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[208] ~The Saturday Review~, begun in 1855, was pronouncedly conservative in politics. It devoted much space to pure criticism and scholarship, and Arnold's essays are frequently criticized in its columns.
[209] He died on the 17th of March, A.D. 180.[Arnold.]
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[210] ~Juvenal's sixth satire~ is a scathing arraignment of the vices and follies of the women of Rome during the reign of Domitian.
[211] See Juvenal, Sat. 3, 76.
[212] Because he lacks an inspired poet (to sing his praises). Horace, Odes, IV, 9, 28.
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[213] ~Avidius Cassius~, a distinguished general, declared himself Emperor in Syria in 176 A.D. Aurelius proceeded against him, deploring the necessity of taking up arms against a trusted officer. Cassius was slain by his own officers while M. Aurelius was still in Illyria.
[214] ~Commodus~. Emperor of Rome, 180-192 A.D. He was dissolute and tyrannical.