But he did not compromise his future or commit his allegiance for all time. […] About the same time decrees of the Senate ordained that an oath of allegiance should be taken in his name. 2 Was this the measure of his ordering of the Roman State? […] Pulcher and his friendship with Curio determined his allegiance ’C. […] The bond of personal allegiance may be compared to that of the family. […] In the West, in Africa and throughout Asia, towns, provinces and kings were bound to the imperator of the Roman People by personal ties of allegiance.