Friday, May 31, 2024

 Greetings all,


On this day we reflect on the Western Emperor Petronius Maximus being stoned to death by crowds while fleeing Rome on May 31st in 455 AD:


He had it coming. Petronius had been instrumental in the murders of Flavius Aetius (the famous hero general who had stopped Attila the Hun in the battle of the Catalaunian Plains) and the Emperor Valentinian III. Not stopping there, he enraged the Vandals by promising his daughter to their leader Genesric and later cancelling the betrothal.

The Vandals proceeded to march on Rome - and Petronius decided to try to escape and leave the city to it's fate.  Strangely everyone in Rome was unhappy about these antics and took matters (and rocks) into their own hands...


-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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