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Europe
,
Asia
John
Hartley
Lucilla
,
Commodus
L.
Verus
The
Senate
has
sent
you
this
.
Jupiter
Capitolinus
That
this
was
not
a
Time
to
quit
the
Cares
of
Empire
,
for
the
Diversions
of
Games
and
Publick
Festivities
;
That
his
Sword
was
drawn
against
him
,
and
if
he
did
not
ward
off
the
Blow
which
would
suddenly
be
made
at
him
,
it
would
certainly
be
fatal
,
and
he
would
feel
it
before
he
was
aware
;
That
was
raising
Forces
and
Money
to
be
employ'd
against
him
,
and
that
his
Sons
by
secret
Practices
had
sollicited
the
Army
to
revolt
▪
and
in
conclusion
,
if
he
did
not
take
care
in
time
to
break
their
Measures
,
he
was
irrecoverably
ruin'd
.
viz.
Aeneas
The
Vanquisher
of
a
thousand
Gladiators
Absconding
God
are
these
then
the
Returns
you
make
me
for
my
Kindness
and
Passion
!
Have
I
deserv'd
this
at
your
Hands
!
Have
I
for
this
born
your
drunken
Frollicks
,
and
all
the
Affronts
and
Indignities
you
have
been
pleas'd
to
put
upon
me
for
these
many
Years
?
And
must
all
this
be
tamely
suffer'd
?
No
,
his
Designs
shall
turn
upon
himself
,
and
he
shall
find
how
unequal
a
Match
a
drunken
.
Sot
is
for
a
sober
designing
Woman
.
Auction
.
Julian
Laetus
,
Electus
To
him
with
some
others
of
the
Conspirators
,
came
at
Midnight
,
when
all
Men
were
asleep
;
and
finding
his
Gates
lock'd
,
awaken'd
the
Porter
,
who
,
as
soon
as
he
descry'd
the
Soldiers
,
and
Captain
of
the
Guard
,
among
them
,
in
great
consternation
he
runs
back
to
acquaint
his
Master
.
commanded
him
to
conduct
them
to
him
,
without
any
greater
Emotion
than
the
saying
,
And
he
maintain'd
all
the
Time
such
a
Sedateness
and
Constancy
of
Mind
,
that
he
did
not
so
much
as
move
himself
from
the
Bed
,
or
alter
the
Air
of
his
Face
.
And
when
made
their
Approach
,
tho'
he
concluded
they
came
to
kill
him
,
yet
he
never
chang'd
Colour
,
but
spoke
to
them
with
a
becoming
Boldness
and
Gravity
of
Countenance
.
says
he
And
now
began
to
overcome
his
Incredulity
,
and
to
believe
what
they
said
;
and
understanding
the
whole
Matter
,
told
them
,
And
they
thought
it
the
most
advisable
in
the
first
place
to
go
to
the
Army
,
and
sound
the
Inclinations
of
the
Soldiers
;
tho'
assur'd
them
,
he
could
influence
them
to
do
what
he
pleas'd
,
in
regard
he
was
their
Commander
,
and
upon
that
Score
might
pretend
to
a
more
than
ordinary
Authority
over
them
.
So
they
all
went
immediately
to
the
Army
.
The
Gladiator
The
Tyrant
is
dead
bon
grace
Severus
Sovereign
&c.
Albinus
Arabia
the
Happy
Severus
.
Niger
The
Bay
of
Issicum
That
he
sent
that
Head
to
be
fix'd
upon
a
Gibbet
,
and
expos'd
to
publick
View
,
that
it
might
be
a
Token
of
his
displeasure
,
and
signifie
how
highly
he
was
enrag'd
against
them
.
