CLA2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pontifex Maximus, Curule Seat, Pater Patriae
9 Mar 2018
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Senate felt it beneath its dignity to be convened by a mere tribune as opposed to a consul. People wanted the princeps to be more visible. Augustus was made a perpetual special consul . He presided with the consuls as an honorary consul . Had a special consular seat: sella curulis. Got 12 of the 24 fasces (the real consuls only got 6 each) Bundles of rods with axe: demonstrated the power of the imperium. 12 bc, pontifex maximus after lepidus died: from this time on, every emperor was named pontifex maximus. 2 bc pater patriae: most likely at his request, he was given title of father of the country . Evolution of a cabinet system of government: not completed upon his death. 27 bc, augustus created a special committee of the senate. The true predecessor of imperial cabinet was a more elite group: close friends of. Augustus and high ranking senators, legal experts, and other specialists.
