Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . siness, of theelementary grammar of politics. He would havebeen brought face to face with some one at least ofthe many difficulties which went to make up thegreater problems of the age, and would not becarried at once into the whirlpool of pseudo-legisla-tion and passionate partisanship. The managementof the corn-supply and water-supply, i. e., the satisfy-ing of the actual needs of a vast city, or the detailsof finance at home and in the provinces, would forcehim to understand how things were actually done,and would invite him to
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . siness, of theelementary grammar of politics. He would havebeen brought face to face with some one at least ofthe many difficulties which went to make up thegreater problems of the age, and would not becarried at once into the whirlpool of pseudo-legisla-tion and passionate partisanship. The managementof the corn-supply and water-supply, i. e., the satisfy-ing of the actual needs of a vast city, or the detailsof finance at home and in the provinces, would forcehim to understand how things were actually done,and would invite him to reflect on the discomfortand danger which even a moderate amount of mal-administration may cause. / Caesar was elected quaestor in 69 , and served theofilice in the following year. It fell to him to beginhis acquaintance with government in the province ofFurther Spain, and thus began his lifelong connec-tion with the peoples of the West. J It must havebeen just before his departure that he lost his wife,the daughter of Cinna, and also his aunt, Julia the. JULIUS C/ESAR. FROM FARNESE BUST IN THE MUSEUM AT NAPLES. 66 ] QucBstorskip. 57 widow of Marius | and he seized the opportunity tomake an honourable demonstration in favour of thememory of Marius and the almost extinct Marianparty. He caused the bust of Marius to be carriedin the funeral procession of Julia; a sign that theSullan regime was actually at an end. He deliveredfuneral orations over both these ladies, which mayhave been inspired by a genuine glow of their main object was undoubtedly a politicalone. The languid and fickle population of theforum was forgetting the names of Marius andCinna, and needed to be reminded that there hadbeen such men, and that there was still some onewho was ready to carry on the tradition of the partythey had led. ., These funerals over, he proceeded to his provincewith the propraetor, AntistiusVetus, a man of whosecharacter we know nothing. The province was onewhich m
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