Annals 1.3 (d) ed Fisher (1906)
Mischa Hooker / Tacitus Annals 1
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- Translated by Church and Broadribb
- Aligned by Mischa Hooker
Latin
English
nam senem Augustum devinxerat adeo , uti nepotem unicum , Agrippam Postumum , in insulam Planasiam proiecerit , rudem sane bonarum artium et robore corporis stolide ferocem , nullius tamen flagitii conpertum . at hercule Germanicum Druso ortum octo apud Rhenum legionibus inposuit adscirique per adoptionem a Tiberio iussit , quamquam esset in domo Tiberii filius iuvenis , sed quo pluribus munimentis insisteret .
For
she
had
gained
such
a
hold
on
the
aged
Augustus
that
he
drove
out
as
an
exile
into
the
island
of
Planasia
,
his
only
grandson
,
Agrippa
Postumus
,
who
,
though
devoid
of
worthy
qualities
,
and
having
only
the
brute
courage
of
physical
strength
,
had
not
been
convicted
of
any
gross
offence
.
And
yet
Augustus
had
appointed
Germanicus
,
Drusus
'
s
offspring
,
to
the
command
of
eight
legions
on
the
Rhine
,
and
required
Tiberius
to
adopt
him
,
although
Tiberius
had
a
son
,
now
a
young
man
,
in
his
house
;
but
he
did
it
that
he
might
have
several
safeguards
to
rest
on
.