Annals 1.2 (a) ed Fisher (1906)
Mischa Hooker / Tacitus Annals 1
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Postquam Bruto et Cassio caesis nulla iam publica arma , Pompeius apud Siciliam oppressus exutoque Lepido , interfecto Antonio ne Iulianis quidem partibus nisi Caesar dux reliquus , posito triumviri nomine consulem se ferens et ad tuendam plebem tribunicio iure contentum , ubi militem donis , populum annona , cunctos dulcedine otii pellexit , insurgere paulatim , munia senatus magistratuum legum in se trahere , nullo adversante , cum ferocissimi per acies aut proscriptione cecidissent , ceteri nobilium , quanto quis servitio promptior , opibus et honoribus extollerentur ac novis ex rebus aucti tuta et praesentia quam vetera et periculosa mallent .
When
after
the
destruction
of
Brutus
and
Cassius
there
was
no
longer
any
army
of
the
Commonwealth
,
when
Pompeius
was
crushed
in
Sicily
,
and
when
,
with
Lepidus
pushed
aside
and
Antonius
slain
,
even
the
Julian
faction
had
only
Cæsar
left
to
lead
it
,
then
,
dropping
the
title
of
triumvir
,
and
giving
out
that
he
was
a
Consul
,
and
was
satisfied
with
a
tribune
'
s
authority
for
the
protection
of
the
people
,
Augustus
won
over
the
soldiers
with
gifts
,
the
populace
with
cheap
corn
,
and
all
men
with
the
sweets
of
repose
,
and
so
grew
greater
by
degrees
,
while
he
concentrated
in
himself
the
functions
of
the
Senate
,
the
magistrates
,
and
the
laws
.
He
was
wholly
unopposed
,
for
the
boldest
spirits
had
fallen
in
battle
,
or
in
the
proscription
,
while
the
remaining
nobles
,
the
readier
they
were
to
be
slaves
,
were
raised
the
higher
by
wealth
and
promotion
,
so
that
,
aggrandised
by
revolution
,
they
preferred
the
safety
of
the
present
to
the
dangerous
past
.