The fiercest barbarians frequently submitted their differences to the arbitration of the emperor; and we are informed by a contemporary historian that he had seen ambassadors who were refused the honor which they came to solicit of being admitted into the rank of subjects.

[28] [Footnote 27: We must, however, remember, that in the time of Hadrian, a rebellion of the Jews raged with religious fury, though only in a single province.

Pausanias (l.viii.c.

43) mentions two necessary and successful wars, conducted by the generals of Pius: 1st.
Against the wandering Moors, who were driven into the solitudes of Atlas.2d.Against the Brigantes of Britain, who had invaded the Roman province.

Both these wars (with several other hostilities) are mentioned in the Augustan History, p.