GNAEUS DOMITIUS See also:

• GNAEUS DOMITIUS CORBULO (1st century A.D.)

CORBULO (1st See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D.)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, was the See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Caesonia, one of the wives of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Caligula . In the reign of Tiberius he held the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• PRAETOR (Lat. prae-itor, " he who goes before," "a leader")

praetor, and was appointed to the superintendence of the roads and See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges . Under See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius he was See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany (A.D . 47) . He punished the Frisii who refused to pay the See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute, and was on the point of advancing against the Chauci, but was recalled by the emperor and ordered to withdraw behind the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to provide employment for his soldiers, See also:

• CORBULO, GNAEUS DOMITIUS (1st century A.D.)

Corbulo made them cut a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal from the Mosa (See also:

• MEUSE
• MEUSE (Flem. Maes, Du. Maas)

Meuse) to the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Rhine, which still forms one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief drains between See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden and See also:

• SLUYS, BATTLE OF

Sluys, and before the introduction of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways was the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic road between Leiden and See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam . Soon after the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero, See also:

• VOLOGAESES (Vologaesus, Vologases; on the coins Ologases; Armen. Valarsk; Mod. Pers. Balash)

Vologaeses (Vologasus), See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PARTHIA

Parthia, overran See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia, drove out Rhadamistus, who was under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, and set his own brother See also:

• TIRIDATES, or TERIDATES

Tiridates on the See also:

• THRONE

throne . Corbulo was thereupon sent out to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East with full military See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers . After some delay, he took the offensive in 58, and, reinforced by troops from Germany, attacked Tiridates . Artaxata and Tigranocerta were captured, and See also:

• TIGRANES, or DIKRAN

Tigranes, who had been brought up in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and .was the obedient servant of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, was installed king of Armenia . In 61 Tigranes invaded Adiabene, an integral portion of the See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, and a conflict between Rome and Parthia seemed unavoidable . Vologaeses, how-ever, thought it better to come to terms .

It was agreed that both the Roman and Parthian troops should evacuate Armenia, that Tigranes should be dethroned, and the position of Tiridates .recognized . The Roman government declined to accede to these arrangements, and L . Caesennius Paetus, governor of See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia, was ordered to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle the question by bringing Armenia under See also:

• DIRECT

direct Roman See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . The protection of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria in the meantime claimed all Corbulo's See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . Paetus, a weak and incapable See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, suffered a severe defeat at Rhandea (62), where he was surrounded and forced to capitulate and to evacuate Armenia . The command of the troops was again entrusted to Corbulo . In 63, with a strong See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, he crossed the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates, but Tiridates declined to give See also:

• BATTLE

battle and concluded See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . At Rhandea he laid down his diadem at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the emperor's statue, promising not to resume it until he received it from the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of Nero himself in Rome . In 67 disturbances See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in See also:

• JUDAEA

Judaea, but Nero, jealous of Corbulo's success and popularity, ordered See also:

• VESPASIAN

Vespasian to take command of the forces and summoned Corbulo to See also:

• GREECE

Greece . On his arrival at Cenchreae, the See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth, messengers from Nero met Corbulo, and ordered him to commit See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide . Without hesitation he obeyed, ex-claiming, " I have deserved it." Whether he had really given any grounds for suspicion is unknown; but there is no doubt, so See also:

• GREAT

great was his popularity with the soldiers and such the hatred See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt for Nero, that he could easily have seized the throne . Corbulo wrote an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic experiences, which is lost .

See See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, xii.-xv.; Dio See also:

• CASSIUS
• CASSIUS, AVIDIUS (d. A.D. 175)
• CASSIUS, GAIUS

Cassius lix . 15, lx . 3o, Ixii . 19-23, 1xiii . 6, 17, lxvi . 3; H . See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des romischen Kaiserreichs unter der Regierung des Nero (1872) ; E . Egli, " Feldzuge in Armenien von 41-63," in M . Budinger's Untersuchungen zur romischen Kaisergeschichte, i . (1868); See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen, Hist. of the Roman Provinces, ii . (1886) ; for the Armenian See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns see B . W .

See also:

• HENDERSON
• HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1583-1646)
• HENDERSON, EBENEZER (1784-1858)
• HENDERSON, GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERT (1854-1903)
• HENDERSON, JOHN (1747-1785)

Henderson in Classical See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (See also:

• APRIL

April, May, See also:

• JUNE

June, 1901); in general D . T . Schoonover, A Study of Cn . Domitius Corbulo (See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, 1909) .