History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . an excellent starting-point when he saysof the poliremi antiche, le quali lentmnente el successivamenle » o le ? in-, !,_• siciliane, le genovesi del medio evo, die non ne Jurono, pen-id tie poterono esserne senon una conlinuazione mm inicrrotta ed una riproduzione Jidele delle lorn parti piit important!. 248 THE EMPIRE AND ROMAN SOCIETY. riage, without speaking of the gratuities procured them by changesin the succession, by adoptions, and all the great events in theEmperors life. In the second centur
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . an excellent starting-point when he saysof the poliremi antiche, le quali lentmnente el successivamenle » o le ? in-, !,_• siciliane, le genovesi del medio evo, die non ne Jurono, pen-id tie poterono esserne senon una conlinuazione mm inicrrotta ed una riproduzione Jidele delle lorn parti piit important!. 248 THE EMPIRE AND ROMAN SOCIETY. riage, without speaking of the gratuities procured them by changesin the succession, by adoptions, and all the great events in theEmperors life. In the second century they were already, in theeyes of the rhetorician Aristeides, a special class, which he comparedto the warrior caste under the Pharaohs. Juvenal mentions theseadvantages of military life, nor does he exaggerate when he pointsout the man in a toga vainly asking justice of the centurionsagainst the soldier who has broken his teeth or knocked out hiseye. In Thessaly a legionary meets a gardener riding on an assand addresses a question to him in Latin, which the Greek does not. TRIREME, FROM AN ANCIENT PAINTING OF THE FARNESE understand. The soldier is angry, strikes him, pulls him off hisass, and then attempts to seize the animal. Upon this the peas-ant regains his courage, leaps at the soldiers throat, knocks himdown in turn, thrashes him soundly, and leaves him for gardener takes refuge in a friends house in the neighboringtown. But the soldier, reviving, stirs up his comrades; they accusethe gardener of having stolen a silver vase ; he is taken, condemned,and This story, in which Apuleius wishes to picturethe insolence of the soldiery, must be as credible as Juvenalsrepresentation. The same thing has taken place wherever thearmy has gained a preponderance in the state. 1 Turnbull, Treatise on Ancient Painting, p. 1740. Apuleius, Metam. ix. GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 249 VI. — The Finances. From what resources were the Romans enabled to bu
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