. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. tures by salaried cities of Narbonensis set the example ; the others followed,and Gaul was seen sending into Italy masters of Latin eloquence. To protect her against foreign invasion, and at the sametime to deprive her of all hope of help fiom abroad, eight legions 1 Strabo, iv. 1, 5. 200 AUGUSTUS, OR THE FOUXDATION OF THE EMPIEE. and a flotilla guarded the Rhine. In a few years grew up on thebank of this river more than fifty strongholds, which afterwardsbecame cities. Vigorous expedi
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. tures by salaried cities of Narbonensis set the example ; the others followed,and Gaul was seen sending into Italy masters of Latin eloquence. To protect her against foreign invasion, and at the sametime to deprive her of all hope of help fiom abroad, eight legions 1 Strabo, iv. 1, 5. 200 AUGUSTUS, OR THE FOUXDATION OF THE EMPIEE. and a flotilla guarded the Rhine. In a few years grew up on thebank of this river more than fifty strongholds, which afterwardsbecame cities. Vigorous expeditions across the river drove theGermans back into the depths of their forests, or compelled wholetribes to come over to the left bank. Tiberius established fortythousand Gugerni at one time on the Lower Rhine in what is nowGuelderland. His brother Drusus joined the Yssel by a canal tothe Rhine, and imposed upon the Frisii an annual trilnite of ox-hides. In the south the fleet of Frejus guarded the frontier of thesea, and protected against the pirates the commerce of Marseillesand nARBORS OF FRÉ.IUS. Augustus made a second journey into Gaul, nine years afterthe first. He had appointed a Gaul, named Licinius, to levy thetaxes there. This Licinius, who had formerly been a slave, sawin his position nothing Imt an opportunity to make his made it with the arrogance of a man who felt liinisclfsupported by eight legions. He required the tax to be ]i;iid intwelfths, one instalment a month, — a not unrcasonaljjo one often employed in our own times. l>ut he liad I he;audacity to make the year consist nf tourtccn mouths, of wliiclitwo were for , and the otlier twelve fur the lùiipcror. ad:\iinistrati<)N of Augustus m the provinces. 201 On the arrival of Augustus the Gauls besought him to do justicein the case. The procurator, a man of intelligence, perceived hisdanger; inviting Augustus to his house, he exhibited to him thetreasures he
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