the
Happy
That
this
was
the
Time
for
him
to
give
the
last
Proof
of
his
Zeal
and
Devotion
to
his
Interest
,
and
for
him
to
make
a
Requital
proportionable
to
so
great
a
Merit
;
That
it
was
in
his
Choice
whether
he
would
succeed
him
in
the
Post
he
was
now
in
,
and
be
such
a
Man
as
he
saw
he
was
at
that
time
,
or
die
instantly
,
and
receive
the
Rewards
of
his
Contumacy
and
Disobedience
;
That
he
ought
not
to
be
stagger'd
with
the
Greatness
of
the
Enterprize
,
or
startle
at
the
Name
of
in
regard
of
the
free
Entrance
which
he
should
have
alone
into
the
Imperial
Bed-chamber
,
when
his
Turn
should
come
to
be
upon
the
Night-Guard
,
at
which
time
he
might
easily
effect
what
he
propos'd
to
him
,
without
Opposition
or
Discovery
;
That
he
should
not
expect
any
further
Orders
from
him
,
but
should
go
immediately
to
the
Imperial
Palace
,
as
if
he
brought
Advices
of
Importance
and
Secresie
from
Plautian
,
and
so
should
fall
upon
the
Old
Man
and
his
Son
,
and
kill
them
;
adding
,
That
the
Matter
was
very
feasible
to
a
Man
that
would
acquit
himself
with
Bravery
;
and
assuring
him
,
That
as
he
had
a
Share
in
the
Hazard
,
so
he
should
also
have
in
the
Honour
and
Dignity
to
which
this
Enterprize
would
make
way
.
May
it
please
your
Majesty
,
I
don't
come
here
as
a
Traytor
to
assassinate
your
Person
,
as
he
that
sent
me
imagines
;
but
according
to
my
own
Hopes
and
Desires
,
to
be
your
Preserver
and
Deliverer
.
seeking
by
Intrigue
and
Policy
to
gain
the
Empire
,
has
Commission'd
me
to
murder
you
and
your
Son
,
and
that
not
only
by
Word
of
Mouth
,
but
by
Warrant
in
Writing
which
I
readily
undertook
,
lest
if
I
should
decline
it
,
he
might
meet
with
some
other
Person
forward
enough
to
engage
in
the
Enterprize
;
and
now
I
am
here
ready
to
make
Discovery
of
what
I
know
,
and
to
bring
to
light
his
Secret
Designs
.
I
beseech
you
,
my
Lords
,
what
clearer
Proof
or
stronger
Evidence
can
you
desire
?
Permit
me
only
to
go
out
of
the
Palace
,
and
by
some
trusty
Friend
of
mine
let
him
know
that
the
Business
he
gave
me
in
Charge
is
accomplish'd
,
and
he
will
speedily
be
here
,
expecting
to
find
the
Palace
abandon'd
;
and
then
you
your selves
may
judge
of
the
Truth
of
what
I
have
depos'd
.
Only
command
Silence
in
the
Palace
,
for
fear
he
should
have
Intelligence
of
what
has
pass'd
,
and
so
defeat
the
Design
.
That
he
should
make
all
the
haste
he
could
;
that
both
the
Emperors
were
dispatch'd
;
that
it
would
behove
him
to
be
in
the
Palace
before
the
Thing
had
taken
Air
;
that
having
made
himself
Master
of
the
Citadel
,
and
establish'd
his
Empire
,
he
might
constrain
the
People
to
render
Obedience
to
him
,
as
to
an
actual
Sovereign
.
Plautian
That
it
was
all
a
Lye
,
a
meer
Forgery
and
Contrivance
devis'd
against
him
.
Severus
Why
he
came
to
Court
at
that
Time
without
Orders
What
was
the
meaning
of
that
Coat
of
Mail.
Is
it
usual
,
for
any
Man
to
come
armed
to
a
Collation
?
That
the
were
in
open
Rebellion
,
that
they
had
ravag'd
and
laid
waste
the
Country
,
that
he
must
either
send
him
a
strong
Reinforcement
,
or
come
in
Person
to
reduce
the
Place
.
After
the
young
Emperors
had
perform'd
the
Sacrifices
customary
upon
the
Accession
of
new
Princes
to
the
Empire
,
they
retir'd
to
the
Palace
,
Campus
Martius
should
be
allotted
to
's
Army
should
lie
encamped
at
's
at
that
lying
opposite
one
to
the
other
,
they
might
guard
their
several
Frontiers
,
and
hinder
any
Descent
which
might
be
made
upon
them
.
