History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . early times were necessary to theRepublic, and they would have been so hadRome continued a city of laborers, instead i >fbecoming the capital of the world. They pro-scribed the growing luxury in dress and thetable, the womens ornaments, the articles ofgold, certain dishes, and even the fatteningof poultry, which seemed to them a public Under Tiberius, again, the aediles sought to revive theedicts limiting the price to be spent on any one dish, and the numberof dishes for each repast. At th
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . early times were necessary to theRepublic, and they would have been so hadRome continued a city of laborers, instead i >fbecoming the capital of the world. They pro-scribed the growing luxury in dress and thetable, the womens ornaments, the articles ofgold, certain dishes, and even the fatteningof poultry, which seemed to them a public Under Tiberius, again, the aediles sought to revive theedicts limiting the price to be spent on any one dish, and the numberof dishes for each repast. At this news there was a great nutter inthe city. Apprehensions were excited, says Tacitus, of somesevere corrective from a prince who himself observed the ancientparsimony. 2 With his usual wisdom, Tiberius smiled gravely at theSpartan zeal of the aediles ; he pointed out to them that Rome hadneed of the provinces in order to exist; that to destroy the establishedrelations would be to upset the state; that, finally, it was dangerousto make laws which would so quickly be forgotten or VASF. IN THE SHAPE OF AHEAD BELONGING TO THEJEWEL-BOX OF A ROMAN-LAD V. 1 Pliny, Hist. A nn. iii. x. 71. Ne princeps antiqucu parcimoniae durius adverteret. 260 THE EMPIRE AND ROMAN SOCIETY. The commerce of the Romans had extended with their had soon learned where to find the most precious marbles, thefinest woods, the most supple textures, the most delicate viands;
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