Lampridius

Titus, Vespasian's son, was therefore sickly, because the nurse was so, Lampridius.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Alexander Severus loved hares and apples above all other meats, as [2950] Lampridius relates in his life: one pope pork, another peacock, &c.; what harm came of it?

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Lampridius (Heliogab. v), "At Rome, his principal concern was to have emissaries everywhere, charged with seeking out men with huge members; that they might bring them to him so that he could enjoy their impressive proportions."

Satyricon 2007

He had (saith Lampridius) tame pheasants, ducks, partridges, peacocks, and some 20,000 ring-doves and pigeons.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Heliogabalus is taxed by Lampridius, and admired in his age for wearing jewels in his shoes, a common thing in our times, not for emperors and princes, but almost for serving men and tailors; all the flowers, stars, constellations, gold and precious stones do condescend to set out their shoes.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Lampridius, Quod decem noctibus centum virgines fecisset mulieres.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Lampridius also testifieth that the Emperor Heliogabalus, to acquire unto himself the reputation of a soothsayer, did, on several holy days of prime solemnnity, in the presence of the fanatic rabble, make the head of his idol by some slight within the body thereof publicly to shake.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Lampridius also testifieth that the Emperor Heliogabalus, to acquire unto himself the reputation of a soothsayer, did, on several holy days of prime solemnnity, in the presence of the fanatic rabble, make the head of his idol by some slight within the body thereof publicly to shake.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Alexander Severus (222-235 A.D.) gave pensions to those advocates in the provinces who pleaded free of charge -- Lampridius, _Alex.

A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Eugene A. Hecker

The elevation of Septimius Severus to the throne of the Roman Empire was supposed to have been foretold by the circumstance that he opened by chance the writings of Lampridius at the verse, "Remember, Roman, with imperial sway to rule the people."

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan