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Donnerstag, 3. Dezember 2015

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TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS NERO, vir magna statura magnisque corporis viribus sive in itinere faciendo sive in potando, quare a militibus "BIBERIUS CALDIUS MERO" appellatus est, homo multum suspiciosus ac taciturnus erat itemque (et aeque) imperator fortis. Principes Germanorum inter se incitare (exagitare) sciebat. Sine ulla clade (nulla clade accepta; sine aliquo vulnere) Tiberius victor ingenio suo et fortuna-ut VELLEIUS narrat- per fines Germaniae iter faciebat. Eo tempore Germania paene (prope) provincia usque ad Visurgim facta est, cum Tiberius dissensionis causa cum Augusto ad Rhodum se recepit (anno sexto ante Chr. n.).-
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=Tiberius Claudius Nero, a man of large height and of great strength of body either in marching or in drinking, which is why he was called by his soldiers "biberius caldius mero" (meaning the one who drinks (too) much hot and unmixed (pure) wine), was a very suspicious and reserved (withdrawn) man and in the same way (also) a good general. He knew how to instigate the German chiefs (or: to set them against one another). Without any casualties he marched through Germany as victor (as a winner) by means of his own talent and luck (chance)-as Velleius told us. By that time Germany had almost become a province until the river of "Weser", as suddenly Tiberius withdrew to the isle of Rhodos because of a quarrel with Augustus (year six before Christ).
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