[1757] Suet. Aug. 40 “Comitiorum quoque pristinum jus reduxit.”
[1758] p. 344.
[1759] Dio Cass. lvi. 40 (Augustus) ἐκ ... τοῦ δήμου τὸ δύσκριτον ἐν ταῖς διαγνώσεσιν ἐς τὴν τῶν δικαστηρίων ἀκρίβειαν μεταστήσας.
[1760] e.g. the Julian laws passed by Augustus in the concilium plebis, the lex Junia Norbana of the reign of Tiberius, plebiscita of Claudius. The last known lex is an agrarian law of Nerva (Dig. 47, 21, 3, 1).
[1761] Dio Cass. liii. 21 (when the election was entrusted to the people, Augustus) ἐπεμελεῖτο ὅπως μήτ’ ἀνεπιτήδειοι μήτ’ ἐκ παρακελεύσεως ἤ καὶ δεκασμοῦ ἀποδεικνύωνται. Cf. Tac. Ann. i. 15 “potissima arbitrio principis, quaedam tamen studiis tribuum fiebant.”
[1762] Tac. Ann. i. 15. The change was, we are told by Velleius (ii. 124), in accordance with the instructions of Augustus.
[1763] p. 188.
[1764] Dio Cass. lviii. 20.
[1765] p. 349. In C.I.L. vi. 10213 we find a notice of “improbae comitiae in Aventino, ubi (Sej)anus cos. factus est.” We find Vitellius canvassing for his candidates in the circus (Tac. Hist. ii. 91 “comitia consulum cum candidatis civiliter celebrans omnem infimae plebis rumorem in theatro ut spectator, in circo ut fautor adfectavit”). On the other hand, we have ab senatu destinatus in the inscription quoted on p. 349 n. 6. Dio Cassius (lix. 20), in speaking of the temporary restoration of popular elections by Caligula, mentions them in connexion with the consulship.
[1766] Dio Cass. xxxvii. 28.