In addition, the borders of the empire were increasingly threatened. Soon the troops revolted and riots broke out in Rome and the provinces, which could only be controlled by force, executions and occasional murders. His dependence on the women of his family and the courtship for the goodwill of the Senate, however, aroused resentment in the army, especially the Praetorian Guard. Under the strict guidance of his grandmother Julia Maesa and his mother Julia Mamaea he tried to avoid the extravagances of his predecessor and treid to use the Senate as a pillar of his rule. He took the throne a year later after Elagabal's assassination. He was adopted under the scandalous rule of his cousin Elagabal into the family of the Severians, elevated to Caesar and thus declared the designated successor.
His original name was Bassianus Alexianus. But I suppose just as certain individuals cannot relish their food as a result of some disease that deprives them of the power of sensation, so the libidinous, the greedy, the criminal are incapable of tasting true glory.Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander was from 222 until his death 235 Roman emperor. Put before your mind’s eye the joy of the senate and people of Rome, compare it with this trafficking of yours and of those near to you: 146 then you will understand how wide is the gap between gain and glory. Therefore remember that day, Marcus Antonius, 115 when you abolished the dictatorship. For, although the consciousness of so noble an act was reward enough, still, I do not think a mortal ought to scorn immortality. A splendid, a godlike deed also one open to imitation, especially as the doers have won such glory that it seems scarcely able to be contained by the heavens. 145 But these present-day heroes were the first to take up swords not to attack an aspirant to monarchy, but a reigning monarch. Spurius Cassius, Spurius Maelius, Marcus Manlius were put to death because they were suspected of aiming at monarchy. Brutus of old waged war against Tarquin, who was king when kings were permitted in Rome. Those men did what no man had done before. If those liberators of ours have removed 114 themselves from our sight, at least they have left the example of their deed behind them. Peace is tranquil liberty, servitude is the worst of all evils, one to be averted not only at the price of war but even of death. The name of peace is sweet, the reality brings welfare but there is a world of difference between peace and servitude. Let them withdraw as much as they please out of concern for public tranquillity: the Republic will recall them. Ready to hand, young men of the highest birth. Sed si te laus adlicere ad recte faciendum non potest, ne metus quidem 166 Sed nimirum, ut quidam morbo aliquo et sensus stupore suavitatem cibi non sentiunt, sic libidinosi, avari, facinerosi verae laudis gustatum non habent. Antoni, diem quo dictaturam sustulisti pone ante oculos laetitiam senatus populique Romani, confer cum hac nundinatione tua tuorumque: tum intelleges quantum inter lucrum et laudem intersit. Etsi enim satis in ipsa conscientia pulcherrimi facti fructus erat, tamen mortali immortalitatem non arbitror esse contemnendam. Quod cum ipsum factum per se praeclarum est atque divinum, tum expositum ad imitandum est, praesertim cum illi eam gloriam consecuti sint quae vix caelo capi posse videatur. Manlius propter suspicionem regni appetendi sunt necati: hi primum cum gladiis non in regnum appetentem, sed in regnantem impetum fecerunt. Tarquinium Brutus bello est persecutus, qui tum rex fuit cum esse Romae regem licebat Sp. Quod si se ipsos illi nostri liberatores e conspectu nostro abstulerunt, at exemplum facti reliquerunt. Pax est tranquilla libertas, servitus postremum malorum omnium, non modo 114 bello sed morte etiam repellendum. Quam volent illi cedant otio consulentes tamen a re publica revocabuntur.Įt nomen pacis dulce est et ipsa res salutaris sed inter pacem et servitutem plurimum interest. Res publica adulescentis nobilissimos paratos defensores.
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