Two decurions of Aquileia, Romulus and Sabostius, are executed by sword for supporting a rebellion.

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Related Conflict :	Siege of Aquileia (361 AD)
Perpetrator (Person) :	Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: executioner/torturer
Victim (Person) :	Romulus Decurion of Aquileia Origin: Italic, Age: adult, Activity: upper class, Direct Consequence: death Sabostius Decurion of Aquileia Origin: Italic, Age: adult, Activity: upper class, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Claudius Mamertinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: other Flavius Claudius Iulianus Apostata Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Level :	intrasocial
Source :	Ammianus Marcellinus, History (Rerum Gestarum) 21.12.20Ammianus Marcellinus History (Rerum Gestarum) 21.12.20 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Aquileia (Aquileia)
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 4
Year :	A.D. 361
Context :	war/military campaign jurisdictional
Motivation :	political
Application :	other
Weapon :	sword
Original Text :	Romulus vero post eum et Sabostius curiales, convicti, sine respectu periculi studia sevisse discordiarum, poenali consumpti sunt ferro.
Translation :	But after him Romulus and Sabostius, senators of Aquileia, being convicted of having sown the seeds of discord without regard to its dangerous consequences, died by the executioner's sword.
Edition :	Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.
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