SENATUS POPULUS_Q ue romanus_ _imp. cæsari divi f. augusto imp. sept._ COS. SEPT. DESIGNAT. OCTAVOM _Via flamin_ IA _et reliquei_S CELEBERRIMEIS ITALIÆ VIEIS CONSILIO _et sumptib_ US _eius mu_NITEIS. Cf. also Suet. _Aug._ 30; Dio, LIII, 22. Other roads of Italy were repaired by those who obtained triumphs; of which more were celebrated from 726 to 728 than at any other epoch. [105] Cf. Suet. _Aug._ 29. Its construction was vowed in 712 and it was dedicated in 752. Cf. C. I. L. I, p. 393, May 12. In c. 35, Augustus mentions the quadriga dedicated to him in this forum. [106] This theatre was begun by Julius Cæsar. Augustus completed it in honor of Marcellus, who died in 731. It was dedicated May 4, 743. Cf. Pliny, _Hist. Nat._, VIII, 17, 65. Dio, LIV, 36, assigns its dedication to 741. [107] Suetonius, _Aug._, 30, says that on one occasion Augustus deposited in the _cella_ of Jupiter Capitolinus sixteen thousand pounds of gold (= $3,200,000) and gems and pearls of the value of fifty million sesterces (= $2,500,000). But such statements are fabulous, in view of Augustus’ own statement that the total of his gifts of this kind was only one hundred million sesterces (= $5,000,000). [108] In earlier times it had been customary for cities affected by a victory to give crowns of gold to the triumphing _imperator_. This grew into an abuse and was forbidden by law, unless the gift preceded the decree for the triumph. Later, the value of the crown was commuted for cash, and it came to be a frequent means of extortion on the part of provincial governors. To L. Antonius crowns of gold were given by each of the thirty-five Roman tribes in 713. Cf. Dio, XLVIII, 4. The amount named here, thirty-five thousand pounds of gold, would appear to have been from the thirty-five tribes. On the general subject, _aurum coronarium_, cf. Marquardt, _Staatsverwaltung_, II, p. 285.