The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . for those who came after him, though, sad tosay, few were able to measure up to his splendid standard. He died in 16r,and was succeeded by Marcus Annius, called Aurelius, who, as we havelearned, had been selected as his heir at the command of Hadrian. Aurelius had been made consul in 140, and, up to his accession to thethrone, he discharged the duties with
The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . for those who came after him, though, sad tosay, few were able to measure up to his splendid standard. He died in 16r,and was succeeded by Marcus Annius, called Aurelius, who, as we havelearned, had been selected as his heir at the command of Hadrian. Aurelius had been made consul in 140, and, up to his accession to thethrone, he discharged the duties with faithfulness and ability. He and theEmperor had been the closest of friends, Aurelius, on becoming Emperor,.showed his chivalry of character by voluntarily sharing the government withyoung Lucius Verus, who from that time bore the title of Lucius AureliusVerus, Such a ruler as Aurelius was sure to win the respect and love of hissubjects, but Lucius, when sent to take part in the Parthian War, remained inAntioch, sunk in debasing pleasures, leaving his officers to prosecute the strug-gle, and at the close he returned home and enjoyed the triumph to which hehad no claim. The troops brought a pestilence, which, together with appalling. Rome—Government of Marcus Aurelius 427 inundations and earthquakes, laid much of the city in ruins, and destroyed thegranaries where the supplies of corn were kept. A formidable insurrectionhad long been fomenting in the German provinces; the Britons were on thepoint of revolt, and the Catti (the Suevi of Julius Caesar, who lived in the coun-try nearly corresponding to the present Hesse) were ready to devastate theRhenish provinces. The manifold calamities that had fallen and still threatened to fall so terri-fied the Romans that, to allay them, Marcus determined to go forth to war him-self. For a time Marcus and Lucius were completely successful. The Mar-comanni and the other rebellious tribes, living between Illyria and the sourcesof the Danube
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