charge." Wars were conducted in the face 

 of a declining birth-rate, and this decline in 

 quality and quantity of the human harvest 

 engaged very early the attention of the wise 

 men of Rome. 



"The effect of the wars was that the ranks 

 of the small farmers were decimated, while 

 the number of slaves who did not serve in 

 the army multiplied " (Bury). 



Thus "^/r gave place to Homo^^ real men 

 to mere human beings. There were always 

 men enough such as they were. "A hen- 

 coop will be filled, whatever the (original) 

 number of hens," said Benjamin Franklin. 

 And thus the mob filled Rome. No won- 

 der the mob-leader, the mob-hero rose in 

 relative importance. No wonder that ^Uhe 

 little finger of Const antine was thicker than the 

 loins of Augustus.'' No wonder that "if Tibe- 

 rius chastised his subjects with whips, Val- 

 entinian chastised them with scorpions." 



" Government having assumed godhead, 

 took at the same time the appurtenances of 

 it. Officials multiplied. Subjects lost their 

 rights. Abject fear paralyzed the people 

 and those that ruled were intoxicated with 



The 



Human 



Harvest 



Vir and 

 Homo 



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