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Piso of himself prompt to violent pursuits, was with no great labour
persuaded into this opinion, and, in a letter transmitted to Tiberius,
accused Germanicus "of luxury and pride: that for himself, he had been
expulsed, to leave room for dangerous designs against the State, and now
resumed, with his former faith and loyalty, the care of the army." In the
meantime he put Domitius on board a galley, and ordered him to avoid
appearing upon the coasts or amongst the isles, but, through the main sea,
to sail to Syria. The deserters, who from all quarters were flocking to
him in crowds, he formed into companies, and armed all the retainers to
the camp; then sailing over to the continent, intercepted a regiment of
recruits, upon their march into Syria; and wrote to the small kings of
Cilicia to assist him with present succours: nor was the younger Piso slow
in prosecuting all the measures of war, though to adventure a war had been
against his sentiments and advice.
As they coasted Lycia and Pamphilia, they encountered the ships which
carried Agrippina, with hostile spirit on each side, and each at first
prepared for combat; but as equal dread of one another possessed both,
proceeded not further than mutual contumelies.
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