t
crowd of citizens, all in white. His children used to ride in the
chariot with him; and that he might not be too much elated, a slave,
carrying a golden crown sparkling with gems, stood behind him, and
frequently whispered in his ear, 'Remember that thou art a man!' After
the general, followed the consuls and senators on foot, at least
according to the appointment of Augustus; for they formerly used to go
before him. His Legati and military Tribunes commonly rode by his side.
The victorious army, horse and foot, came last, crowned with laurel, and
decorated with the gifts which they had received for their valour,
singing their own and their general's praises, but sometimes throwing out
railleries against him; and often exclaiming, 'Io Triumphe!' in which
they were joined by all the citizens, as they passed along. The oxen
having been sacrificed, the general gave a magnificent entertainment in
the Capitol to his friends and the chief men of the city; after which he
was conducted home by the people, with music and a great number of lamps
and torches."--Thomson.

[143] "The Sella Curulis was a chair on which the principal magistrates
sat in the tribunal upon solemn occasions. It had no back, but stood on
four crooked feet, fixed to the extremities of cross pieces of wood,
joined by a common axis, somewhat in the form of the letter X; was
covered with leather, and inlaid with ivory. From its construction, it
might be occasionally folded together for the convenience of carriage,
and set down where the magistrate chose to use it."--Thomson.

[144] Now Saragossa.

[145] A great and wise man, if he is the same person to whom Cicero's
letters on the calamities of the times were addressed. Fam. Epist. c.
vi, 20, 21.

[146] A.U.C. 731.

[147] The Lustrum was a period of five years, at the end of which the
census of the people was taken. It was first made by the Roman kings,
then by the consuls, but after the year 310 from the building of the
city, by the censors, who were magistrates created for that purpose. It
appears, however, that the census was not always held at stated periods,
and sometimes long intervals intervened.

[148] Augustus appears to have been in earnest on these occasions, at
least, in his desire to retire into private life and release himself from
the cares of government, if we may believe Seneca. De Brev. Vit. c. 5.
Of his two intimate advisers, Agrippa gave this counsel, while Mecaenas