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ius Balbus from Aricia, who married Caesar’s sister Julia (Suetonius, Divus Aug . 4, 1); and Hirrus was married to a daughter of L

of Caesar’s niece, Atia, governed Macedonia in 60-59 B.C. (Suetonius, Divus Aug . 3 f.). In Syria L. Marcius Philippus was succeed

b. 464 ff. (‘theophore Namen’). 5 Suetonius, Divus Vesp. 1 6 Id., Divus Aug . 1. 7 The river Cecina. 8 Livy 10, 3, 2: ‘Cil

arian NotesPage=>112 1 On the family, see above all Suetonius, Divus Aug . 1 ff., presenting authentic facts, hostile sland

lf, on the maternal side, was a near relative of Pompeius (Suetonius, Divus Aug . 4, 1). 4 Cicero, Phil. 3, 15. 5 The young Oc

authorities (Appian, BC 3, 31, 120; Plutarch, Antonius 16; Suetonius, Divus Aug . 10, 2; Dio 45, 6, 2f.). PageBook=>121 inb

esarem in dissensione civili sum secutus sed amicum. ’ 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 66, 1 (Salvidienus and Gallus only, perhaps an u

De prov. cons. 9 ff. 2 Phil. 2, 74 f. 3 Ib. 2, 77. 4 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 4 (allegations made by Antonius and by Cassius o

tum, praeclara ipsum indole admirabilique constantia’. 5 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 62, 1 the only evidence, but unimpeachable. 6

Appian, BC 3, 88, 361. 6 Phil. 5, 47, above, p.167. 7 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 26, 1 &c. (a picturesque and superfluous ane

92, 382 perhaps not authentic. 2 Ib. 3, 93, 383 ff. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 95. Ch. XIV THE PROSCRIPTIONS PageBook=>1

ed 2 Plutarch, Brutus 27. 3 Appian, BC 3, 95, 394. 4 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 27, 4. 5 Appian, BC 3, 94, 387, cf, 74, 303.

was with Sex. Pompeius in 39 B.C. (Velleius 2, 77, 3). 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 62, 1. 4 Unless L. Antonius governed the Cisal

nrichment, to the Caesarian party. NotesPage=>191 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 27, 1: ‘restitit quidem aliquamdiu collegis ne q

15, 4: ὥστϵ χρνσὸν τὴν το Kαίσαρος μοναρχίαν ϕαν ναι. 5 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 35, 1; Dio 52, 42, 1. 6 Dio 48, 34, 5; Jerome,

ν ν ἡττηθ μϵτ’ κϵίνου, μικρὸν ὒστϵρον κϵίνῳ μαχϵ ται. 5 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 13, 2 (M. Favonius, the loyal Catonian). 6 App

, 4; Appian, BC 5, 49, 207. 2 Appian, JSC 5, 48, 203. 3Suetonius, Divus Aug . 15; Dio 48, 14, 4; cf. Seneca, De clem. 1, 11 (‘

nae’). 4 Dio 48, 13, 6. The incident is wrongly dated by Suetonius, Divus Aug . 12. 5 Velleius 2, 76, 2; Appian, BC 5, 50, 212

, forcing on a war to facilitate and excuse confiscations (Suetonius, Divus Aug . 15). 5 So E. Groag, Klio xiv (1914), 43 ff. He

eret et rem publicam. ’ Cf. Livy, Per. 127; Dio 48, 33, 3; Suetonius, Divus Aug . 66, 2; Appian, BC 5, 66, 278 f. Coins bear the l

r husband has not been recorded. 7 NotesPage=>229 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 62, 2: ‘cum hac quoque divortium fecit, pertaesu

Suetonius when he describes her as ‘nuptam ante duobus consularibus’ ( Divus Aug . 62, 2), appears insoluble, cf. recently E. Groag

es gave Antonius sufficient matter for ridicule (quoted in Suetonius, Divus Aug . 16). PageBook=>232 generals of Antonius.

admiral: but he was in the company of Octavianus in 36 B.C(Suetonius, Divus Aug . 16, 3). 7 Pulcher was an Antonian in 43 B.C.,

dings of the viri tnumphales, the most important texts are Suetonius, Divus Aug . 29, 5; Tacitus, Ann. 3, 72. The complicated evid

>255 1 Dio 49, 15, 1. 2 Appian, BC 5, 132, 547, cf. Suetonius, Divus Aug . 32, 1. 3 Dio 49, 43, 5. 4 Ib. 49, 13, 1 ff.;

details, K. Scott, Mem. Am. Ac. Rome XI (1933), 7 ff. 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 69: ‘quid te mutavit, quod reginam ineo? uxor me

ered public vows for his safety. 6 NotesPage=>285 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 17, 2; Dio 50, 6, 3. Bononia was in the clientel

τῷ Aὐγʋύστῳ δʋθῆναι καì ἑαυτʋύϛ βʋυθυτῆσαι ἐψηφίσατʋ. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 66, 2: ‘ob ingratum et malivolum animum’; Dio 53

onciliate the feelings of a powerful body of senators. 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 66, 2. 3 A woman called ‘Licinia P. f. Galli (

ugusto augurio’ (Ennius, quoted by Varro, RR 3, 1, 2). 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 7, 2. 3 Dio’s account is anachronistic and mis

