Nam Augustus senatui permisit deligere praefectos; deinde ambitu suffragiorum suspecto, sorte ducebantur ex numero praetorum qui praeessent.
Augustus left the choice of prefects to the senate; then, as Illicit canvassing was apprehended, the men to occupy the post were drawn by lot from the whole body of praetors.
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