if. 4 For example, Lucan, Pharsalia r, 84 ff.; Florus 2, 13, 8 ff.; Velleius 2, 44, I. PageBook=>009 in their open stri

parituram’ (Cicero, De oratore 2, 267). 2 BMC, R. Rep. I, 155. 3 Velleius 2, 11, 3. On another calculation, six consulates

Lepidus to the consulate and encouraging his NotesPage=>028 1 Velleius 2, 29, I, &c, cf. M. Gelzer, Die Nobilität de

Brutus 230; Val. Max. 5, 3, 5; 6, 2, 8). 6 Plutarch, Pompeius 6 f.; Velleius 2, 29, 1; Bell. Afr. 22, 2: ‘gloria et animi magn

ied a Metella: the aspirant to Sulla’s power, NotesPage=>031 1 Velleius 2, 29, 2. On Pompeius’ kinship with C. Lucilius H

ndicates collusion with the prosecutor, Labienus (Dio 37, 27, 3). 5 Velleius 2, 40, 40; Dio 37, 21, 4. 6 Plutarch, Cicero 23

125 f.; Florus 2, 13, 14. For Pompeius’ jealousy, Caesar, BC 1, 4, 4; Velleius 2, 29, 2; 33, 3. For Caesar’s ambition, Plutarch,

ur towards certain of the principes of the Sullan oligarchy, Catulus ( Velleius 2, 43, 3) and Lucullus (Suetonius, Divus Iulius 2

tificiis effectum est ut res publica in hunc statum perveniret. ’ 2 Velleius 2, 48, 6, mentioning Catulus, the two Luculli, Me

ia (Suetonius, Divus Iulius 3) and under C. Antistius Vetus in Spain ( Velleius 2, 43, 4). On Servilius’ son (cos. 48), cf. below

as in negotiation with Burebistas, the Dacian monarch (SIG3 762). 2 Velleius 2, 33, 4: ‘Xerxes togatus. ’ 3 e.g., N. Magius

, Dial. 21, 6, cf. Pro Cluentio 161)? 2 For his services to Caesar, Velleius 2, 51, 3. Balbus was quaestor in Hispania Ulterio

isidius (Cicero, Phil. 7, 24) or, earlier, Minatus Magius of Aeclanum( Velleius 2, 16, 2). PageBook=>083 with the aristo

till 80 B.C., Livy, Per. 89. 4 As Telesinus the Samnite exclaimed ( Velleius 2, 27, 1), ‘eruendam delendamque urbem, adiciens

s own Volscian country, required and may have NotesPage=>088 1 Velleius 2, 16, 2. 2 Appian, BC 4, 25, 102: διἀ δὲ π∊⍴ιϕ

randfather the banker, see Münzer, Hermes LXXI (1936), 222 ff. 2 As Velleius happily says (2, 59, 2), ‘gravis sanctus innocens

the month of NotesPage=>119 1 Ad fam. 11, 3 (August 4th). 2 Velleius 2, 62, 3; echoes in Cicero, Phil. 2. 113; 10, 8.

censebat, quem Asturae vidimus. ’ 3 Nicolaus, Vita Caesaris 18, 53; Velleius 2, 60, 1 and other sources, all deriving from the

in the city of Arretium from the beginning. 4 NotesPage=>129 1 Velleius 2, 59, 5. 2 Dio 48, 33, 1. Salvidienus was the

er cause and it seemed the NotesPage=>137 1 Ad fam. 16, 12, 2; Velleius 2, 48, 5. PageBook=>138 stronger. Not that

his favourite appellation for Antonius, ‘gladiator’. 3 According to Velleius (2, 65, 1), Antonius threatened Octavianus with t

. Dio 46, 30, 4; 35, 3. 8 Compare the last edict of the Liberators ( Velleius 2, 62, 3): ‘libenter se vel in perpetuo exilio vi

generals. Hence an immediate change of front NotesPage=>187 1 Velleius 2, 69, 5. An uncle of Velleius co-operated 2 Pl

hange of front NotesPage=>187 1 Velleius 2, 69, 5. An uncle of Velleius co-operated 2 Plutarch, Brutus 27. 3 Appian,

