the alert, jealous to guard his dignitas, that is, rank, prestige and
honour
, against the attacks of his personal enemies. 2 T
adfinium opes, multae clientelae. ’ PageBook=>027 saw personal
honour
and a family feud. The young Pompeius, treacherou
to get support from Pompeius, stifled for the moment an insult to the
honour
of his family. 6 Everything went wrong. The con
was sacrificed to Clodius. Not content thus to satisfy both personal
honour
and the convenience of the dynasts, the tribune p
to preferential treatment. In the last resort his rank, prestige and
honour
, summed up in the Latin word dignitas, were all a
was not the plea which Caesar himself valued most it was his personal
honour
. His enemies appeared to have triumphed. They h
came to feel shame for his own disloyalty: he composed a pamphlet in
honour
of the Republican who died true to his principles
HE CAESARIAN PARTY PageBook=>061 CAESAR, who took his stand on
honour
and prestige, asserted that Pompeius was disloyal
a seat in the lower ranks of the Senate at Rome have been an extreme
honour
and unmixed blessing to the descendant of Etrusca
ifestations of sympathy at the games furnished by him, in absence, in
honour
of the god Apollo. Apollo already had another fav
promoted by the marshals Decimus Brutus and Trebonius before all. The
honour
of the army had been outraged. Though Rome and
his own money he expended lavishly at the Ludi Victoriae Caesaris, in
honour
of the triumph of Caesar’s arms and of Venus Gene
ust 4th), taking their stand upon their principles and their personal
honour
: they told Antonius that they valued their own li
aesar taught him to run risks gaily, to insist upon his prestige, his
honour
, the rights due to his name and station. But not
icy. In the Senate on September 1st Antonius proposed that a day in
honour
of Caesar should be added to the solemn thanksgiv
d by his election, though reluctant, to the censorship in 50 B.C., an
honour
to which many consulars must have aspired as due
us had once been called a ‘vir fortis’, a pillar of Rome’s empire and
honour
. 9 L. Piso, for his stand against Antonius, acqui
orne Cicero no malice for the speech In Vatinium. 2 It was a point of
honour
in a liberal society to take these things gracefu
the most convincing demonstration of political solidarity. 5 Men of
honour
obeyed the call of duty and loyalty, even to the
ed. Only the first steps need be hazardous. A proconsul in defence of
honour
, when trapped by his enemies, invokes the protect
udien xxxv (1913), 270 f. PageBook=>163 and a monument were to
honour
the memory of the glorious dead. 1 Their comrades
The consulate lay vacant but not unclaimed. Octavianus aspired to the
honour
; and it would clearly be expedient to give the yo
riance with the more resolute Cassius. 2 In any event, principles and
honour
commanded a Republican to resist the worst excess
an obscure relative of unimpeachable repute, who did not survive the
honour
by many months. The new consul now entered Rome t
fter the Battle of Mutina, when he treated the Antonian captives with
honour
, sending one of the officers to Antonius with a f
laws and constitution of Rome had been subverted. With them perished
honour
and security, family and friendship. Yet all was
s of compelling a general to appeal to his army in defence of life or
honour
were now apparent the generals themselves were he
ius made a capitulation (late in February?). Octavianus received with
honour
the brother of his colleague and sent him away to
s 26, 96. The inscription ILS 925 (Spoletium) attests a dedication in
honour
of the pietas of C. Calvisius Sabinus: clearly, t
ho, though a Caesarian, was one of themselves, a soldier and a man of
honour
. Peace with Pompeius brought him further allies.
al triumph. 1 Ventidius is not heard of again save for the ultimate
honour
of a public funeral. 2 Sosius took his place as g
n the favour and name of Neptune; 4 the Roman plebs might riot in his
honour
it was only from hatred of Caesar’s heir. In real
was banished to Circeii, in which mild resort he survived the loss of
honour
by twenty-four years. The ruin of Lepidus had n
1 For Agrippa, the greatest of the admirals, was devised an excessive
honour
, a golden crown to be worn on the occasion of tri
athed by the Roman aristocracy: no honest man would care to surrender
honour
and independence by becoming a minister to despot
ch of them as deserved any distinction for peaceful studies earned no
honour
on that account from a military despotism. Among
sar’s heir. The heroic and military age demanded an epic poem for its
honour
; and history was now in favour. Bibaculus and the
ibi desinet’). This looks like the original dedication: but a poem in
honour
of Octavianus stands at the head of the series.
