. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. rejected, all thesenators declaring by acclamation that he abated his high majestyquite enough in not filling the office alone, but consenting to shareit with another. Suetonius might also have enumerated severalprocurators created by Augustus for the financial administration of the Empire, the gradesin the twenty-five le-gions promised to zealand devotion, ;ind inRome itself that armyof petty municipal offi-cers whose importancehe enhanced, — onethousand and sixty-four went st
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. rejected, all thesenators declaring by acclamation that he abated his high majestyquite enough in not filling the office alone, but consenting to shareit with another. Suetonius might also have enumerated severalprocurators created by Augustus for the financial administration of the Empire, the gradesin the twenty-five le-gions promised to zealand devotion, ;ind inRome itself that armyof petty municipal offi-cers whose importancehe enhanced, — onethousand and sixty-four went stillfarther: he instituted the imaginary ser-vice ; that is to say,officials with no dutiesto perform. Such wasthe spirit of the newgovernment : to weak-en offices by dividingthem ; to increase thenumber of functionsin order to attach tothe Emperors causethose who acceptedthem ; and to surroundwith an outward show of respect the ancient republican magistracies,as the illustrious dead are covered with a splendid pall. We nuistalso oljserve, however, in tlicse innovations the sincere desire. , THE IIISTOItlAX > Mart)l(ï bust found at, Knnii in-ar tlic jinrin Snliirh, with tlio name of C. C. (CainsSalliistiu» Crispus) on the pedestal (II. dEscamps, Desci: des marhes (hi MtiscfCaw/mim, \o. fi.). Ilie friends of Augustus and ;;ran<l-nephew and adopted son of the histo-rian had inherited his fortune. He possessed rieh eojiper-mines in the conntrv of tlic Centionesin the Cottian Alps (Tliny, Kisl. Na(. 2). OROANIZATION OF THE IMlEKIAL GOVERNMENT. 07 shown to iinprove the public adiniiiistratioii. These mmierousdisciplined agent», wlio received a fixed stipend in order that moremight be required of them, answered better to the needs of thetimes and rendered the maintenance of order more easy. Therewas great gain in order, well-being, and security. Augustus, who called himself a .simple citizen of Rome, couldnot have ministers like a king ; his
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