HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Prima Porta, Sestertius, Military Dictatorship
7 Feb 2018
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Military dictatorship with dynastic tendencies: the long shadow of augustus, the principate ad 14-180, four pillars of imperial power, the long shadow of augustus. Following emperors try to copy the augustan image. Personal/family the individual connections augustus has in relation to other family members (ie/ adopted son of caesar, wife livia from the claudii clan, personal allies like. There were proscriptions in the early days of the second triumvirate and. But when he became augustus he reinvented himself as a nicer augustus. Augustus is a master of reinventing his image, and a master of getting the senators to like him through inclusion and political process until they get to the point where they are practically working for augustus. Augustus held many political offices which gave him the power of the position legislatively without him actually taking the office. Played up the legality of his position.