Ad fam. 10, 21, 4. 2 At least he was with Sex. Pompeius in 39 B.C. ( Velleius 2, 77, 3). 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 62, 1. 4 U

, BC 4, 40, 170: for later enmity of that family towards Plancus, cf. Velleius 2, 83, 3. below, p. 283. 5 His brother Gaius, o

,500,000 sesterces, fell to the Antonian noble L. Marcius Censorinus ( Velleius 2, 14, 3). 9 Appian, BC 4, 32, 136 ff. PageBo

or under Trebonius (below, n. 9). 3 Ad Att. 16, 4, 4 (Ahenobarbus); Velleius 2, 71, 2 (Lucullus). 4 Ad M. Brutum 1, 17, 3. H

t;204 1 Appian, BC 4, 100, 422. 2 Even admitted by the apologetic Velleius (2, 70, 1), There was plenty to be explained away

Brutus 47. 4 As the poet Lucan observed of Pharsalus (7, 862).. 5 Velleius 2, 71, 2: ‘non aliud bellum cruentius caede clari

g Lepidus as negligible. Cisalpine Gaul, they NotesPage=>206 1 Velleius 2, 71, 2 f.: these were all (including Drusus) re

ated together. Of nobiles there also perished Sex. Quinctilius Varus ( Velleius , ib.), and probably young P. Lentulus Spinther; a

6. 6 Appian, BC 5, 33, 130 ff. 7 Ib. 5, 33, 131; cf. ILS 886. 8 Velleius 2, 75. PageBook=>211 Still no sign came fr

proscribere. ’ 5 Appian, BC 5, 35, 139 ff. 6 Ib. 5, 54, 229. 7 Velleius 2, 74, 4; Appian, BC 5, 49, 204 ff. PageBook=&g

13, 6. The incident is wrongly dated by Suetonius, Divus Aug. 12. 5 Velleius 2, 76, 2; Appian, BC 5, 50, 212. PageBook=>2

d starve Italy. NotesPage=>216 1 Appian, BC 5, 55, 230 ff. 2 Velleius 2, 76, 2. 3 Dio 48, 28, 1; Appian, BC 5, 58, 24

, BC 5, 65, 276. 5 Dio 48, 32, 1. They had a very brief tenure. 6 Velleius 2, 76, 4: ‘per quae tempora Rufi Salvidieni scele

as were those faithful Picenes, Afranius and NotesPage=>227 1 Velleius (2, 77, 3) mentions Ti. Claudius Nero, M. Junius

us for Antonius (Suetonius, Tib. 4, 3). 2 Official phraseology, cf. Velleius 2, 84, 3. 3 Velleius 2, 77, 4. PageBook=>2

ius, Tib. 4, 3). 2 Official phraseology, cf. Velleius 2, 84, 3. 3 Velleius 2, 77, 4. PageBook=>228 Labienus. Yet Pomp

(cos. 19 B.C.), a better-known person (who is clearly referred to by Velleius , 2, 77, 3). The Sentii were related to Libo (ILS

us, ut scribit, morum perversitatem eius. ’ 2 P-W XIII, 881 ff. 3 Velleius 2, 75; Suetonius, Tib. 4. 4 The Calendar of Ver

1 Lepidus’ son Marcus married Servilia, the daughter of P. Servilius ( Velleius 2, 88, 4, cf. Münzer, RA, 370). Perhaps in 36 B.C

eius Magnus, the spectators in indignation rose up and drove him out ( Velleius 2, 79, 5). 4 Velleius 2, 80, 3: ‘praeter nomen

ors in indignation rose up and drove him out (Velleius 2, 79, 5). 4 Velleius 2, 80, 3: ‘praeter nomen nihil trahens. ’ 5 Ib.

hens. ’ 5 Ib. 80, 4: ‘spoliata, quam tueri non poterat, dignitas. ’ Velleius , calling Lepidus ‘vir omnium vanissimus’, echoes

, cf. Groag, PIR2, C 1331. If or when he was consul is uncertain, for Velleius describes him as ‘ex privato consularis’ (2, 51,

