pompeianus

Updated: June 25, 2025

Both caves and an earlier temple, which occupied part of the site of the present one, belong to the early life of Praeneste. Sulla built a huge temple on the second terrace higher than the old temple, but its fame and sanctity were never comparable to its beauty and its pretensions. Barbarus Pompeianus about 227 A.D. restored a number of public buildings which had begun to fall to pieces.

Ralph Van Deman Magoffin - A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste

But Pertinax could not refuse those last rites to the memory of Marcus, and the tears of his first protector Claudius Pompeianus, who lamented the cruel fate of his brother-in-law, and lamented still more that he had deserved it.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1

As a father, he permitted his sons to consult their safety by attending the amphitheatre. As a Roman, he declared, that his own life was in the emperor's hands, but that he would never behold the son of Marcus prostituting his person and dignity. Notwithstanding his manly resolution Pompeianus escaped the resentment of the tyrant, and, with his honor, had the good fortune to preserve his life.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1

Pompeianus, præfect of the city, had been persuaded, by the art or fanaticism of some Tuscan diviners, that, by the mysterious force of spells and sacrifices, they could extract the lightning from the clouds, and point those celestial fires against the camp of the Barbarians. The important secret was communicated to Innocent, the bishop of Rome; and the successor of St.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3

I find that you will be very wealthy, anyhow, as the heir of one-fourth of the estate of your late master, Pompeianus Falco, and also as inheritor of his marvellous collection of gems and curios, therefore, even without anything of your confiscated property, you will be affluent.

Edward Lucas White - Andivius Hedulio : Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire

It was not without great difficulty, and after several fruitless attempts, that Constantine found means to pass the river at some distance above the city, and in a place where the torrent was less violent. He then encompassed Verona with strong lines, pushed his attacks with prudent vigor, and repelled a desperate sally of Pompeianus.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1