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... A story that was the subject of every variety of misrepresentation, not only by those who then lived but likewise in succeeding times: so true is it that all transactions of pre-eminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.
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by Tacitus
I'll admit to getting bogged down in the early chapters by all the names and familial relationships, and not being able to keep track of this uncle or that cousin, because they were not really given any personalities, especially the ones who died so quickly after being introduced.
I knew how it turned out -- because history -- , but I was still rooting for Germanicus.
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I knew how it turned out -- because history -- , but I was still rooting for Germanicus.
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