The world: historical and actual . g-for the second coming of Jesus, were bold in thedefiance of temporal power. The dispersion of theone and the repeated persecution of the cither fol-lowed, and that not simply from monsters of theXeronean type, but from emperors of good in-tentions, including Vespasian. Titus, and the Anto-nines. The accession of Vespasian to the throne was the elevation of a thoroughly plebeian family, the Flavii, to the royalty. The founder of this dynasty had a long and honorable reign, his immediate suc- ?v a brief and no less honorable one, followed 5 the bloody Domitia
The world: historical and actual . g-for the second coming of Jesus, were bold in thedefiance of temporal power. The dispersion of theone and the repeated persecution of the cither fol-lowed, and that not simply from monsters of theXeronean type, but from emperors of good in-tentions, including Vespasian. Titus, and the Anto-nines. The accession of Vespasian to the throne was the elevation of a thoroughly plebeian family, the Flavii, to the royalty. The founder of this dynasty had a long and honorable reign, his immediate suc- ?v a brief and no less honorable one, followed 5 the bloody Domitian, the second son of Vespa- 21 Trajan succeeded to the throne apparently because all recognized his con-spicuous fitness for the graveduties of the imperial pur-ple. His long reign wasrendered glorious by theimmense extension of theempire in every had been a gradualgrowth in area ever sincethe supremacy of Romehad become an establishedfact, but more especiallyunder Trajan, who wassucceeded by a relative, Trajan. This noble em- T 168 THE EMPERORS FROM AUGUSTUS TO ALARIC. peror hadmore geniusfor government than any rulersince Julius Caesar. Under him much was done tocivilize the ruder portions of the empire ; Hadrianbeing alike equal to military and civil the close of his reign, Hadrian chose as hisassociate (for it was the custom then and afterwardsto choose an assistant emperor) T. Aurelius Anto-ninus, a man of mature age and most exemplarycharacter. The Forum at Rome corresponded with the Agoraat Athens. It was an open space surrounded bypublic buildings, and devoted to business. It wasat once a market-place and a court of justice. Allkinds of transactions centered there. The climateadmitted of such an open-air system. The Forumhad to be enlarged several times to meet the de-mands of the public, but the cut given on the pre-ceding page represents the Forum as it was when theempire was at its best. It may be added that asAmerican tow
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