But
Tiberius by frequent letters urged him "to come home, there to celebrate
the triumph already decreed him; urged that he had already tried enough of
events, and tempted abundant hazards: he had indeed fought great and
successful battles; but he must likewise remember his losses and
calamities, which, however, owing to wind and waves, and no fault of the
general, were yet great and grievous. He himself had been sent nine times
into Germany by Augustus, and effected much more by policy than arms: it
was thus he had brought the Sigambrians into subjection, thus drawn the
Suevians and King Maroboduus under the bonds of peace. The Cheruscans too,
and the other hostile nations, now the Roman vengeance was satiated, might
be left to pursue their own national feuds." Germanicus besought one year
to accomplish his conquest; but Tiberius assailed his modesty with a new
bait and fresh opportunity, by offering him another Consulship, for the
administration of which he was to attend in person at Rome. He added,
"that if the war was still to be prosecuted, Germanicus should leave a
field of glory to his brother Drusus, to whom there now remained no other;
since the Empire had nowhere a war to maintain but in Germany, and thence
only Drusus could acquire the title of Imperator, and merit the triumphal
laurel.
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