. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. e of his day. Hisown tastes were refined and fastidious : he hated extravaganceand utility was always before his eyes. He read the classicsin both tongues says Suetonius, principally in order to findsalutary precepts and examples for public and private life. Hewould copy these out word for word and send them to hisservants or to the governors of armies and provinces or to themagistrates of the city whenever they required his admoni-tions. He used to read whole volumes to the Senate, andoften publish them in an edict. We
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. e of his day. Hisown tastes were refined and fastidious : he hated extravaganceand utility was always before his eyes. He read the classicsin both tongues says Suetonius, principally in order to findsalutary precepts and examples for public and private life. Hewould copy these out word for word and send them to hisservants or to the governors of armies and provinces or to themagistrates of the city whenever they required his admoni-tions. He used to read whole volumes to the Senate, andoften publish them in an edict. We learn further that healways prepared his more important orations most carefully,writing them down and keeping the manuscript close at practice he followed even in his discourse with his culture has just this quality: it takes immense painsand succeeds by virtue of them. It lacks a good deal inspontaneity but it makes up in excellence of technique. 252 <^f-»W;mriWim^r^^i^^ ^w««vi <i yn f.»\-t\. Fig. I. WARRIORS Anderson
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