. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. V. AUGUSTAN ROME Pater argentarius, ego Corinthiarius. Anonymous satire on Augustus quoted by Suetonius. HROUGHOUT his great task of repairinga world which had fallen to pieces, Augus-tus was by no means ignorant of the factthat it is the spirit that maketh it was his constant endeavour toalter facts without changing their was well aware that Sulla had failedmiserably when he tossed the Romans aconstitution and left nothing but an oath tosupport it. To adjust frontiers and organisenew provinces wit
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. V. AUGUSTAN ROME Pater argentarius, ego Corinthiarius. Anonymous satire on Augustus quoted by Suetonius. HROUGHOUT his great task of repairinga world which had fallen to pieces, Augus-tus was by no means ignorant of the factthat it is the spirit that maketh it was his constant endeavour toalter facts without changing their was well aware that Sulla had failedmiserably when he tossed the Romans aconstitution and left nothing but an oath tosupport it. To adjust frontiers and organisenew provinces with the help of his trustyand invincible little legionaries was probably the pleasantestand the easiest part of Caesars task. To reform the ancientimperial city with her centuries of proud and brutal traditionwas equally essential, but it was desperate work. For theEmpire of Augustus was born into the world sufferingfrom degeneration of the heart. The nobility, upon whicheverything that was great and glorious in Roman history de-pended, was morally corrupt, intellectually in
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