Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... never been united in the same person. The sovereign authority only added to their lustre, by making them appear in a more favourable light. For a long time it was not known that Probus ever had a wife, but Strada affirms that he did marry one Julia Procla,1 whose family and country, as well as her good and bad qualities, were not mentioned. It is hard to say upon what grounds he builds his assertion that there ever was an Empress of that name. We find, nevertheless, that Probus left children behind him, who settled near Verona; but it nowhere appears that his wife's name was Julia Procla; he certainly had a sister called Claudia. The reign of Probus was one continued series of victories. When he had punished the authors of Aurelian's death, he marched against the rebellious Gauls, and destroyed above seven hundred thousand of those barbarians. He subdued the Illyrians and the Getans, both which nations he compelled to submit to the Roman yoke. The East was afterwards the theatre of his triumphs, where he took an infinite number of strongholds, and defeated the Persians, who had so often rebelled. He would have utterly extirpated them, when he was massacred by some soldiers at Sirmium. 1 Tristan. Comment. Historiq Marcus Aurelius Carus was elected in his stead. He was of Narbonne in Languedoc, and possessed the same virtues for which Aurelian, Tacitus, and Probus had been so much esteemed. Magnia Urbica, his wife, is known only by her medals, for history is silent as to her family, or where she was born. It is indeed acknowledged that there was an Empress called Magnia Urbica, for there are medals which give her the title of August, and on which she is represented with her two children standing before her. The difficulty is to know which...
