History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . should have been forhim the age of wisdom, sixty years,suffered himself to be dragged to theabyss by the ambition of his wife, thehaughty Manlia Scantilla, who was eagerto see her husbands laticlave changedfor the imperial puiple. Although the Empire had been often bought, it had not asyet been publicly put up at auction: Rome was now about towitness this disgrace. To tranquillize the praetorians, Pertinax hadsent out to their camp his father-in-law Sulpicianus, who was theprefect of Rome. This senato
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . should have been forhim the age of wisdom, sixty years,suffered himself to be dragged to theabyss by the ambition of his wife, thehaughty Manlia Scantilla, who was eagerto see her husbands laticlave changedfor the imperial puiple. Although the Empire had been often bought, it had not asyet been publicly put up at auction: Rome was now about towitness this disgrace. To tranquillize the praetorians, Pertinax hadsent out to their camp his father-in-law Sulpicianus, who was theprefect of Rome. This senator again was one of those common-place persons who, ignoring the obligations of power, see only itsglitter. When the head of Pertinax was shown to him, he at onceproposed to the murderers to buy of them the imperial purplewhich had just been dipped in the blood of his son-in-law. Therumor of this spread quickly, and Julianus hastened to enter the 1 Marcus Didius Severus Julianus (C. I. L. vol. vi. No. 1,401 ). - Wife of Dirlius Julianus. Bust in tin- Capitol, Hall of the Emperors, No. MANLIA 470 THE AFRICAN AND SYRIAN PRINCES, 180 TO 235 a. d. lists as bis rival. Then began a most extraordinary and un-paralleled scene. Julianus was on tbe top of the wall. Sulpicianuswas in tbe camp, and the two bid against each other. Messen-gers passed between the wall and the camp, saying to the former: He offers so much; what will you give ? And to the latter, The other goes higher ; will you go higher still ? They wentas far as 5,000 drachmae, or 20,000 sesterces ; and the offers beingequal, the soldiers waited, sure to get more in the end for their com-modity. Finally, Julianus routed his adversary by a bold advanceof 1,250 drachmae. He cried the sum from the top of the wall ;he counted it on his fingers, that those who could not hear mightsee; and he threw down to them his tablets, on which he hadwritten that he would rehabilitate the memory of Pertinax woul
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