So then, when quiet had been completely restored, he seized a dagger and killed himself. The grief-stricken soldiers took up his body and buried it, and some slew themselves upon his grave.
Edition :
Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-.
Remark :
context: Otho's army had previously lost the battle at Cremona. motive: According to Dio, the reasons Otho gave in his speech for his suicide were the prevention of further losses and destruction in a continued civil war. (64.13-14)
Notes :
For the following suicide of some of Otho's soldiers, please refer to: "Soldiers of Otho commit suicide on his grave."
