. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. AUGUSTUS history a general expectation of better days to come. TheVirgin Justice did in sober fact return to the Roman worldwhen Octavian, in 29 , came home to celebrate his triumphover the three continents. I make high claims for Octavian*—or as he may nowbe called by anticipation Augustus—in history. JuliusCaesar has usurped the credit of inventing that wonderful systemthe Roman Empire. The credit really belongs to , indeed, had for two generations at the least becomeinevitable at Rome, as everybo
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. AUGUSTUS history a general expectation of better days to come. TheVirgin Justice did in sober fact return to the Roman worldwhen Octavian, in 29 , came home to celebrate his triumphover the three continents. I make high claims for Octavian*—or as he may nowbe called by anticipation Augustus—in history. JuliusCaesar has usurped the credit of inventing that wonderful systemthe Roman Empire. The credit really belongs to , indeed, had for two generations at the least becomeinevitable at Rome, as everybody, from Catiline to Cicero, wasbound to admit. In the scramble to realise it Julius Caesar had wonthe day and had thereupon proceeded to introduce his conceptionof its proper form. He died before his plans were perfected andwe have no means of knowing his inner purpose. But we knowthat he had spurned the dignity of the senate, had taken some ofthe paraphernalia of royalty and set up his statue alongside of theold kings of Rome, His plan of a naked despotism had fai
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