The Open court . RUINS OF AUGUSTAN TEMPLE. tried and found reliable were they transferred to the Praetorianguards. The Emperor had more than twenty-five legions recruitedfrom countries outside of Italy, and this arrangement gave him ab-solute control over the army which depended solely upon him, and THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT GAUL AND CAESAR WORSHIP. 739 had no bonds of allegiance to either the Roman consuls, the Romansenate, or the Roman people. Republican Rome had conquered the provinces, but it is very. ii illiti!ll-ti|!|i|iipy;|ir doubtful whether she could have continued to hold them. Foreig
The Open court . RUINS OF AUGUSTAN TEMPLE. tried and found reliable were they transferred to the Praetorianguards. The Emperor had more than twenty-five legions recruitedfrom countries outside of Italy, and this arrangement gave him ab-solute control over the army which depended solely upon him, and THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT GAUL AND CAESAR WORSHIP. 739 had no bonds of allegiance to either the Roman consuls, the Romansenate, or the Roman people. Republican Rome had conquered the provinces, but it is very. ii illiti!ll-ti|!|i|iipy;|ir doubtful whether she could have continued to hold them. Foreignnations had been subjugated and were governed by proconsuls whoin the name of Rome committed all kinds of extortions and robberiesenriching themselves at the cost of their provinces. This unfair 740 THE OPEN COURT. method of government changed under Augustus who systematizedthe administration and strengthened his hold on the provinces byabolishing the prerogative of Rome to be exempt from taxation. When Augustus died the tradition of the worship of a vice-gerent on earth did not die with him. On the contrary, it continuedto be a factor in the consolidation of the Empire and laid the foun-dation of the belief in a monarchy by Gods grace, which is stillupheld in the opinion of the conservatives of Europe.
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