l succession. Such accidents of duration and fortune the future held. None the less, the main elements in the party of Augus

iderable fragments or supposed borrowings in subsequent historians. 4 None the less, the example of Pollio and the abundance

, certain of the great patrician houses, Valerii, Fabii and Cornelii, none the less held in turn a dynastic and almost regal

, the circle widens from which the nobility is recruited and renewed. None the less, though the composition of the oligarchy

dvocate, pressed his candidature, championing all popular causes, but none that were hopeless or hostile to the interests of

. The Caesarian party thus split by the assassination of the Dictator none the less survived, joined for a few months with R

e to wait until middle age: his laurels would repose on grey hairs or none remaining. Legitimate primacy, it is true, could

veterans refused to fight. Many deserted and returned to their homes, none the worse for a brief autumnal escapade. With wea

aged in repute, surviving a cause for which better men had died, will none the less have striven through intrigue to maintai

t the last three names few attempts at identification have been made, none satisfactory. Λ∈ύκιος might be Balbus but Balbus’

rom another quarter. The collected correspondence of Cicero preserved none of the letters he received from Octavianus. That

e, to save the State once again, and renew the memory of the glorious Nones of December. 2 Cicero was not to be had. He lef

t could not deceive the hardened adept at the game of Roman politics, none the less might influence the innocent or the neut

on increased his lead, for his army was strong in cavalry. Brutus had none ; and the exhilaration of a victory in which his l

PageBook=>166 surviving epistle to Cicero. His style had lost none of its elegance: he protested good will and loyal

action and treason, when proconsul outlawed. For Octavianus there was none , and no merit beyond his name: ‘puer qui omnia no

nus Flaccus, of a proscribed family, and C. Sosius, perhaps a Picene, none of them heard of before Caesar’s death. 3 Another

ce and by the Senate with a sincere fervour such as can have attended none of his more recent predecessors when they had lib

ed. 2 A string of Messianic candidates with spurious credentials or none at all may summarily be dismissed. A definite cla

in 41 B.C.) informed the learned Asconius that, as a matter of fact, none other than he, Gallus, was the wonder-child:3 no

rshadowing the young Caesar in prestige and in popularity. Of Lepidus none took account: he had family influence and did not

gt;226 be enlisted to deal with Pompeius. But Octavianus would have none of that. Further, from duty to his ally and to th

ted when the last adherents of Sex. Pompeius passed into his service. None the less, the young Caesar was acquiring a consid

estrian stock from Cales. L. Flavius was an Antonian (Dio 49, 44, 3). None of these men ever commanded armies, so far as is

rm and masculine enough for their taste. 3 Of those great exemplars none had survived; and they left few enough to inherit

when many feared the imminent clash and some favoured Caesar’s heir, none could have foreseen by what arts a national champ

he spoke in defence of his own policy, accusing Sosius and Antonius. None dared to raise a voice against the Caesarian lead

dence had openly derided the revelations of the renegade Plancus. 2 None the less the will was held genuine, and did not f

.). Calvisius held his triumph on May 26th, 28 B.C. (CIL I 2, p. 77): none the less his command in Spain may have preceded t

fence of political adventurers and ministers of despotism. There were none of them left—they had all joined the national gov

roduce an exemplary kind of citizen. Names might change: Augustus was none the less a revolutionary leader who won supreme p

inating each year one member of the board of praetors. 2 A noble, but none the less by now a firm member of the Caesarian pa

nce. The family and connexions of one of the legates are uncertain; 2 none of the others had consular ancestors—if their par

armed proletariat of Italy menaced and shattered the Roman Republic: none the less, when offered some prospect that their a

ricted to any one class of the wealthy in the Principate of Augustus. None the less, Isidorus was able to bequeath sixty mil

wever, the position soon declines in importance. PageBook=>356 None the less, the military knight found ample occupat

1 and in a time of emergency an equestrian officer governed Cyrene. 2 None of these provinces was comparable to Egypt or con

accident. Here as elsewhere Augustus, under the guise of restoration, none the less perpetuated the policy of Caesar and of

dened and strengthened oligarchy in the new order was indirectly, but none the less potently, representative of Rome and of

its maladies at least no juvenile consuls are attested for some time. None the less, in the ordinances of Augustus as finall

e mock of a jurist when urging a soldier’s claims to the consulate. 2 None of them could prevail alone. Neither law nor orat

mmes or solid merit. Caesar and the Triumvirs had changed all that. None the less, though modified, the old categories sub

ivia, who ruled Rome in secret, knew no name or definition and needed none . The precaution may appear excessive. Not in Rome

e effective position of Agrippa were soon augmented in a measure that none of the agents of the drama of 23 B.C. could have

ers of the most eminent generals and administrators in the New State. None the less, certain examples are pertinent and sugg

e brief Dictatorship of Caesar. While the Senate held empty debate or none at all, and prominent dignitaries waited mutterin

series of cabinets, the choice of members varying with the occasion. None the less, a certain number of prominent and repre

dwelt at Rhodes. His career was ended, his life precarious. Of that, none could doubt who studied dynastic politics and the

ican politician derived commonly from a more recent nobility, or from none at all. The firmest defenders of Libertas were no

nk. Sex. Appuleius (cos. 29 B.C.), a dim and mysterious figure, but none the less legate of Illyricum in 8 B.C., was the s

known to have commanded armies in the period of Tiberius’ seclusion. None the less, they were personages to be reckoned wit

of Cinna, Sulla, Crassus and Pompeius. Some missed the consulate and none , so far as is known, were permitted by Augustus t

while not seriously impairing the interests or the prestige of Rome, none the less called for attention. Moreover it was ad

Agrippa Postumus had been more vague, his treatment more merciful but none the less arbitrary and effective. Agrippa is desc

Augustus alone, a syndicate might appear preferable to a principate:5 none the less, it must be demonstrated and admitted th

on and ‘impia arma’. Augustus, like the historian Tacitus, would have none of them; and so they receive no praise from the p

artner from their own class, preferred alliance with a freedwoman, or none at all. With marriage and without it, the tone

ion. As in politics, so in economic life, there could be no reaction. None was intended. No thought of mulcting the rich men

cter there is no warrant for loose talk about conversion to Stoicism. None the less, this Epicurean man appeared to surrende

to a sanguine Teucri proderet, ac totum sub leges mitteret orbem. 2 None would have believed it, but Rome’s salvation issu

The family had been despoiled of property during the Civil Wars. 6 None the less, the poet had eminent connexions, the Ae

people by lavish display at games, shows and triumphs. As a showman, none could compete with Augustus in material resources

rable forms of propaganda. Though the realities of power were veiled, none the less senators had an opportunity in the Curia

onfined within definite channels and adapted to a slower rhythm, were none the less advancing remorselessly. The power of th

hile it consolidated his own regime and the new system of government, none the less made the task of his successor more deli

d well his part in the comedy of life. 2 There could be one answer or none . Whatever his deserts, his fame was secure and he

or recounted their life, deeds and destiny for glory or for politics: none can have fabricated history with such calm audaci

e gods of Rome for his great merits and for reasons of high politics. None the less, it will not help to describe the Res Ge