History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . binus, which the latter, foreseeing the approach-in downfall of the Emperor, and saying that Commodus was seeking companions in his ruin,had refused. The silence of Dion and of other writers does not allow us to accept this is moreover of so strange a character. - For instance, the taurobolium of Lyon* in 1!4 (, No. 6,032). 3 Herod, ii. 48. Caracalla was born in 188; (.eta the year following. « Spon. Miscell. p. 270. 5 Torso of Pentelic marble found near Civita Vecchia. The cuir
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . binus, which the latter, foreseeing the approach-in downfall of the Emperor, and saying that Commodus was seeking companions in his ruin,had refused. The silence of Dion and of other writers does not allow us to accept this is moreover of so strange a character. - For instance, the taurobolium of Lyon* in 1!4 (, No. 6,032). 3 Herod, ii. 48. Caracalla was born in 188; (.eta the year following. « Spon. Miscell. p. 270. 5 Torso of Pentelic marble found near Civita Vecchia. The cuirass has a head of Medus i,and under it a palladium, as if to say : T terrify and I protect. The statue (restored) is in tl eVatican under the name of Clodius Albinus. 6 Digest, xxvii. S. 1. It was read in the Senate June 1::. 195. Others are dated fromViininaeiuin (Code, iv. 19, 1), from Eboracum (Code, iii. ?-. 1). and from Antioch ( 46 2); but in the case of the latter there is an error either as to the date. July 22, 205, orelse a- to lie place where it is said to have been ANTIQUE FRAGMENT OF A STATUE OF CLODIISALBINUS (SO CALLED). 5 494 THE AFRICAN AND SYRIAN PRINCES, 180 TO 235 a. d. took pleasure in dating his decrees from Warsaw or from Moscow, —.six hundred leagues distant from his own capital. Albinus, reduced tomere empty honors, saw the sons of Severus growing older, andrequired but little foresight to be aware that these boys, when theybecame men, would be formidable competitors to himself. His threelegions of Britain were devoted to him; those of Gaul and Spain,1which alone of all the armies had never made an Emperor, wouldnaturally be desirous to associate themselves with the fortune ofa new ruler. At Rome the former friends of Pescennius and allthose who were distrustful of Severus turned their hopes towardsAlbinus. His illustrious birth was spoken of; the gentleness ofthe Caesar was contrasted with the harshness of the Augustus;it was believed that
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