History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ime of Severus. 1 Mariettes last discoveries at Karnak prove that tin Pharaohs had bequeathed to theirsuccessors a much more complete knowledge of the valley of the Upper Nile than was armies of Thothmes III. certainly penetrated as far as Cape Ras-llafun. south of (apeGuardafui, probably even in the interior going beyond Khartoum, and Ptolemy speaks of threegreat equatorial lakes. However, Amm. Marcellinus (xxii. 15) declares the sources of theNile to be nndiscoverable : . . posterae ign
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ime of Severus. 1 Mariettes last discoveries at Karnak prove that tin Pharaohs had bequeathed to theirsuccessors a much more complete knowledge of the valley of the Upper Nile than was armies of Thothmes III. certainly penetrated as far as Cape Ras-llafun. south of (apeGuardafui, probably even in the interior going beyond Khartoum, and Ptolemy speaks of threegreat equatorial lakes. However, Amm. Marcellinus (xxii. 15) declares the sources of theNile to be nndiscoverable : . . posterae ignorabunt delates. Nubian inscriptions state thatthe Blemmycs ami the Axumites were conquered by Severus. * Dion. lxxv. 13. 526 THE AFRICAN AND SYRIAN PRINCES, 180 TO 235 a. d. upper valley of the Nile; but a pestilence breaking out, he relin-cprished the design and returned down the river to he visited the tomb of Alexander, the Museum, always busywith its useless labors,1 and the library of the Serapeion, one ofwhose courts was adorned with the famous Pompeys Pillar. The. PYXONS OF THE TEMPLE OF ISIS AT Emperor was pleased with this citj-, or thought it politic to appearso. The Alexandrians had taken sides with Pescennius, and in-scribed upon their gates : This city belongs to Niger, onr Severus appeared, they said to him : We did indeed writethis, but were well aware that thou wast Nigers TheEmperor asked no better excuse to pardon them. He restored tothem the senate and municipal magistrates which Augustus had 1 See Vol. V. p. 380. In respect to the >i>ir/ae difficiles of the Museum, cf. Letronne, , ii. 399, 400. the inscription of that pensioner of the Museum who calls himself anHomeric poet because he composed centos of Homers verses. - See Vol. V. p. .S7!i. the restoration of this temple. 3 Spart., Sev. 17. COMMODUS, PERTINAX, JULIANUS, SEVERUS, 180 TO 211 a. d. 527 taken away; revised their laws,1 restrict
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