That
such
Senators
as
were
should
remain
at
that
the
rest
should
repair
to
's
Court
,
which
he
design'd
to
keep
in
looking
upon
those
Cities
as
little
inferior
to
in
bigness
.
Of
the
was
to
have
the
and
the
bordering
Nations
;
and
the
rest
,
as
far
as
the
East
.
O
my
Sons
you
have
found
out
Means
to
divide
the
Lands
and
Seas
,
and
the
you
say
,
will
separate
your
Territories
;
but
how
will
you
divide
your
Mother
?
how
shall
wretched
I
be
apportion'd
and
carv'd
between
you
?
First
kill
me
and
cut
me
to
Pieces
;
then
take
each
of
you
a
Part
,
and
bury
it
with
you
;
so
I
shall
be
shar'd
between
you
,
as
well
as
the
Land
and
the
Sea
.
That
he
had
with
great
difficulty
escap'd
an
imminent
danger
That
he
should
infallibly
be
kill'd
if
he
staid
in
the
Palace
.
That
he
had
avoided
a
Danger
;
that
he
had
escap'd
the
Attempts
of
an
Enemy
,
that
after
a
long
Dispute
,
his
Adversaries
were
vanquish'd
;
that
both
of
them
had
been
in
manifest
Peril
,
but
Fortune
had
at
last
declar'd
him
sole
Emperor
.
Attick
Drachma's
Domitian
.
Marcus
Alexander
Redivivus
Macedonian
Phalanx
Alexander's
Captains
Pitanite
Bands
Roman
Sylla
African
Hannibal
Macedonian
Phalanx
After
the
Emperor
had
thus
executed
his
Revenge
on
the
he
left
that
City
,
and
return'd
to
and
soon
after
extremely
affecting
the
Surname
of
and
the
Glory
of
Conquering
the
Eastern
Barbarians
,
in
the
profoundest
Tranquillity
he
fram'd
this
Project
.
He
sent
Ambassadors
with
Letters
and
rich
Presents
to
King
of
in
his
Letters
he
demanded
his
Daughter
in
Marriage
,
and
set
forth
at
large
,
That
it
would
be
impossible
for
them
to
agree
,
each
being
an
utter
Stranger
to
the
others
Language
,
and
their
Diet
and
Habit
so
vastly
different
;
that
he
had
Noble
men
in
whose
Daughters
he
might
take
to
Wife
,
as
he
had
his
that
it
was
not
convenient
their
Blood
should
be
corrupted
by
any
Foreign
Mixture
.
Cowardly
Rascal
Macrinus
his
Tool
That
the
Emperor
who
had
violated
his
Oath
and
League
with
him
,
was
kill'd
,
and
had
receiv'd
the
Punishment
due
to
his
Offence
;
that
the
to
whom
the
Empire
of
right
belong'd
,
had
put
the
Sovereign
Power
into
his
Hands
;
that
he
disapprov'd
the
late
Proceedings
of
his
Predecessor
,
and
therefore
would
restore
all
the
Prisoners
that
were
alive
,
with
the
whole
Booty
that
he
had
brought
away
,
and
would
enter
into
a
strict
League
and
Amity
with
him
,
which
should
be
ratified
by
Oaths
and
Sacrifices
.
OPilius
Macrinus
THe
Account
of
s
Reign
and
Death
,
of
the
Plot
that
was
laid
against
him
,
and
of
the
Establishment
of
the
Succession
upon
his
Decease
,
is
delivered
in
the
former
Book
.
remain'd
still
in
from
whence
he
sent
Letters
,
directed
to
the
Senate
and
People
of
the
Substance
whereof
was
That
he
was
s
Natural
Son
,
tho'
he
was
reputed
another
Man's
:
That
when
she
liv'd
at
Court
in
her
Sisters
Time
,
the
said
Emperor
had
Intrigues
with
her
Daughters
,
that
were
then
young
and
handsom
.
had
a
prodigious
Fond
of
Money
,
and
that
she
would
freely
distribute
it
amongst
them
,
provided
they
would
re-establish
her
Family
in
the
Empire
.
