Or perhaps all human things go a certain round; and, as in the
revolutions of time, there are also vicissitudes in manners: nor indeed
have our ancestors excelled us in all things; our own age has produced
many excellences worthy of praise and the imitation of posterity. Let us
still preserve this strife in virtue with our forefathers.
Tiberius having gained the fame of moderation; because, by rejecting the
project for reforming luxury, he had disarmed the growing hopes of the
accusers; wrote to the Senate, to desire the _Tribunitial Power_ for
Drusus. Augustus had devised this title, as best suiting the unbounded
height of his views; while avoiding the odious name of _King_ or
_Dictator_, he was yet obliged to use some particular appellation, under
it to control all other powers in the State. He afterwards assumed Marcus
Agrippa into a fellowship in it; and, upon his death, Tiberius; that none
might doubt, who was to be his successor. By this means, he conceived, he
should defeat the aspiring views of others: besides, he confided in the
moderation of Tiberius, and in the mightiness of his own authority.
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