Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c42.s2.t5.57

v2.c42.s2.t5.57

The history of the prætorians is a history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. They were the instruments of every revolution, and the authors of every calamity. They sold the empire to the highest bidder, and they murdered the emperors who refused to comply with their demands. The reign of Pertinax, who attempted to reform their discipline, was short and bloody; and the sale of the empire to Didius Julianus, by the prætorians, is one of the most disgraceful events in the annals of history.