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Excerpt from The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Vol. 3 of 4 The troops, that marched from Rome, were a formidable body. They confifted of five prasto rian cohorts, feveral fquadrons of horfe, and the firfl legion. To thefe were added two thoufand gladiators a refource altogether ignoble, but in civil commotions often employed by generals of the firft reputation. Anni'us Gallus and Veflri cius Spurinna (b) were fent at the head of this whole force, with orders to take poft on the banks of the Po. The firfl intention was to keep the enemy locked up in Gaul but that projeét proved abortive, Cmcina having already paffed the Alps. Otho followed with a feleét body of the prxtorian guards, and all the veterans of that corps, with the city cohorts, and a prodigious number draughted from the marines. On the march he betrayed no fymptom of floth (e), no paflion for luxury he advanced on foot, at the head of the colours, covered with an iron breafl piate, rough and foldier-like, exhibiting a flriking contrafl to his former character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.