History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . as a rule habitually followed tosend this cohort to a distance from the places where it had been raised. There was no gene-ral law respecting recruiting. When those who volunteered were not sufficient, the Emperorordered a levy in such or such a province. GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 231 Yet many of the provincials were men vanquished but yester-day, who still preserved the remembrance of lost liberty. But theRomans had not the extreme solicitude which we have in respectto the maintenance of public
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . as a rule habitually followed tosend this cohort to a distance from the places where it had been raised. There was no gene-ral law respecting recruiting. When those who volunteered were not sufficient, the Emperorordered a levy in such or such a province. GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 231 Yet many of the provincials were men vanquished but yester-day, who still preserved the remembrance of lost liberty. But theRomans had not the extreme solicitude which we have in respectto the maintenance of public order. They distinguished matters ofgeneral interest from those which were only of local or personalconcern. It was quite possible that not all the roads were safe,nor all the cities at peace; it occurred even in the earlier periodsthat, through municipal rivalry, private wars sometimes broke outbetween two cities. The government cared little for this ; it wasa matter which concerned only the parties interested. But woe tothe adventurer or the city compromising the general order or taking. *.c?./*OrfV ^ ?JiXtM^n- INFANTRY ESCORTING BAGGAGE. arms against the Empire! A sufficient number of cohorts weredespatched from the nearest frontier, and the repression was asprompt as it was terrible. We who have so long been accustomed to expect the state towatch and act in. our stead, have multiplied indefinitely the smallgarrisons which destroy the military spirit, but are of great advan-tage to the cities which receive them. We station soldiers every-where, at the risk of the army being crumbled to pieces and itsdiscipline relaxed. The Romans placed them nowhere, except inface of the enemy. Their legionaries had but one duty. war. — onemode of life, that of camps; and this is why they became the bestsoldiers in the world. 232 THE EMPIRE AND ROMAN SOCIETY. Therefore it was only rarely that they were stationed in certaincities. When it was noticed that at Antioch, with its vain, insolent
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