History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . Empress Julia. 536 THE AFRICAN AND SYRIAN PRINCES, 180 TO 235 a. d. imperial family, public enemy, and Severus had used the formidable expression,,which had been caught up and repeated. But Plautianus had regained tbeEmperors favor; and theruler, so severe towardsothers, strove to dissipatethe memory of his momen-tary displeasure by loadingthe prefect with public ex-pressions of regard. Anorator having said in theSenate: Before Severus-does any harm to Plauti-anus, the sky will fall, theEmperor remark
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . Empress Julia. 536 THE AFRICAN AND SYRIAN PRINCES, 180 TO 235 a. d. imperial family, public enemy, and Severus had used the formidable expression,,which had been caught up and repeated. But Plautianus had regained tbeEmperors favor; and theruler, so severe towardsothers, strove to dissipatethe memory of his momen-tary displeasure by loadingthe prefect with public ex-pressions of regard. Anorator having said in theSenate: Before Severus-does any harm to Plauti-anus, the sky will fall, theEmperor remarked to thesenators at his side thatthis was true. I couldnot injure Plautianus, hesaid; and I hope not tosurvive him. 1 Severus hadviolated, in favor of his pre-fect, a rule established byAugustus, twice appointingPlautianus consul;2 and withthe design of securing hisson an experienced guide,had made his prefect thefather-in-law of the desig-nate Emperor. Dion relatesthat he saw the dowry of Plautilla, the new Juno,4 carried intothe palace, and that it was enough for fifty kings p-f/m. 1 Dion, lxxv. 15 and 16. 2 Plautianus had really received only the consular ornaments; but Severus counted thishonor as if it had been a real consulship (Dion, lxxv. 15 ; C. I. L. vi. 220). The rule of Au-gustus had already been violated. Clemens, under Domitian (Tac, Hist. iv. 68), and Tatianus,under Hadrian (Spart., Hadr. 8), bad been at the same time consuls and praetorian Severus decided, contrary to the ordinance of Augustus, that the praetorian pre-fecture should be a senatorial office. 8 Statue in the Museum of Naples. 4 N*aHpa ( Waddington, Fastes de la pror. rfAsir, p. 247). GOVERNMENT OF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, 193 TO 211 a. ... 537 Accordingly, the prefect had a royal retinue, and all ranks ofmen, the Senate, the people, and the army, vied with each other inbasely flattering him. Though it Avas no longer permitted to erectstatues to him of equal height w
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