40 and 19 B.C. 7 Dio 48, 30, 7. He was later an admiral at Actium ( Velleius 2, 85, 2). 8 Porphyrio on Horace, Sat. 1, 3, 13

ere to be amply NotesPage=>238 1 Dio 49, 7, 6. 2 Ib., 14, 3; Velleius 2, 81, 2; Virgil, Aen. 8, 684. 3 Salvidienus ha

us, who was also augur (ILS 893a). Taurus held ‘complura sacerdotia’ ( Velleius 2, 127, 1). 5 Dio 49, 16, 1. 6 Hence Agrippa’

n had at once quarrelled after their victory. NotesPage=>265 1 Velleius 2, 82, 3. Livy, Per. 130, is moderate two legions

7, 567 ff.). 6 On Dellius’ changes of side, Seneca, Suasoriae 1, 7; Velleius , 2, 84, 2. He was employed by Antonius on confide

cf. BMC, R. Rep. 11, 531; for Cassius of Parma, see Appian, 1. c, and Velleius 2, 87, 3 (the last of the assassins). Cassius is

Dio (49, 41, 1 ff.) are lavish of detail. It is strange that neither Velleius (2, 82, 2 f.) nor Livy (at least to judge by Per.

Nero 4 (a clash between Ahenobarbus’ son and Plancus in 22 B.C.). 2 Velleius 2, 84, 2. The city of Domitiopolis, in Cleopatra’

3 Pliny NH 9, 121; Macrobius 3, 17, 16 (the wager about the pearl). Velleius (2, 83, ι f.) presents a vivid picture of Plancus

in the role of Glaucus. 4 Plutarch, Antonius 58; Dio 50, 3, 1 ff.; Velleius 2, 83. Dio is not very explicit about the cause o

ρʋúσαντέϛ τι αὐτῷἐκεῖνʋι ἤ καὶ τῇ Kλεʋoάτρᾳ τι άχθεσθέντεϛ (50, 3,2). Velleius , no safe guide about Plancus at any time, alleges

ldiery. Octavianus NotesPage=>283 1 Plutarch, Antonius 58. 2 Velleius 2, 83, 3. It was C. Coponius, an ex-Pompeian and

ven so much importance and effect by Plutarch (Antonius 58 f.), while Velleius omits this attractive subject altogether. 4 Dio

pomp of an ancient rite. With Antonius he had NotesPage=>291 1 Velleius 2, 86, 4: ‘mea, inquit, in Antonium maiora merita

sPage=>296 1 Plutarch, Antonius 59 (misdated, cf. Dio 50, 13, 8; Velleius 2, 84, 2). 2 Dio 51, 4, 3. There is no indicati

ly been with Sex. Pompeius. 3 Plutarch, Antonius 63; Dio 50, 13, 6; Velleius 2, 84, 2; Suetonius, Nero 3, 2. He died shortly a

on land. 6 The names of the commanders on either side are given by Velleius 2, 85, 2 Plutarch, Antonius 65; Dio 50, 13, 5; 14

(1931), 173 ff. 2 Hyginus, De limitions constituendis, p. 177. 3 Velleius 2, 86, 2. 4 Cf. W. W. Tarn, JRS XXI (1931), 179

a Roman imperator could not NotesPage=>298 1 Aem. 8, 688. 2 Velleius 2, 88. 3 Dio 51, 4, 3 ff. 4 Ib. 51, 9, 1. For

stae 3: ‘victorque omnibus v[eniam petentib]us civibus peperci. ’ 5 Velleius 2, 86, 2: ‘victoria vero fuit clementissima nec q

The gifts to the NotesPage=>300 1 Dio 51, 8, 2 f. (Turullius); Velleius 2, 87, 3 (Cassius). 2 Velleius 2, 87, 3: ‘Canid

300 1 Dio 51, 8, 2 f. (Turullius); Velleius 2, 87, 3 (Cassius). 2 Velleius 2, 87, 3: ‘Canidius timidius decessit quam profes

ν ἥ τє ἀρχὴ ἡ τῶν ‘Pωμαίων ἐπλʋντίσθη καì τὰ ἱєρὰ αὐτῶν ἐκʋσμήθη. 4 Velleius 2, 89, 4: ‘certa cuique rerum suarum possession.

