" With these words he left the Senate; Tiberius was
provoked; and yet not only soothed him with gentle words, but likewise
obliged Piso's relations, by their authority or entreaties, to retain him.
The same Piso gave soon after an equal instance of the indignation of the
free spirit, by prosecuting a suit against Urgulania; a lady whom the
partial friendship of Livia had set at defiance with the laws. Urgulania
being carried, for protection, to the palace, despised the efforts of
Piso; so that neither did she submit; nor would he desist, notwithstanding
the complaints and resentments of Livia, that in the prosecution "violence
and indignity were done to her own person." Tiberius promised to attend
the trial, and assist Urgulania; but only promised in civility to his
mother, for so far he thought it became him; and thus left the palace,
ordering his guards to follow at a distance. People the while crowded
about him, and he walked with a slow and composed air: as he lingered, and
prolonged the time and way with various discourse, the trial went on. Piso
would not be mollified by the importunity of his friends; and hence at
last the Empress ordered the payment of the money claimed by him.
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