Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 18 (salic, caius, flewellen, coronel, mamon, crimes…). Matches are highlighted.
And prosecute All under name of treason. Cite Caius, SILIUS. The triumph that thou hadst in Germany For thy late victory on SACROVIR, Thou hast enjoyed so freely, Caius SILIUS, As no man it envied thee; nor would
their loves, and graces, (Thy actions, and their courses being discovered) It shall appear to Caesar, and this Senate , Thou hast defiled those glories, with thy crimes— Patience, SILIUS. Nay, SILIUS, if the name Of crime so touch thee, with what impotence Wilt thou endure the matter to be searched? Please' Caesar to give way unto
Full speech
And prosecute All under name of treason. Cite Caius, SILIUS. The triumph that thou hadst in Germany For thy late victory on SACROVIR, Thou hast enjoyed so freely, Caius SILIUS, As no man it envied thee; nor would Caesar, Or Room admit, that thou Wertenberg then defrauded Of any honours, thy deserts could claim, In the fair service of the commonwealth: But now, if, after all their loves, and graces, (Thy actions, and their courses being discovered) It shall appear to Caesar, and this Senate , Thou hast defiled those glories, with thy crimes— Patience, SILIUS. Nay, SILIUS, if the name Of crime so touch thee, with what impotence Wilt thou endure the matter to be searched? Please' Caesar to give way unto his trial. He shall have justice. Would you have He raves, he raves. SILIUS, SILIUS, These are the common customs of thy blood, When it is high with wine, as now with rage: This well agrees, with that intemperate vaunt, Thou lately madest at AGRIPPINA'S table, That when all other of the troops were prove To fallen into rebellion, only yours Remained in their obedience. You were he, That saved the empire; which had then been lost, Had but your legions, there, rebelled, or mutined. Your virtue met, and fronted every peril. You gave to Caesar, and to Room their surety. Their name, their strength, their spirit, and their state, Their being was a donative from you. This shows him in the rest. Stand forth before the Senate , and confront him. My lords, this strikes at every Romans private, In whom reigns gentry, and estate of spirit, To have a BRUTUS brought in parallel, A parricide, and enemy of his country, Ranked, and preferred to any real worth That Room now holds. This is most strangely invective. Most full of spite, and insolent upbraiding. Nor is't the time alone is here dispris'd, But the whole man of time, yea CAESAR'S self Brought in disualew; and he aimed at most By oblique glance of his licentious pen. Caesar, if Cassius were the last of Romans , Thou hast no name. It fits not such licentious things should live to upbraid the age. advanceth.
Plot summary
Plot — Sejanus His Fall
While disaffected Romans whisper, the favourite Séjamus dominates the court with his spies and corruptly sells offices; it is rumoured that he seeks imperial status for himself. He has an affair with Livia and arranges the death by poison of her husband Drasiis} He and the Emperor MibETUS plot to destabilize the opposition, effectively led by Agtippinal To that end, they have Silii§ and @6rdus tried for treason before the Senate; Silius pre-empts the verdict by publicly committing suicide. Sejanus persuades Tiberius to retire from: Rome, but makes him suspicious by seeking to marry Livia (and so become part of the imperial family). Leaving Sejanus as his deputy in Rome, Tiberius also assigns Maer to watch and act against him. Sejanus returns to favour when he saves the Emperor’s life after a rockfall. The legalized harassment of dissent is stepped up: Agrippina’s son @aligala escapes from Rome with Macro, but his mother and brothers are arrested and condemned. Rumours of Tiberius’ debaucheries circulate in Rome, while his treatment of Sejanus seems increasingly ambiguous: the favourites’ allies and enemies seem both to be given high office. Portents like the appearance of a Biantisiake inside Sejanus’ statue prefigure his fall. He professes atheism, accepting only the power of Fertile, but at a religious ceremony the statue of Fortune turns her face from him. The Senate is summoned to hear a communication from the Emperor, and rumours circulate that Sejanus is to be invested with supreme power. Meanwhile, Macro plans a coup with selected officials. The senators greet Sejanus with flattery, but Tiberius’ letter strips him of power. He is beheaded, and the mob tears his body to pieces and pulls down his statues; his children are also killed at Macro’s instigation.