. the consulate was reduced to its due and constitutional powers, cf. Velleius 2, 89, 3: 'imperium magistratuum ad pristinum red

1: καì ἀπ’ αὑτʋῦ καί ἀκριβὴζ μʋναρχία κατέστη. Cf. also 52, 1, 1. 2 Velleius 2, 89, 4. 3 Divus Aug. 28, 1. 4 lb. 2, cf. ab

85), P. Silius Nerva (Dio 54, 20, 1 f., cf. ILS 899) and M. Vinicius ( Velleius 2, 96, 2 f.) in Illyricum, c. 17-16 and c. 14-13

mmand, was a match for them. 6 PageNote. 332 1 Dio 53, 25, 2. 2 Velleius 2, 78, 3; Dio 48, 42, 1 ff. 3 Apart from the Ac

17 b.c.) in 22–19 B.C. (Dio 54, 5, 1 f.); P. Silius Nerva in 19 B.C. ( Velleius 2, 90, 4; cf. CIL 11, 3414 (Carthago Nova): ‘P. S

. pro | pr. patrono | colonei’). 2 Dio 54, 11, 1 ff. The mendacious Velleius (2, 90, 4) asserts that Augustus in person had ac

tirke bore the name of Varro. 5 PageNote. 334 1 Dio 54, 3, 4 ff.; Velleius 2, 91, 2: ‘erant tamen qui hunc felicissimum stat

is not placed in charge of provinces and armies. PageNote. 342 1 Velleius 2, 88, 2: ‘otio ac mollitiis paene ultra feminam

Odes 2, 12. For scandal about Terentia in 16 B.C., Dio 54, 19, 3. 6 Velleius 2, 93, 2; Suetonius, Divus Aug. 66, 3; Tib. 10.

ps not so far apart in this matter and in others. PageNote. 344 1 Velleius 2, 79, 1: ‘parendique, sed uni, scientissimus, al

idus. ’ Compare Suetonius, Divus Aug. 66, 3, on his short temper. 2 Velleius 2, 93, 1. 3 Pliny, NH 35, 26. 4 Dio 54, 29, 6

held by the principal servants of the government. PageNote. 347 1 Velleius 2, 127, 2: ‘etenim magna negotia magnis adiutorib

nius. 3 NotesPage=>349 1 Res Gestae 25. 2 Dio 52, 42, 1 ff.; Velleius 2, 89, 4: ‘senatus sine asperitate, nec sine seve

s castrorum stands high in the equestris militia (e.g. ILS 2688). 2 Velleius 2, 101, 2 f.; 104, 3; III, 2. 3 See the remarka

XXXIX (1904), 461 ff. Seianus had several relatives of consular rank ( Velleius 2, 127, 3), cf. Table VI at end. 4 Tacitus, Ann

similation to the Latin form of nomenclature. NotesPage=>360 1 Velleius 2, III, 2 (in A.D. 7). On his family, below, p. 3

scriptions, e.g. ILS 2677 (Verona). 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 46. 3 Velleius 2, 128, 1: ‘neque novus hic mos senatus populique

agistracies except the consulate (Suetonius, Divus Iulius 41, 1). 2 Velleius 2, 92, 2: ‘cum alia prisca severitate summaque co

more ac severitate gessisset. ’ 3 Dio 53, 24, 4 ff. (26 B.C.). 4 Velleius 2, 92; cf. Dio 54, 10, 1 (where, however, not a w

the paramours of Julia; P. Quinctilius Varus (cos. 13 B.C.), of whom Velleius (2, 117, 2) makes the significant remark ‘illustr

). One might also infer a relationship with the Marcii Censorini (cf. Velleius 2, 14, 3). There is an unexplained connexion with

M. Lollius (Tacitus, Ann. 12, 22, cf. E. Groag, P-W XIII, 1378). 2 Velleius 2, 83, 3 (C. Coponius). 3 IGRR IV, 1716 = SEG 1

d Att. 7, 7, 6. 4 Ib. 5, 1, 2. 5 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 72, 1. 6 Velleius 2, 14, 3. 7 Dio 53, 27, 5. PageBook=>381

cendant of Decius Magius of Capua, and his activities in 89 B.C., cf. Velleius 2, 16, 3; for his son, ILS 5318. M. Magius Maximu

relationship with Cn. Magius of Larinum (Pro Cluentio 21 and 33). 4 Velleius 2, 76, 1. He had been a praefectus fabrum of Pomp

served as an equestrian officer. 2 After equestrian service himself, Velleius entered the Senate. 3 The influence of M. Viniciu

