tience of the readers of the Clarendon Press. Furthermore, I gladly take this opportunity to acknowledge the constant enco

profit. 2 The Triumviral period is tangled, chaotic and hideous. To take it all for granted, however, and make a clean beg

he defence even of notorious malefactors. The nobilis, however, would take pride in his feuds. 1 Yet he had ever to be on th

previously reached the consulate. 5 Philippus steeled the Senate to take action against Lepidus (Sallust, Hist. I, 77 M);

o Pompeius and handed him a sword, with dramatic gesture, bidding him take command of the armed forces in Italy. Pompeius

k=>078 WHEN a party seizes control of the Commonwealth it cannot take from the vanquished the bitter and barren consola

should be consuls in 41 B.C.3 But before these dispositions could all take effect, civil war broke out again and the militar

on March 17th, it was feared that the consul would not allow them to take over their provinces. 1 What happened is obscure

ed the position of nominal deputy to the Dictator. But Lepidus was to take over a province in 44, and Antonius, elected cons

s, it might be doubted whether much was still at Rome for Antonius to take . The character and fate of the fund is problemati

r the partial and exaggerated view that posterity has been tempted to take of the ulterior ambitions of Antonius. In the lig

to Gaul and Spain. Antonius was ready to parry that danger he would take that region for his own consular province and wit

owever, it was known that Antonius intended to propose on June 1st to take another province in exchange for Macedonia, namel

luence upon the policy of Antonius. The consul had already decided to take for himself a special provincial command. Further

nate announced for August 1st; it may also have been known who was to take the lead, namely the respected consular L. Calpur

at they valued their own libertas more than his amicitia and bade him take warning from the fate of Caesar. 1 Of any immed

ct. But they now prepared to depart from Italy. They had hesitated to take over the corn- commission voted on June 5th. Now,

o advocate sedition, violence and civil war, Octavianus would have to take the lead and act. 1 NotesPage=>122 1 The w

ainst Alpine tribes. This was serious. Antonius therefore resolved to take over one part of his consular province, the Cisal

d Hirtius and Balbus. They were journeying to Campania, ostensibly to take the waters. 5 Wherever there was trouble, the sec

peech In Vatinium. 2 It was a point of honour in a liberal society to take these things gracefully. Caesar was sensitive to

te of June 1st. Explicitly or not, that law may have permitted him to take over the province before the end of his consular

cted the proposals and passed the ultimate decree the consuls were to take steps for the security of the State. With the con

ituation that confronted C. Antonius when he landed at Dyrrhachium to take over the province of Macedonia at the beginning o

eteran legions raised in his native Picenum. Caesar’s heir refused to take orders from Caesar’s assassin: nor, if he had, is

rases now universally current, how his soldiers had been unwilling to take the lives of fellow-citizens. The letter closed w

tus and Cassius of the praetorian provinces which they had refused to take over (P-W x, 1000). This date is probably too lat

oscriptions were duly instituted. Octavianus could afford to wait, to take vengeance upon the lesser enemies along with the

ed literature with an immortal theme. 1 But the fugitives could not take their property with them; some of the proscribed

is marshal Salvidienus, who was marching to Spain with six legions to take charge of that region. Even if Salvidienus return

to surrender all Gaul and eleven legions. 5 Octavianus left Italy to take over this welcome accession: he placed Salvidienu

ve, p. 189, n. 5. Fango had been sent by Octavianus after Philippi to take over from Sextius. 4 Appian, BC 5, 53, 222; bel

the child Tiberius, Livia fled from the armed bands of Octavianus to take refuge with Sex. Pompeius. 3 Livia was about to g

g class in the cities of Asia might hope to enter the Senate of Rome, take rank with their peers from Italy and the western

d have competed with Italy in valour and even in discipline. It would take time to train them: Antonius wanted the twenty th

arrison of Egypt, Cyrene, Syria and Macedonia. 1 Antonius could not take the offensive, for every reason, not merely the p

Gallus: but a knight as powerful as C. Cornelius Gallus could easily take a wife from the noblest houses in Rome. 4 On th

ons; and Egypt stood apart from the reckoning. But Augustus did not take all the legions: three proconsuls had armies unde

instructed in a long tradition of law and government did not need to take lessons from theorists or from aliens. 3 Vain t

if the Princeps were an infant, an idiot or an absentee. That would take time. Augustus’ provincia at once called for atte

AJ 15, 345. PageBook=>335 The Republic had to have consuls. To take the place of Murena in the supreme magistracy, Au

should assume the office of Dictator. 6 He refused, but consented to take charge of the corn supply of the city as Pompeius

for the advantage of herself and her family. Augustus never failed to take her advice on matters of state. It was worth havi

when large dismissals of legionaries were in prospect, did the State take charge of the payments, a special fund being esta

h disapproval by students of political science, especially by such as take the rule of the People as their ideal. The Romans

ity. Arrested with certain accomplices on a charge of conspiring to take the life of the Princeps, he was imprisoned and e

save when a conspicuous dearth of ability drove a group of nobiles to take up a popular candidate for fear of something wors

be, above all as vicegerent of the whole East; and he was intended to take supreme charge of the northern wars. Yet Tiberi

ed by the Senate either to nominate a proconsul in an emergency or to take a province into his charge for short or for long

reason for these innovations that as many senators as possible should take an active part in administration. 1 In the past

in the service of the State. The principes of the Free State might take counsel together, in a more or less public fashio

Augustus, like his predecessors, a god and saviour; not only does he take from Pompeius the title of ‘warden of land and se

in adversity. 5 Dellius’ troubles were over. When inciting Plancus to take comfort from wine, Horace contemplates the possib

again. 6 No chance of that: in the cool shade of Tibur Plancus could take his ease and reflect with no little complacency t