History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ad four legions. 2 CONCOPiD. MILIT. Concord standing between two standards. Reverse of a goldcoin of Didius Julianus. 3 Reverse of a large bronze of Didius Julianus. 4 The fourteen legions who proclaimed Severus. and to whom the new Augustusgave the donativum, were the ten legions guarding the Danube and the four legions on theRhine (Robert, Les legions </« Ehin, p. 16). M. de Celeuneer (Essui sur la vie de Severe)counts sixteen legions. Spartianus says (Seu. 5) that it was necessary to
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ad four legions. 2 CONCOPiD. MILIT. Concord standing between two standards. Reverse of a goldcoin of Didius Julianus. 3 Reverse of a large bronze of Didius Julianus. 4 The fourteen legions who proclaimed Severus. and to whom the new Augustusgave the donativum, were the ten legions guarding the Danube and the four legions on theRhine (Robert, Les legions </« Ehin, p. 16). M. de Celeuneer (Essui sur la vie de Severe)counts sixteen legions. Spartianus says (Seu. 5) that it was necessary to urge Severus (repuff-nans). lie doubtless borrowed this word from the Emperors autobiography. COMMODUS, PERTINAX, JULIANUS, SEVERUS, 180 Ti l 211 a. d. 473 to avenge Secret emissaries had withdrawn his chil-dren from the city before the news of his elevation to the imperialpower could reach there. Julianus caused him to be declared a public enemy by theSenate, and at once began preparations to receive him. Laborerswere set at work digging a moat around the city; the gladiators. PESCENNIUS Nil from Capua were called in. — mere bandits, on whom no reliancecould be placed: the soldiers from the fleet at Misenum were sentfor, who made themselves ridiculous b}- their awkwardness inhandling the javelin ; and the elephants of the circus were armedfor war. but very unsuccessfully, as they threw off the towerswhich were placed on their hacks. Julianus even caused the palaceto be barricaded, in sign of the desperate resistance he should still 1 . ? E batur ah omnibus quasi ultor Pertinacis ( ibid. 5 : cf. Herod., ii. 9, 10).He even assumed the name of Pertinax, which we find on many of His inscriptions. Cf. , Melanges depiyr. pp. ! B 2 Bust of the Vatican, Hall of Busts. No. 474: THE AFRICAN AND SYRIAN PRINCES, 180 TO 235 a. d. make to the enemy if an entrance should be effected into the praetorians ought to have set him the example; but theywere ric
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