[235] Capua had adhered to Vitellius. Tarracina had been held for Vespasian (cp. iii. 57). [236] See iii. 77. [237] The insignia of equestrian rank (cp. i. 13). [238] The chief of these were the powers of tribune, pro-consul, and censor, and the title of Augustus (cp. i. 47, ii. 55). [239] Vindex had risen in Gaul; Galba in Spain; Vitellius in Germany; Antonius Primus in the Danube provinces (Illyricum); Vespasian and Mucianus in Judaea, Syria, and Egypt. [240] This was necessary in the absence of Vespasian and Titus. [241] See vol. i, note 339. [242] A triumph could, of course, be held only for victories over a foreign enemy. Here the pretext was the repulse of the Dacians (iii. 46). [243] Vitellius' son-in-law (cp. i. 59). [244] In the text some words seem to be missing here, but the general sense is clear. [245] Cp. ii. 91. [246] If Tacitus ever told the story of his banishment and death, his version has been lost with the rest of his history of Vespasian's reign. [247] In Samnium. [248] i.e. shirking the duties of public life. [249] i.e. the Stoic. [250] See ii. 91. [251] Cp. ii. 53. [252] Soranus, like Thrasea, was a Stoic who opposed the government mainly on moral grounds. The story of their end is told in the _Annals_, Book XVI. Sentius was presumably another member of their party. [253] He refers to Augustus' regularization of the principate. [254] Fifty-nine. [255] The administration of this office was changed several times in the first century of the empire. Here we have a reversion to Augustus' second plan. Trajan restored Augustus' original plan--also adopted by Nero--of appointing special Treasury officials from the ex-praetors. [256] His offence lay in assigning to the emperor a merely secondary position. [257] His ill-timed advocacy of Stoicism is mentioned iii. 81. [258] Described in the _Annals_, xvi. 32. [259] The description of this is postponed to chap. 40. Celer was convicted. [260] C. Piso had conspired against Nero, A.D. 65. [261] They had both abandoned their camp at Narnia (cp. iii. 61). [262] Cp. ii. 57. [263] i.e. he was crucified. THE REVOLT OF CIVILIS AND THE BATAVI The growing rumour of a reverse in Germany[264] had not as yet 12 caused any alarm in Rome. People alluded to the loss of armies, the capture of the legions' winter quarters, the defection of the Gallic provinces as matters of indifference. I must now go back and explain the origin of this war, and of the widespread rebellion of foreign and allied tribes which now broke into flame.