thelegendends: HISTORY MEME - FRANCE VERSION ♛ [01/07] objects : Eponine & Julius Sabin

thelegendends:HISTORY MEME - FRANCE VERSION ♛ [01/07] objects : Eponine & Julius Sabinus (VII AD)Julius Sabinus was an aristocratic Gaul of the Lingones at the time of the Batavian rebellion of AD 69. Benefiting from the period of disorders which shook the Roman Empire and the rebellion started on the Rhine by the Batavians, he started a revolt in Belgian Gaul. However, his badly organised forces were easily defeated by the Sequani who were still faithful to Rome. Following his defeat, he faked his own death by telling his servants that he intended to kill himself. He then burned down the villa in which he was staying. He went into hiding in a nearby cellar, known only to his wife Eponine and a few faithful servants. Eponine then lived a double-life for many years as his widow, while also on one occasion even visiting Rome with Sabinus disguised as a slave. She even gave birth to two sons by her “deceased” husband. Eventually, the deception became too obvious to continue unnoticed. In AD 78 Sabinus and Eponine were arrested and taken to Rome to be questioned by the emperor Vespasian. Her pleas for her husband were ignored. She then berated Vespasian to such an extent that he ordered her execution along with her husband. Plutarch later wrote that “In the whole of his reign no darker deed than this, none more odious in the sight of heaven, was committed”. Their sons were separated, one sent to Delphi and the other to Egypt. -- source link

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