ηθείζ; cf. Plutarch, Pompeius 55; Tacitus, Ann. 3, 28. 5 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 42, 1: ‘ut salubrem magis quam ambitiosum princi

νων, κἂν βελτίω εἶναι δʋκῇ, ἐστίν. 2 An edict, quoted by Suetonius ( Divus Aug . 28, 2): ‘ita mihi salvam ac sospitem rem p. sist

ριβὴζ μʋναρχία κατέστη. Cf. also 52, 1, 1. 2 Velleius 2, 89, 4. 3 Divus Aug . 28, 1. 4 lb. 2, cf. above, p. 320. 5 E. Meye

Licinius Murena of Dio 54, 3, 3. Suetonius calls him ‘Varro Murena’ ( Divus Aug . 19, 1; Tib. 8), Velleius ‘L. Murena’ (2, 91, 2).

waltung der Triumvirn, Diss. Strassburg (1892), 56 ff. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 47, 1: ‘provincias validiores et quas annuis mag

o hold magistracies at an early age. 2 PageNote. 340 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 79, 2. 2 Tiberius was permitted in 24 B.C. to

lus, Tacitus, Ann. 1, 54 &c. 2 Pliny, NH 8, 170. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 66, 3. 4 Seneca, Epp. 114, 6; Dial. 1, 3, 10:

Terentia in 16 B.C., Dio 54, 19, 3. 6 Velleius 2, 93, 2; Suetonius, Divus Aug . 66, 3; Tib. 10. 7 Pliny, NH 7, 149: ‘pudenda A

ni, scientissimus, aliis sane imperandi cupidus. ’ Compare Suetonius, Divus Aug . 66, 3, on his short temper. 2 Velleius 2, 93,

si nec malis domesticis impediti. ’ 2 Above, p. 284. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 41, 1. PageBook=>352 The Roman Commonweal

f regiments of native auxiliaries. NotesPage=>353 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 49, 1. 2 Ib. 25, 1. 3 Ib. 56, 4. The name ma

quently raising it to1,000,000 (Dio 54, 17, 3, cf. 30, 2): Suetonius, Divus Aug . 41, 1 gives 1,200,000. 2 Dio 54, 30, 2; 56, 27

Aug. 41, 1 gives 1,200,000. 2 Dio 54, 30, 2; 56, 27, 1; Suetonius, Divus Aug . 40, 1; cf. ILS 916. 3 ILS 212, col. II, 1 ff.:

ay nothing of the Kings of Rome. 4 NotesPage=>364 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 46. Perhaps the tribuni militum a populo mention

ioned on certain inscriptions, e.g. ILS 2677 (Verona). 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 46. 3 Velleius 2, 128, 1: ‘neque novus hic mos

τους καì το ς ἀρίστους τούς τ∈ πλουσιωτάτους (ib. §4). 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 60: ‘ac saepe regnis relictis non Romae modo sed

lready been promoted and rewarded. NotesPage=>366 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 48: ‘nec aliter universos quam membra partisque

1 Dio 54, 14, 1. 2 lb. 53, 28, 4; 54, 30, 2; 56, 27, 1; Suetonius, Divus Aug . 40, 1. 3 For the manner of imperial commendati

Augustus disapproved of his assiduities towards Julia, cf. Suetonius, Divus Aug . 64, 2. 4 P. Vinicius (cos. suff. A.D. 2), son

sPage=>376 1 Dio 54, 20, 3; L’ann. ép., 1936, 18. 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 71, 2. 3 Compare esp. the remarks of E. Groag,

e (1926), 573 f. 3 Ad Att. 7, 7, 6. 4 Ib. 5, 1, 2. 5 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 72, 1. 6 Velleius 2, 14, 3. 7 Dio 53, 27, 5.

oria in exercitu fuerat. ’ 5 For example, ILS 911 f. Cf. Suetonius, Divus Aug . 38. 6 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 38, 2. 7 At this

For example, ILS 911 f. Cf. Suetonius, Divus Aug. 38. 6 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 38, 2. 7 At this time, they are often, perhaps

resigned before the year was out. NotesPage=>402 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 37. 2 Ib. 29, 5. 3 Res Gestae 20; Dio 53, 22

consulars, each put in charge of appeals from a province, Suetonius, Divus Aug . 33, 3. For a committee of consulars on foreign a

IR2 C 289. No praefectus urbi is mentioned in A.D. 14. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 28, 3; Dio 56, 30, 3 f. (not in the mere literal

and legal experts. NotesPage=>408 1 Dio 53, 21, 4; Suetonius, Divus Aug . 35, 3; cf. Cyrene Edicts v, 1. 87, for the descr

freedman Polybius, who wrote out a part of Augustus’ will (Suetonius, Divus Aug . 101, 1) is perhaps the person who turns up as a

was at once appointed to be his colleague, ib. 1, 24. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 58, 2. 4 That is, if the magister fratrum Arva

ir is highly obscure. The conspiracy and death of Paullus (Suetonius, Divus Aug . 19, 1) is undated. The scholiast on Juvenal 6, 1

ion only: L. Arruntius had both. 4 NotesPage=>433 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 23, 2: ‘Quintili Vare, legiones redde! ’ 2 Vel

ectus, hic annonae; mox senatus milesque et populus. ’ 4 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 101, on which E. Hohl, Klio xxx (1937), 323 ff.

