History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ire, could not betaken by assault; it was necessaryto wait until famine forced thesebrave men to lav down their great number perished in attempt-ing to escape at the last; the re-mainder, having fed on all possiblefood, and even human flesh, openedthe gates. The chiefs and soldiers were butchered, the walls broken down, and Byzantium, reducedfrom its rank of a free city, became a mere village in the territoryof Perinthus. A fellow-countryman of Dion, the engineer Priscus,had directed this galla
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ire, could not betaken by assault; it was necessaryto wait until famine forced thesebrave men to lav down their great number perished in attempt-ing to escape at the last; the re-mainder, having fed on all possiblefood, and even human flesh, openedthe gates. The chiefs and soldiers were butchered, the walls broken down, and Byzantium, reducedfrom its rank of a free city, became a mere village in the territoryof Perinthus. A fellow-countryman of Dion, the engineer Priscus,had directed this gallant defence. He was. like the rest, condemnedto death ; but Severus pardoned him to attach him to the Romanservice. The friends of the claimant shared therefore in his misfortunes,as they would have done in his success. Niger would not havebeen more clement, for after the battle of Cyzicus he had orderedhis Moorish cavalry3 to sack the cities which had declared forhis antagonist. But Severus, still faithful to bis oath, put todeath none of his enemies who were of senatorial rank,4 but con-. OF JERUSALEM WITH THENAME OF PESCENNIOS 1 From the middle of 193 to the spring of 196. 2 IMP. CAES. C. PESC. NIGER IVS(tus) AVG. surrounding the laurelled head ofPescennius Niger. On the reverse: COL. AEL. CAP. COMM(odiana) P(ia) F(elix). Thegenius of Aelia Capitolina Commodiana (Jerusalem), bearing in the right hand a human coin (De Saulcy, pi. v. fig. 7). Coins of Tarsus and Aegae, in Cilitia, prove thatthese cities also took the name of Commodus. 3 We have still the epitaph of a Sidonian killed in this • war of the Moors. Cf. DeSaulcy, Deux inter, de Saida. * Ta>v Se S17 /3ov\evTuv rav Pa/iaiau airiKrave oideva (Dion, lxxiv. 8). Spartianus COMMODUS, PERTINAX, JULIANUS, SEVERUS, 180 TO 211 a. d. 489 tented himself with confiscation and a sentence of exile. Others,who had furnished money, paid a fine of fourfold the amountDion accuses Severus of having rev
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