Piso having the while attempted in vain to storm the fleet, which rode at
a small distance, as soon as he returned, presented himself upon the
walls; where, by a succession of passionate complaints and entreaties, now
bemoaning in agonies the bitterness of his lot, then calling and cajolling
every particular soldier by his name, and by rewards tempting all, he
laboured to excite a sedition; and thus much had already effected, that
the Eagle-bearer of the sixth legion revolted to him with his Eagle. This
alarmed Sentius, and instantly he commanded the cornets and trumpets to
sound, a mound to be raised, the ladders placed, and the bravest men to
mount, and others to pour from the engines volleys of darts and stones,
and flaming torches. The obstinacy of Piso was at last vanquished; and he
desired "that upon delivering his arms he might remain in the castle till
the Emperor's pleasure, to whom he would commit the government of Syria,
were known;" conditions which were not accepted; nor was aught granted him
save ships and a passport to Rome.
After the illness of Germanicus grew current there, and all its
circumstances, like rumours magnified by distance, were related with many
aggravations; sadness seized the people; they burned with indignation, and
even poured out in plaints the anguish of their souls.
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