After the Battle of Actium, when the interests of peace were served by the centralization of all authority in the hands of one man, there followed a dearth of literary ability, and at the same time truth suffered more and more, partly from ignorance of politics, which were no longer a citizen's concern, partly from the growing taste for flattery or from hatred of the ruling house.
Akzio ondoan gudukatu eta bakea egitea aginte osoa bakarrari ematea izan zenetik, talentu handi haiek laga egin zioten, lehenik zer publikoen ezezagutzaz, arrotzak bailiran, gero men egitearen laketez edo, aldiz, agintariekiko gorrotoz.