. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. esigning person, whom they had for a momentfollowed as the crowd follows any novelty, hastened to welcomeAugustus, and offered him the consulship for life and the censor-ship under the new designation ofpraefectura morum. In this con-duct there was neither weaknessnor cowardice ; for all men wereunder the spell, — all accepted thissway which, seeking only for peace,found victory also,—and men re-peated in Horaces verses that thequeen of Ethiopia was a fugitive,Armenia almost wholly subdued,the Dacian
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. esigning person, whom they had for a momentfollowed as the crowd follows any novelty, hastened to welcomeAugustus, and offered him the consulship for life and the censor-ship under the new designation ofpraefectura morum. In this con-duct there was neither weaknessnor cowardice ; for all men wereunder the spell, — all accepted thissway which, seeking only for peace,found victory also,—and men re-peated in Horaces verses that thequeen of Ethiopia was a fugitive,Armenia almost wholly subdued,the Dacians conquered, and that in the presence of a court formedby the deputies of all nations, a Parthian chief had knelt before 210.) This traveller found, in 1S19, the great oasis extremely arid; but lie regards it as thenecessary stage for those persons seeking to pass through from Tripoli to Soudan. • Bronze coin of J.,. FABRICius PATELLIVs, first proconsul of tlie Cyrenaica after tliadivision of the provinces made by Augustus in the year il ii. C- ^ From a bronze coin struck at CAIUS AND LUCIUS CAKSAU. ORGANIZATION OF THE FRONTIERS. 243 Augustus and accepted a crown from the Emperors hands.^Nothing had ever flattered the Roman pride so much as thisapparent submission of an enemy reputed invincible. In memoryof this bloodless victory an arch of triumph was erected to himwho had deliveied the captive eagles, and the standards them-selves were placed in the temple of Mars Ultor, where all kingssoliciting the friendship of Au-gustus were required to attesttheir fidelity in presence of thesereconquered trophies.^ Augustus was now at theheight of his prosperity. Peaceprevailed along the frontiers,anarchy had been subdued athome, and good laws with wisereforms justified his him were grouped anumerous family and manymen of genius. Octavia wasyet alive ; Julia, at this timethe wife of Agrippa, and pro-tected against her own vices byher husbands virtues, was the
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