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So perished the eldest and sole surviving son of the great Marcus Antoninus; and the crown passed into the momentary possession of two old men, who reigned in succession each for a few weeks. The first of these was Pertinax, an upright man, a good officer, and an unseasonable reformer; unseasonable for those times, but more so for himself.
I remember to this day the colored wax statue which represented Pertinax so exactly that it might have been himself risen from the grave. And the procession! It seemed to have no end; one new thing followed another. All walked past in mourning robes, even the choir of singing boys and men.
Pertinax in L'Echo de Paris, July 5, 1919. This admission was made to a distinguished member of the Diplomatic Corps. In The Daily Telegraph, June 19, 1919, and in The Public Ledger of Philadelphia. In July M. Pichon told the Esthonian delegates that France recognized the independence of their country in principle.
Thus in A.D. 193 it was the surrender of Ravenna without resistance that gave the empire to Septimius Severus, when, scarcely allowing himself time for sleep or food, marching on foot and in complete armour, he crossed the Alps at the head of his columns to punish the wretched Didius Julianus and to avenge Pertinax.
"Go in and observe that I have taken nothing. Don't be afraid," he added scornfully. "He fought like the god that he was, but he died " "Of apoplexy," Galen interrupted. "That is to say, of a surging of blood to the brain and a cerebral rupture. It is fortunate you have a doctor on the scene who knew of his liability to " "We must go and see," said Marcia. "Come with me, Pertinax.
"Wherever you are," said Cicero to the exiled Marcellus, "remember that you are equally within the power of the conqueror." Part I. The Cruelty, Follies, And Murder Of Commodus. Election Of Pertinax His Attempts To Reform The State His Assassination By The Prætorian Guards.
"Now that Cornificia has come, not even Sextus need worry about our behavior!" said Galen, and everybody except Sextus grinned. It was notorious that Cornificia refined and restrained Pertinax, whereas his lawful wife Flavia Titiana merely drove him to extremes. This Roman Aspasia had an almost Grecian face, beneath a coiled extravagance of dark brown hair.
That assembly, convoked by the consul, unanimously acknowledged Severus as lawful emperor, decreed divine honors to Pertinax, and pronounced a sentence of deposition and death against his unfortunate successor.
Marcia she was trembling now drank wine, and Pertinax began to pace the floor. "You, Galen, you had better go in to him," said Marcia. "If I do go, I must heal him," Galen answered. The groans in the bedroom ceased. The shouts began again terrific imprecations curses hurled at Marcia the struggles of a strong man in the throes of cramp and, at last, the sound of vomiting.
'Gad! if I were some years younger, I would join them myself; I should act Sir Pertinax Macsycophant famously; I have a touch of the mime in me. Well! but what do you propose to do? live with me? eh!" "Why, I think that might be the best, and certainly it would be the pleasantest mode of passing my life. But " "But what?"
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