Ξ Tuesday, 29 Nov 2005 at 09:48 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Normal |
longius progrediatur aliquis. in regnum rei publicae transformationem non pertenuit nihilo opinio (nec etiam recognitio) ut reformatio provincialis sit desideratio. speculationem securam dictatoris Caesaris consilia non sinunt, sed de administratione provinciale firmiter cautum se demonstravit. provinciarum tenorem dictatoris decretum definit duo annos esse de consulibus prioribus et unum annum de praetoribus prioribus; in ipsius C. Sullae spiritu nihil magis fuisse potuit. vitatio docta in provinciarum transmarinarum gubernatione principium remansit fixum. sub Augusto et successoribus eius res emendavere – aut sic saepe obtenditur. sed politicae perstetere appositiones et tamen administratores praedatorii populum subiectum extorsere, et provincialium gemitus et querellae persterunt. rei publicae transitio automatarie transmarinae administrationis rationem illuminatam non traxit.
One may proceed further. A belief – or even a recognition – that provincial reform was a desideratum in no way pertained to the transformation of the republic into a kingship. The plans of Caesar the dictator do not permit secure speculation, but he showed himself to be firmly cautious concerning provincial administration. A decree of the dictator limited the holding of the provinces to two years with respect to ex-consuls, and to one year with respect to ex-praetors; nothing could have been more in the spirit of Cornelius Sulla himself. A learned avoidance in the governing of territories over the sea remained as a fixed principle. Matters improved under Augustus and his successors – or so it is often alleged. But political appointments continued, and predatory administrators still extorted the subject populace; the lamentations and complaints of provincials persisted. The passing of the Republic did not automatically bring an illuminated policy of overseas administration.
- translated from Erich S. Gruen, The Last Generation of the Roman Republic, p. 503, for my Latin class of course — lest you think I made this up myself. hopefully you all think it interesting. pZ.
Ξ Tuesday, 29 Nov 2005 at 09:40 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Normal |
i’m in a weird mood right now. for one, i ended up being mad tired after my long day yesterday, so i ended up falling asleep early on. woke up maybe 30min to an hour ago. it is now 06.00. a lot has happened in the last couple days, as is wont to in my life. never a dull moment, not even when i’m sleeping, lol. things have been mad chill for the most part though. i remember saturday night after Allison left, i felt rather lonely and sad to be sleeping alone; I wished she were able to stay, but it was alright. i had the window open, and took comfort from the cold morning air as i burrowed deeper beneath my covers; i dreamt of things to come, as well as those things which could be that have not yet come to pass. the morning came too quickly for me, however. (more…)
Ξ Sunday, 27 Nov 2005 at 05:48 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Normal |
tonight (Saturday) may quite possibly trump last night. I’ve been looking forward to today for a long time, really, and it was everything I expected it to be and more. it started out rather muddily though. all of you know how I was up until 8am writing my shit last night, and well, I fell asleep right after pretty much. I’d only slept a couple hours (literally) before my dad came to wake me up, and he told me to get ready in 5 minutes. I told him essentially to fuck off since I was so tired, and thus he went to breakfast without me. Claude called me maybe a half-hour later, just after I’d gotten back to sleep, and I humoured him for awhile but then told him “man, i’m sleeping, call me back later.” (more…)
Ξ Saturday, 26 Nov 2005 at 08:00 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Normal |
I. PROOIMION
I am absolutely fucking elated. tired, but fucking elated nonetheless. I’m going to try to make this short, since it’s close to 05.30, but I need to tell all of this in fucking toto, so bear with me. this has been one of the greatest nights of my entire life. I was constantly surrounded by love from every angle (and angel, too, lest you think it a spelling mistake), and the atmosphere was one of wondrous happiness, love, and of course inebriation. I would have been happy just being there though either way — I didn’t think I was going to drink as much as I did. in any case, I’m going to start from this morning, since a lot happened during the day too. this whole day is on some ancient epic shit, bibete et gaudete and such, eh? fuckin’ a. the Musaic song is flowing through me now! so hence, Muses, inspire me in my undertakings and allow me to set forth such honeyed words as would come from your holy, golden-voiced mouths. (more…)
Ξ Friday, 25 Nov 2005 at 04:33 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Normal |
i’m daydreaming of astral melodies. songs of stars. such are my thoughts while sitting on this train, going through the dark night to a seemingly unknown future — yet I know exactly where it’s going, and light will be at the end of the tunnel. however, I don’t know how long my battery on here will last, so I can’t write too long before I will have to charge it and such. in any case, I’m just glad to be here. very thankful to be going home at least for a little bit, and feeling blessedly elated. I don’t know how much I’ll sleep on this trip; we’ll see… I’m not really tired at the minute, and it’s almost midnight, even though I was up all night last night. astral melodies, indeed, music of the spheres, all of that Pythagorean shite. beautiful. Supposedly I should be able to see the stars tonight, since it’s very clear out in the more rural areas we are travelling through; we shall see whether that is true or not. I’m sitting here, listening to the beautiful melodies of Air. fucking A. I love my iPod. one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. (more…)
Ξ Wednesday, 23 Nov 2005 at 05:12 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Normal |
as most of you know, I am leaving tomorrow (today, rather) for Eugene to go back home for Thanksgiving break. my train leaves around 22.00, yet I’m going to get there plenty early in order to check in (I’m sure there’s going to be quite a rush). I’ve got to make this short though if possible. my last entry I finished writing at like 8am this morning, and I ended up sleeping until almost 19.00… agh. woke up groggily, got on the computer, checked what was going on. fuckers K-lined me from IRC again. weak and wack. otherwise, I talked to a few people, namely Rachel, Chelsea, and a couple others — oh yeah, Chris always msgs me. he’s a good guy. Vanessa msged me saying “2 DAYS!!!!” yay, and so I talked to her for a bit, as well as Ash too. (more…)
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