History of the Romans Under the Empire, Volumes 5-6
History of the Romans Under the Empire, Volumes 5-6
Charles Merivale
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The Jus Honorum, or claim of admission to the senate and the magistracies, which were filled from the senate or served themselves to replenish it, had been formerly conceded to the citizens of many foreign h^ <,p^g th« communities by Caesar, Pompeius, and Angus- ^toUi«**°' tus. The principle thus acknowledged aw?iited ®«°^ » Tac. Ann. %l 26. ; Dion, Ix. 29.
Digitized by Google 384 HISTOEr OP THE ROMANS further extension, on fitting occasions, from every new ruler; and Claudius had both precedent and expediency in his favour when he decreed its application to the whole of Gktllia Comata, or at least, as the first step in the process, to the JSdui, the first Gallic ally of Rome, the friends and brothers, as they had been styled, of the Roman people. This prefer- ence of the Gauls over other subjects was justified by their tried fidelity dormg the period which had elapsed since their conquest. It was tendered as a boon at the close of their first century of submission. But it was really owing to the fikvour with which the emperor regarded their country as his own birthplace, and still more, perhaps, to the intimate rela- tions his father and brother had held with it during their long administration there.
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