Footnotes
[55]
Plato, in his "Republic," viii, ranks these refusals among the
marks of the corruption of a republic. In his "Laws," vi, he orders them
to be punished by a fine; at Venice they are punished with banishment.
[57]
Some centurions having appealed to the people for the
employments which they had before enjoyed, "It is just, my comrades,"
said a centurion, "that you should look upon every post as honourable in
which you have an opportunity of defending the republic." — Livy, dec.
5, xlii, 34.
[58]
Ne imperium ad optimos nobilium transferretur, Senatum militia
vetuit Gallienus, etiam adire exercitum.-- Aurelius Victor, De Cæsaribus.
[59]
Augustus deprived the senators, proconsuls, and governors of the
privilege of wearing arms. — Dio, xxxiii.
[60]
Constantine. See Zozimus, ii.
[61]
Ammianus Marcellinus, xxvi, Et Civilia, more veterum, et bella
recturo.
[63]
We see the laziness of Spain, where all public employments are given away.
