29. Seneca, Epist. lxxxix. His language is of the
declamatory kind: but declamation could scarcely exaggerate
the avarice and luxury of the Romans. The philosopher
himself deserved some share of the reproach, if it be true
that his rigorous exaction of 'Quadringenties', above three
hundred thousand pounds, which he had lent at high interest
provoked a rebellion in Britain. (Dion Cassius, 1. lxii. [c.
2] p. 1003.) According to the conjecture of Gale
(Antoninus's Itinerary in Britain, p. 92), the same
Faustinus possessed an estate near Bury, in Suffolk, and
another in the kingdom of Naples.