s had neutrality been possible. Pollio had powerful enemies on either side . Compelled for safety to a decision, he chose Cae

(1896), 557 ff. PageBook=>007 from the Republican and Antonian side . The adulatory or the uncritical may discover in

dissensions. The tribune M. Livius Drusus hoped to enlist them on the side of the dominant oligarchy. He failed, and they ro

al charge of unnatural vice. 2 Caelius’ enemies drove him to Caesar’s side . Ap. Pulcher was no adornment to the party of C

Marcus Cato. His allies, eager to enlist a man of principle on their side , celebrated as integrity what was often conceit o

hey had driven a wedge between the two dynasts, winning over to their side the power and prestige of Pompeius. They would be

e the better cause. Caesar could not compete. Though interest on each side claimed more adherents than principle, interest w

of Caesar’s party the contrast of disreputable scoundrels on the one side and high-born patriots on the other is as schemat

more august and more complex. Caesar and Brutus each had right on his side . The new party of the Liberators was not homoge

daring agents. There was no scope for talent or ideas on the other side . The newer movements in literature were sponsored

ombined in his party. Some played for gain and a place on the winning side for discerning judges like Caelius assessed the t

of ability and social distinction. Some senators turn up on Caesar’s side , holding commands in the Civil Wars, without any

P XL (1919), 407 F. among literary men of equestrian rank on Caesar’s side , note C. Asinius Pollio (Catullus 12, 6 ff.) and

ivil War between Marius and Sulla, is appropriately discovered on the side of Caesar. 4 The Marian tradition in politics w

the verge of another coup d’état, Pompeius had only one censor on his side , Ap. Claudius, who strove to expel Curio from the

allegiance. In the imminence of civil war, Rome feared from Caesar’s side an irruption of barbarians from beyond the Alps.

m, stood loyal to Rome, raising a private army conspicuous on Sulla’s side at the capture of the town of Pompeii: his two so

in C. Octavius, the grandson of one of his sisters. On the paternal side the youth came of a respectable family that lacke

relationships, see Table III at end. Balbus himself, on the maternal side , was a near relative of Pompeius (Suetonius, Divu

plebs and veterans, and the acquiescence of the Senate. A move to one side would alienate the other. Hitherto Antonius had n

ublicans. The calculation was hazardous but not hopeless on the other side , certain moderates and Republicans might be lured

the insecurity of his position. The blow was to fall from the other side , from the plebs, from the veterans and from Octav

or to intimidate his secret accomplices. Might and right were on the side of the consul. But the advantage passed in a mome

on the Capitol. It was later alleged that a consular was ready on the side of Antonius with a bill of attainder against Octa

anus’ friend was of regal stock, deriving his descent on the maternal side from the Cilnii, a house that held dynastic power

ard Decidius Saxa. 2 The fact that Octavianus was deemed to be on the side of the Republic precluded a full and revealing ac

rigin. A long time passes before any number of senators emerge on his side . When four years have elapsed and Octavianus thro

ollowing of Isauricus. 3 Piso and P. Servilius each had a change of side to their credit. No politician could compete with

iously alien, and common friends, a hankering for applause on the one side and a gracious disposition to please and to flatt

mpathy with his allies. Yet he found himself, not unnaturally, on the side of Pompeius, of the party of the constitution, an

posterity as well as to its author or its audience. There was another side not Antonius only, but the neutrals. Cicero was n

rtisan in tone, cannot altogether suppress the arguments of the other side , whether they employ to that end calumny or silen

uchee he was effeminate and a coward. Instead of fighting at Caesar’s side in Spain, he lurked at Rome. How different was ga

of trade or the stage, the shame of municipal origin. On the paternal side , the greatgrandfather of Octavianus was a freedma

Celtiberian:6 he was a partisan of Antonius. Had he been on the right side , he would have been praised no less than that man

of a country is naturally and always most strongly in evidence on the side of vested interests. In times of peace and prospe

otism was all-embracing surely they could help the State on whichever side they stood. 2 The conversion of a military lead

sed Romae acturos consulatum. ’ PageBook=>163 invoking on the side of insurgents the authority of the Senate and the

risk a battle at Mutina. He was defeated but not routed; on the other side , Hirtius fell. In the field Antonius was rapid of

mediation; and Antonius publicly asseverated that Lepidus was on his side . Their palpable community of interest, hardened b

his army and made a semblance of intervening in northern Italy on the side of the Republic. On April 26th he crossed the Rhô

t once to destroy him Octavianus in his true colours, openly on their side against Caesar’s murderer. The designs of Octav

the prestige of the victor of Philippi was overwhelming. On the other side , they championed liberty and the rights of the di

, despite the loss of the Gallic legions, the odds of war were on the side of the great Antonius. NotesPage=>213 1 Di

and saved the lives of Roman citizens. They refused to fight. On each side deputations of soldiers made their wishes known.

