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xxvi TACITUS, ANNALS IV See Tarver, I. c, p. 304 :— ' The history of the lex maiesta tis is not absolutely clear ; but it is certain that comparatively- early in the Republicau period the laws provided for the punishment of a Roman citizen who by his acts diminished the majesty of the Republic . Cowardice in the field , jjrema - tarS-aurrender, dishonourable brea chPRnfJ'a.it.h by ty.tiif-h tji p dignity of the State was impaired, were deeds punishable under this la,Wr ' Under Tiberius maiestas gained far-reaching importance . He employed it for his own security. An^^^^jnsult offered to the_F.mpftT-nr in speech or writing \\i\,>i 1 jrought undeii_the its means Ikj thwarted any lutcut o^jposiijon led tu fear that any hostility statute . By among the senators, win i wme to the new regime uiii^1it^lM^jo(jkedj_i|)oii as tteaîon. luixJSjTacitus says that the laws were well administered except proceedings for treason (maiestatis qvripM io). In iy 19 it iM {^ti^tpd thnt Siliiif^ and ^""« «'HP could easTTy have been con - demned o n charges of repe.tunda(^. f'eTtort.ion) ; but the whole bnsinftss was managed ?nat'e8to^f'5 quaestioiie ; ami Siliiis antini- patedjionyictioi^ Viy aiiinidp^ Ti^ \ v 91 Calpurnius Piso, accused "â pri vatif fônvpf>;.qtinn n^îê,;i)i,n majestatem^ escapes condemnation by opporf anfi dpat.h fi The scope ofmaiextas was extended by the patronage which Tiberius afforded to the delgiac^s. The_phrase nomen deferre is used several times Jii_Cicero for 'to accuse,' 'to inform against.' Also he iispih dp.ln.tin several times as a general term for 'accusation.' 'dennnciation .' In Silver Latin d _eferre is uêd with accusative of person and genitive of charge ; and ddainr is often used forJinformer,' sometimes, with genitive, of charge, as delator maiestatis _(\\ 50) and_(feZato^ Papiae legis (Suet. Nero 10). A quarter of the property of the con- yicted person went by law to ihGdeh/tnTPs ( \\' 20). VV hgn 1 i berius canie to t liejjiroiie, jje_regarded the system of delatio as a useful engine for the enforcing of justice.
INTRODUCTION xxvii Afterwards he saw its odious character and tried to check it by instituting a^specLil court of ti fffipn spnatora Thea-ie relapsed owing to tbf. Rvil iiifliifiiK of Spj ari^y^ ; see Aiuials vi throughout. There was no pubhc prosecutor at Rome. Hence it was conyf-niftnt u^ liavp the.sft TJrivate delatores^— a term originally ji4jplieiL-tu-.tliosf; whn giivp infnTnvirion in respect of debts due to the exchequer. lu-an economic crisis. which took place in 33 a.d., delatures made an attack on money-lending capitalists, who set aside two laws of Julius Caesar^ Tacitus (vi 16) describes them as magria uis accusa- torum. Compare iv 36 iU qnis destrictior accusator uelut sacrosanctus erat. In iv 3 we are told that it was proposed in the Senate that rewards to delatores should be abolished in the case of those found guilty of maiestas . Tiberius contra morem suum defends them as 'guardians' of justice. Tacitus' comment is : sic delatores, gemis hominum publico exitio repertum,...per praemia eliciebantur. Tn _iv_34_wp. read of a. further strfttph i n the employmen t of the law of maiestas. It is made to reach Cremutius nnrH ns for a, ]i;iss;i»jf i n a book, where the eulogy is awarded to Cassius, whic h liud pnce been spoken over iiTm by~Brutus. ypa.rfttold a.hnnt C'ordus' trial, his eloquent defence, and how he starved himself to death. The following chapters are loci classici on the subject of delatio and maiestas :—iv 21, 42, 66.
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NOTES ABBREVIATIONS 'i^. = Nipperde
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ON CHAPTERS 1, 2 57 19. summa apisc
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ON CHAPTERS 4, 5 61 and Virg. Georg
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ON CHAPTERS 6-8 65 13. precandam...
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ON CHAPTERS 11, 12 69 7. inultam in
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ON CHAPTERS 12—14 71 bavin}:! hel
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ON CHAPTERS U, 15 73 0. Rbodii sece
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ON CHAPTERS 15, 16 75 snlpmn—r.n^
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8. turn uero, ' now ON CHAPTERS 16
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ON CHAPTERS 18, 19 79 detrimenti ca
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ON CHAPTERS 21—23 83 interdicto i
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ON CHAPTERS 25—27 87 triremes, fr
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ON CHAPTERS 28, 29 89 4. senectutis
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ON CHAPTERS 29—31 91 14. custodes
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ON CHAPTERS 31—33 93 14. magnarum
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ON CHAPTERS 33, 34 95 34 2. postula
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APPENDIX ON SELECT VARIOUS READINGS
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ON SELECT VARIOUS READINGS 141 Med.
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