Ostensibly in conditions of freedom and the security of peacetime, acts of civil war took place. When the urban prefect, named Sabinus, a much experienced senior consular, attempted to put a stop to this, he was struck on the head with a club and killed.
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 the previous violence Sabinus was attempting to stop, please refer to: "Supporters of Maximinus Thrax and innocents alike are killed by the population of Rome." and its related entries.
