Augustus kept many of the forms
of the late Republic and never
called himself Emperor, big on
Mos Maiorum
Held more or less absolute power until his death
Taking of the powers of the
Tribunes of the Plebs upon himself
that probably signalled the final
death knell of any form of republic in
all but name
The members of the Senate never
made any serious attempt to
oppose him after he defeated
Antony.
Undertook wars by sea and land
Civil wars - Not very roman
Foreign wars - very roman
"When i was nineteen, I collected an army
on my own account and at my own
expense, by the help of which I restored
the republic to liberty"
"By my 6th and 7th consulships, when I had
extinguished the flames of civil war"
"I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble"
Augustus was an emperor of Rome. He means
when he assumed the throne Rome was a city
built of brick but he transformed it into a city built
of marble. Replacing brick with marble is also a
sign that the fortunes of the city were improving,
so he also means that he left the city richer than
it was when he came to power
Rebuilt 82 different temples in the name of the gods
The Second Triumvirate
Its overwhelming power in the Roman state was given full legal
sanction and whose imperium maius outranked that of all other
magistrates, including the consuls.