CLA233H1 Lecture Notes - Pietas, Filial Piety, Princeps
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When caesar is assassinated, octavian is the heir apparent. He works immediately on becoming an even better caesar. The rise: aggressively pursues power granted to him by caesar"s will, mobilizes caesar"s clients, takes up arms against caesar"s assassins, takes up arms against antonius his former ally, secures broad military and political influence, legitimizes his position. The strategies: aggregate existing powers rather than claim new ones, multiple simultaneous powers, offices held in succession, monopolize key military commands, benefaction, euphemism: never admit that there is substantial change afoot, don"t die . The key powers: imperium proconsulare: power over the army, imperium consulare: power over the city of rome, tribunicia potestas: the right to veto anything, multiple consulships. He mobilizes all caesar"s clients in order to kill the assassins of caesar, and then against. He first secures broad military and political influence, but legitimizes it unlike caesar. www. notesolution. com. Instead of creating new powers, he aggregated existing powers.
