De Vita Hadriani 9

ed. David Magie, ed. Susan Helen Ballou

De Vita Hadriani. . ed. David Magie, ed. Susan Helen Ballou. London. 1922.

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De Vita Hadriani (Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume 1. Magie, David, editor; Ballou, Susan Helen, editor. London, New York: William Heinemann, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.)

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De Vita Hadriani

1. This did not include a seat in the senate, but consisted of the privilege of sitting with the senators of consular rank at the public festivals and at sacred banquets and of wearing the toga praetexta on such occasions. Since the time of Nero this honorary rank had often been bestowed on prefects of the guard on their retirement from office; see also Pius, x. 6.
2. See note to c. vii. 4.
3. The consilium of the emperor was a development from the old principle that a magistrate, before rendering an important decision, should ask advice from trusted friends. So Augustus
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6. displicere uidisset P corr.; displicerentur uidisse P 1.
7. secreto Mommsen; decreto P 1; decreta P corr.