in the chariot with
him; and that he might not be too much elated, a slave, carrying a golden
crown sparkling with gems, stood behind him, and frequently whispered in
his ear, 'Remember that thou art a man!' After the general, followed the
consuls and senators on foot, at least according to the appointment of
Augustus; for they formerly used to go before him. His Legati and
military Tribunes commonly rode by his side. The victorious army, horse
and foot, came last, crowned with laurel, and decorated with the gifts
which they had received for their valour, singing their own and their
general's praises, but sometimes throwing out railleries against him; and
often exclaiming, 'Io Triumphe!' in which they were joined by all the
citizens, as they passed along. The oxen having been sacrificed, the
general gave a magnificent entertainment in the Capitol to his friends and
the chief men of the city; after which he was conducted home by the
people, with music and a great number of lamps and torches."--Thomson.]

[Footnote 143: "The Sella Curulis was a chair on which the principal
magistrates sat in the tribunal upon solemn occasions. It had no back,
but stood on four crooked feet, fixed to the extremities of cross pieces
of wood, joined by a common axis, somewhat in the form of the letter X;
was covered with leather, and inlaid with ivory. From its construction,
it might be occasionally folded together for the convenience of carriage,
and set down where the magistrate chose to use it."--Thomson.]

[Footnote 144: Now Saragossa.]

[Footnote 145: A great and wise man, if he is the same person to whom
Cicero's letters on the calamities of the times were addressed. Fam.
Epist. c. vi, 20, 21.]

[Footnote 146: A.U.C. 731.]

[Footnote 147: The Lustrum was a period of five years, at the end of
which the census of the people was taken. It was first made by the Roman
kings, then by the consuls, but after the year 310 from the building of
the city, by the censors, who were magistrates created for that purpose.
It appears, however, that the census was not always held at stated
periods, and sometimes long intervals intervened.]

[Footnote 148: Augustus appears to have been in earnest on these
occasions, at least, in his desire to retire into private life and release
himself from the cares of government, if we may believe Seneca. De Brev.
Vit. c. 5. Of his two intimate advisers, Agrippa gave this counsel, while
Mecaenas was