Informers and accusers fled or were destroyed by the victims of their crimes. Procurators and jurymen who had acted as agents of Maximinus’ brutality were seized by the mob and thrown into the sewers. There was widespread slaughter, even of innocent people, such as creditors or law-suit rivals or any person against whom one had a trivial reason for a grudge. Their homes were broken into without warning and they were insulted, robbed and murdered as informers.
Edition :
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume I: Books 1-4. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 454. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969.
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 455. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970.
Notes :
For those victims who are thrown into the sewers, please refer to: "Supporters of Maximinus Thrax are killed and thrown into the sewers by the population of Rome."
For the related plunder, refer to: "People accused of supporting Maximinus Thrax are robbed by the population of Rome."
