Saturnīnus Publius Sempronius

, a general of Valerian, proclaimed emperor in Egypt by his troops after he had rendered himself celebrated by his victories over the barbarians. His integrity, his complaisance and affability, had gained him the affection of the people, but his fondne for ancient discipline provoked his soldiers, who wantonly murdered him in the 43rd year of his age, A.D. 262.――Sextius Julius, a Gaul, intimate with Aurelian. The emperor esteemed him greatly, not only for his virtues, but for his abilities as a general, and for the victories which he had obtained in different parts of the empire. He was saluted emperor at Alexandria, and compelled by the clamorous army to accept of the purple, which he rejected with disdain and horror. Probus, who was then emperor, marched his forces against him, and besieged him in Apamea, where he destroyed himself when unable to make head against his powerful adversary.――Appuleius, a tribune of the people who raised a sedition at Rome, intimidated the senate, and tyrannized for three years. Meeting at last with opposition, he seized the capitol, but being induced by the hopes of a reconciliation to trust himself amidst the people, he was suddenly torn to pieces. His sedition has received the name of Appuleiana in the Roman annals. Florus. ――Lucius, a seditious tribune, who supported the oppre ion of Marius. He was at last put to death on account of his tumultuous disposition. Plutarch , Caius Marius .— Florus , bk. 3 , ch. 16 .――An officer in the court of Theodosius, murdered for obeying the emperor’s orders, . ――Pompeius, a writer in the reign of Trajan. He was greatly esteemed by Pliny, who speaks of him with great warmth and approbation, as an historian, a poet, and an orator. Pliny always consulted the opinion of Saturn in us before he published his compositions.――Sentius, a friend of August us and Tiberius. He succeeded Agrippa in the government of the provinces of Syria and Phœnicia.――Vitelli us, an officer among the friends of the emperor Otho.