"Down with the Emperor!"
"Ah, the idiots!—to think they've killed such a leader!"
Two innocent centurions who were passing were seized, thrown to earth, trampled upon and almost rent in pieces. At the sight of the gushing blood the mutineers became yet more ferocious. Another mob coming over the bridge swept up to the barracks, and there rose a deafening cry—
"Glory to the Emperor Julian! Glory to Augustus Julian!"
"He is slain! He is slain!"
"Hold your peace, fools; Augustus is alive! We've just seen him!"
"The Cæsar's alive!"
"He's no longer Cæsar, but Emperor!"
"Who said he was killed?"
"Where is the blackguard?"