Senate. 3 The influence of M. Vinicius of Cales may here be detected. Velleius repaid the debt by composing a history of Rome, f

elf became the leader of a political faction. NotesPage=>384 1 Velleius 2, 69, 5. 2 Ib. 2, 104, 3. 3 Ib. 2, III, 2.

be identified with the senator C. Propertius Postumus (ILS 914). 7 Velleius 2, 127, 3; cf. ILS 8996. The stemma drawn up by C

. Anderson, CAH X, 239 ff. 4 Suetonius, Tib. 9, 1; Dio 54, 9, 4 f.; Velleius 2, 94, 4 &c. On this matter, cf. now L. R. Ta

4 Horace, Odes 4, 4 and 14. 5 Dio 54, 20, 2; Strabo, p. 206. 6 Velleius 2, 96, 2 f.; Florus 2, 24. Dio records risings in

re is no record of the title of M. Lollius. 2 Dio 54, 28, I f., cf. Velleius 2, 92, 2. Velleius says that Agrippa and Vinicius

the title of M. Lollius. 2 Dio 54, 28, I f., cf. Velleius 2, 92, 2. Velleius says that Agrippa and Vinicius began the Bellum P

which was continued and completed by Tiberius. 3 Dio 54, 34, 5 ff.; Velleius 2, 98; Livy, Per. 140; Seneca, Epp. 83, 14. The t

l of Macedonia? 4 Dio 54, 31, 2 ff., &c.; Suetonius, Tib. 9, 2; Velleius 2, 96, 2 f.; and, of especial interest, Res Gesta

ript of Dio were lost at this point. Innocent trust in the fraudulent Velleius , perhaps also ignorance about the condition of Di

he history of this period. Certain campaigns, deliberately omitted by Velleius and lost from Dio, or unknown to him, may belong

ntius, but there is no point in inserting one. 3 Dio 54, 20, 4 ff.; Velleius 2, 97, 1; Julius Obsequens, De prodigiis 71 (17 B

lia). For his proconsulate of Asia, IGRR IV, 1362 (nr. Thyatira). 6 Velleius 2, 112, 4; Dio 55, 34, 6; 56, 12, 2; ILS 921 (nea

(A. v. Premerstein, Jahreshefte XXIX, 60 ff.). 5 Above, p. 394. 6 Velleius 2, 101, 3 (I B.C.), cf. IGRR 1, 654, from Callati

us, if an earlier command than that of A.D. 4-6 could be assumed (cf. Velleius 2, 105, 1); below, p. 435, n. 4. 2 Ahenobarbus

1); below, p. 435, n. 4. 2 Ahenobarbus (Dio 55, 10a, 3); Vinicius ( Velleius 2, 104, 2, under A.D. 2). 3 Paullus Fabius Maxi

fus earned ornamenta triumphalia and the title of imperator C.A.D. 3 ( Velleius 2, 116, 2; ILS 120, cf. 8966); and Cossus Corneli

ILS 120, cf. 8966); and Cossus Cornelius Lentulus fought in A.D. 5–6 ( Velleius 2, 116, 2; Florus 2, 31; Orosius, 6, 21, 18; Dio

ius, Tib. 7, 2 f. 2 Tacitus, Ann. 1, 53; Dio 55, 9, 7. According to Velleius (2, 99, 1) Tiberius retired‘ne fulgor suus orient

o is brief and fragmentary, in part preserved only in epitomes; while Velleius records only trouble and disaster for Rome in the

n the contrary, it proved his surest support. NotesPage=>419 1 Velleius 2, 100, 1: ‘sensit terrarum orbis digressum a cus

ecessary that there should be public scandal? NotesPage=>426 1 Velleius alone (2, 100, 4 f.) gives the list. He says that

senators and knights. 2 Dio 55, 10, 15; Tacitus, Ann. 1, 10; 4, 44. Velleius (2, 100, 4) says that he took his own life. The d

