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Cooley, Alison (2019) From the Augustan Principate to the invention of the age of Augustus. Journal of Roman Studies, 109 . pp. 71-87. doi:10.1017/S0075435819000674 ISSN 0075-4358.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075435819000674
Abstract
This paper explores alternatives to analysing the political impact of Augustus in terms of the establishment of a new constitutional structure, the Augustan Principate. It starts by showing how the word principatus changed over time and explores the significance of the term statio. It considers how contemporaries viewed the political changes that occurred during Augustus’ lifetime, analysing the ways in which power at Rome became increasingly embodied in the person of Augustus himself. It suggests that there was an increasing recognition that Augustus was an exceptional individual, whose position in the state was supported by powers granted formally by senatorial decree and popular vote as well as informally by acclamation, but whose authority was ultimately a personal quality, supported by the gods, and predestined by birth. It traces the ways in which Augustus’ rule became increasingly personalised, with the result that one of the main challenges faced by Tiberius in A.D. 14 was how to take over Augustus’ personal role as princeps.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DG Italy | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D., Emperors -- Rome | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Roman Studies | ||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0075-4358 | ||||||
| Official Date: | November 2019 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 109 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 71-87 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0075435819000674 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in Journal of Roman Studies https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/all-issues | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 April 2019 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 April 2019 | ||||||
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