第11部分(第6/7 頁)

rs　of　modus；　Severus；　AntoninusCaracalla；　and　Maximinus；　you　will　find　them　all　cruel　and　rapacious　……men　who；　to　satisfy　their　soldiers；　did　not　hesitate　to　mit　everykind　of　iniquity　against　the　people；　and　all；　except　Severus；　came　to　abad　end；　but　in　Severus　there　was　so　much　valour　that；　keeping　thesoldiers　friendly；　although　the　people　were　oppressed　by　him；　he　reignedsuccessfully；　for　his　valour　made　him　so　much　admired　in　the　sight　ofthe　soldiers　and　people　that　the　latter　were　kept　in　a　way　astonishedand　awed　and　the　former　respectful　and　satisfied。　And　because　theactions　of　this　man；　as　a　new　prince；　were　great；　I　wish　to　show　brieflythat　he　knew　well　how　to　counterfeit　the　fox　and　the　lion；　whichnatures；　as　I　said　above；　it　is　necessary　for　a　prince　to　imitate。Knowing　the　sloth　of　the　Emperor　Julian；　he　persuaded　the　army　inSclavonia；　of　which　he　was　captain；　that　it　would　be　right　to　go　to　Romeand　avenge　the　death　of　Pertinax；　who　had　been　killed　by　the　praetoriansoldiers；　and　under　this　pretext；　without　appearing　to　aspire　to　thethrone；　he　moved　the　army　on　Rome；　and　reached　Italy　before　it　was　knownthat　he　had　started。　On　his　arrival　at　Rome；　the　Senate；　through　fear；elected　him　emperor　and　killed　Julian。　After　this　there　remained　forSeverus；　who　wished　to　make　himself　master　of　the　whole　empire；　twodifficulties；　one　in　Asia；　where　Niger；　head　of　the　Asiatic　army；　hadcaused　himself　to　be　proclaimed　emperor；　the　other　in　the　west　whereAlbinus　was；　who　also　aspired　to　the　throne。　And　as　he　considered　itdangerous　to　declare　himself　hostile　to　both；　he　decided　to　attack　Nigerand　to　deceive　Albinus。　To　the　latter　he　wrote　that；　being　electedemperor　by　the　Senate；　he　was　willing　to　share　that　dignity　with　him　andsent　him　the　title　of　Caesar；　and；　moreover；　that　t