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Title: History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Duruy, Victor, 1811-1894
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Publisher: Boston, Jewett
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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lortioii uf the Arena of the Culiseiim. the treasury, and at so many promises which he could not fulfil:Xo one, said lie, ^ (mght to go away downcast from thepresence of bis iirince. To the people, who solicited neitherpromotion nor offic(\ he gave, at the dedication of the Coliseum,magnitic(mt gam(>s whicli lasted a hundred days, a naval fight,gladiators, and ),000 wild beasts. From a stage erected in thetheatre he scattered among the crowd wooden balls, each containingan order for provisions or cdothing, for vases of gold or silver, for ÎO70 conjirnwrif edioto (S.wt.. Tit..f<). Our kings, in the Mid.ilf Apes, made the principle ofTiberius a rule of law for the royal domain. TITUS AND DOMITIAN, 79 TO 96 A.I). 675 slaves, equipages, and entire flocks. He built new warm baths,to whidi h(^ admitted the public while he was himself bathinij in
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A Corridor of the Coliseum. them ; and, in order that they might recover, in the festivities,at least, their lost sovereignty, he showed them great deference,joked with those present at the theatre, declaring that all should 676 THE CESARS AND THE FLAVII, 14 TO 96 A.D. proceed accurdiug- tu the wishes of the assembly and not hisown; that the spectators had only to ask for Avhat they desiredto obtain it immediately. A greatly overrated saying illustratesthis good-natured easy temper : Oh, my friends ! he sighed, oneevening when he had not made any gift since morning; Oh, myfriends, I have lost my day Î The duties of an emperor are more austere, and popularitythus won at the expense of the States resources is not the best ;but tliat which Titus gained was of course immense after the

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