Excerpt from The Works of Tacitus: The Oxford Translation, Revised, With Notes; The History Germany, Agricola, and Dialogue on Orators Suetonius says: Pisonem Licinianum, nobilem egregiumque ju venem, ac sibi olim probatissimum, testamentoque semper in bona et nomen adseitum, repente e media salutantium turba apprehendit filiumque appellans, perduxit in castra, ac pro concione adoptav1t.. (suet. Life of Galba, s. According to this account, Galba was de termined in his choice, and did not want the advice of Laco. He adopted Piso from inclination, propria electione. Plutarch, in the Life of Galba, gives the same account. 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.