A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . nceupon the Celts. Augustus, returning from Lugdunum toRome in 13, assigned to Drusus () the conduct of the German war. 13 the subjection of Pannonia was intrusted to Agrippa, who,since 17, had been occupied in the Orient with important affairs;but before he could do anything of consequence he was overtaken bydeath in March, 12, in Campania. Augustus lost in him hisstrongest support and most trusted friend. At the news of his deathall Pannonia broke into revolt, and was joined b
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . nceupon the Celts. Augustus, returning from Lugdunum toRome in 13, assigned to Drusus () the conduct of the German war. 13 the subjection of Pannonia was intrusted to Agrippa, who,since 17, had been occupied in the Orient with important affairs;but before he could do anything of consequence he was overtaken bydeath in March, 12, in Campania. Augustus lost in him hisstrongest support and most trusted friend. At the news of his deathall Pannonia broke into revolt, and was joined by Dalmatia. Tiberius,who was given the command, by skilful generalship and energy in twocompaigns, 12 and 11, overcame them. The extermination andtransportation of great masses of able-bodied men, the sale of prisonersinto slavery, and disarming of the population, were used to break theirstrength. But only in 9 was quiet established. The Danube wasnow regarded in its whole course as the Roman boundary. Thelegions were placed in the district between the Save and the Drave in. Fig. 11. — Drusus. Antiquebust in the Vatican.(From a photograph.) THE NOETHERN FRONTIER. 57 a series of fortresses that controlled northern Pannonia and Siscia, Sirmium (Mitrowitz), the Roman colony Emona (Lai-bach) and Poetovio (Pettau) became centres of influence. Moesia alongthe lower Danube also received a definite organization.^ The newlyacquired lands on the Danube towards Upper Italy were united into thetax district of Illyria. The same year of 9 , in which Tiberius was able to conclude hiswork in Dalmatia and Pannonia, led him to a new task in the interiorof Germany, where for a series of years his brother Drusus had beenoccupied with important success. In 16 the army corps in Belgicawas advanced to the Rhine, and raised to five or six legions, making withthe auxiliary contingents from 50,000 to 60,000 veteran troops on the leftbank of the Rhine. This was now s
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