Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II. Cornelius Tacitus

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Название Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II
Автор произведения Cornelius Tacitus
Жанр Документальная литература
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is disguised as "austerity", his avarice as "economy", while by "discipline" he means punishing and insulting you. It is but seven months since Nero's death, and already Icelus alone has embezzled more than all the depredations of Polyclitus and Vatinius and Aegialus63 put together. Why, Vinius would have been less greedy and lawless had he been emperor himself. As it is, he treats us as his own subjects and despises us as Galba's. His own fortune alone could provide the largess which they daily cast in your teeth but never pay into your pocket.