persons differently, their views in regard to it were in each case the same.  As for those who believed his sentiments to be genuine, any who wished it could not rejoice because of fear, nor the others lament because of hopes.  And as many as disbelieved it did not venture to accuse him and confute him, some because they were afraid and others because they did not care to do so.  Hence they all either were compelled or pretended to believe him.  As for praising him, some did not have the courage and others were unwilling.  Even in the midst of his reading there were frequent shouts and afterward many more.  The senators begged that a monarchy be established, and directed all their remarks to that end until (naturally) they forced him to assume the reins of government.  At once they saw to it that twice as much pay was voted to the men who were to compose his body-guard as to the rest of the soldiers, that this might incite the men to keep a careful watch of him.  Then he began to show a real interest in setting up a monarchy.

[-12-] In this way he had his headship ratified by the senate and the people.  As he wished even so to appear to be democratic in principle, he accepted all the care and superintendence of public business on the ground that it required expert attention, but said that he should not personally govern all the provinces and those that he did govern he should not keep in his charge perpetually.  The weaker ones, because (as he said) they were peaceful and free from war, he gave over to the senate.  But the more powerful he held in possession because they were slippery and dangerous and either had enemies in adjoining territory or on their own account were able to cause a great uprising.  His pretext was that the senate should fearlessly gather the fruits of the finest portion of the empire, while he himself had the labors and dangers:  his real purpose was that by this plan the senators be unarmed and unprepared for battle, while he alone had arms and kept soldiers.  Africa and Numidia, Asia and Greece with Epirus, the Dalmatian and Macedonian territories, Sicily, Crete, and Libya adjacent to Cyrene, Bithynia with the adjoining Pontus, Sardinia and Baetica, were consequently held to belong to the people and the senate.  Caesar’s were—­the remainder of Spain, the neighborhood of Tarraco and Lusitania, all Gauls (the Narbonensian and the Lugdunensian, the Aquitani and the Belgae), both themselves and the aliens among them.  Some of the Celtae whom we call Germani had occupied all the Belgic territory near the Rhine and caused it to be called Germania, the upper part extending to the sources of the river and the lower part reaching to the Ocean of Britain.  These provinces, then, and the so-called Hollow Syria, Phoenicia and Cilicia, Cyprus and the Egyptians, fell at that time to Caesar’s share.  Later he gave Cyprus and Gaul adjacent to Narbo back to the people, and he himself took Dalmatia instead.  This was also done subsequently in the