History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . out the body to the populace. For many hours the crowd borethrough the city on the point of a spear the head of the all-powerfulminister, and- dragged the headless corpse through the streets. Hisson, a little boy brought up at court, had his brains dashed outon the pavement ; those who had shared the fortune of the favoriteshared now in the ignominy of his death, and. after being thesport of the rabble, were dragged to the Gemonian stairs (189).2 1 Marble bust found at Ostia (Vatican, Brar
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . out the body to the populace. For many hours the crowd borethrough the city on the point of a spear the head of the all-powerfulminister, and- dragged the headless corpse through the streets. Hisson, a little boy brought up at court, had his brains dashed outon the pavement ; those who had shared the fortune of the favoriteshared now in the ignominy of his death, and. after being thesport of the rabble, were dragged to the Gemonian stairs (189).2 1 Marble bust found at Ostia (Vatican, Brarrin nuovo, No. 121 ). 2 Alarmed by this riot. Commodus gave some care to the provisioning of Rome, as is. 460 THE AFRICAN AND SYRIAN PRINCES, 180 TO 235 a. d. On the last day of the games Cominodus, before descendinginto the arena, had given his club to Pertinax. Later, men remem-bered this, and saw in it a sign. The expiation was drawing son of Marcus Aurelius, whom his biographer calls more cruel than Domitian, more vile thanNero, was a wild beast who could not failsome day to be stricken down. Among thepossessions of one of his victims Commodushad found a woman to whom he attachedhimself passionately, making her his con-cubine. This union, a sort of morganaticmarriage, recognized by the Roman world,1permitted Marcia to receive almost all the COMMODUS AND . honors due to an empress. ibis woman,who seems to have possessed liberality of mind and determination,had gained an immense ascendency over the weak soul of theimbecile buffoon; her medals, if we may believe them portraits,reveal a strong character, and we have seen with what energy sheacted in the affair of Oleande
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