This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...14%--Pollux, 1. c. 3 Servius in Eel. Virg. 8. v. 68 Sc/wl. Theocr. Idyll. 10. LlVIA LEX, de sociis, proposed to make all the inhabitants of Italy free citizens of Rome. It was so unpopular, that M. Livius Drusus, who framed it, was found murdered in his house before it passed Another, by M. Livius Drusus the tribune, A ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...14%--Pollux, 1. c. 3 Servius in Eel. Virg. 8. v. 68 Sc/wl. Theocr. Idyll. 10. LlVIA LEX, de sociis, proposed to make all the inhabitants of Italy free citizens of Rome. It was so unpopular, that M. Livius Drusus, who framed it, was found murdered in his house before it passed Another, by M. Livius Drusus the tribune, A.U.C. 662, which required that the judicial power should be lodged in the hands of an equal number of knights and senators. Livia Drusilla, a celebrated Roman lady, daughter of L. Drusus Calidianus. She married Tiberius Claudius Nero, by whom she had the emperor Tiberius and Drusus Germanicus. The attachment of her husband to the cause of Antony was the beginning of her greatness. Augustus saw her as she fled from the danger which threatened her family, and when she fell at his feet imploring his pardon, he was captivated with her beauty. Divorcing his wife Scribonia, he, with the approbation of the augurs, celebrated his nuptials with Livia, though she was then pregnant. Raised to the imperial dignity, Livia took advantage of the passion of Augustus, which she made subservient to her ambitious views. Her children by Claudius were adopted by the complying emperor; and, that she might make the succession of her son Tiberius more certain, Livia is accused of secretly involving in one common ruin the heirs and nearest relations of Augustus. Her cruelty and ingratitude are still more strongly marked, when she is charged with having murdered her own husband, to hasten the elevation of Tiberius. If she was anxious for the aggrandizement of her son, Tiberius proved ungrateful, and unnaturally hated a woman to whom he owed his life, his elevation, and his greatness. Livia died in the 86th year of her age, A.D. 29. Tiberius shewed himself as undutiful ...
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