. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. two elder children with the same cold ferocityas before. Policy forbade them to survive. That was all hethought of. And now at the age of thirty-four, with this record behindhim, he had come back to Rome to celebrate his many doubt the few remaining nobles at Rome trembled athis coming. Remembering the proscriptions some of themmight well tremble, especially those who had sided withhis enemies, with Sextus Pomj^eius, or with L. Antonius, orwith Marcus. On the other hand, some might remember theclemency which
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. two elder children with the same cold ferocityas before. Policy forbade them to survive. That was all hethought of. And now at the age of thirty-four, with this record behindhim, he had come back to Rome to celebrate his many doubt the few remaining nobles at Rome trembled athis coming. Remembering the proscriptions some of themmight well tremble, especially those who had sided withhis enemies, with Sextus Pomj^eius, or with L. Antonius, orwith Marcus. On the other hand, some might remember theclemency which Julius Caesar had displayed in his hour oftriumph. Augustus had to restore confidence and order in a shatteredworld. He had to deal with provinces ruined and desolate, aform of government quite visibly obsolete, an aristocracy withimmense traditions of pride and power now thoroughly corruptand effete, a Roman mob which still called itself lord of theworld, but which was in a political sense hopeless, armieswhich were dangerous to the state, conscious of their power164. C/5 >— whJ Pi w Pi H(/) ^^ •^ U o — a w oto P<
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