That
if
she
would
come
privately
by
Night
to
the
Camp
with
her
Family
,
they
would
receive
her
,
and
proclaim
the
Son
of
Behold
the
Son
of
That
it
was
in
vain
to
fight
for
a
Coward
and
a
Fugitive
if
he
should
enter
the
City
and
Senate
in
that
Garb
,
how
offensive
it
would
be
to
the
who
are
not
accustom'd
to
these
Fopperies
,
esteeming
them
unworthy
of
a
Man
,
and
tolerable
only
in
the
weaker
Sex
.
That
Humane
Frailty
had
betray'd
him
into
the
Sin
;
that
his
Passion
for
the
Maid
was
extreme
;
however
,
no
Match
could
be
more
congruous
or
sacred
,
than
that
of
a
Priest
with
a
Priestess
.
That
his
God
had
no
great
Affection
for
such
an
arm'd
Virago
Phoenician
Dido
Phoenicians
,
Astroarch
the
Moon
That
the
Match
would
be
very
suitable
between
the
how
suitable
it
would
be
to
his
Character
to
attend
Religious
Rites
and
Ceremonies
,
to
perform
the
Functions
of
his
Office
,
and
assist
at
the
Worship
and
Adoration
of
his
God
;
that
in
the
mean
time
some
Person
should
be
impower'd
to
take
care
of
the
Civil
Government
,
to
take
from
him
the
Burden
of
a
Crown
,
and
free
him
from
the
Avocations
which
the
Affairs
of
the
Empire
might
otherwise
give
him
;
and
that
this
Trust
ought
rather
to
be
committed
to
an
Ally
and
a
Relation
,
than
to
a
Stranger
.
That
they
corrupted
his
Son
,
that
they
would
not
suffer
him
to
dance
and
revel
,
that
they
ty'd
him
up
to
Modesty
of
Behaviour
,
and
instructed
him
in
Manly
Duties
.
SEverus
Alexander
Arbitrary
Power
Africk
.
Alexander
Having
thus
for
Thirteen
Years
(
as
to
what
respected
himself
)
administer'd
the
Empire
so
as
not
to
afford
Subject
of
Complaint
,
in
the
Fourteenth
Year
of
his
Reign
there
came
Letters
from
the
Praefects
of
with
the
following
Advices
That
they
ought
to
content
themselves
with
their
own
Territories
,
and
not
endeavour
to
enlarge
them
by
new
Conquests
;
that
they
should
not
suffer
themselves
to
be
lift
up
by
vain
Hopes
,
to
engage
in
a
War
with
a
powerful
Enemy
;
that
they
could
not
expect
the
like
fortunate
Issue
of
their
Combates
with
the
which
they
had
found
against
their
Barbarous
Neighbours
Augustus
,
Trajan
,
Lucius
to
require
the
Emperor
and
People
,
in
the
Name
of
the
Great
from
thenceforth
to
renounce
all
Claim
and
Title
to
and
that
Part
of
which
lies
opposite
to
and
to
suffer
the
quietly
and
peaceably
to
exercise
Dominion
as
far
as
and
over
all
the
Countries
that
are
divided
by
the
Seas
,
being
the
ancient
Possessions
of
the
Crown
of
That
the
had
pass'd
the
and
enter'd
the
Territories
in
Hostile
manner
,
had
assail'd
the
Camp
upon
the
sack'd
and
plunder'd
all
the
Cities
and
Villages
in
those
Parts
,
whereby
that
borders
upon
was
in
imminent
Danger
That
in
this
Exigency
of
Affairs
it
would
be
requisite
that
he
came
in
Person
,
with
the
whole
Power
of
his
Empire
.
That
he
was
led
by
the
Nose
by
his
Mother
,
and
submitted
the
Conduct
of
Publick
Affairs
to
the
Direction
of
a
Woman
.
That
he
should
one
Day
sit
at
the
Helm
of
the
Empire
.
