Scipio Æmilianus opposed the measure to the utmost; and after going home one night, he had no sooner finished his supper, than he began to cram himself for a speech, with which he contemplated coming out on the day following.
Illustration: Scipio Æmilianus cramming himself for a Speech after a hearty Supper.
Part of Spain still had to be subdued, and Scipio Æmilianus was sent thither.
However, Carthage was to be wiped out, and Scipio Æmilianus was sent to do the terrible work.
Casaubon remarks that Æmilianus is a name more than this Roman general actually possessed.
The battle with Maximus Æmilianus was fought near the confluence of the Isère and the Rhone, at the point where the mountains of the Cevennes approach the latter river.
On this a riotous crowd gathered round the house of Æmilianus to complain of the conduct of his soldiers.
But Æmilianus was soon beaten by Theodotus, the general of Gallienus, who besieged him in the strong quarter of Alexandria called the Bruchium, and then took him prisoner and strangled him.
The letters of Æmilianus to that assembly displayed a mixture of moderation and vanity.
Remember what Scipio Æmilianus said when he learned that Tiberius Gracchus, his dear brother-in-law, had been put to death for sedition.
And though he and Scipio Æmilianus both died in the same manner, we have not found out that any investigation into the death of either ever took place.
Both Æmilianus and Valerian recognised the authority of the senate, and professed to act under that sanction; but it was the soldiery who cut the knot, as usual, by the sword.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "milianus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