es and blend with them in a new imperial aristocracy. Mytilene paid
honour
and the appellation of saviour and benefactor not
ot proved. Antonius was compelled to stand by Cleopatra to the end by
honour
and by principle as well as by the necessities of
a’s portion of Cilicia Aspera, was founded, or at least named, in his
honour
: this conjecture is confirmed by the existence of
a deduci superbo non humilis mulier triumpho. 2 In satisfying the
honour
of Cleopatra, the bite of the asp served in doubl
t advantage for peace rather than for war. Crassus and the national
honour
clamoured for a war of revenge; and the last of t
edonia, M. Licinius Crassus, held that his successes deserved special
honour
: he was not allowed to celebrate his triumph till
and himself elevated to heaven after death as the god Quirinus. Full
honour
was done to the founder in the years after Actium
the Bastarnae, earned a triumph but claimed more, namely the ancient
honour
of the spolia opima, for he had slain the chiefta
r own auspices and had celebrated triumphs would consider it no great
honour
to serve as legates. The Triumvirate had replenis
however, below, p. 362, n. 2); and Vinicius had a tribe named in his
honour
at Corinth (L’ann. ép., 1919, 2). XXIII. CRISIS
ppa did not disdain a golden crown for Naulochus and an azure flag in
honour
of Actium (Dio 51, 21, 3). PageBook=>344 A
rippa, dead earlier than they could have hoped. 4 Of Agrippa, scant
honour
in his lifetime or commemoration afterwards. Ther
nence of Agrippa would threaten the leader’s monopoly of prestige and
honour
and would reveal all too barely the realities of
n and hate in their hearts yet from the salutary compulsion to derive
honour
and advancement. Of this imposing total, so Augus
THE Princeps and his friends controlled access to all positions of
honour
and emolument in the senatorial career, dispensin
ossessor of nearly two hundred million sesterces, to whom cities paid
honour
, neglecting magistrates of the Roman People, were
own auspices, might assume the title of imperator. 6 Before long that
honour
too would be denied. Military glory was jealous
sides the monarchic Princeps robbed the other principes of power and
honour
. In the interests of an ordered commonwealth, con
an intimate friend of the Princeps. The loyal Vedius constructed, to
honour
Augustus, a Caesareum in the city of Beneventum.
Tiberius’ return, the Claudian was not restored to his dignitas. 2 No
honour
, no command in war awaited him, but a dreary and
e of the traditional Roman in their character. Augustus paid especial
honour
to the great generals of the Republic. To judge b
People could not be pure, strong and confident without pietas, the
honour
due to the gods of Rome, On some tolerable accomm
s, living in seclusion at Circeii. Augustus did not strip him of that
honour
, ostentatious in scruple when scruple cost him no
aut restitutorem. ’ PageBook=>448 Two deities deserved special
honour
. In 29 B.C. the Temple of Divus Julius vowed by t
realities of war. Next to the gods, Augustus’ most urgent care was to
honour
the generals of ancient days, the builders of emp
did not need to be antiquarian it could be employed, like poetry, to
honour
the memory of ancient valour, revive the pride of
d turned it inside out. He might have instructed the youth of Rome to
honour
the past, to be worthy of Rome in valour and in v
n the first day of the year and contributing small coins to a fund in
honour
of the Princeps: the proceeds went towards dedica
the city wards, the vicomagistri were put in charge of shrines where
honour
was paid to the lares compitales, with whom was a
tions. 4 Even slaves could be commended Augustus set up a monument in
honour
of a girl who had produced five children at one b
an accommodation with the assassins. He was only incited to pay some
honour
to his dead benefactor by the spur of the young C
nd and master. They gave cities his name, they erected temples in his
honour
. 5 One of the earliest and most zealous to propag
the Princeps by mentioning his own manifest unsuitability for such an
honour
. 6 Of the pre-eminence of Labeo in legal scholars
to the flames an adulatory history which he had formerly composed in
honour
of the Princeps. 6 Labienus’ writings were offici
ook=>491 The nobiles lost power and wealth, display, dignity and
honour
. Bad men, brutal, rapacious and intolerable, ente
e triumphs after war, no more roads, temples and towns named in their
honour
and commemorating the glory of the great houses t
est against this practice, omitting the names of generals in order to
honour
instead the ‘gesta populi Romani’; 1 and Cato wro
it. The Roman patrician and the Italian novus homo alike had salvaged
honour
and fame, yet had done well for themselves and th
h security. Augustus had also prayed for a successor in the post of
honour
and duty. His dearest hopes, his most pertinaciou