. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. pi. 21). - The reader will contrast this account of Suetonius with the picture drawn by the sombreimagination of Tacitus (.-Inn. i. 4) and the ridiculous accusation made against Livia of havinghastened the death of this old man of seventy-six. We may also doubt the story of Augustussvisit to Agrippa Postumus, whom the public detested : trucem . . non aetate nequc. tanlae moliparem (Tac, --Inn. i. 4). To what purpose would it have been, since itcould have no result, and since at that
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. pi. 21). - The reader will contrast this account of Suetonius with the picture drawn by the sombreimagination of Tacitus (.-Inn. i. 4) and the ridiculous accusation made against Livia of havinghastened the death of this old man of seventy-six. We may also doubt the story of Augustussvisit to Agrippa Postumus, whom the public detested : trucem . . non aetate nequc. tanlae moliparem (Tac, --Inn. i. 4). To what purpose would it have been, since itcould have no result, and since at that very time the Emperor was giving Tiberius every markof esteem ? Busts of Augustus and Livia, from a gem in the Cnhinct de France, No. 2,074. 284 AUGUSTUS, OR THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIRE. jocular sceptic, but the grave statesmau, conversing in his lasthours with his successor, anxious that the public tranquillity shouldnot be disturbed at the news of his illness; he died as he hadlived, with the thought uppermost in his mind of that publicorder which was so necessary to the Eoman REMAINS OF TIIK nOITSE OF The Emperor lacked only thirty-five days of ,,.. hisseventy-sixth year. His body was brought from Nola to Bovillaeby decuriones of the municipia and the colonies. Thev made thejourney ])y night „„]y, nn account of tlie extreme heat; bv dav THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS. 285 the corpse was deposited in temples or public buildings. AtBovillae the knights came out to receive it, and bore it ? to thevestibule of the imperial house upon the Palatine, where for seven
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