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and however he might occasionally bind himself by oaths and
treaties, his conscience, obsequious to his interest, always
released him from the inconvenient obligation.
If his two competitors, reconciled by their common danger,
had advanced upon him without delay, perhaps Severus would
have sunk under their united effort. Had they even attacked
him, at the same time, with separate views and separate
armies, the contest might have been long and doubtful. But
they fell, singly and successively, an easy prey to the arts as
well as arms of their subtle enemy, lulled into security by the
moderation of his professions, and overwhelmed by the
rapidity of his action. He first marched against Niger, whose
reputation and power he the most dreaded: but he declined
any hostile declarations, suppressed the name of his
antagonist, and only signified to the senate and people his
intention of regulating the eastern provinces. In private, he
spoke of Niger, his old friend and intended successor, with the
most affectionate regard, and highly applauded his generous
design of revenging the murder of Pertinax. To punish the vile
usurper of the throne, was the duty of every Roman general.
To persevere in arms, and to resist a lawful emperor,
acknowledged by the senate, would alone render him criminal.
The sons of Niger had fallen into his hands among the children
of the provincial governors, detained at Rome as pledges for
the loyalty of their parents. As long as the power of Niger
inspired terror, or even respect, they were educated with the
most tender care, with the children of Severus himself; but
they were soon involved in their father's ruin, and removed
first by exile, and afterwards by death, from the eye of public
compassion.
Whilst Severus was engaged in his eastern war, he had reason
to apprehend that the governor of Britain might pass the sea
and the Alps, occupy the vacant seat of empire, and oppose
his return with the authority of the senate and the forces of
the West. The ambiguous conduct of Albinus, in not assuming
the Imperial title, left room for negotiation. Forgetting, at once,
his professions of patriotism, and the jealousy of sovereign
power, he accepted the precarious rank of Cæsar, as a reward
for his fatal neutrality. Till the first contest was decided,
Severus treated the man, whom he had doomed to
destruction, with every mark of esteem and regard. Even in
the letter, in which he announced his victory over Niger, he
styles Albinus the brother of his soul and empire, sends him
the affectionate salutations of his wife Julia, and his young
family, and entreats him to preserve the armies and the
republic faithful to their common interest. The messengers
charged with this letter were instructed to accost the Cæsar
with respect, to desire a private audience, and to plunge their
daggers into his heart. The conspiracy was discovered, and the
too credulous Albinus, at length, passed over to the continent,
and prepared for an unequal contest with his rival, who
rushed upon him at the head of a veteran and victorious army.
The military labors of Severus seem inadequate to the
importance of his conquests. Two engagements, * the one near
the Hellespont, the other in the narrow defiles of Cilicia,
decided the fate of his Syrian competitor; and the troops of
Europe asserted their usual ascendant over the effeminate
natives of Asia. The battle of Lyons, where one hundred and
fifty thousand Romans were engaged, was equally fatal to
Albinus. The valor of the British army maintained, indeed, a
sharp and doubtful contest, with the hardy discipline of the
Illyrian legions. The fame and person of Severus appeared,
during a few moments, irrecoverably lost, till that warlike
prince rallied his fainting troops, and led them on to a decisive
victory. The war was finished by that memorable day.
The civil wars of modern Europe have been distinguished, not
only by the fierce animosity, but likewise by the obstinate
perseverance, of the contending factions. They have generally
been justified by some principle, or, at least, colored by some
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