. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. e inthe government of Rome. Tiberius, the next successor ofAugustus, suppressed the comitia as unnecessary, and thoughonce or twice in later times an antiquarian emperor might geta plebiscite passed for the sake of old times, the PopulusRomanus was extinct. It perished without a groan. The personality of a monarch had been thrust almost sur-reptitiously into the frame of a republican constitution. Skil-fully as it had been done, the illegitimacy of the proceedingsentailed certain awkward consequences. There could be noo
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. e inthe government of Rome. Tiberius, the next successor ofAugustus, suppressed the comitia as unnecessary, and thoughonce or twice in later times an antiquarian emperor might geta plebiscite passed for the sake of old times, the PopulusRomanus was extinct. It perished without a groan. The personality of a monarch had been thrust almost sur-reptitiously into the frame of a republican constitution. Skil-fully as it had been done, the illegitimacy of the proceedingsentailed certain awkward consequences. There could be noopen talk of a succession. Thus when Augustus recoveredfrom his grave illness in 23 he offered to read his will tothe senate to prove that he had nominated no successor. Onthe contrary, he had formally handed to Piso, the other consul,a written statement of the disposition of the forces and themoneys in the treasury. That was true enough, but he hadhanded his signet ring, the ring by virtue of which Maecenashad governed Rome for ten years, to Agrippa, the man who174. AUGUSTUS would certainly have taken his place if he had died at that reality there is little doubt that in his own mind Augustushad planned to make young Marcellus, the brilliant child ofhis beloved sister Octavia, his heir and successor. That thisultimate intention was plain to Agrippa when Csesar recoveredis shown by Agrippas sulky retirement into private Augustus could not directly or legally nominate asuccessor, he could train a young prince for the succession,and in his own lifetime raise him to such a point of honourthat he would naturally step into the vacant place. The newlyborn Empire had the great good fortune that Augustus, inspite of his feeble health, lived to a ripe age and held theprincipate for forty-one years. But it had the misfortune to begoverned by a sterile race. Not for a hundred years untilTitus, did a son succeed his father. Augustus had nephews,stepchildren, and g
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