See also:

• LUCIUS

LUCIUS VIRGINIUS See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

RUFUS (A.D. 15-97)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman patriot and soldier, three times See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul (A.D . 63, 69, 97), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near Comum, the birthplace of the two Plinys . When See also:

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

governor of upper See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany under See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero (68), after he had put down the revolt of See also:

• JULIUS

Julius Vindex in See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul, he was more than once urged by his troops to assume the supreme See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power; but he firmly refused, and further declared that he would recognize no one as See also:

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

emperor who had not been chosen by the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate . See also:

• GALBA, SERVIUS SULPICIUS

Galba, on his See also:

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

accession, aware of the feelings of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German troops and uncertain as to the intentions of Virginius, induced him to accompany him to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . But Virginius, as always, remained loyal to the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• OTHO, MARCUS SALVIUS (32-69)

Otho, the soldiers again offered the See also:

• THRONE

throne to Virginius, but he again refused it . Considering themselves slighted, they See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew their swords upon him, and he only saved himself from their hands by making his See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape through the back of the See also:

• TENT

tent . But the soldiers never forgave the fancied insult . Under See also:

• VITELLIUS, AULUS

Vitellius, during a military disturbance at See also:

• TICINUM (mod. Pavia, q.v.)

Ticinum, one of Virginius's slaves was arrested and charged with the See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of murdering the emperor . Virginius was accused of being implicated in the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy, and his death was loudly demanded by the soldiers . To his See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit Vitellius refused to See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice so valuable a servant, on whose See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty he could depend, to the vengeance of a capricious See also:

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

army . Virginius subsequently lived in retirement, chiefly in his See also:

• VILLA

villa at See also:

• ALSIUM (mod. Palo)

Alsium, on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• ETRURIA

Etruria, till his death in 97, in which See also:

• YEAR

year he held the consulship, together with the emperor See also:

• NERVA, MARCUS COCCEIUS

Nerva .

At the public See also:

• BURIAL

burial with which he was honoured, the historiap See also:

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

Tacitus (then consul) delivered the funeral oration . The younger See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, hid See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour and See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward, has recorded the lines which Virginius had ordered to be engraved upon his See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb: " Hic situs est See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

Rufus, pulso qui Vindice quondam Imperium asseruit non See also:

• SIBI

sibi sed patriae." See Tacitus, Hist. i. ii.; Dio See also:

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

Cassius lxiii . 24-27, lxiv. lxviii . 2; Pliny, Epp. ii . 1, vi . 10; See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal viii . 221, with See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

Mayor's See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note; L . See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul in Rheinisches Museum (1899), liv. pp . 602-30 .