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(27 BC - 14 AD)
The first emperor, he initiated the principate. He came to power alongside his partners in the 1st triumvirate: Mark Anthony (Who eventually betrays him) and lepidus (the richest man alive at the time). Mark anthony betrays him for cleopatra's love, he lucks out and wins the battle of actium. At this point, since he defeated mark athony (lepidus was irrelivant) he became the sole power at the time...this was the true beginning of the principate -> he became the first emperor of rome |
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| (31 BC)A vast naval battle between the fleets of augustus and Mark Anthony, with Mark Anthony taking his egyptian wife (cleopatra)'s side. This battle is generally accepted as the end of the roman republic and the beginning of the roman principate (empire) |
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| An egyptian queen - cleopatra eventually went to war with augustus alongside her husband: Mark Anthony. Both her and anthony commit suicide right after they lose the battle. |
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"Great Joke/Gesture"
Octavian handed power back to the senate, not really intending to give it up. They elected him officially, and thus he gained legitimacy in the eyes of the people |
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Authority gained by physical strength, such as militarily, is not as potent as that gained by legitimacy and societal authority, as that bestowed by senatorial agreement, church heritage, dynastic inheritance, or being a police officer
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Potestas=authority from holding someone at gunpoint
Auctoritas=Authority from being a police officeer |
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Authority gained by physical strength, such as militarily, is not as potent as that gained by legitimacy and societal authority, as that bestowed by senatorial agreement, church heritage, dynastic inheritance, or being a police officer
Comparison:
Potestas=authority from holding someone at gunpoint
Auctoritas=Authority from being a police officer |
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Just another word for the Roman Empire, insofar as it had roman emperors. Officially, it began in 27 AD.
"Military Dictatorship in Senatorial Disguise" |
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| Crucial to ruling, taking a positition by force tends to result in having it taken from you in the same way. Legitimacy can be bestowed by existing government, such as the roman senate, or by elections, or other societal acknowledgement |
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| To spend less on Military during peacetime, rome (augustus?) set up military outposts on the borderm without much defense on the interior. This worked really well, until the folk movements began again or persia revived itself for venegance |
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| To spend less on Military during peacetime, rome (augustus?) set up military outposts on the borderm without much defense on the interior. This worked really well, until the folk movements began again or persia revived itself for venegance |
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| To spend less on Military during peacetime, rome (augustus?) set up military outposts on the borderm without much defense on the interior. This worked really well, until the folk movements began again or persia revived itself for venegance |
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