Deed — 3 authors face each other below

murder of Galba

kind: assassination · January 69 CE — the editor’s frame · 5 mentions across 5 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass receipt — the witness index

Otho's coup: the old emperor cut down by the Lacus Curtius, Piso dragged from the temple of Vesta.

Where the accounts part — the record’s own argument; the witnesses below carry the receipts

Tacitus states the divergence as method: 'His last words have been variously reported according as men hated or admired him.' Plutarch cannot even fix the killer's name — Terentius, Lecanius, or Fabius Fabulus — and follows the severed head by its shameful handles; Suetonius' soldier, finding no hair to grasp, carries it by thumb-in-mouth. The record's most disputed five minutes, served in all three versions.

The regnal line — the editor’s table of years, never the record’s voice

Anchored at 69 CE on the editor’s table of years .

· 69 CE — date secure ·

15 January 69 CE in the Forum; all three witnesses fix the place at the Lacus Curtius.

The accounts, side by side — each witness in its own words; every quote is the served record’s, linked to its episode

Plutarch · one account

26–27 the principal narrative The false rumor, the sortie, the beheading with its rival claimants.

a rumour spread insistently that Otho had been slain in the camp Plut. Galba 26

cut off Galba’s head and was carrying it wrapped in his cloak, since its baldness made it difficult to grasp Plut. Galba 27

Galba · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Suetonius · one account

19–20 the principal narrative The soothsayer's warning, the killing at the Lake of Curtius, the head carried by its shame.

a soothsayer warned him again and again to look out for danger, since assassins were not far off Suet. Galba 19

He was killed beside the Lake of Curtius* and was left lying just as he was Suet. Galba 20

Galba · J. C. Rolfe, 1913

Tacitus · one account

1.40–1.44 the principal narrative The Forum panic, the overturned litter, the variant last words weighed.

At this signal the feeling of all the troops declared itself plainly for Otho. Tac. Hist. 1.41

The Histories · Alfred John Church & William Jackson Brodribb, 1864

Who stands in this deed — standing in the same episodes; counted by the house’s first pass

Otho — 5 episodes shared Galba — 4 episodes shared Celsus — 2 episodes shared Laco — 2 episodes shared Archilochus — 1 episode shared Caesar — a candidate entry Fabius — 1 episode shared Paulus — a candidate entry Piso — a candidate entry Vitellius — 1 episode shared

Doors to the sister houses

logoi — the words

No door is cut to the word-house from this room yet. logoi.health keeps the words meanwhile.

mythoi — the stories

No door is cut to the story-house from this room yet. mythoi.health keeps the stories meanwhile.

The record here: The Histories, Herodotus — Godley, 1920–25 · Parallel Lives, Plutarch — Perrin, 1914–26 · 166 works · 12,119 episodes served

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