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But his son Antoninus was a most eminent man, and had very

excellent qualities, which made him admirable in the sight of the

people and acceptable to the soldiers, for he was a warlike man,

most enduring of fatigue, a despiser of all delicate food and

other luxuries, which caused him to be beloved by the armies.

Nevertheless, his ferocity and cruelties were so great and so

unheard of that, after endless single murders, he killed a large

number of the people of Rome and all those of Alexandria. He

became hated by the whole world, and also feared by those he had

around him, to such an extent that he was murdered in the midst

of his army by a centurion.