That
his
Compliance
in
this
Particular
was
much
against
his
Will
;
but
he
could
not
resist
their
Importunity
:
seeing
they
would
needs
have
it
so
▪
instantly
to
stand
to
their
Arms
,
and
establish
what
they
had
done
,
by
surprizing
before
the
News
of
what
had
hapned
had
reach'd
his
Ears
,
and
putting
his
Guards
and
Soldiers
in
Consternation
,
by
which
Means
they
might
either
be
perswaded
to
join
with
them
in
pushing
on
the
Revolution
,
or
they
might
easily
be
forc'd
to
a
Submission
,
being
unprovided
of
all
Things
for
making
a
Resistance
.
to
be
firm
to
him
,
to
protect
their
Prince
who
had
been
brought
up
among
them
,
and
had
govern'd
for
Fourteen
Years
with
so
much
Gentleness
and
Equity
,
that
not
one
Subject
had
so
much
as
Cause
of
Complaint
given
him
.
stand
to
their
Arms
,
and
put
themselves
in
posture
to
receive
the
Enemy
:
abandon
a
wretched
Woman
,
and
that
easie
dis-spirited
Boy
,
who
could
truckle
so
tamely
to
a
Mothers
Tyranny
,
and
join
themselves
to
a
Man
of
Courage
and
Conduct
,
who
had
been
their
Companion
in
Arms
,
and
was
an
old
and
experienc'd
Captain
.
Thracian
Genius
Maximine
.
Maximine
That
they
had
Letters
for
that
contain'd
secret
Advices
,
and
that
they
were
sent
upon
Business
that
nearly
concern'd
the
Safety
of
his
Person
:
Sacred
Way
Rome
.
Vitalian
That
there
should
be
a
general
Insurrection
;
that
two
Emperors
should
be
chosen
,
in
whose
Hands
the
Supreme
Power
should
be
lodg'd
,
that
their
Constitution
might
not
a
second
time
be
endanger'd
by
Tyranny
.
Jupiter
Capitolinus
's
Grandson
to
pursue
and
put
to
the
Sword
all
s
Creatures
and
Adherents
,
as
Enemies
and
Traytors
to
the
Senate
and
Common-wealth
.
Rome
,
Maximine
Rome
.
Maximus
Gordian
Caesar
He
re-minded
them
also
of
the
Glory
of
being
the
Deliverers
and
Protectors
of
which
they
would
merit
by
a
brave
Deportment
in
this
Juncture
;
and
advis'd
them
not
to
believe
the
Professions
of
a
perjur'd
and
a
faithless
Tyrant
,
who
was
then
actually
contriving
their
Destruction
,
and
made
use
of
fair
Words
only
to
disguise
,
and
thereby
more
surely
to
effect
his
hidden
Purposes
.
He
told
them
,
That
a
God
of
the
Country
,
call'd
by
the
and
suppos'd
to
be
and
had
in
great
veneration
in
those
Parts
,
had
foretold
that
he
should
be
victorious
.
That
they
saw
the
Image
of
this
God
fighting
in
the
Air
in
defence
of
the
City
.
viz
▪
)
That
the
were
in
Arms
;
that
all
as
also
the
Southern
and
Eastern
Barbarians
,
were
engag'd
with
them
;
that
they
had
concerted
to
raise
a
Army
,
out
of
a
general
Hatred
and
Disaffection
to
Gordian
Caesar
The
other
were
departed
to
another
World
,
and
had
taken
their
Places
among
the
Immortal
Gods
.
Rome
,
Maximus
The
Seven
Seas
Gordian
Caesar
Jupiter
Capitolinus
The
Senates
Creatures
Gordian
Caesar
That
they
had
only
destroy'd
those
Emperors
that
were
made
such
against
their
will
,
and
had
elected
Nephew
to
that
Noble
Patriot
of
the
same
Name
,
who
was
constrain'd
by
the
People
to
take
upon
him
the
Empire
.
Gordian
Caesar
Christianity
not
Mysterious
J.
Gailhard
s.
6
d.
J.
Gailhard
J.
Godolphin
,
LL.
D.
s.
6
d.
Thomas
More
Henry
Spelman
Asia
,
Africa
Roger
Twifden