The Open court . ii illiti!ll-ti|!|i|iipy;|ir doubtful whether she could have continued to hold them. Foreignnations had been subjugated and were governed by proconsuls whoin the name of Rome committed all kinds of extortions and robberiesenriching themselves at the cost of their provinces. This unfair 740 THE OPEN COURT. method of government changed under Augustus who systematizedthe administration and strengthened his hold on the provinces byabolishing the prerogative of Rome to be exempt from taxation. When Augustus died the tradition of the worship of a vice-gerent on earth did not die wit
The Open court . ii illiti!ll-ti|!|i|iipy;|ir doubtful whether she could have continued to hold them. Foreignnations had been subjugated and were governed by proconsuls whoin the name of Rome committed all kinds of extortions and robberiesenriching themselves at the cost of their provinces. This unfair 740 THE OPEN COURT. method of government changed under Augustus who systematizedthe administration and strengthened his hold on the provinces byabolishing the prerogative of Rome to be exempt from taxation. When Augustus died the tradition of the worship of a vice-gerent on earth did not die with him. On the contrary, it continuedto be a factor in the consolidation of the Empire and laid the foun-dation of the belief in a monarchy by Gods grace, which is stillupheld in the opinion of the conservatives of LIVIA AS CYBELE. We nuist remember that the word Augustus is not a name buta title, and it means the August One, which is equivalent to HisHoliness, or the Sacred One, or the Venerable One. In his willwhich has been inscribed on bronze tablets and is preserved in theAugusteum built for that purpose in Rome and in other temples allover the Roman Empire, Augustus narrates not only his deeds andthe acts of his generosity, but also his priestly honors. Indeed hedwells on them with evident satisfaction. In the tenth section weread: THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT GAUL AND CAESAR WORSHIP. 74I My name, by a decree of the Senate, has been inserted hi theSaHan Hymn, and a law made that I should be sacrosanct and thatI should possess for life the office of tribune. The people offered me-the supreme pontificate held by my father before me; but I wouldnot replace any living man in this office. So only some years after-wards when this priesthood became vacant by the death of him whohad seized it in our ci
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