Excerpt from The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Vol. 2 of 4: With an Essay on the Life and Genius of Tacitus; Notes, Supplements, and Maps Noviutdetefied with a dagger in the prince' pre/ence hi: for titude on the rack. The fit/i in/iitution of the Roman guaefior the hiflory of that afice in it: progre/i. XXIII. Debate: about filling the vacancie: in the jenate. The nobility of Gaul claim to be admitted. S peeche: agaiiyi that meafitre. The emperor. 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.