Ita quamquam novo homini censorium funus, effigiem apud forum Augusti publica pecunia patres decrevere, apud quos etiam tum cuncta tractabantur, adeo ut procurator Asiae Lucilius Capito accusante provincia causam dixerit, magna cum adseveratione principis, non se ius nisi in servitia et pecunias familiaris dedisse: quod si vim praetoris usurpasset mani-busque militum usus foret, spreta in eo mandata sua: audirent socios.
Hence, in spite of his modest antecedents, a censorian funeral and a statue erected in the Forum of Augustus at the public expense were decreed to him by the Fathers, before whom, at that time, all questions were still dealt with; so much so, that Lucilius Capito, the procurator of Asia, was obliged, at the indictment of the province, to plead his cause before them, the emperor asserting forcibly that any powers he had given to him extended merely to the slaves and revenues of the imperial domains; if he had usurped the governors authority and used military force, it was a flouting of his orders: the provincials must be heard.
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