. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. s,anarchy had been subdued athome, and good laws with wisereforms justified his him were grouped anumerous family and manymen of genius. Octavia wasyet alive ; Julia, at this timethe wife of Agrippa, and pro-tected against her own vices byher husbands virtues, was themother of sons and daughters ;two of these princes, Caius andLucius, adopted by their grand-father, were destined to continuethe imperial race ; ^ and Livia asyet had not begun to regardthem as the rivals of her sonTiberius.
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. s,anarchy had been subdued athome, and good laws with wisereforms justified his him were grouped anumerous family and manymen of genius. Octavia wasyet alive ; Julia, at this timethe wife of Agrippa, and pro-tected against her own vices byher husbands virtues, was themother of sons and daughters ;two of these princes, Caius andLucius, adopted by their grand-father, were destined to continuethe imperial race ; ^ and Livia asyet had not begun to regardthem as the rivals of her sonTiberius. The latter up to this time had exhibited only histalents, while Drusus, beloved of the people and the army,was about to have the opportunity of displaying his courage. 1 Suet., Octav. 21 ; Justin, XLII. v.; Hor., Epist. I. .\ii. ; Carm. I. xi. ; II. iv. 8. 2 See (Vol. in. p. 750) the ruins of this temple, and (p. 749) the restoration whichhas been niarte of it. « One born in 20, the other in 17 b. c. * Lucius Caesar, son of Agrippa; statue found at Telesia, near Capua (^Museum ofNaples).. LUCIUS CAESAR. 244 AUGUSTUS, OE THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIEE. Some clouds, however, were beginning to gather on this brillianthorizon. Marcellus was dead ; and poetry was veiled in mourning,for the epic bard lay dying (19 b. c.) at Brundusium, and Tibullusshortly followed him to the tomb. But the death of Marcellus,who might possibly have disappointed the hopes he raised, wasthe means of restoring Agrippa to the Empire; Ovid and Pro-pertius filled the place left vacant by Tibullus, and the Musescould share between Horace and Livy the wreath fallen fromVergils brow. II. — The Frontier of the Riiixe axd the Danube. The first blow to this wonderful prosperity came from thequarter whence were to come all the dangers of the Empire, — fromthe banks of the Rhine. Certain of the Sicambri, Usipetes, and
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