[That model of temperance (as he was wont to put it), the rebuker of licentiousness in others, at the consummation of a most vile and at the same time most dangerous outrage, appeared, in truth, to be indignant; but by not giving that indignation sufficient free play and further by allowing the youths to do what no one had ever yet dared to propose, he greatly corrupted the latter, who had imitated the habits of women of the demi-monde and of professional male buffoons.]
[On the occasion of the Culenian [Footnote: Nobody knows what the Culenian games were; Valois guesses that they may have been an Alexandrian festival. The text of this whole chapter is in a very ragged condition, and should not be held too strictly accountable in the matter of sense or cohesion.] spectacle severe censure was passed, not only upon those who there carried on their accustomed pursuits, but also upon the spectators.]
DIO'S ROMAN HISTORY
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Antoninus's treacherous campaign against Artabanus, the Parthian (chapters 1-3).
Antoninus's death (chapters 4-6). Foreshadowings of his death, and the abuse heaped upon him dead (chapters 7-10).
About Macrinus Augustus, and his excellencies and faults (chapters 11-15).
His letters and commands to the senate, and other official acts (chapters 16-22).
Death of Julia Augusta (chapters 23, 24).
Inauspicious signs: peace arranged with Artabanus after submitting to a defeat (chapters 25-27).