Now the belief was that he met his death through the wiles of Tiberius, aided and abetted by Gnaeus Piso.* This man had been made governor of Syria at about that time, and realising that he must give offence either to the father or the son, as if there were no alternative, he never show the bitterest enmity towards word and deed, even ceased to Germanicus in after the latter fell ill. In consequence Piso narrowly escaped being torn to pieces by the people on his return to Rome, and was condemned to death by the senate.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
Gaius Caligula, Suetonius — translated by J. C. Rolfe, 1913
Apparatus shelf — Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars (J. C. Rolfe translation; Dover republication) · J. C. Rolfe, 1913 (preface dated Philadelphia, April 1913); Dover Publications republication, 2018
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