) says that he took his own life. The difference is not material. 3 Velleius 2, 102, 5: ‘singularem nequitiam supercilio truci

e same source can be detected in Pliny, NH 21, 9; Dio 55, 10, 12. 8 Velleius 2, 100, 3: ‘magnitudinemque fortunae suae peccand

emembered the affront. NotesPage=>428 1 Suetonius, Tib. 12 f.; Velleius 2, 101 f.; Dio 55, 10, 17 ff. (with no word of Lo

. For events in the East, cf. J. G. C. Anderson in CAH x, 273 ff. 2 Velleius 2, 101, 3; Tacitus, Ann. 4, 1 (Seianus). 3 Suet

s own hand, so it was reported. Everybody rejoiced at his death, says Velleius , a contemporary witness and a flatterer of Tiberi

odes without impairing his own advancement. 6 NotesPage=>429 1 Velleius 2, 102, 1 f. 2 As Cn. Piso (cos. 7 B.C.) found

to his cost when trying to control Germanicus. 3 Pliny, NH 9, 118. Velleius speaks of sinister designs of Lollius which the K

arae fraudis et abstinens | ducentis ad se cuncta pecuniae. ’ Compare Velleius (2, 97, 1): ‘sub legato M. Lollio, homine in omni

upidiore et inter summam vitiorum dissimulationem vitiosissimo. ’ 5 Velleius 2, 97, 1. The truth of the matter is revealed by

lius Paullus, husband of the younger Julia, belongs to this year. 4 Velleius 2, 102, 3 f.: ‘animum minus utilem rei publicae h

m atrox fortuna Gaium et Lucium filios mihi eripuit’, &c. 2 But Velleius (2, 103, 4) deserves to be quoted: ‘tum refulsit

1 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 23, 2: ‘Quintili Vare, legiones redde! ’ 2 Velleius 2, 121, 3; Suetonius, Tib. 21, 1. 3 Tacitus, An

ter was betrothed to Drusus, son of Germanicus (Tacitus, Ann. 6, 40). Velleius described M. Lepidus (2, 114, 5) as being ‘nomini

ble influence of the aristocratic Claudian. 5 NotesPage=>434 1 Velleius 2, 114, 5 (Illyricum); 125, 5 (Șpain). 2 L. Arr

Lucilius the friend of Brutus, Plutarch, Brutus 50; Antonius 69. 2 Velleius 2, 101, 3. 3 C. Silius A. Caecina Largus (Tacit

2, 101, 3. 3 C. Silius A. Caecina Largus (Tacitus, Ann. 1, 31). 4 Velleius 2, 105, 1 (A.D. 4). How long he had been there is

leius 2, 105, 1 (A.D. 4). How long he had been there is not recorded. Velleius says of Sentius ‘qui iam legatus patris eius in G

rnelius Lentulus, cos. 1 B.C., proconsul in A.D. 6 (Dio 55, 28, 3 f.; Velleius 2, 116, 2, &c). PageBook=>436 When Tib

, ‘vir antiquissimi moris’ (cos. A.D. 3). 3 The laudatory labels of Velleius tell their own story. The names of consuls and le

rusted by Tiberius than the excellent Piso. 7 NotesPage=>436 1 Velleius 2, 112, 1 f.; Dio 55, 29, 1. 2 Velleius 2, 112,

. 7 NotesPage=>436 1 Velleius 2, 112, 1 f.; Dio 55, 29, 1. 2 Velleius 2, 112, 4; Dio 55, 29, 3Î 3°> 3 f-î 32, 3. 3

29, 1. 2 Velleius 2, 112, 4; Dio 55, 29, 3Î 3°> 3 f-î 32, 3. 3 Velleius 2, 112, 4, cf. Dio 55, 34, 6f.; 56, 12, 2 and ILS

ius 2, 112, 4, cf. Dio 55, 34, 6f.; 56, 12, 2 and ILS 921 (Silvanus); Velleius 2, 114, 5 (Lepidus); 2, 116, 2 (Postumus and Apro

