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Wherefore as he now thought himfelf in a con- 
dition to avenge the outrages, committed by the Per- 
sians under Sapor upon the Roman empire, lie en- 
tered upon that expedition ; leaving the government 
of the greateft part of Italy to the care of Tetricus , 
with this complaifant expreftion : Sublimius haben- 
dum regere aliquam Italiae partem, quum trans Alj.es 
regnare (i). But Aurelian had marched no far- 
ther than Caenophrurium (a ftation in Horace be- 
tween Heraclea and Byzantium) when he was killed 
by the treachery of his fecretary, by fome called 
Mncjlheus (2), and by others Eros (3). Who from 
a fear of punifhment, for fome mifdemeanours com- 
mitted by him, had drawn up a lift, containing the 
names of many perfons, fome of whom had incurred 
the emperor’s difpleafure, and others not ; among 
which names, to prevent fufpicion, he had inferted his 
own. This lift, which appeared as writen with the 
emperor’s own hand, he (hewed to the feveral per- 
fons named in it j adding withal, that Aurelian , whofe 
temper was implacable, had determined to take them 
all off, if they did not prevent it in time. The fcheme 
took effedt, and Aurelian was aftaftinated in his march. 
But this treachery was not long concealed ; and the 
army to avoid a frefh miftake refered the choice of a 
new emperor to the fenate, who returned them the 
complement ; and after feveral reciprocal meflages of 
that lort, which occaftoned an interregnum of feven 
or 
(1) Au^el. ViRor , in Epitome. Treb. Pc His, in Tcttico feniore. 
Eutropius , Lib. IX. c. 9. 
(2) Flav. Fop ifeus, in Aurdiano. 
(3) Z ofimus. Lib. r. 
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