§24ornamenta consularia etiam procuratoribus ducenariis indulsit.
He granted consular insignia even to procurators of the two-hundred-thousand-sesterces class.
senatoriam dignitatem recusantibus equestrem quoque ademit.
From those who declined senatorial rank, he also took away equestrian rank.
latum clauum, quamuis initio affirmasset non lecturum se senatorem nisi ciuis R. abnepotem, etiam libertini filio tribuit, sed sub condicione si prius ab equite R. adoptatus esset; ac sic quoque reprehensionem uerens, et Appium Caecum censorem, generis sui proauctorem, libertinorum filios in senatum adlegisse docuit, ignarus temporibus Appi et deinceps aliquamdiu libertinos dictos non ipsos, qui manu emitterentur, sed ingenuos ex his procreatos.
The broad purple stripe, although he had declared at the beginning that he would not enroll anyone as a senator unless he was at least the great-great-grandson of a Roman citizen, he bestowed even on the son of a freedman, but only on the condition that he had first been adopted by a Roman knight; and even so, fearing criticism, he pointed out that the censor Appius Caecus, the ancestor of his own family, had chosen the sons of freedmen into the senate, unaware that in the times of Appius, and for some time after, the word "libertinus" was applied not to those who were themselves manumitted, but to the free-born children begotten of them.
collegio quaestorum pro stratura uiarum gladiatorium munus iniunxit detractaque Ostiensi et Gallica prouincia curam aerari Saturni reddidit, quam medio tempore praetores aut, uti nunc, praetura functi sustinuerant.
He imposed on the college of quaestors the duty of giving a gladiatorial show instead of paving the roads, and taking away the Ostian and Gallic provinces, he restored to them the charge of the treasury of Saturn, which in the intervening time had been held by the praetors or, as now, by those who had served as praetors.
Triumphalia ornamenta Silano, filiae suae sponso, nondum puberi dedit, maioribus uero natu tam multis tamque facile, ut epistula communi legionum nomine extiterit petentium, ut legatis consularibus simul cum exercitu et triumphalia darentur, ne causam belli quoquo modo quaererent.
He gave triumphal insignia to Silanus, his daughter's betrothed, before he was of age, but to those of older age so many and so easily, that there was a letter written in the common name of the legions, petitioning that triumphal ornaments should be given to consular legates at the same time as their armies, so that they might not seek some pretext for war in any way.
Aulo Plautio etiam ouationem decreuit ingressoque urbem obuiam progressus et in Capitolium eunti et inde rursus reuertenti latus texit.
He also decreed an ovation to Aulus Plautius, and when he entered the city, he went out to meet him, and walked by his side as he went up to the Capitol and returned from there.
Gabinio Secundo Cauchis gente Germanica superatis cognomen Cauchius usurpare concessit.
He allowed Gabinius Secundus, after defeating the Chauci, a German tribe, to assume the cognomen Cauchius.
§25Equestris militias ita ordinauit, ut post cohortem alam, post alam tribunatum legionis daret; stipendiaque instituit et imaginariae militiae genus, quod uocatur 'supra numerum,' quo absentes et titulo tenus fungerentur.
He regulated the equestrian military careers in such a way that he gave first the command of a cohort, next that of a wing of cavalry, and after that the tribunate of a legion; and he established salaries and also a kind of nominal military service called "supernumerary," which those who were absent could hold in title only.
milites domus senatorias salutandi causa ingredi etiam patrum decreto prohibuit.
He also forbade soldiers, by a decree of the senate, from entering the houses of senators for the purpose of paying respects.
libertinos, qui se pro equitibus R. agerent, publicauit, ingratos et de quibus patroni quererentur reuocauit in seruitutem aduocatisque eorum negauit se aduersus libertos ipsorum ius dicturum.
He confiscated the property of freedmen who behaved as if they were Roman knights, and those who were ungrateful and about whom their patrons complained, he reduced again to slavery, and declared to their advocates that he would not administer justice against their own freedmen.
cum quidam aegra et adfecta mancipia in insulam Aesculapi taedio medendi exponerent, omnes qui exponerentur liberos esse sanxit, nec redire in dicionem domini, si conualuissent; quod si quis necare quem mallet quam exponere, caedis crimine teneri.
