Roman country seats.--Antium.--Situation of the promontory of Antium.--Account of Nero's parentage.--Brazenbeard.--Nero's father.--Agrippina his mother.--Agrippina's brother Caligula.--Roman emperors.--Regulations in respect to the Roman armies.--Description of the Roman armies.--Encampments of the legions.--Their stations.--Useful functions of the Roman armies.--Effects produced.--Mode of producing them.--The civil authorities.--The progress of the military power.--Disposition of men to submit to established power.--Great capacity of the early emperors.--Roman armies.--Character of Caligula.--His desperate malignity.--Examples of his cruelty.--Feeding wild beasts with men.--Branding.--Agrip…
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