[5] There is an interesting discussion of the motives and policy of C.
Gracchus by W. W. Fowler in his _Roman Essays and Interpretations_,
Oxford, 1920, pp. 99-110.
[6] A brilliant analysis of the political policies of Pompey and Caesar
may be found in E. Meyer’s _Caesars Monarchie und das Principat des
Pompejus_, Stuttgart, 1919.
[7] On the legal basis of the principate of Augustus, see Abbott,
_Roman Political Institutions_, pp. 267-273.
[8] For the provinces under Augustus, see Arnold-Shuckburgh, chapter
IV. For a list of them, cf. Sandys, pp. 401 ff.
[9] Five municipal charters are given in an English translation by E.
G. Hardy in his _Six Roman Laws and Three Spanish Charters_, Oxford,
1911-12.
[10] The famous edict of Caracalla, to which reference is made in the
_Code_ of Justinian and elsewhere, may now be seen in no. 40 of the
_Griechische Papyri im Museum des Oberhessischen Geschichtsverein zu
Giessen_, E. Kornemann and P. M. Meyer, Leipzig, 1910.
[11] For the bureaux of Hadrian and his successors, see Hirschfeld.
[12] The most convenient edition of the _Code_ of Justinian is to
be found in the _Corpus Iuris Civilis_, 3 vols., ed. by Mommsen and
others. Berlin, 1895.
[13] The Latin text of the constitution of Vespasian may be found in K.
E. Bruns, _Fontes Iuris Romani Antiqui_, Leipzig, 1893,^7 no. 56.
[14] Cf. F. F. Abbott, on “The Referendum and the Recall Among the
Ancient Romans,” in _The Sewanee Review_, XXIII. 84-94 (1915).
[15] For Professor Frank’s discussion of these wars, see chapters V,
VI, and XIII. Cf., also, Livy, XXI. 4. 1.
[16] For the comparison of the Roman Senate and the Senate of the U. S.
see the chapter on “The Story of Two Oligarchies.”
[17] For a fuller discussion of representative government among the
Romans under the Republic, see Frank’s _Roman Imperialism_, pp. 45,
209, 299, 301.
[18] The oath of the Fascisti may be found in the _London Times_
of Jan. 2, 1923. The best literature at present on the movement is
_Discorsi Politici_, Benito Mussolini (Milan; _Essercizio Tipografico
del “Popolo d’Italia,”_ 1922). _Il Fascismo nella Vita Italiana_,
Pietro Gorgolini. Preface by B. Mussolini (Turin; Anonima Libraria
Italiana). _Fascismo Liberatore_, Cipriano Giachetti (Florence;
Bemporad).
[19] For the praetor’s court see Abbott, _Roman Political
Institutions_, pp. 105 ff.
[20] A striking illustration of the looseness of procedure in Roman
courts is given by Cicero in a letter to Atticus (_ad Atticum_, I. 16.
3-6), translated by E. O. Winstedt, _Letters to Atticus_, 3 vols., New
York, 1919, in _The Loeb Classical Library_. On the course of a trial
in a Roman court, cf. A. H. J. Greenidge, _The Legal Procedure of
Cicero’s Time_, Oxford, 1901, pp. 456-504.
[21] On taxation in the provinces, see Arnold-Shuckburgh, chapter VI.
On the customs duties, see R. L. V. Cagnat, _Étude Historique sur les
Impôts Indirects chez les Romains_, Paris, 1882.
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