legate of the first legion in Germany at the accession of Tiberius in A. D. 14. A mutiny had
broken out among the soldiers, but they soon repented, and brought their ringleaders in chains
before C. Caetronius, who tried and punished them in a manner which had never been adopted
before, and must be considered as an usurpation of the soldiery. The legions (the first and
twentieth) met with drawn swords and formed a sort of popular assembly. The accused individual
was led to some elevated place, so as to be seen by all, and when the multitude declared him
guilty, he was forthwith put to death. This sort of court-martial was looked upon in later
times as a welcome precedent. (