CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Divi Filius, Potestas, Princeps
13 May 2016
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40: antony and octavian"s marriage alliance and division of the world. Octavian vs. antony and cleopatra, represented by octavian as rome vs. 30: deaths of antony, cleopatra, and caesarion. 1st settlement of 27: annual consulship and provinces of spain, gaul, cilicia, cyprus, syria, egypt for 10 years (legates) augustus. 2nd settlement of 23: resigns consulship and takes proconsular maius imperium and tribunicia potestas. Princeps: first citizen is restored republican government but: Had formal powers over governors and to propose and veto laws. Dependence of senators and magistrates an augustus" favour. Augustus ruling through the aristocracy, senate, and magistrates governing according to the wishes of the princeps. Salvation of the republic through monopoly of the 1st citizen. Res repubica restituta ( the republic restored"), a conservative resolution, a civil monarchy. Gradual monarchical drift: identification of public authority with augustus as a private person and with his family. City of brick to a city of marble .
