. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. senatorial treasurysimply could not exist without help from the imperial private wealth, too, enabled him to keep the Roman mobhappy with cheap or free corn, public shows, and handsomebuildings, and to satisfy the troops with lavish was no real equilibrium. On the other hand, Augustus was very careful not to woundrepublican sensibilities. He was himself of a distinctly his-torical and antiquarian turn of mind. He never performeda function or assumed an office without assuring himself that itwas
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. senatorial treasurysimply could not exist without help from the imperial private wealth, too, enabled him to keep the Roman mobhappy with cheap or free corn, public shows, and handsomebuildings, and to satisfy the troops with lavish was no real equilibrium. On the other hand, Augustus was very careful not to woundrepublican sensibilities. He was himself of a distinctly his-torical and antiquarian turn of mind. He never performeda function or assumed an office without assuring himself that itwas not new to the constitution. Thus when he was asked toundertake censorial duties he declined the censorial authority,which the senate conferred upon him, but carried out the dutiesby virtue of his power as consul, having assured himself that inthe olden times consuls had performed the duties of thecensor. He was also most punctilious in his use of shall see later something of the republican simplicity ofhis mode of life. He never failed, as his divine father172. AlinariFig. I. ALTAR OF THE LARES OF AUGUSTUS (Seep. 225)
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