'Orosius,' VII. 5.

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A victorious Roman general was commonly thus hailed by his troops after any signal victory. But by custom this could only be done once in the same campaign.

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Suet. v. 21.

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Dio Cassius, lx. 23. The boy, who was the child of Messalina, had previously been named Germanicus.