. A history of Rome . Fig. 34. Hadrian. (CapitolineMuseum, Rome) All Roman portraits before the time ofHadrian it will be noticed have the faceclean-shaven. Hadrian introduced the prac-tice of wearing a beard. This now becamethe mode, as is shown by the portraitsfrom this time forward 130 FROM TIBERIUS TO DIOCLETIAN [§139 his long reign of twenty-three years the Empire was in a state ofprofound peace. The attention of the historian is attracted by nostriking events, which fact, as many have not failed to observe, illus-trates admirably the oft-repeated epigram, Happy is that peoplewhose annals
. A history of Rome . Fig. 34. Hadrian. (CapitolineMuseum, Rome) All Roman portraits before the time ofHadrian it will be noticed have the faceclean-shaven. Hadrian introduced the prac-tice of wearing a beard. This now becamethe mode, as is shown by the portraitsfrom this time forward 130 FROM TIBERIUS TO DIOCLETIAN [§139 his long reign of twenty-three years the Empire was in a state ofprofound peace. The attention of the historian is attracted by nostriking events, which fact, as many have not failed to observe, illus-trates admirably the oft-repeated epigram, Happy is that peoplewhose annals are brief. x Antoninus, early in his reign, had united with himself in the gov-ernment his adopted son Marcus Aurelius, and upon the death ofthe former (161 ) the latter succeeded quietly to his place andwork. Aurelius studious habits won for him the title of belonged to the school of the Stoics, and was a most thoughtful. Fig. 35. Siege of a City. (From Trajans Column) writer. His Meditations breathe the tenderest sentiments of devotionand benevolence, and make the nearest approach to the spirit ofChristianity of all the writings of pagan antiquity. He established aninstitution or home for orphan girls, and, finding the poorer classesthroughout Italy burdened by their taxes and greatly in arrears inpaying them, he caused all the tax claims to be heaped in the Forumand burned. The tastes and sympathies of Aurelius would have led him tochoose a life passed in retirement and study at the capital; buthostile movements of the Parthians, and especially invasions of thebarbarians along the Rhenish and Danubian frontiers, called him fromhis books and forced him to spend most of the latter years of hisreign in the camp. The Parthians, who had violated their treaty with
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