AN ANCIENT TICHBORNE CASE
Mr. N. G-. Batt writes to the " Spectator:" — There is a curious parallel in Koman history to the romantic trial which is now exciting so much interest , Sextus, the heir of a noble family at Rome, had escap d from the ruin of his house under Coin modus*, by giving out that he had died. It became known that a -ram had been burned in his stead at the funeral ; and several persons B»»flbi-ert on suspicion, but his true fate was never ascertained. After tho Emperor's death a claimant appeared for the rank and fortune of the miV"*S nobleman. His appea »«•*«» answered o£ Sextus, and *•« satisfied many persons of Ms identity by his replies to their questions. Pertinax, however, decided ao-*" 1 * 3 * him on account of his want ot education. He had "'forgotten his Greek," and was ignorant of philospby, to which- the whole -Quintilian family had been eminently devoted. He is, therefore, considered an impostor by Dion Cassious, though jt is possible that in nine precarious years of danger and disguise he may have unlearned the language, while he practised the lessons, of his early studies. _______________
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 205, 4 January 1872, Page 7
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192AN ANCIENT TICHBORNE CASE Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 205, 4 January 1872, Page 7
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