Cassius Dio nearly made me cry

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"Severus, on becoming emperor in the manner described, inflicted the death penalty on the Pretorians who had taken part in the slaying of Pertinax; and as for the others, he summoned them, before he came to Rome, and having surrounded them in the open while they were ignorant of the fate in store for them, uttered many bitter reproaches against

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Awwww, that's so sad! Reminds me of this Korean general and his faithful horse a couple hundred years back!