When certain persons exposed their sick and worn-out slaves on the island of Aesculapius to avoid the trouble of treating them, he decreed that all who were thus exposed should be free, and should not return to the power of their master if they recovered; and that if anyone preferred to kill a slave rather than expose him, he should be held liable on a charge of murder.
uiatores ne per Italiae oppida nisi aut pedibus aut sella aut lectica transirent, monuit edicto.
He warned travelers by an edict not to pass through the towns of Italy except either on foot, or in a chair, or in a litter.
Puteolis et Ostiae singulas cohortes ad arcendos incendiorum casus collocauit.
He stationed a cohort each at Puteoli and Ostia to prevent outbreaks of fire.
Peregrinae condicionis homines uetuit usurpare Romana nomina dum taxat gentilicia.
He forbade men of foreign status to assume Roman names, at least those of clans.
ciuitatem R. usurpantes in campo Esquilino securi percussit.
Those who usurped Roman citizenship he beheaded with an axe on the Esquiline Field.
prouincias Achaiam et Macedoniam, quas Tiberius ad curam suam transtulerat, senatui reddidit.
The provinces of Achaea and Macedonia, which Tiberius had transferred to his own care, he restored to the senate.
Lyciis ob exitiabiles inter se discordias libertatem ademit, Rhodiis ob paenitentiam ueterum delictorum reddidit.
He took away freedom from the Lycians because of their deadly internal dissensions, but restored it to the Rhodians because they repented of their former offenses.
Iliensibus quasi Romanae gentis auctoribus tributa in perpetuum remisit recitata uetere epistula Graeca senatus populique R. Seleuco regi amicitiam et societatem ita demum pollicentis, si consanguineos suos Ilienses ab omni onere immunes praestitisset.
To the people of Ilium, as the ancestors of the Roman race, he remitted taxes forever, reading an old Greek letter of the senate and people of Rome, in which they promised alliance and friendship to King Seleucus only on the condition that he should keep their kinsmen of Ilium immune from every burden.
Iudaeos impulsore Chresto assidue tumultuantis Roma expulit.
He expelled from Rome the Jews who were constantly making disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus.
Germanorum legatis in orchestra sedere permisit, simplicitate eorum et fiducia commotus, quod in popularia deducti, cum animaduertissent Parthos et Armenios sedentis in senatu, ad eadem loca sponte transierant, nihilo deteriorem uirtutem aut condicionem suam praedicantes.
He allowed the ambassadors of the Germans to sit in the orchestra, moved by their simplicity and confidence; for when they had been conducted to the common seats and noticed that the Parthians and Armenians were sitting in the senatorial seats, they had moved to the same places of their own accord, declaring that their own courage and status were in no way inferior.
Druidarum religionem apud Gallos dirae immanitatis et tantum ciuibus sub Augusto interdictam penitus aboleuit; contra sacra Eleusinia etiam transferre ex Attica Romam conatus est, templumque in Sicilia Veneris Erycinae uetustate conlapsum ut ex aerario pop. R. reficeretur, auctor fuit.
He utterly abolished the religion of the Druids among the Gauls, which was of dreadful cruelty and had only been forbidden to Roman citizens under Augustus; on the other hand, he even attempted to transfer the Eleusinian mysteries from Attica to Rome; and he was the sponsor for restoring from the treasury of the Roman people the temple of Venus of Eryx in Sicily, which had fallen into ruin from old age.
cum regibus foedus in foro icit porca caesa ac uetere fetialium praefatione adhibita.
He struck treaties with kings in the Forum, sacrificing a sow and employing the ancient formula of the Fetials.
sed et haec et cetera totumque adeo ex parte magna principatum non tam suo quam uxorum libertorumque arbitrio administrauit, talis ubique plerumque, qualem esse eum aut expediret illis aut liberet.
But both these and other things, and indeed his whole reign to a great extent, he administered not so much by his own judgment as by the will of his wives and freedmen, behaving on almost all occasions in such a way as was either advantageous to them or pleasing to them.