit_o none_o complete_o but_o rapax_fw-la in_o all_o the_o rest_n part_n of_o the_o man_n be_v leave_v behind_o and_o the_o whole_a name_n attribute_v alike_o to_o both_o part_n 33._o account_v unlucky_a liviê°_n l._n 6_o f._n 68_o i._n tum_o de_fw-la diebus_fw-la religiosis_fw-la agitari_fw-la coeptum_fw-la dienque_fw-la a.d._n 15._o kal._n sextiles_fw-la duplici_fw-la call_v insignen_o quo_fw-la die_fw-la ad_fw-la cremeran_n fabius_n caesi_fw-la quo_fw-la deinde_fw-la ad_fw-la alien_a cum_fw-la exitio_fw-la vrbis_fw-la foedè_fw-la pugnatum_fw-la a_o posteriore_fw-la call_v aliensen_n appellarunt_fw-la insignenque_fw-la nulli_fw-la rei_fw-la publicè_fw-la privatinque_fw-la agedae_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la dio._n 429._o dio._n pag._n 429._o l._n 9_o the_o call_v cremerensi_fw-la city_n cremerensi_fw-la that_o be_v the_o day_n in_o which_o this_o calamity_n befall_v they_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n account_v dismal_a &_o unlucky_a neither_o will_v they_o on_o it_o begin_v any_o serious_a matter_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o ill_a fortune_n that_o happen_v that_o day_n to_o the_o city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 34._o in_o the_o election_n of_o consul_n comitia_fw-la consulun_n cum_fw-la candidatis_fw-la civiliter_fw-la celebrans_fw-la what_o by_o comitia_fw-la consulun_n shall_v be_v mean_v in_o this_o place_n the_o people_n be_v at_o this_o time_n exclude_v from_o all_o voice_n in_o election_n either_o i_o do_v not_o conceive_v or_o else_o 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&_o play_n &_o according_o they_o perform_v it_o with_o all_o magnificence_n and_o cost_n under_o the_o emperor_n albeit_o no_o part_n of_o the_o election_n of_o any_o officer_n depend_v upon_o the_o people_n favour_n yet_o both_o candidat_n &_o designatì_n &_o actual_a officer_n continue_v to_o minister_v to_o the_o people_n their_o accustom_a pleasure_n of_o gladiatores_fw-la circenses_fw-la etc._n etc._n contend_v therein_o by_o all_o possible_a mean_n to_o win_v the_o goodwill_n of_o the_o people_n in_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n mammeae_n quaestores_fw-la candidati_fw-la munera_fw-la populo_fw-la dederunt_fw-la in_o nero_n quaestoribus_fw-la designatis_fw-la gladiatores_fw-la edendi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la erat_fw-la say_v tacitus_n consul_n designatus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o munus_fw-la edidit_fw-la marcellus_n jureconsultus_fw-la l._n 36._o now_o to_o be_v present_a at_o these_o show_n be_v account_v great_a popularity_n in_o the_o prince_n xiphil_n de_fw-fr 204._o de_fw-fr pag._n 204._o othone_n multitude_n othone_n he_o use_v much_o the_o theater_n to_o win_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o multitude_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 45._o 〈◊〉_d cap._n 45._o suetonius_n de_fw-fr augusto_n ipse_fw-la circenses_fw-la spectabat_fw-la spectaculo_fw-la plurimas_fw-la horas_fw-la aliquando_fw-la totos_fw-la dies_fw-la aderat_fw-la tac._n 1_o 242._o 1_o p._n 242._o an._n de_fw-fr eodem_fw-la civil_a rebatur_fw-la misceri_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la vulgi_fw-la as_o contrary_o to_o come_v seldone_v thither_o be_v dislike_v as_o a_o sign_n of_o a_o proud_a melancholic_a &_o sour_a nature_n whereof_o julianus_n accuse_v