2, 116, 2 (Postumus and Apronius); 2, 116, 3 (Lamia). 4 About whom Velleius is lavish of non-committal praise (2, 98, 1): ‘de

but because he could trust these Lentuli. 2 Tacitus, Ann. 1, 4. 3 Velleius 2, 124, 1 : ‘quid tunc homines timuerint, quae se

cui vacat potest. ’ 4 Tacitus, Ann. 1, 31. 5 Ib. 1, 16 (Blaesus); Velleius 2, 125, 5 (Dolabella). 6 Tacitus, Ann. 1, 80, c

re could be no division of the supreme power. NotesPage=>438 1 Velleius 2, 125, 5. His daughter too was betrothed to a so

notice, Ann. 14, 19. 3 Very impressive is the cumulative effect of Velleius 2, 130, 2; Tacitus, Ann. 4, 4; Suetonius, Tib. 48

men to accept the Principate and its programme. PageNotes. 458 1 Velleius 2, 110, 7; Dio 55, 31, 1; Macrobius 1, 11, 32; Su

ILS 926); 6384. 5 Dio 55, 13, 1. 6 ILS 877. 7 CIL IX, 5853. 8 Velleius 2, 79, 5. 9 Tacitus, Ann. 3, 22 f. PageBook=&

ist. 2, 16 M: ‘Oris probi, animo inverecundo. ’ 3 Res Gestae 3. 4 Velleius 2, 86, 2. 5 Velleius 2, 87, 3. 6 Seneca, De c

bi, animo inverecundo. ’ 3 Res Gestae 3. 4 Velleius 2, 86, 2. 5 Velleius 2, 87, 3. 6 Seneca, De clem. 1, 11, 2; Statius,

infensos vel obnoxios. ’ 2 Epp. 2, 1, 14. 3 Juvenal 10, 85 f. 4 Velleius 2, 127, 3: ‘virum severitatis laetissimae, hilari

xsomnem. ’ 5 Ib. 2, 104, 2. 6 Ib. 2, 116, 2. PageBook=>489 Velleius , a typical government writer, is unswervingly loy

d: the praise of his military achievements is cool and temperate. 5 Velleius delights in the language of laudation, or, as he

It is lavishly bestowed upon social distinction or political success. Velleius stands revealed in his literary judgements as wel

imperial literature and the last of the Romans. PageNotes. 489 1 Velleius 2, 36, 3; ‘inter quae maxime nostri aevi eminent

elix in publicum fuit. ’ 2 For a brief panegyric of Saturninus, see Velleius 2, 105, 1. PageBook=>510 As among the low-

Seneca, De ben. 4, 30, 1 ff. (above, p. 374). 2 Suetonius, Nero 4. Velleius , however (2, 72, 3), describes him as ‘eminentiss

. 3 Suetonius, Nero 5, 1: ‘omni parte vitae detestabilem. ’ Compare Velleius 2, 10, 2: ‘hunc nobilissimae simplicitatis iuvene

Messalla with failing powers until A.D. 13.7 NotesPage=>512 1 Velleius 2, 83, 1. Plancus’ memory was unpopular. The Domi

was accused of poisoning Germanicus. Hence the consistent attitude of Velleius . 2 Dio 53, 27, 5. 3 Pliny, NH, praef. 31. Pla

NotesPage=>519 1 Augustus’ letter, quoted by Gellius 15, 7, 3; Velleius 2, 91, 2. On the Optimus status’, Suetonius, Divu

s status’, Suetonius, Divus Aug. 28, 2; Seneca, De ben. 2, 20, 2. 2 Velleius 2, 131, 1. 3 Fasti 2, 60. 4 Odes 1, 2, 50.

gus LXXXVII (1932), 358FT.; 430 T. 3 Augustus, in Gellius 15, 7, 3; Velleius 2, 124, 2; Ovid, Tristia 2, 219. 4 Sallust, His

lth, 381; alleged venality, 429; praised by Horace, 429; upbraided by Velleius , 429. Lollius Palicanus, M. (tr. pl. 71 B.C.),

ae, 83, 132, 236, 362. Velius Rufus, C, his military career, 354. Velleius , C., grandfather of Velleius Paterculus, 383. V