AVIDIUS See also:

• CASSIUS
• AVIDIUS CASSIUS (d. A.D. 175)
• CASSIUS, GAIUS

CASSIUS (d. A.D. 175)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, a Syrian by See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, lived during the reign of See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Aurelius . He especially distinguished himself during the See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (A.D . 162-165), at the conclusion of which he was apparently appointed military See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• ASIA

Asia, though the actual extent of his See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction is doubtful . In 172 he was sent to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, where he put down a dangerous rising of the Bucolici, the robber herdsmen of the See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, after which he returned to See also:

• SYRIA

Syria . In 175 the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Aurelius See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell See also:

• ILL

ill, and his wife See also:

• FAUSTINA, ANNIA GALERIA

Faustina, to secure her position in See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of his See also:

• DEATH

death, offered her See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand and the See also:

• THRONE

throne to the successful general . A rumour of Aurelius's death having reached Syria, See also:

• CASSIUS
• CASSIUS, AVIDIUS (d. A.D. 175)
• CASSIUS, GAIUS

Cassius, without waiting for See also:

• CONFIRMATION (Lat. confirmatio, from confirmare, to establish, make firm)

confirmation, See also:

• PRO

pro-claimed himself emperor; when the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report proved false, it was too See also:

• LATE

late for him to draw back, and he accordingly prepared for war . The See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate declared him a public enemy, although Aurelius even then expressed the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope that he might have the opportunity of pardoning him . Deploring the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for taking up arms against his trusted officer, Aurelius set out for the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . While in See also:

• ILLYRIA

Illyria, he received the See also:

• NEWS

news that Cassius had been slain by his own See also:

• OFFICERS

officers . The murderers offered his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head to Aurelius, who refused to admit them, and ordered its immediate See also:

• BURIAL

burial . See Dio Cassius lxxi . 2-4, 17, 22-28, 30, 31; See also:

• FRONTO, MARCUS CORNELIUS (c. A.D. 100–170)

Fronto, Letters, i .

6; Lives of Marcus Aurelius, Verus and See also:

• COMMODUS, LUCIUS AELIUS AURELIUS (161-192)

Commodus in the Scriptores Historiae Augustae, and the See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Avidius Cassius in the same by Vulcacius Gallicanus . The various letters and documents in the last-named are generally considered See also:

• SPURIOUS

spurious, and the portions of the narrative founded on them consequently untrustworthy . See also See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in Pauly-Wissowa's Realencyclopadie, ii . pt . 2 (1896) .