himself_o in_o misopogone_n they_o misopogone_n that_o be_v i_o always_o hate_v and_o shun_v the_o horse_n raze_n as_o they_o which_o be_v indebt_v do_v the_o place_n of_o public_a assembly_n therefore_o i_o go_v seldom_o to_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n or_o to_o come_v thither_o &_o not_o to_o be_v attentive_a or_o aliud_fw-la agere_fw-la as_o caesar_n qui_fw-la vulgò_fw-la reprehensus_fw-la est_fw-la say_v suetonius_n ê™_n inter_fw-la spectâ_fw-la dum_fw-la epistolis_fw-la libellisque_n legendis_fw-la ac_fw-la rescribendis_fw-la vacaret_fw-la but_o vitellius_n here_o seem_v not_o only_o to_o have_v frequent_v the_o show_n which_o candidati_fw-la consulatus_fw-la or_o designati_fw-la do_v exhibit_v but_o also_o to_o have_v take_v part_n for_o example_n with_o the_o mirmyllone_n against_o the_o
the_o consul_n go_v forth_o ad_fw-la instaurandum_fw-la sacrum_fw-la in_o albano_n monte_fw-fr one_o or_o two_o of_o the_o young_a nobility_n be_v leave_v for_o fashion_n sake_n with_o title_n of_o praefectus_fw-la vrbis_fw-la and_o authority_n of_o the_o consul_n tac._n 6._o annal._n duratque_fw-la adhuc_fw-la simulacrum_fw-la quoties_fw-la ob_fw-la ferias_fw-la latinas_fw-la praeficitur_fw-la qui_fw-la consulare_fw-la munus_fw-la usurpet_fw-la read_v suetonius_n claudio_n cap._n 4._o nerone_n cap._n 7._o aulus_n gellius_n lib._n 14._o cap._n ultimo_fw-la but_o principal_o 1._o digest_v tit_n 12._o and_o 1._o cod_n tit_n 38._o where_o the_o point_n of_o this_o office_n be_v set_v down_o particular_o vigiles_fw-la be_v night_n walk_v soldier_n appoint_v by_o augustus_n ad_fw-la restinguenda_fw-la incendia_fw-la prohibenda_fw-la circumuent_n prohibenda_fw-la cassiodorus_n de_fw-fr praefecto_fw-la vigilum_fw-la qui_fw-la surta_fw-la in_o suribus_fw-la facis_fw-la dum_fw-la illos_fw-la noctu_fw-la circumuent_n furta_fw-la nocturna_fw-la etc._n etc._n ex_fw-la libertinis_fw-la and_o afterward_o of_o other_o too_o sever_v into_o seven_o company_n with_o one_o praefectus_fw-la vigilum_fw-la a_o 43._o a_o deo_fw-la officio_fw-la praefecti_fw-la vigilum_fw-la vide_fw-la dig._n 1._o tit_n 15._o cod_n 1._o tit_n 43._o gentleman_n of_o rome_n tribune_n and_o other_o officer_n strabo_n lib._n 5_o hominibus_fw-la 5_o that_o be_v against_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o fire_n by_o n_z ght_n augustus_n appoint_v band_n of_o soldier_n take_v ì_n libertius_fw-la generis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dio_fw-mi lib._n 55._o state_n 55._o that_o be_v because_o about_o that_o season_n many_o part_n of_o the_o ciâ—ty_n be_v waste_v by_o fiâ—e_n â—gustus_fw-la to_o meâ—â—e_n with_o such_o mischance_n choose_v â—aâ—â—_n lâ—bertinis_fw-la seven_o company_n appoint_v a_o equeâ—_n for_o their_o governor_n mean_v it_o only_o for_o a_o time_n howbeit_o by_o experience_n find_v the_o use_n and_o necessity_n of_o that_o institution_n he_o retain_v it_o still_o &_o so_o they_o remain_v even_o to_o our_o day_n collect_v not_o only_o e_o libertin_n 1._o but_o of_o other_o also_o and_o have_v their_o camp_n in_o the_o citâ—â—_n and_o paâ—â—f_n the_o state_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 385._o the_o city_n of_o rome_n though_o opportune_o seat_v for_o sea_n matter_n as_o be_v distant_a only_o fifteen_o mile_n from_o mare_n tyrrhenum_n and_o have_v the_o river_n of_o tiber_n pass_v through_o the_o city_n of_o convenient_a