Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . esentedthe interference of the Imperator. Meanwhilea second train of causes had been preparedfor one of the strangest revolutions ever wit-nessed in the Empire. A certain Julia Msesa,sister of the empress Julia, dwelt now at An-tioeh, where ^Macrinus had es
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . esentedthe interference of the Imperator. Meanwhilea second train of causes had been preparedfor one of the strangest revolutions ever wit-nessed in the Empire. A certain Julia Msesa,sister of the empress Julia, dwelt now at An-tioeh, where ^Macrinus had established his head-quarters. This princess, now aged, had byher two daughters, who, like herself, were wid-ows, two grandsons named Bassianus and Alex- .Ab, d ap. ander. The former, guided by liis niotluT, 1become a priest of the Sun at J; Hwas stationed a strong divi-inu ot tlie IJonarmy. Bassianus luul beenme well lumwitlie soldiers, and liy hi- lieauty :accomjilishments hail worjjlause. When they learnpursuing a course wliieli tended nianitestly tothe destruction of their power in the state, theyproclaimed the Smi-iniest Emperor. The sol-diers at Antiocli aliamhined Macrinus andjoined tlieir brethren at Emesa. The prjeto-rians—for by that name the new guards organ-ized by Severus were still known—remained. loyal to the reigning Emperor; and in a 1)attlewhich followed between them and the legicju-aries, victory at first inclined to the side of Ma-crinus ; but he himself presently fled and theprfetoriaus were routed. The fugitive Emperorand his son were pursued and put to death. Op-position to \.nus ceased and he ascendedthe throne with the Imperial titles of Antoni-nus and Severus. These names, however, aswell as that given him by his parents, werequickly supplanted by the title of ,the same being the name of the Syrian Sun-god whom he served. So the black stone symbolizing the Sun inthe tradition of Syria was introduced among vxivkh
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