ts. My opinions about the oath of allegiance of 32 B.C. and about the position of the Princeps as a party-leader naturally owe m

inance of one man, Caesar’s grand-nephew: for the security of his own position and the conduct of affairs the ruler had to devis

and Cornelii, none the less held in turn a dynastic and almost regal position . 1 The Senate again, being a permanent body, arro

Senate were moderate and may not be dismissed as mere manoeuvres for position or for time to bring up his armies. 2 Caesar knew

through an oligarchy. But Caesar was being forced into an autocratic position . It meant the lasting domination of one man inste

us the Master of the Horse, now left in an anomalous and advantageous position . Lepidus had troops under his command, with resul

pidus was the elder man and a patrician as well. Lepidus retained the position of nominal deputy to the Dictator. But Lepidus wa

re certainly a problem; yet Antonius was amicable, not exploiting his position unduly. In these April days fortune seemed to s

in the consulate in times of crisis and by the need to safeguard his position and his person, especially when attacked, later i

sar’s autocracy. Chance and his own resolution had given Antonius the position of vantage. At first he seemed harmless:5 before

d, was certainly a check to Antonius, revealing the insecurity of his position . The blow was to fall from the other side, from

nnexions would permit an independent and, if he chose, a conciliatory position between the parties. Being related to Brutus, to

pport him. The sanguine hopes of a concerted assault on the Caesarian position were rudely dispelled. Cicero’s changed decision

itiative for the salvation of the State, they clamoured to have their position legalized. The offensive was therefore launched e

r that certain individuals by their acts had placed themselves in the position of public enemies. A popularis could contest the

des assiduously courted the favour of Lepidus, now in an advantageous position , for he had recently induced the adventurer Sex.

While consul, Antonius was clearly unassailable; when proconsul, his position , though not so strong, was valid in this, that he

ender to D. Brutus, resolved to stand firm, precarious though his own position was. Antonius might be destroyed hence ruin to th

oomed heavily. The Republicans in the Senate showed their hand. The position of M. Brutus had already been legalized. Shortly

namely Gallia Cisalpina and Gallia Comata, dominant from geographical position and armed strength: he seems to have left his par

a Egnatia across Macedonia, passed Philippi, and took up a favourable position . Antonius and Octavianus proposed to follow. Thei

they arrived in the vicinity of Philippi, where they took up a strong position astride the Via Egnatia, invulnerable on the flan

ution in Campania. 8 Plancus marched northwards and took up a waiting position , as befitted his character, at Spoletium. Notes

do less than justice to the loyal and open character of Antonius, his position as the colleague of Octavianus and the slowness o

d have been set in order and the organs of government repaired or the position of the Caesarian leaders so far consolidated that

enas and Salvidienus were not even senators. Again, at Brundisium his position was critical. Caesar’s heir had the army and the

hands of the Triumvirs, Octavianus, by his presence at Rome, was in a position of distinct advantage over the distant Antonius.

Cleopatra, beguiled by her beauty or dominated by her intellect. His position was awkward if he did not placate the Queen of Eg

lose, the triumviral powers were to expire. The rivals manoeuvred for position : of compromise, no act or thought. Octavianus mov

e to an end, legally at least. PageBook=>278 steps to have his position legalized. He respected the constitution and disp

e brutal stimulant was required. Octavianus was in a very difficult position . The secession of avowed enemies by no means left

Making an early beginning, he moved southwards instead and took up a position on the peninsula of Actium, on the northern shore

to cut off the camp of Octavianus on the landward side and invest his position proved a signal failure. The plan had been turned

Gallus (ILS 89s, cf. Dio 51, 20, 5). It is not certain, however, what position he was holding in Gaul (above, p. 302). Dio expre

rica. 3 These regions were close to Italy, a menace from geographical position and the memory of recent civil wars: yet Augustus

through his legates. At the same time he acquired a quasi-dictatorial position in Rome as consul for the third time (52 B.C.), a

the main by men who reached the consulate under the new order. The position of the Princeps and his restored Republic was by

r for the memory of his services and the sake of his counsel. Yet the position of Maecenas had been compromised. He could not wi

ture, for employment and for the profits of the centurionate. But the positions of military tribune in the legions and of cavalry

