grandsons of Augustus and heirs designate to the imperial succession. Such accidents of duration and fortune the future held

owns and whole regions, provinces and nations, kings and tetrarchs. Such were the resources which ambition required to win

impelled him to devious paths and finally to dangerous elevations. Such were the men who directed in war and peace the go

the world’s ills, and with the design to achieve it by armed force. 1 Such a view is too simple to be historical. Caesar s

he issue lay between a rebellious proconsul and legitimate authority. Such venturesome expedients are commonly the work of h

be found in the following of a proconsul, in a variety of functions. Such equestrian staff officers were Mamurra, an old Po

the charge of a certain Rufinus, the son of one of his freedmen. 5 Such in brief was the following of Caesar, summarily i

Valerii; 3 and men could remember whole wars waged by a single clan. Such families might modify their name to a Latin flexi

ng thinner to Picenum northwards and south to Campania and Samnium. 5 Such alien and non-Latin names are casually revealed i

as his consular province Gallia Cisalpina and Gallia Comata as well. Such was the Lex de permutatione provinciarum (June 1s

in the end. But this was no time for an ideal and patriotic appeal. Such were the resources that Octavianus gathered in la

with a bitter personal attack (September 19th). Cicero was absent. Such was the outcome of Cicero’s first public appearan

the Commonwealth and he deserves to receive them in full measure. 5 Such were Cicero’s ideas and preoccupations in the sum

favourable estimatė the bond was called amicitia, otherwise factio. 1 Such alliances either presupposed or provoked the pers

f Illyricum had been unable to prevent his legions from passing over. Such was the situation that confronted C. Antonius whe

otic citizen. ’5 Lepidus did not forget the insult to his dignitas. Such was the situation towards the end of March. The e

long with Pansa and Hirtius he received the imperatorial acclamation. Such was the battle of Forum Gallorum (April 14th). 1

have been found there:6 his own father-in-law was also proscribed. 7 Such respectable examples conferred sanction upon crim

esight1 and believing that all was lost, Cassius fell upon his sword. Such was the first Battle of Philippi (October 23rd).

t citizen, whose ostentatious pyre started a general conflagration. 7 Such was the end of Perusia, an ancient and opulent ci

by the opportune death of her husband, C. Marcellus, in this year. Such was the Pact of Brundisium, the new Caesarian all

Roman politics and to thwart the popular tribune or military dynast. Such at least was the plea and profession. The local g

People entered the capital city of Egypt on the first day of August. Such was the episode called the Bellum Alexandrinum.

e prince of the Numidian royal stock who became King of Mauretania. Such was the fate of Egypt’s Queen and her children, c

ee Roman provinces in Asia, namely Asia, Bithynia-Pontus and Syria. Such was the sober truth about the much advertised rec

is own hand, a feat that had fallen to only two Romans since Romulus. Such military glory infringed a monopoly. The opportun

in function and standing between the different classes of society. 3 Such was also the NotesPage=>319 1 E. Meyer, Ca

litical party as the source and fount of patronage and advancement. Such was Caesar Augustus. The contrast of real and per

the legalization, and therefore the strengthening, of despotic power. Such at least was the conception of Tacitus when he re

sure could be grossly exaggerated by the adulatory or the uncritical. Such was no doubt the opinion of the suspicious Tacitu

erium consulare, ostensibly reduced when the Republic was restored. Such were the powers of Augustus as consul and procons

ed by massacre and enslavement the Roman peace upon a desolated land. Such was the end of a ten years’ war in Spain (from 28

took no pains to conceal his opinion of the exercise of auctoritas. 5 Such old-fashioned libertas was fatally out of place.

spiracy by openly designating a successor. He might adopt his nephew. Such was perhaps his secret wish, perhaps the intentio

s and agents, as a historian observed when speaking of these men. 1 Such a triumvirate existed, called into being not by a

militia equestris and qualify for posts of considerable importance. 1 Such opportunities arose for service, for distinction

d, won merit and experience with the army commanders of the Republic. Such a man was Caesar’s officer C. Volusenus Quadratus

laced under the charge of prefects or procurators of equestrian rank. Such were Raetia and Noricum. When Judaea was annexed

their credit service in the military provinces before the consulate. Such were M. Lollius, M. Vinicius and P. Sulpicius Qui

single year were all persons conspicuous and influential at Court. Such were the ways that led to wealth and honours in t

Augustus: the younger was spared the perils of marrying a princess. Such was the group of aristocratic families entwined a

sh, The Reign of Tiberius (1931), 43 f., cf. 67. PageBook=>435 Such are the two Vibii from the small town of Larinum

e and the imperator without worshipping power in the eastern fashion. Such at least was the theory in so far as concerned Ga

came to the court and sat there. 2 He did not need to make a speech. Such was auctoritas. Maecenas and Sex. Appuleius (a re

assilia. 2 Two Aemilii had met violent ends, accused of conspiracy. 3 Such was the price of dynastic name and dynastic allia

of her death, cf. Suetonius, Divus Vesp. 23, 4. PageBook=>496 Such was the end of certain noble houses whose pedigre

itii and Marcelli, and an impoverished consul in the reign of Nero. 5 Such was the end of ancient patrician houses that reca

mobilis erga principem’. 2 It might have been set up under any reign. Such men deserved to succeed. Vitellius was the most v

on of the Free State if Brutus and Cassius had prevailed at Philippi. Such was the conventional and vulgar opinion:3 Tacitus

m optimus civitatis status sub rege iusto sit. ’ PageBook=>519 Such was the ‘felicissimus status’, as Augustus and Ve

sar. People and Army were the source and basis of his domination. Such were the Res Gestae Divi Augusti. It would be imp