. The life and work of St. Paul. $. a n i V. London, : Cos sell. Fetter & (rdbpin ? CHAINING OF PRISONERS. 363 to give eclat to the arrival of Festus in one of the wealthiestbut most disaffected of imperial If this werethe case, Julius may very well have been that Julius Priscuswho afterwards rose to the splendid position of one of thetwo Praefects of the PraBtorians, and committed suicide onthe disgraceful overthrow of his We see enoughof him during this voyage to lead us to believe that he wasa sensible, honourable, and kindly man. Roman soldiers were responsible with th
. The life and work of St. Paul. $. a n i V. London, : Cos sell. Fetter & (rdbpin ? CHAINING OF PRISONERS. 363 to give eclat to the arrival of Festus in one of the wealthiestbut most disaffected of imperial If this werethe case, Julius may very well have been that Julius Priscuswho afterwards rose to the splendid position of one of thetwo Praefects of the PraBtorians, and committed suicide onthe disgraceful overthrow of his We see enoughof him during this voyage to lead us to believe that he wasa sensible, honourable, and kindly man. Roman soldiers were responsible with their own livesfor the security of their prisoners, and this had originatedthe custom—so painful to the prisoners, and all the morepainful because so necessarily irritating to the legionaries—of keeping the prisoners safe by chaining them with a longlight chain by the right wrist to the left wrist of soldiers,who relieved each other in turn. It may be imagined howfrightfully trying it must have been to have no momentand no movement
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