Chapter 32

This[399]proved the[400]ruin of the nation, and of the very name of the Jews. The[401]calamity was indeed so[402]violent, and the[403]miseries they[404]suffered so[405]various, that it was[406]visible they were[407]punished for the[408]horrid[409]murder of the[410]only begotten son of God; for a[411]dreadful[412]famine[413]forced the[414]besieged to[415]live on human[416]flesh; mothers to[417]eat their own children; and eleven hundred thousand[418]persons (a thing hardly ever[419]heard of before),[420]perished in that[421]siege. The city was[422]finally[423]razed to the ground. Vespasian, in the third year of his reign[424]triumphed, with his son Titus, over the Jews; upon which he[425]shut up the[426]temple of[427]Janus. He[428]died in his ninth[429]consulship whilst he was[430]giving[431]audience to some[432]ambassadors, having lived sixty-nine years, one month and seven days, and reigned eight years.

Titus, who[433]succeeded his father, is[434]deservedly[435]ranked among the best[436]emperors, although before he[437]came to the[438]empire, he was[439]thought aman of a cruel[440]temper,[441]covetous, and[442]depraved. But upon his[443]advancement, he was so much[444]altered for the better, that he[445]deserved the[446]title of the[447]delight of[448]mankind. He was[449]remarkable for great[450]mildness, and[451]easy temper, and never[452]sent any one away[453]dissatisfied; and[454]remembering once at[455]supper that he had[456]done nobody any[457]kindness that day, he told all those who were about him that he had[458]lost a day. In his reign, in the year of Christ 80, there was a[459]dreadful[460]eruption of[461]flames and[462]ashes out of[463]mount Vesuvius, which[464]flew as far as Africa, Syria, and Egypt; and the two towns of Pompeii and[465]Herculaneum[A]were[466]utterly[467]ruined by it. This good emperor died in the year of Christ 81, two years and three months after he had[468]succeeded his father, and in the one and fortieth year of his[469]age, not without the[470]suspicion of having been[471]poisoned by his[472]brother Domitian.

[A]The Manuscripts, Vases, &c. &c. which within the last few years have been found among the ruins of these places, are in the present day objects of great curiosity and interest.

Titus was very much[473]lamented both by the senate and people: and their[474]concern for his death was very much[475]increased by his brother and[476]successor Domitian, the worst prince of all that[477]came before, or[478]followed after him. At first he made some[479]show of[480]clemency and[481]justice, but soon[482]discovered his[483]temper, and[484]imitated Nero in[485]cruelty,[486]rapine, and[487]debauchery. He[488]ordered himself to be[489]called God, and was at last[490]destroyed by means of a[491]plot, in the year of Christ 96, after he had reigned fifteen years.

[1]Egítto

[2]ridótto

[3]forma

[4]província

[5]trionfáre

[6]conquísta

[7]Dalmázia

[8]sommíssione

[9]consigliársi

[10]seriaménte

[11]fintaménte

[12]depórsi

[13]autorità

[14]consíglio

[15]risólvere

[16]presentáre

[17]dimanda

[18]nonostánte

[19]per rassegnare

[20]stratagémma

[21]assicurársi

[22]Cornélio Gallo

[23]Románo

[24]cavaliére

[25]governatóre

[26]esiliáto

[27]insolenza

[28]fare

[29]luogotenénte

[30]sottomessi

[31]ritórno

[32]ricusáre

[33]triónfo

[34]esibíto

[35]Fraate

[36]restituíre

[37]stendárdo

[38]preso

[39]amíco

[40]particoláre

[41]stima

[42]primo

[43]protettóre

[44]sciénza

[45]sapiénte

[46]género

[47]dare per moglíe

[48]nipóte

[49]grávida

[50]maríto

[51]progénie

[52]moríre

[53]tribunízio

[54]potére

[55]mandáto

[56]regoláre

[57]affáre

[58]ritirársi

[59]cadere

[60]dispiacére

[61]figliástro

[62]continuáre

[63]cagióne

[64]ritiratézza

[65]avversióne

[66]passáre

[67]sorta

[68]dissolutézza

[69]scopérta

[70]stravagánza

[71]bandíre

[72]sécolo

[73]prodúrre

[74]uomo

[75]Greco

[76]Dionísio Alicarnasséno

[77]Nicóla Damascéno

[78]célebre

[79]talénto

[80]istória

[81]Latino

[82]Cornélio Nepóte

[83]género

[84]battáglia

[85]célebre

[86]poéta

[87]Virgilio

[88]Orázio

[89]Ovídio

[90]Tibúllo

[91]Propérzio

[92]Cristo

[93]tenúto

[94]eccellénte

[95]príncipe

[96]necessário

[97]succédere

[98]salvático

[99]indole

[100]abbandonáto

[101]nascóndere

[102]vizio

[103]princípio

[104]maraviglióso

[105]arte

[106]adottáto

[107]comándo

[108]suócero

[109]acquistáre

[110]riputazióne

[111]virtù

[112]fatto d’arme

[113]risguardáto

[114]gelóso

[115]próprio

[116]rimuóvere

[117]maraviglióso

[118]succésso

[119]Levánte

[120]battersi

[121]rancóre mortále

[122]sospétto

[123]avvelenáto

[124]proseguíto

[125]preveníre

[126]senténza

[127]volontário

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