gave the command of the legions in
Germany to Galba.
[658] "Scuto moderatus;" another reading in the parallel passage of
Tacitus is scuto immodice oneratus, burdened with the heavy weight of a
shield.
[659] It would appear that Galba was to have accompanied Claudius in his
expedition to Britain; which is related before, CLAUDIUS, c. xvii.
[660] It has been remarked before, that the Cantabria of the ancients is
now the province of Biscay.
[661] Now Carthagena.
[662] A.U.C. 821.
[663] Now Corunna.
[664] Tortosa, on the Ebro.
[665] "Simus," literally, fiat-nosed, was a cant word, used for a clown;
Galba being jeered for his rusticity, in consequence of his long
retirement. See c. viii. Indeed, they called Spain his farm.
[666] The command of the pretorian guards.
[667] In the Forum. See AUGUSTUS, c. lvii.
[668] II. v. 254.
[669] A.U.C. 822.
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