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  Item Reference: KCLCAL-1856-1857-395

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396 THE SCHOOL difference is there between the Annates and the Histories What were the Annates Maximi What was the purpose of Tacitus in the Annals What are the merits and peculiarities of Tacitus as writer What mate- rials had he for history Give with dates summary of the chief events recorded in the thirteenth and fourteenth Books Trace the descent of Nero from Julius Caesar Translate the following passage and explain the historical allusions Libera si dentur populo suffragia quis tam Perditus ut dubitet Senecam praeferre Neroni Cujus supplicio non debuit una parari Simia nec serpens unus nec culeus unus Par Agamemnonidae crimen sed causa facit rem Dissimilem In scena nunquam cantavit Orestes Troica non scripsit Quid enim Verginius armis Debuit ulcisci magis aut cum Vindice Galba Translate Sed Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum quam contra perfidiam'iostium erat Quippe Syria transmotae legiones pace longa segnes munia Romanorum aegerrime tolerabant Satis constitit fuisse in eo exercitu veteranos qui non stationem non vigilias inissent vallum fossamque quasi nova et mira viserent sine galeis sine loricis nitidi et quaestuosi militia per oppida expleta Igitur dimissis quibus senectus aut valetudo adversa erat supplementum petivit Et habiti per Galatiam Cappado- ciamque delectus adjectaque ex Germania legio cum equitibus alariis et peditatu cohortium retentusque omnis exercitus sub pellibus quamvis hieme saeva adeo ut obducta glacie nisi effossa humus tentoriis locum non praeberet Ambusti multorum artus vi frigoris et quidam inter excubias exanimati sunt Annotatusque miles qui fascem lignorum gestabat ita praeriguisse manus ut oneri adhaerentes truncis brachiis deciderent Ipse cultu levi capite intecto in agmine in laboribus frequens adesse laudem strenuis solatium invalidis exemplum omnibus ostendere De- hinc quia duritiam caeli militiaeque multi abnuebant deserebant-
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