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Augustus and the People
- who are 'the people'?
- Equites
- Freedmen
- Plebs
- Equites
- Treatment of Equites
- Throughout Republic there had been a large
amount of hostility between senate and equites
- Augustus attempted to prevent futher clashes by
introducing new powers to the equites
- With growth of Empire and power of Augustus many
new positions were created to perform duties for Aug.
- Equites became Civil service for Augustus
- imperial bankers
- tax collectors
- administratiors
- Equites became Civil service for Augustus
- With growth of Empire and power of Augustus many
new positions were created to perform duties for Aug.
- Augustus attempted to prevent futher clashes by
introducing new powers to the equites
- reorganised membership
- those of 'honourable character'
- those who had had least 4 000 000 SES
- those of 'honourable character'
- They received rewards for this post
- they could wear tunic witha narrow purple stripe
- occupy first 14 rows of theatre
- wear golden ring of office
- presented with a horse at public exspence
- revival of military horse procession every 15th July
- they could wear tunic witha narrow purple stripe
- Throughout Republic there had been a large
amount of hostility between senate and equites
- Treatment of Freedmen
- Lex fufia caniania
- 2BC
- proposed by consuls Geminus and Gallus, not Augustus
- Limited testamentary manumission
- owners with 2 slaves could free both
- owners of 3-10 could free half
- owners with 100-200 slaves could free 1/5th
- owners with 2 slaves could free both
- 2BC
- Lex Aeilia sentia
- AD 4
- no one under 28 could free a slave without demonstrable good
cause and appeal to a council of 5 senators and 5 equites
- no slave to be freed if under 30
- unless permission from above
- unless permission from above
- freed slaves who had been branded, tortured or trained as
gladiators were permanently barrd from becoming citizen
- AD 4
- Lex fufia caniania
- reteatment of plebs
- Augustus was still wary of advertising his supreme position in the state
- the people rioted and demanded Augutus to be elected consul and refused
to fill the vacancy until Agrippa returned to rome and told them to do so
- 22/21 BC
- 22/21 BC
- the people rioted and demanded Augutus to be elected consul and refused
to fill the vacancy until Agrippa returned to rome and told them to do so
- Grain supply
- at the time of Augustus about 2/3rds of the
plebs urbana were recipients of grain dole
- reduced those eligible for grain dole
- 250,000 to 200,000
- 250,000 to 200,000
- reduced those eligible for grain dole
- at the time of Augustus about 2/3rds of the
plebs urbana were recipients of grain dole
- Augustus was still wary of advertising his supreme position in the state
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