Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . was an expedient to prevent uselesssquabbling, waste of time, and obstruction, when * Ad Att., ii., 2. 60 ] Forfnation of Triumvirate. 103 matters of vital importance had to be settled ; tosecure, as we should say, a working majority for avigorous democratic policyj Naturally enough, whenthat policy took a definite shape in the followingyear, it suffered from the very nature of a coalition,as well as from the bitter opposition brought againstit; and the bitterness of its enemies transformed thecoalition itself from an honourab
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . was an expedient to prevent uselesssquabbling, waste of time, and obstruction, when * Ad Att., ii., 2. 60 ] Forfnation of Triumvirate. 103 matters of vital importance had to be settled ; tosecure, as we should say, a working majority for avigorous democratic policyj Naturally enough, whenthat policy took a definite shape in the followingyear, it suffered from the very nature of a coalition,as well as from the bitter opposition brought againstit; and the bitterness of its enemies transformed thecoalition itself from an honourable union into thesemblance of a three-headed tyranny. There wereof course personal ambitions in the minds of eachof the three ; there were provinces to be ruled, andarmies to be commanded. But such prospects wereequally before every Roman who was mounting theladder of political fame ; and it cannot be provedthat either Caesar, Pompeius, or Crassus, any morethan the rest, seriously thought as yet of using suchpower to destroy an ancient constitution. ^C;r^^-:i. THREE-HEADED TYRRANY
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