The Annals and History of Tacitus, 1839

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Excerpt from The Annals and History of Tacitus, 1839: A New and Literal English Version 15. The assemblies for electing magistrates were now first transferred from the Campus Martius to the senate: for thou h the emperor had conducted all affairs of moment at his pileasure, yet till that day, some were still trans acted according to the inclination of the tribes. Neither did the regret of the people for the seizure of these their ancient rights, rise higher than some impotent grumbling: the senate too, released from the charge of buying votes, and from the shame of begging them, willingly acquiesced in the regulation, by which Tiberius contented himself with the recommendation of four candidates only, to be accepted without opposition or canvassing. At the same time, the tribunes of the people asked leave to celebrate at their own expense certain games in honour of Augustus, which were called after his name, and which were now inserted in the calendar. But it was decreed that the charge should be defrayed out of the exchequer, and that the tribunes should in the circus wear the triumphal robe, but to be carried in chariots was denied them. The an nual celebration of these plays was, for the future, trans ferred to the praetors, to whom should fall the jurisdiction of deciding suits between citizens and strangers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.