Causa praecipua ex formidine, ne Germanicus, in cuius manu tot legiones, immensa sociorum auxilia, mirus apud populum favor, habere imperium quam exspectare mallet.
The chief reason was his fear that Germanicus'backed by so many legions, the vast reserves of the provinces, and a wonderful popularity with the nation'might prefer the ownership to the reversion of a throne
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