t for making peace when the fortune of war had been manifestly on his side . The complacency of the dynasts and the nuptial

he leader of a party. The majority of the Republicans were now on the side of Antonius. After Philippi, Valerius Messalla, B

period in a revolutionary epoch. Octavianus felt that time was on his side . For the present, his colleague was constrained t

bsequent campaigns in Sicily only two Romans held high command on his side : Tisienus Gallus, the refugee from Sabine and Rep

the first revolutionary venture. Consulars were rare enough on either side . The most prominent of them, Pollio, Ventidius an

bove all, the full narrative of the Sicilian campaigns reveals on the side of Caesar’s heir for the first time among his gen

ornificius, Cinna, and others of their friends were found on Caesar’s side when war came. 1 The men were dead, and their f

ism, a proper regard for those provinces of human life which lie this side of romantic eroticism or mythological erudition.

io 49, 17, 5; Appian, BC 5, 137, 567 ff.). 6 On Dellius’ changes of side , Seneca, Suasoriae 1, 7; Velleius, 2, 84, 2. He w

re Antonius. PageBook=>271 consuls and the constitution on his side . 1 It was therefore necessary to demonstrate that

ian party. 3 More than seven hundred senators fought on Octavianus’ side in the War of Actium (Res Gestae 25): the total s

of Sulla. 4 Dio 50, 7, I. PageBook=>280 consuls were on his side . Antonius stood on the defensive and therefore, i

crisis of the year 32, the consuls and a show of legality were on the side of Antonius. An absurdity the Roman constitution

squieting, perhaps, the prospect of an indecisive struggle, with each side so evenly balanced, leaving the rivals as before,

e and destroying the Caesarians. Time, money and supplies were on his side : he might delay and fight a battle with little lo

d Antonius’ attempt to cut off the camp of Octavianus on the landward side and invest his position proved a signal failure.

o departed, M. Junius Silanus and the agile Dellius, whose changes of side were proverbial but not unparalleled. 1 The ex-Re

rful party. Only three men of consular standing remained on Antonius’ side , Canidius, Sosius and Gellius Poplicola. It would

Q. Nasidius and by M. Octavius, of a consular family. 6 On the other side the fleet of Octavianus faced the Antonians. The

ed at sea, baffled on land. 6 The names of the commanders on either side are given by Velleius 2, 85, 2 Plutarch, Antonius

fied, the birth-legend in the mythology of the Principate. On the one side stood Caesar’s heir with the Senate and People of

n the summer of the year 30 B.C. Octavianus approached Egypt from the side of Syria, Cornelius Gallus from the west. Pinariu

hield of Aeneas allows a brief glimpse of the future life, on the one side Catilina in hell, tormented by furies for ever, o

re easily and more naturally. Time, oblivion and security were on his side if he removed an unpopular person and exorbitant

estimony. 2 Wars waged between Romans with veteran armies on either side set a high standard of mobility, supply and strat

stock among the municipal aristocracies of Campania and Samnium. One side of his family, Samnite local gentry, stood by Rom

frontier. This was the essential and the minimum. An advance from the side of Gaul into Germany might shorten communications

, Agrippa died in February, 12 B.C. Further, there was delay from the side of Macedonia. A great insurrection broke out in T

water: Tiberius lived on in exile and might never return. On her own side of the family she lacked relatives who might be b

intermarried with certain Livii, kinsfolk of Tiberius on his mother’s side . 2 The family of L. Arruntius (cos. 22 B.C.), als

. 1 The myth of Actium was religious as well as national on the one side Rome and all the gods of Italy, on the other the

advantage, in invoking the better sort of Greek deities on the right side , so that the War of Actium could be shown as a su

t Cicero and his contemporaries affected to admire. There was another side to that. Yet the strong suspicion of fraud is n

ack the dominant individual or faction, appear to be fervently on the side of the government. It would be premature to disce

pate seems to attest inevitable and unbroken peace. There was another side to it ’pacem sine dubio post haec, vero cruentam’

were roughly handled by the prosecution. Augustus intervened on their side , with salutary rebuke of their enemies. 3 Augustu

eachery prospered. Q. Dellius, proverbial for agility, deserted every side at the right moment. It is curious that Horace sh

va which succeeded the absolute rule of Domitian. 1 There was another side to this fair show of phrases, namely, the real an

lina, see Sergius. Catilinarians, punishment of, 25 f.; on Caesar’s side , 66; in the towns of Italy, 89. Catullus, see Val

lars, importance of, 10, 388; in the Sullan oligarchy, 20 ff.; on the side of Pompeius, 44 f.; Caesarians, 61 f.; total in 4

s, 171, 184; in campaign of Philippi, 203 ff.; end of, 205 f.; on the side of Antonius, 268 f.; descendants of, 492; their m

lties at Philippi, 205 f.; under the Triumvirate, 243 f., 257; on the side of Octavianus, 237, 238 f.; on the side of Antoni

umvirate, 243 f., 257; on the side of Octavianus, 237, 238 f.; on the side of Antonius, 222, 269 f., 282; and Augustus, 368,

, 10, 18 f.; revived by Sulla, 68; revived by Caesar, 68; on Caesar’s side , 68 f.; ideals and ‘values’ of, 69 f.; local orig

, 89; Caesarian, 101, 120, 255; bribed by Octavianus, 125; changes of side , 159; pacifism of, 180 f.; Roman compared with He