SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Dionysian Mysteries, Nocturnal Rites, The Consul
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Postumius albinus and q. marcius philippus had their attention diverted from the army and the wars, and the administration of provinces, by the necessity of putting down a domestic conspiracy. The provinces were allotted to the praetors as follows: the civic jurisdiction to t. maenius, the alien to m. licinius lucullus, sardinia to c. aurelius scaurus, sicily to p. Cornelius sulla, hither spain to l. q. crispinus, and further spain to c. calpurnius piso. Both the consuls were charged with the investigation into the secret conspiracies. A low-born greek went into etruria first of all, but did not bring with him any of the numerous arts which that most accomplished of all nations has introduced amongst us for the cultivation of mind and body. He was a hedge-priest and wizard, not one of those who imbue men"s minds with error by professing to teach their superstitions openly for money, but a hierophant of secret nocturnal mysteries.
