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TROY NEW Y ORK PAFRAET S BO OK C OMPANY 1 906 COPY R I G HT 1 90 5 PA FRAETS BOOK COMPANY TR OY NEW YORK DI O ’ S ROMAN HI STO RY 77 Antoninus begi ns his reign by having vari ous persons assas n th m hi r ther ta cha t r 1 l ins ted, amo g e s b o Ge ( p e s l An ni s r i ni anus ilo an d he Cru e ty of to nu towa d Pap , C , ot rs ( chapters 4 Antoni nus as emulator of Alexander of Macedon ( chapters 7, Hi s levi es an d extravagance ( chapters 9 Hi h r f s h n d s treac e y toward Abgarus o O r oe e, towar the Armeni an ki n the Parthi an kin an d the Germans cha ters g, g, ( p The Cen ni conquer Antoni nus in battle ( chapter He strives to dri ve out hi s di sease of min d by con sulting spirits and oracles ( chapter lau h l n h e emi f oth r S g ter of v esta s, i sults to t e senat , d se o e s ’ contrary to hi s mother s wi shes ( chapters 1 6 ’ Anton inus s Parthi an war ( chapters 1 9 Massacres of Alexandri an s caused by An toninus ( chapters DURATI O OF TI N ME. E i ius uf Lolli anu en i an s om n Q. p d R us s G t a , P po ius Bassus A 1 r= m . D 2 1 a u 64 f toni nus fro Feb 4 ( . 9 First o An , . th) . I uli A D = 0 . us As er C. I ulius As r . 21 2 a. u . p ( II) , pe . ( 965 Second of Antonin us. ) Antoni nus Au V D . I . Coelius Balbinus I I A D 1 g ( ) , ( ) . ( . 2 3 a. u . 966 Thi rd of An oni t nus . ) iliu Messal - = S s a Sabinus. A D 1 4 , ( . 2 a~ u . 967 Fourth of Antoninu s. ) Lwtu = s Cerealis. A D 21 5 u 968 ( II) , ( . a. of Antoninus . ) C. Attius Sabinus II Corn eli us Annullinu s A 1 ( ) , . ( . D. 2 6 3 . u. 969 ixth f Antoni S o nus. ) 8 B S S E VA ( B O OK 7 , OI I N ) h After thi s Antoninus secured t e entire p ower . l b e but e Nominally he ru ed with his roth r, in r ality the e e he e e s alone an d at once . With n my cam to t rm , e un b ed the . withdrew from th ir co try , and a andon forts But his own p eople he either dismis sed ( as P apin ianu s h or e s il ed E u odu s his e t e p refect) l e k l (as , nurs , Cas ’ tor an d his e the e b e , wif Plautilla, and latt r s roth r Plautius ) In Rome its elf he also executed a man who was f r e e s es s renowned o no oth r r a on than his p rof ion, E re e s . u es which mad him very con picuous This was p p , the chari oteer ; he killed him when the man dared to show enthusia sm for a cause that the emperor opp o s ed . S o E up rep res died in old age after having b een e f s - s H crown d in an endless numb er o hor e race . e had won s e e e - of e e v n hundred and ighty two th m, a r cord b equaled y none other . Antoninus had firs t had the des ire to murder his b e e hi s e w as e but b e roth r whil fath r still aliv , had en b e e b e a s e of e e or e una l to do so at that tim c u S v rus , lat r, on the b e se the e s Th men . e e e road , cau of l gion f lt v ry dl r the e s on es e b kin y towa d young r , p cially ecaus e in e ce he was the e of hi s f app aran v ry image ather . But e ni s r e e he wh n Anto nu a riv d in Rom , got rid of this . s Th rival al o . e two p retended to lov e an d commend e e bu t e h ach oth r, th ir actions p roved quite t e revers e be e b l s ee s to tru , and any ody cou d that ome catastrophe u e ul e e s s f w wo ld r s t from th ir r lation . Thi act as rec og ni zed e e e e i v n prior to th ir r ach ng Rome. When it had 3 D IO ’ S RO MAN HIST O RY been voted by the s enate to sacrifice in b ehalf of their harmony both to the other gods and to Harmony her the s e e i be fi self, assistant mad r ady a vict m to sacri ced to Harmony and the consul arrived to do the slaughter ‘ et he find e n or l th ing ; y could not th m, cou d e assistan ts h e s th fin d t e consul . Th y p ent nearly e whole ni ght n for e c e the fi l n looki g a h oth r, so that sacri ce cou d ot h be p erformed on that occa sion . T e next day two e i be the bu t e e e wolv s cl m d Capitol, w r chas d away from that region : on e of them was next encountered s ome the an d the te “ where in Forum, other was la r slain h e i s th b outside t e p om rium . This e story a out those two ani mals . ’ It was An tonin u s s wi sh to murder hi s b rother at the but he b e in ten Saturnalia , was not a l to carry out his Th e ea w e e tion . e dang r had alr dy gro n too vid nt to be e e . e e e e e e e conc al d As a cons q u nc , th r w r many ee s b e ee the b e n violent m ting tw n two, oth fe li g that e e e b e e s an d recau th y w r ing plott d again t, many p As tion ary measures were taken on b oth sides . many di an d e e b an d e da sol ers athl t s , a road at hom , y and e e e An ni s e s ed hi s ni ght, w r guarding Gr ta, to nu p r uad mother to send for him and his brother an d have them come along to her house with a view to b eing reconciled . e Geta without distrus t went in with him . Wh n they e e el e e e i b e b o w r w l insid , som c ntur ons su orn d y Ant n e on see e run inus ru shed in in a b ody . G ta ing th m had e as he her e to his moth r, and hung up on n ck and clung to her b d b he b e osom an reasts was cut down, wailing hi s b me er fate and cryin g out : Mother that ore , moth 4 D IO ’ S ROMA N HISTORY b me e ! l ! e wa that ore , h lp I am slain Trick d in this y, she beheld her son p erishing by mos t un holy violence her e la e e e e e hi s e h t in v ry p , and, as it w r , r c iv d d at in o r h b h l he womb whence s e had orne him . S e was al c t b she a e n o o f h overed wi h lood, so that m d acc unt o t e h h he h wound s e ad received in r hand .