A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ifi-cent harbors, like Ancona on the Adriatic, and Centumcellae (CivitaVecchia) on the Etruscan coast. Eor the provinces there was thesame careful superintendence of the great roads: those along the In lOf) the Syrian legate, Aulus Cornelius Palma, subdued Idnmea, and Ara-bia Petra, that is, the country east of Palestine from Damascus to the lied Sea, contain-in4 two ricli cities, Postra and Petra. This was formed into a province of Arabia,administered from Bostra. Damascus was united to Syria. 142 TU
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ifi-cent harbors, like Ancona on the Adriatic, and Centumcellae (CivitaVecchia) on the Etruscan coast. Eor the provinces there was thesame careful superintendence of the great roads: those along the In lOf) the Syrian legate, Aulus Cornelius Palma, subdued Idnmea, and Ara-bia Petra, that is, the country east of Palestine from Damascus to the lied Sea, contain-in4 two ricli cities, Postra and Petra. This was formed into a province of Arabia,administered from Bostra. Damascus was united to Syria. 142 TUE GOLDEN AGE OF TUE EMPIRE. Danube were extended so that it was possible to travel continuouslyupon them from Gaul to the Black Sea. There still exists at Alcan-tara, in Spain, a splendid bridge over the Tagus, constructed by theemperor, with the assistance of neighboring municipia. In LowerEgypt, Trajan repaired the Ptolemaic canal, between the Nile and theRed Sea, which was made navigable. His correspondence with theyounger Pliny, who was sent as extraordinary legate in Ill to. Fig. 46. — Plan of Kome under the Emperors. Bithynia, shows the method with which he conducted the administra-tion. The government of the state under the great emperors of thegolden age developed into an intelligent despotisin. Notwithstandingthe regard that Trajan showed for the senate, the character of theimperial government became more and more that of an absolute mon-archy. Trajan essentially limited the independence of the Italianmunicipalities. By a new device the curators, in consequence of thefinancial disorganization of the cities, were to make effective the impe-rial supervision of communal administration. This supervision overthe buildings and the rent-rolls of the cities, over the property and MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. 143 treasury of the communities, was intrusted to a prominent man ofknightly or senatorial rank from a neighboring community. The com-munal officials had to submit their a
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