[37] Dio, LIV, 16, names three laws promulgated by Augustus in 736: one took cognizance of bribery by candidates for office; a second dealt with extravagance; and a third was for the encouragement of matrimony. [38] ᵃ in 736 Agrippa was associated with Augustus for five years. Cf. Dio, LIV, 12; Vell. II, 90; Tac. _Ann._ III, 56. ᵇ in 741 Agrippa again for five years. Cf. Dio, LIV, 12, 28. ᶜ in 748 Tiberius for five years. Cf. Dio, LV, 9; Vell. II, 99; Suet. _Tib._ 9, 10, 11. ᵈ in 757 Tiberius for ten years. Cf. Dio, LV, 13; Vell. II, 103; Tac. _Ann._, I, 3, 10. ᵉ in 766 Tiberius for an indefinite time. Cf. Dio, LVI, 28. [39] Suet. _Aug._ 27: “He administered the triumvirate for organizing the commonwealth through ten years.” Cf. C. I. L. I, p. 461 and p. 466. The first triumvirate lasted from Nov. 27, 711, to Dec. 31, 716; the second from Jan. 1, 717, to Dec. 31, 721. But cf. c. 34, N. 1. [40] Cf. Dio, LIII, 1. This title had been conferred upon the senior senator who had served as censor. Its only privilege was the right of speaking first in debate. The honor had fallen into abeyance with the death of Catulus in 694. It is readily seen how the revival of such a title and of the right to express his views before any other senator, gave Augustus a quasi-constitutional initiative in the senate. Gradually the title dropped its second part, and “prince” began to have something of its modern significance. Cf. Tacitus, _Ann._ III, 53, for Tiberius’ view of its meaning. Augustus’ notation of time here, “through forty years,” is similar to the “thirty-seventh year of the tribunitial power” in Chap. IV, or “the seventy-sixth year” of Chap. 36. [41] He was made _pontifex_ in 706 by Julius Cæsar. Cf. Cic. _Phil._ V, 17, 46; Vell. II, 59. For his taking the office of _pontifex maximus_ cf. c. 10, N. 3. [42] The date of Augustus’ assumption of the augurate is discussed by Drumann, IV, 250. Coins are the chief witnesses, and their testimony is confused. The date probably was 713 or 714. [43] A coin of Augustus (Cohen, _Jul._ 60; _Aug._ 88) has _imp. Cæsar divi f. III vir iter. r. p. c. cos. iter. et tert desig._, which fixes the time as between 717 and 720; it has also the tripod, the symbol of the quindecemvirate. [44] We can say only that Augustus received this dignity before 738; for there is a coin of that year showing the _simpulum_, the _lituus_ and the tripod, the symbols respectively of the three foregoing offices, and the _patera_, or bowl, that of the septemviral office. The four colleges thus associated are the chief ones. Cf. Chap. 9. [45] The name of Augustus is twice found in the _Acta Fratrum Arvalium_, once in May, 767, in recording a vote, and in Dec., 767, in the record of the nomination of his successor. [46] Tacitus says the Titian Sodality was instituted by Titus Tatius for keeping up the Sabine ritual. Cf. _Ann._ I, 54. The record here is all that is known of Augustus’ connection with it.