breadth_n and_o for_o depth_n able_a to_o carry_v small_a vessel_n nevertheless_o many_o hundred_o year_n neglect_v the_o service_n which_o thing_n peradventure_o among_o other_o be_v not_o the_o least_o cause_n which_o maintain_v the_o state_n in_o integrity_n and_o preserve_v it_o so_o long_o without_o corruption_n of_o which_o the_o traffic_n and_o service_n by_o sea_n as_o these_o politics_n make_v we_o believe_v be_v the_o principal_a mother_n and_o nurse_n notwithstanding_o a_o conquer_a state_n and_o they_o which_o will_v live_v politicoâ—um_fw-la live_v that_o iâ—_n by_o theiâ—_n aâ—_n laâ—ds_v of_o other_o or_o in_o liberty_n themselves_o must_v necessary_o have_v a_o competent_a pâ—wer_fw-fr that_o be_v also_o arist_n 7._o politicoâ—um_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v necessary_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o general_o no_o state_n may_v look_v to_o stand_v without_o notable_a molestation_n and_o danger_n of_o ruin_n much_o less_o to_o enlarge_v which_o in_o any_o kind_n of_o service_n on_o foot_n or_o one_o horseback_n or_o by_o sea_n be_v quite_o defective_a and_o utter_o disfurnish_v although_o perhaps_o it_o can_v in_o all_o attain_n to_o that_o degree_n of_o perfection_n which_o some_o of_o their_o neighbour_n have_v attain_v unto_o wherefore_o the_o roman_n in_o the_o first_o punic_a war_n have_v to_o deal_v with_o the_o carthaginian_n undoubted_a lord_n of_o the_o sea_n ancestor_n sea_n of_o a_o long_a time_n even_o from_o their_o ancestor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o perceive_v the_o error_n in_o the_o year_n ab_fw-la urbe_fw-la conditâ_fw-la 490_o determine_v to_o apply_v themselves_o and_o diligent_o to_o attend_v to_o that_o part_n of_o service_n have_v before_o as_o polybius_n report_v not_o only_a no_o nave_n tectae_fw-la but_o no_o nave_n longae_fw-la at_o all_o no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o any_o lembus_fw-la or_o passage_n boat_n but_o only_o upon_o borrow_v as_o for_o the_o quinquereme_a a_o principal_a ship_n of_o war_n their_o shipwright_n know_v not_o any_o way_n what_o it_o mean_v till_o such_o time_n as_o one_o of_o the_o carthaginian_n by_o great_a good_a chance_n be_v in_o the_o straight_o at_o rhegium_n run_v upon_o ground_n and_o so_o be_v take_v by_o the_o roman_n the_o shipwrighte_v use_v it_o for_o a_o pattern_n again_o the_o man_n which_o be_v muster_v have_v never_o serve_v at_o sea_n be_v set_v upon_o bench_n in_o the_o same_o order_n and_o teach_v by_o practice_n upon_o the_o dry_a land_n to_o keep_v their_o time_n and_o measure_n in_o stroke_n and_o this_o be_v indeed_o the_o first_o time_n the_o 9_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polyb._n li._n 1._o pag._n 9_o roman_n attend_v to_o service_n by_o water_n although_o some_o roman_a d._n roman_a apud_fw-la livium_fw-la lib._n 4_o 50._o d._n writer_n upon_o a_o vanity_n and_o ambition_n have_v report_v anno_fw-la vrbis_fw-la conditae_fw-la 329_o class_n ad_fw-la fidenas_n pugnatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la cum_fw-la verentibus_fw-la which_o perhaps_o be_v some_o brawl_n between_o bargeman_n as_o indeed_o the_o river_n be_v so_o straight_o at_o that_o place_n that_o scarce_o two_o barge_n can_v pass_v one_o by_o another_o and_o fait_fw-fr and_o lib._n 9_o f._n 106_o k._n 109_o a_o etc._n etc._n and_o florus_n lib._n 1_o c._n 11_o