History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . Milium et mermn imperium . . Merum est imperium habere gladii potcstatem in facUnorosos homines. Cf. Ulpian, in the Digest, ii. 1. 3. 3 Appian shows (Bell. civ. iv. 28) the inhabitants of Minturaae going in pursuit of thebandits on their territory : im ^nrr)n-ri irrrjpiov . ? . ntpiSeovrav. 4 Pliny. Epist. x. 40. These public slaves were in a peculiar condition : they could holdproperty, and even make a will: Servus publicus populi Ro7>iani partis dimiiliae testamenti Jaciendi jus habet (Ulpian, Re
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . Milium et mermn imperium . . Merum est imperium habere gladii potcstatem in facUnorosos homines. Cf. Ulpian, in the Digest, ii. 1. 3. 3 Appian shows (Bell. civ. iv. 28) the inhabitants of Minturaae going in pursuit of thebandits on their territory : im ^nrr)n-ri irrrjpiov . ? . ntpiSeovrav. 4 Pliny. Epist. x. 40. These public slaves were in a peculiar condition : they could holdproperty, and even make a will: Servus publicus populi Ro7>iani partis dimiiliae testamenti Jaciendi jus habet (Ulpian, Reg. xx. 16). 42 THE EMlIKE AND HUMAN SOCIETY. been found the remains of four men who were in fetters there atthe time of the catastrophe. At Philippi, a Greek city and Romancolony, a tumult arising as a result of the preaching of Paul andSilas, the magistrate ordered them to be seized, beaten, and throwninto Things happened in much the same way at Lyonsin the case of the Christians of that city. But how far could theduumvirs conduct the matter? At Lyons, the residence of the. CORPSES BURIED fXHER TTTE ASHES AT P governor, they make the preliminary inquiry, put the accused undertemporary detention, and await the supreme authority of the prov-ince ; for it was a question of high treason. At Jerusalem, in thetrial of Christ, the proceedings go farther, because the matter didnot at first concern the Romans. He is arrested, examined, andjudged by the Sanhedrim, who then seek from Pilate the sentenceto the Roman punishment of crucifixion. The Acts of the Apostles give another instance. On two occa-sions the priests ordered Peter and John to be imprisoned, andthen assembled to pronounce judgment. The first time fear ofthe people stopped them; the second, they were about to con- 1 Acts, xvi. 22-23. - These corpses were restored by means of liquid plaster poured into the hollow left bythe destruction of the bodies. the cnv. 43 deurn them to death when, by the advice of Gamaliel,
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