suetonius 10.1
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- atque ut certiorem adhuc indolem ostenderet, ex Augusti praescripto imperaturum se professus, neque liberalitatis neque clementiae, ne comitatis quidem exhibendae ullam occasionem omisit.
- and having professed that he would rule out of the directions of augustus, he showed his talent to be more certain and he did not miss any certain occasion for generosity or mercy or kindness to be shown.
- graviora vectigalia aut abolevit aut miniut.
- he either abolished or diminished the heavier taxes.
- praemia delatorum Papiae legis ad quartas redegit.
- he reduced the rewards of the reported papian law to a quarter.
- divisis populo viritim quadringenis nummis senatorum nobilissimo cuique, sed a re familiari destituto annua salaria et quibusdam quingena constituit, item praetorianis cohortibus frumentum menstruum gratuitum.
- he distributed to every man of the populace 400 coins, and he established for the noblest senators, who were destitute by househould an annual salary of 500 coins to each, and also to the praetorian cohorts a free monthly payment of corn.