Roman Republic

How did Augustus come to control the state? What was the importance of maintaining the fiction that Augustus had preserved the Roman Republic intact?

Topic: Roman constitution In an inscription known as the Res Gestae, Augustus described his position within the Roman constitution thus: “I stood before all in rank, but I had power no greater than those who were my colleagues in any magistracy.” What did Augustus mean by this? When answering this question, you should consider the […]

What were the two similar and the two different factors between the crisis in the 1st century BCE that undermined the Roman Republic and the crisis in the 3rd century CE that undermined the Principate?

What were the two similar and the two different factors between the crisis in the 1st century BCE that undermined the Roman Republic and the crisis in the 3rd century CE that undermined the Principate?

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