Messala also refused his losses, and Sanballat, in imitation of Drusus, went to the consul, where the matter is still in advisement.

The better Romans say the protestants shall not be excused; and all the adverse factions join with them.
The city rings with the scandal." "What says Simonides ?" asked Ben-Hur.
"The master laughs, and is well pleased.

If the Roman pays, he is ruined; if he refuses to pay, he is dishonored.

The imperial policy will decide the matter.

To offend the East would be a bad beginning with the Parthians; to offend Sheik Ilderim would be to antagonize the Desert, over which lie all Maxentius's lines of operation.