. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. on his return from Gaul, that to all thosewlio «honlcl (;o out fo meet him tWôr toC -nain^pinv ôma i&nav flmi (id. liv. 25). On theday tlint lie re-entered Kome, no c^riminals were exeeuted. Finally, his temples and statuesbecame invicilalile a«yhim», and in the colleges of priests he couUl increase at will the num-b ctcm. i. IH; Tac., Ann. iii. ;Ui ; Dion, li. 20). On this (|uestion sec ehap. l.\vii., section iii. : Relij^ious Reform. ORGANIZATION OF THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. 67 assume a disintereste
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. on his return from Gaul, that to all thosewlio «honlcl (;o out fo meet him tWôr toC -nain^pinv ôma i&nav flmi (id. liv. 25). On theday tlint lie re-entered Kome, no c^riminals were exeeuted. Finally, his temples and statuesbecame invicilalile a«yhim», and in the colleges of priests he couUl increase at will the num-b ctcm. i. IH; Tac., Ann. iii. ;Ui ; Dion, li. 20). On this (|uestion sec ehap. l.\vii., section iii. : Relij^ious Reform. ORGANIZATION OF THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. 67 assume a disinterested exterior. He did not accept all that wasoffered him ; he even refused the most valuable of these pre-rogatives, — the tribunitian power for life, — that he might leavesome doubt in respect to his intentions and one more illusion tothose who still cherished them. Meanwhile his lieutenants made his arms triumphant every-where : Statilius Taurus in Spain ; Nonius Gallus and Carinasin Belgica ; Messala in Aquitania ; Crassus against the Bastarnae. RUINS OF NICOMEDIA.^ and Daci. Octavius might have ascended to the Capitol escortedby triumphant generals, and inaugurated his government byannouncing to the Romans the end of all war. It was thepropitious moment for returning to Rome ; he passed throughthe gates in the month of Sextilis, which afterwards took his name(August 29, ), and triumphed thrice, — for the Dalmatians, forActium,^ and for Egypt, whose great river, according to custom. 1 Messala had taken with him his proterje TibuUus, who was no more of an ardent soldierthan Horace. Cf. TibuUus, Eleg. i. 7. 2 Texier, Descr. de lAsie Blineure, vol. i. pi. 1. The name of Antony was not even uttered ; it was for his victory over the Egyptianfleet at Actium that Octavius triumphed. But decrees of the Senate had already overthrown 68 AUGUSTUS, OR THE FOUNDATIOX OF THE EMPIRE. figured in the ceremony, which event has given us the beautifulstatue of the Nile preserved in
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