6/42 Dion says the contrary .-- M.] [Footnote 202: But Augustus, then Octavius, was censor, and in virtue of that office, even according to the constitution of the free republic, could reform the senate, expel unworthy members, name the Princeps Senatus, &c. That was called, as is well known, Senatum legere. It was customary, during the free republic, for the censor to be named Princeps Senatus, (S.Liv. 51;) and Dion expressly says, that this was done according to ancient usage. |