about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o waire_z with_o the_o latin_n extant_a &_o partae_fw-la de_fw-la anno_fw-la spolia_fw-la capta_fw-la hostium_fw-la class_n si_fw-la tamen_fw-la illa_fw-la clasâ—is_fw-la nam_fw-la sex_n fuere_fw-la rostratae_fw-la sed_fw-la hic_fw-la numerus_fw-la illu_fw-la iniâ—â—s_fw-la navale_a bellum_fw-la fait_fw-fr livy_n not_o altogether_o free_a of_o the_o humour_n in_o his_o former_a book_n make_v solemn_a mention_n of_o the_o navy_n of_o praefectus_fw-la orae_fw-la maritimae_fw-la duumutri_fw-la navales_fw-la socij_fw-la navales_fw-la and_o so_o forth_o which_o either_o be_v not_o at_o all_o or_o not_o to_o any_o purpose_n of_o war_n for_o as_o concern_v matter_n of_o merchandise_n many_o year_n before_o ancus_n marcius_n perceive_v that_o tiber_n at_o the_o mouth_n yield_v commodity_n of_o haven_n build_v ostia_n to_o lade_v and_o unlade_v ware_n there_o commodity_n there_o that_o be_v so_o that_o rome_n be_v not_o only_o serve_v of_o whatsoever_o the_o country_n about_o do_v afford_v but_o by_o that_o mean_v provide_v also_o of_o sea_n commodity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dionysius_n 136._o dionysius_n pag._n 136._o lib._n 3._o and_o yet_o to_o say_v true_a i_o see_v not_o how_o that_o opinion_n of_o polybius_n can_v in_o rigour_n stand_v with_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o tarentin_n war_n some_o year_n before_o that_o time_n allege_v by_o the_o common_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o roman_a story_n but_o specify_v most_o particular_o by_o appian_n pag._n 443._o in_o his_o fragment_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o epitome_n of_o livy_n lib._n 12._o first_o that_o there_o be_v a_o ancient_a league_n with_o the_o tarentines_n lacintum_n tarentines_n that_o be_v that_o the_o roman_n with_o their_o ship_n shall_v not_o pass_v the_o point_n call_v lacintum_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o show_v that_o the_o roman_n haunt_v the_o sea_n then_o that_o the_o roman_a duumuir_fw-la go_v with_o ten_o nave_n 〈◊〉_d nave_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tectae_fw-la to_o survey_v the_o coast_n of_o magna_n graecia_n whereof_o four_o be_v sink_v one_o take_v and_o the_o duumuir_fw-la slay_v but_o whether_o now_o first_o or_o otherwise_o the_o roman_n upon_o the_o occasion_n before_o mention_v enter_v the_o sea_n bring_v thither_o from_o their_o service_n by_o land_n say_v polybius_n a_o kind_n of_o violent_a proceed_n as_o though_o wind_n and_o weather_n notwithstanding_o what_o once_o they_o have_v determine_v to_o do_v that_o they_o must_v necessary_o go_v through_o withal_o which_o manner_n of_o contend_v and_o strive_v or_o rather_o enforce_v of_o fortune_n as_o it_o be_v by_o land_n commendable_a and_o to_o the_o roman_n have_v be_v cause_n of_o infinite_a good_a so_o by_o sea_n against_o that_o wild_a element_n it_o do_v they_o more_o harm_n than_o their_o enemy_n the_o carthaginian_n do_v who_o although_o through_o their_o long_a experience_n by_o sea_n they_o excel_v the_o roman_n in_o skill_n and_o agility_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o soldier_n yet_o that_o be_v at_o handy_a stroke_n in_o grapple_v and_o valour_n of_o soldier_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v inferior_a they_o be_v at_o the_o length_n inferior_a in_o the_o whole_a ship_n as_o