HIST 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Roman Republic, Princeps, Roman Citizenship
8 Sep 2016
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Rome"s empire and the unification of the western world. Altar of peace: monument that was buried beneath 16th century roman palazzo erected around 9 bc to commemorate pax romana (roman peace) after octavian"s victory over antony and cleopatra. He really didn"t he just used republican rhetoric to ease transition to monarchy. The augustus era: roman plan for heading off tyranny: divide power among magistrates. Octavian was seen as a savior for a while (grace period) but knew it would be short lived because his country needed political changes but also knew change meant threat. First relied on powers granted to defend against antony and cleo but it couldn"t keep on because people would get suspicious about a monarchy being formed. Secured his position be essentially giving up and giving the senate power and restoring the republic . Senate knew that if he let go completely that things would fall apart so gave.
