Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . JULIUS C/ESAR. ENLARGED FROM GEM IN BRITISH JULIUS OESAR. FROM COIN IN BRITISH MUSEUM. 60 ] PrcBtorship. 93 identified and detained by Aurelia. Such sacrilegewas a serious crime, even in the eyes of educatedsceptics; it was committed in the house of the headof the State-system of reHgion, and his wife was nowan object of grave suspicion. A people who believedso profoundly in good and bad omens as the Romansdid, could not but be greatly disturbed ;|and Caesarat once divorced Pompeia, saying that Caesars wifeought not t
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . JULIUS C/ESAR. ENLARGED FROM GEM IN BRITISH JULIUS OESAR. FROM COIN IN BRITISH MUSEUM. 60 ] PrcBtorship. 93 identified and detained by Aurelia. Such sacrilegewas a serious crime, even in the eyes of educatedsceptics; it was committed in the house of the headof the State-system of reHgion, and his wife was nowan object of grave suspicion. A people who believedso profoundly in good and bad omens as the Romansdid, could not but be greatly disturbed ;|and Caesarat once divorced Pompeia, saying that Caesars wifeought not to be even so much as suspected. | I The trial of Clodius, a few weeks later, raised acommotion which well illustrates the petty nature ofparty spirit at the time, but does not specially con-cern us here. ^ After much squabbling as to themethod of empanelling the special jury (for therewas no standing court for cases of sacrilege), Clodiuswas finally acquitted, in spite of the clearest evi-dence, by the usual method of bribing the appeared as a witness for the prosecution,and gained the lasting enm
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