THE LIVES
OF
THE TWELVE CAESARS
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[656] A.U.C. 786.
[657] Caius Caesar Caligula. He gave the command of the legions in
Germany to Galba.
[658] "Scuto moderatus;" another reading in the parallel passage of
Tacitus is scuto immodice oneratus, burdened with the heavy weight of a
shield.
[659] It would appear that Galba was to have accompanied Claudius in his
expedition to Britain; which is related before, CLAUDIUS, c. xvii.
[660] It has been remarked before, that the Cantabria of the ancients is
now the province of Biscay.
[661] Now Carthagena.
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