His career was wisely managed in a gradual way and all the powers and honours were assigned to him by the senate and not due to his personal choice.Īlready before the battle of actium he had received the title of imperator, which was reserved for victorious generals, while that of augustus was conferred on him after the victory at an assembly on 16 th january of the year 27 bc.
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In reality this was merely a formal act and augustus, by assuming a series of interconnected offices, ensured that power was still held tightly in his own hands. He comments in his autobiography ( res gestae 34): “from then on i was the first for consideration and influence, but i did not have greater power than those of my colleagues who were magistrates” The people and the senate of rome were not ready to lose their republican cultural identity, so augustus returned the power into the hands of the republic. In a famous session in january of 27 bc, he returned the res publica into the hands of the senate and the roman people, foregoing the special roles that had been conferred on him during the war against antony. The people wanted him to guide the state the senate offered him the dictatorship, but augustus was sure that a peace based on his authority and not on the consent of all would be uncertain.
Augustus, now alone in power, had to show how he intended to govern.
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