Gallus had been praefecti fabrum. Under the Principate, however, the position soon declines in importance. PageBook=>356

o earn commendation or patronage for a post in civil life, namely the position of procurator. Augustus enlisted the financial ex

elop. Notice, on the other hand, frequent praefecti classium; and the position of praefectus castrorum stands high in the equest

eBook=>369 THE Princeps and his friends controlled access to all positions of honour and emolument in the senatorial career,

ty-dynasts. There were priesthoods and the patriciate, administrative positions and provincial commands. When religion is the car

acification of Spain. But the constitutional powers and the effective position of Agrippa were soon augmented in a measure that

anted fifty thousand Getae across the Danube (Strabo, p. 303). On the position of these praetorian commanders, proconsuls of Mac

n people was a cumbrous and unsatisfactory body to deal with, and the position of the Princeps was delicate and perilous, being

nearer to success with the growth to manhood of Gaius and Lucius, the position of Tiberius became irksome; and some spoke of est

ate letter Augustus expressed his prayer that they should inherit his position in their turn. 2 That was too much. Tiberius an

LI (1919), 84 ff. 3 Suetonius, Tib. 11, 4. PageBook=>428 The position of Tiberius had long been anomalous. It now becam

he said, was responsible for the evil behaviour of C. Caesar. 1 The position of Tiberius improved, though his political prospe

ignated. Tiberius himself was ill at ease, conscious of his ambiguous position and his many enemies, hesitant and over-scrupulou

posts of the ruling people, fractions of the army placed at strategic positions and capable of supplying troops to replace or sup

nce honoured Pompeius Magnus as its patron. 6 Now Titius usurped that position . 7 Auximum could do nothing but the Roman plebs r

g to the real impotence of their enemies. 4 The strength of Augustus’ position when Princeps enabled him to permit freedom of sp

t to be won by flattery, Pollio had acquired for himself a privileged position . In the Senate he once launched a savage attack u

whose name is missing (CIL XII, 3169). PageBook=>503 When his position becomes stronger, and a coalition government base

olve. Hence arose the dreaded tribe of prosecutors and informers. The position of Augustus was so strong that the evil found lit

PageBook=>521 His rule was personal, if ever rule was, and his position became ever more monarchic. Yet with all this, Au

l is the formulation of the chapter that describes the constitutional position of the Princeps and most misleading. His powers a

ctions in the autumn, 123 ff.; against the Senate, 162 ff.; his legal position , 162, 168, 170; Mutina and after, 173 ff.; the Tr

funds, 130 f.; relations with Cicero, 114, 134, 141 ff., 181 ff.; his position legalized, 167; in and after the War of Mutina, 1

m Siculum, 230 ff.; in Illyricum, 240. Breach with Antonius, 276 ff.; position in 32 B.C., 277 f.; iuratio Italiae, 284 ff.; Act

after 12 B.C., 391 f.; dynastic ambitions for his grandsons, 416 ff.; position after 6 B.C., 419 ff.; disgrace of Julia, 426 f.;

rship, 51 ff.; not really a revolutionary, 52, 59, 68, 194; monarchic position , 54, 59, 490 f.; ultimate designs, 53 ff.; assass

eius Magnus, Cn. (cos. 70 B.C.), his origin and early career, 28 ff.; position in 62 B.C., 30; dynastic marriages, 31 f., 36, 40

431 ff.; powers in A.D. 13, 433; accession, 438 f.; difficulty of his position as emperor, 505, 521; edits the Res Gestae, 522.

um, 295 ff.; in 28 B.C., 306; constitutional powers of, 337, 389; his position after 23 B.C., 345 f.; in the East, 338, 342, 371

stus, 380 f., 452. Women, political influence of, 12, 384 ff., 414; position of, 444 f. Xenophobia, 244, 256, 287, 290, 440