History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . emed so odious to the pagans that the pos-session and reading of these books was prohibited under pain of death : Sancita mors est in insqui Icr/uni nui sHii/ilm: ant Iropfa arum libros . . quod quidem inperpetuum efficerenon potuerunt, impavide cnim non solum mus, etc. (Saint Justin, Apol. i. 44.) It was, say the Benedictines (Preface to the works of Saint Justin, cap. vi. p. 84), the law quaefulurorum curiosam inquisitionem prohibebat. Saint Justin does not the less on that accountdecl
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . emed so odious to the pagans that the pos-session and reading of these books was prohibited under pain of death : Sancita mors est in insqui Icr/uni nui sHii/ilm: ant Iropfa arum libros . . quod quidem inperpetuum efficerenon potuerunt, impavide cnim non solum mus, etc. (Saint Justin, Apol. i. 44.) It was, say the Benedictines (Preface to the works of Saint Justin, cap. vi. p. 84), the law quaefulurorum curiosam inquisitionem prohibebat. Saint Justin does not the less on that accountdeclare to the Emperor Antoninus that the Christians constantly read them. 188 THE EMPIRE AND ROMAN SOCIETY. formed the radical opposition of those days. Their invectivesagainst the rich, their threats against the society which theydevoted to eternal flames, show an intensity of hate whichforetells how terrible will be the war of creeds and the shock ofthese hostile peoples. 1 IEPA BOYAH. Figure representing the Senate. On the reverse, AIZANEITQN. Cybeleseated, at her feet a lion. (Bronze.). COIN OF CHAPTER LXXXV. GOVERNMENT AND —The Emperor and the New Nobility. IN relating the history of the Empire from Augustus, we haveexhibited this government in actual operation, and have shownthe very simple parts of which the immense machine was few words will therefore suffice to sum up the details scatteredthroughout our The Romans were by no means theorists, and they would nothave been at all able to understand our discussion on the socialcontract. The city, the state, or, as the ancients termed it, therepublic, had been originally organized for the purpose of mutualdefence against external enemies, and not with the desire of secur-ing the greatest independence to each man. This was the casealso in the family and tribe, in which the father and chief respec-tively disposed of everything. The first necessity is to exist; andin ancient times
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