History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . ously left the camp. As soon as the cohortwhich preceded Galba saw them, the standard-bearer tore down theimage of the emperor andthrew it upon the was the signal fordefection. Some javelinsthrown at random dis-persed the crowd ; theForum was instantly de-serted, and Galbasbearers, charged by a fewhorsemen, let fall hislitter, and the old mantumbled to the ground. Different stories are toldof what he said whendying. According to some,he asked in a pleadingvoice what evil he haddone, and de
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . ously left the camp. As soon as the cohortwhich preceded Galba saw them, the standard-bearer tore down theimage of the emperor andthrew it upon the was the signal fordefection. Some javelinsthrown at random dis-persed the crowd ; theForum was instantly de-serted, and Galbasbearers, charged by a fewhorsemen, let fall hislitter, and the old mantumbled to the ground. Different stories are toldof what he said whendying. According to some,he asked in a pleadingvoice what evil he haddone, and demanded afew days in order to paythe donativum. The ma-jority say that he baredhis head to the murderers,exhorting them to strikeif it was for the good ofthe State. One soldier plunged his sword into his throat ; theothers fell upon the corpse and tore it in pieces. Tacitus paintshim in an epigram : Superior to a private station, while heremained in it ; and, in the judgment of all, worthy of theEmpire, if ho had not been emperor. Piso was saved from the first furv of the assailants by the. Galba ( of the Museum of the Louvre, Xo. 275). Suetonius, Otho, 6. This speech was much more in keeping with the situation than thediâcourse put by Tacitus into his mouth. VOL. IV. PP 670 THE AND THE ELAVIl, 14 TO 06 devotion of a eeiituriou, and concealed himself in the temple ofYesta, where he Avas ^soon discovered and massacred. Vinius hadbeen killed before, and the three heads upon pikes were borneamong the standards of the cohorts, near the legions eagle (16th
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