Arminius Author:Thomas Smith Subtitle: A History of the German People and of Their Legal and Constitutional Customs, From the Days of Julius Cæsar to the Time of Charlemagne. Ed. by F. Smith General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1861 Original Publisher: s.n. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations a... more »nd there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V. Thebe was joy in Rome when Germanicus, leaving his uncle still in Pannonia, towards the latter end of September, in the year 9 A. d., brought the news of the termination of the Dalmatian war. Music sounded in the streets, temples and houses were bedecked with flowers, and innumerable crowds thronged the forum, the bridges, the public places, or streamed along the Via Sacra to the Capitoline or Palatian hills ; thanking the gods, and congratulating one another. Gratitude, as large as their former apprehensions, was the prevailing sentiment among all classes of the Roman population. Augustus, the senate, the people, were profuse of their expressions of admiration of the army and its commander ; and in the senate it was gravely debated what cognomen should be conferred upon Tiberius : some of the Fathers proposed " Pan- nonicus," others preferred " Invictus," and others, again, opined that " Pius " would be most appropriate to the saviour of his country. These extravagant propositions were warded off by the modesty or jealousy of the aged emperor, who seemed by no means desirous that his own merits should be lost in the glories of his adopted son; but, ultimately, he conceded that the title of "Imperator" should be shared by himself and Tiberius; that a triumph should be decreed to them, triumphal ornaments to Germanicus ; and that two triumphal arches, commemorating their fame, should be erected in Pannonia. ...« less