Kitap 16
10.2
For neither in person did he vanquish any nation that made war upon him, nor learn of any conquered by the valour of his generals; nor did he add anything to his empire; nor at critical moments was he ever seen to be foremost, or among the foremost; but he desired to display an inordinately long procession, banners stiff with gold work, and the splendour of his retinue, to a populace living in perfect peace and neither expecting nor desiring to see this or anything like it.
10.3
Perhaps he did not know that some of our ancient commanders in time of peace were satisfied with the attendance of their lictors; but when the heat of battle could tolerate no inaction, one, with the mad blast of the winds shrieking, entrusted himself to a fisherman’s skiff;Julius Caesar; see Lucan, v. 533 ff. another, after the example of the Decii, vowed his life for the commonwealth;Claudius II., in the Gothic war. a third in his own person together with common soldiers explored the enemy’s camp;Galerius Maximianus, who in person reconnoitred the Persian camp. in short, various among them became famous through splendid deeds, so that they commended their glories to the frequent remembrance of posterity.