es populi regunto, probrum in senatu ne relinquonto. ’ 5 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 89, 2; Livy, Per. 59. 6 Propertius 4, 11, 36.

r, JRS XIV (1924), 158 ff.; H. M. Last, CAH x, 461 ff. 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 46. Cf. above, p. 364. 3 Tacitus, Ann. 11, 24.

f. also Suetonius, De gramm. 23). 2 Odes 3, 2, 1 ff. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 41, 1. 4 Odes 3, 24, 9. PageBook=>449 A

small capitalists than as peasants. 4 PageNotes. 450 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 31, 5: ‘proximum a dis immortalibus honorem memo

hom Augustus might well have dreamed. PageNotes. 455 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 90 ff. His protecting deity Apollo has indigenou

1 ff. 3 Aen. 1, 282, quoted on one occasion by Augustus (Suetonius, Divus Aug . 40, 5). 4 Cf. the remarks of A. D. Nock, CAH x

Lollius, IGRR III, 1476 (Iconium). 5 Dio 54, 11, 3. 6 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 24, 1; cf. Pliny, NH 7, 149; ‘iuventutis penuria

1 Velleius 2, 110, 7; Dio 55, 31, 1; Macrobius 1, 11, 32; Suetonius, Divus Aug . 25, 2 Epodes 4, 6. 3 Ovid, Fasti 1, 217 f.

ugh authenticity be denied, are far from contemptible. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 89, 3: ‘recitantes et benigne et patienter audii

Civibus Servateis or Signis Receptis. PageNotes. 469 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 42, 1. 2 Ib., 57, 1; ILS 92 f. and 99. 3 Abo

us 10, 2, 2. 6 Pliny, NH 7, 158. This was in A.D. 9. 7 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 43, 4. 8 Res Gestae 10. 9 Cf. M. P. Charlesw

403. 3 Dio 55, 10, 2 ff. (2 B.C.); Res Gestae 21 and 29; Suetonius, Divus Aug . 29, 1 f. PageBook=>471 Around the Forum s

ephew in the company of the Dictator. PageNotes. 471 1 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 94 ff. 2 Phil. 5, 43. PageBook=>472 Per

κτλ . Compare the inscr. from Halicarnassus (IBM 994). 5 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 60. 6 Josephus, AJ 15, 268 ff. 7 Livy, Per.

tarch, Comp. Dionis et Bruti 5; Suetonius, De rhet. 6. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 51, 2. 4 Cassius of Patavium, Suetonius, Divus

3 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 51, 2. 4 Cassius of Patavium, Suetonius, Divus Aug . 51, 1; Plautius Rufus (ib. 19, 1, cf. Dio 55, 27

PageNotes. 479 1 Tacitus, Ann. 1, 10. 2 According to Suetonius ( Divus Aug . 19, 1) they were usually discovered before they

1 On his appearance and habits, see the full details in Suetonius, Divus Aug . 79 ff. 2 Sallust, Hist. 2, 16 M: ‘Oris probi,

, Controv. 2, 4, 13: ‘caput potius quam dictum perdere 4 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 51, 3: ‘satis est enim si hoc habemus ne quis no

ius et asperum et nimis iratum ingenio suo iudicium. ’ 4 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 43, 2. 5 Dio 54, 15, 7. 6 Ib. 8 because he s

, Capitonis obsequium dominantibus magis probabatur. ’ 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 56, 3; Quintilian 10, 1, 22. 3 Dio 54, 30, 4.

s Aug. 56, 3; Quintilian 10, 1, 22. 3 Dio 54, 30, 4. 4 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 56, 4. 5 Seneca, Controv. 4, praef. 2. 6 Sen

ch, Antonius 59; Strabo, p. 523. 3 Pliny, NH 7, 148. 4 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 86, 1: ‘genus eloquendi secutus est elegans et t

PIR2, C 813). 2 Macrobius 2, 4, 18 (above, p. 320). 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 85, 1. PageBook=>507 The argument and the

llius 15, 7, 3; Velleius 2, 91, 2. On the Optimus status’, Suetonius, Divus Aug . 28, 2; Seneca, De ben. 2, 20, 2. 2 Velleius 2,

emerstein, Vom Werden u. Wesen des Prinzipats, 127 ff. 8 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 98, 2: ‘per ilium se vivere, per ilium navigare,

e arduous. NotesPage=>521 1 Tacitus, Ann. 1, 9. 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 28, 2. PageBook=>522 The last decade of A

is penuria, pestilentia urbis, fames Italiae,’ &c. 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 99, 1: ‘ecquid iis videretur mimum vitae commode

1902), 141 ff. and elsewhere; cf. now P-W XVI, 217 FF. 6 Suetonius, Divus Aug . 101, cf. E. Hohl, Klio xxx (1937), 323 ff. Pag