[-9-] “Therefore, fellow-citizens (for I believe that I have now persuaded you both to hold fast to the name of citizens and to secure the additional title of men and fathers), I have administered this rebuke reluctantly but of necessity, not as your foe nor as one hating you, but rather loving you and wishing to obtain many others like you,—­as one wishing you to guard lawful hearths, with houses full of descendants, that we may approach the gods together with wives and children, and associate with one another standing on an equality in whatever we possess and harvesting equally the hopes to which it gives rise.  How could I call myself a good ruler over you if I should endure seeing you becoming constantly fewer?  How could I any longer be rightfully named your father, if you rear no children?  Therefore, if you really have a regard for me and have given me this title not out of flattery but as an honor, desire yourselves to become men and fathers.  Thus you may yourselves share this title and also render me well named.”

[-10-] Such were his words to both groups at that time.  After this he increased the rewards for those having children and by penalties made a still wider difference between the married and those without wives.  He further allowed each of them a year in which persons who obeyed him might render themselves non-liable by yielding obedience.  Contrary to the Voconian Law, according to which no woman could inherit any property over two and a half myriads in value, he gave women permission to become inheritors of any amount.  He also granted the vestal virgins all the benefits enjoyed by women who had children.  Later the Pappian and Poppaean Law was framed by Marcus Pappius Mutilus and by Quintus Poppaeus Secundus, who were then consuls for a portion of the year.  It turned out that both of them had not only no children but not even wives.  From this very fact the need of the law was discernible.—­These were the events in Rome.

[-11-] Germanicus meanwhile had captured among other posts in Dalmatia also Splonum, in spite of the fact that it occupied a naturally strong position, was well protected by walls, and had a huge number of defenders.  Consequently he was unable to accomplish aught with engines or by assaults, yet he took it as a result of the following coincidence.  Pusio, a Celtic horseman, discharged a stone against the wall which so shook the superstructure that it immediately fell and dragged down the man who was leaning upon it.  At this the rest were terrified, and in fear left the wall to ascend the acropolis.  Subsequently they surrendered both it and themselves.