History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . e to know perfectly how far the rightsof the publicans extended. At the end of a year there wasrelease from any tax w^hich the collector might have omitted to levy ; for com-plaints, on the con-trary, all days werelegal ; the magis-trates were enjoinednever to refuse toexamine intoaccusationfarmers of therevenue ; and allsuits of this kindwere to be settledin the Forum beforethe ordinary judges,with a right ofappeal to thesenate, instead ofbeing brought be-fore the officers ofthe treasury, inthat case
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . e to know perfectly how far the rightsof the publicans extended. At the end of a year there wasrelease from any tax w^hich the collector might have omitted to levy ; for com-plaints, on the con-trary, all days werelegal ; the magis-trates were enjoinednever to refuse toexamine intoaccusationfarmers of therevenue ; and allsuits of this kindwere to be settledin the Forum beforethe ordinary judges,with a right ofappeal to thesenate, instead ofbeing brought be-fore the officers ofthe treasury, inthat case both judge and party. Certain advantages were grantedthe corn-growing provinces in the matter of transportation to Eome:vessels employed in this service ceased to be comprised in thecensus, so that merchants beyond sea no longer paid any taxupon such portion of their fortune as was represented by theirvessels. The mania for games had seized upon the provinces ; allthe governors desired to celebrate them, but they were forbiddento do so, since it was usually the inhabitants upon whom fell. Rope Dancer, as Faun (Monaco, pi. 16). ^ Ann., xiii. 50-51. NERO, 13 OCTOBER, 54 TO 9 JUNE, 68 473 the costs of this ruinous display. Further regulations of a verywise character, says Tacitus, were established, but they were notlong observed. The suppression of the tax of the fortieth andfiftieth,^ and of some other dues illegally levied, continued upto the time of Trajan. At Rome, the guards stationed to preserve order at the gameswere withdrawn, in order that the people might appear more free,but really that the discipline of the soldiers might not be who had served as informers were sought out, and theirrecompense reduced to one-fourth of what the Poppœan law hadallowed; senators who were in needy circumstances were relieved;^the poor were protected against the quaestors of the treasury, whoused their right of search too severely; the public credit wasreinforced by
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