HIST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Princeps, Imperium, Praetorian Guard
29 Sep 2016
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Imperial era time period process of change people author. Centralization of authority in a single person comes in many different forms, rebuilding the state, new constitution for rome, fundamental change, no functioning republic, sovereign authority decides on the use of violence, land based expansion-north and west. Octavian reforms the constitution of the roman state. Octavian centralized the powers of the government to himself. Princeps: first among equals gains control of legislative power, no functional state, start implementing changes, consul of the princeps- made up of those who helped in the battle with. Imperator: one who holds imperium holds imperium over all the armies of rome, loyalty of troops to augustus not commander anymore. Control over bureaucracy maintains loyalty by controlling appointments, every bureaucrat has debt to octavian. Use patronage- equites in offices taps into to install into the bureaucracy. To bind the hegemony more gods on your side means better chance of success.
