History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . uired thatthe door of thesovereign pontiffshould never be gave orders to havethe jewels and raritieswhich decorated thepalace carried into thetemples, which at thattime served asmuseums. Whateverwas brilliant in thedwelling of the prince,says Martial,^ hasbeen given to the gods;every one will behold it. He was blamed for diminishing therespect due to princes by permitting too great familiarity. Hisanswer was : I shall be towards others as I should have wished,when I was a mere private citize
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . uired thatthe door of thesovereign pontiffshould never be gave orders to havethe jewels and raritieswhich decorated thepalace carried into thetemples, which at thattime served asmuseums. Whateverwas brilliant in thedwelling of the prince,says Martial,^ hasbeen given to the gods;every one will behold it. He was blamed for diminishing therespect due to princes by permitting too great familiarity. Hisanswer was : I shall be towards others as I should have wished,when I was a mere private citizen, that emperors should be towardsme. In the prayer annually addressed to the gods that his reignmight be prolonged he caused this clause to be inserted : So longas he shall deserve it ; and in the public acts he placed his own Phtma, inrredibtlr dictu est,quanto r/loriam Trnjani ( Aur. Victor,-E]^/^, xiv.).Cf. Pliny, Paneffyr., 83, and Eptst., ix. 28. * A<ppocirt] 9eà vfwrfpa. Bull, de corr. hell., vol. vi. p. 398.^ Epigr., xii. 15. * Found on Monnt Ccelius (Vatican Museum).. Bust of Plotina. NERVA AND TRAJAN, 96 TO 117 749 name after the senate and the people/ Following the exampleof Augustus, he visited his old friends familiarly, attended theirfamily festivals and joined in their pleasures, supping, walking outor joining in the chase with them. One day they sought toawaken his suspicions against a senator; he went, without a guard.
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