Lindsay Powell

And you're thinking, but he was an emperor. No, that's a different thing. And, in fact, what was clever in the case of Augustus, if we keep using his name, is from around about the middle 30s BC, he cunningly takes the name Imperator as his first name. That has not been done before. So what he's cheekily doing, he's actually calling himself Commando Julius Caesar as his official name.

And you're thinking, but he was an emperor. No, that's a different thing. And, in fact, what was clever in the case of Augustus, if we keep using his name, is from around about the middle 30s BC, he cunningly takes the name Imperator as his first name. That has not been done before. So what he's cheekily doing, he's actually calling himself Commando Julius Caesar as his official name.

That's why when you see inscriptions, it's Imperator, Kaiser Augustus, etc. Because it goes back to when he cheekily took that as his first name. So effectively, he chose it to be his and prevented other people from using it. So I want to make that point. So we think of emperor, they thought of commander in chief. So there's a military overtone in that.

That's why when you see inscriptions, it's Imperator, Kaiser Augustus, etc. Because it goes back to when he cheekily took that as his first name. So effectively, he chose it to be his and prevented other people from using it. So I want to make that point. So we think of emperor, they thought of commander in chief. So there's a military overtone in that.

That's why when you see inscriptions, it's Imperator, Kaiser Augustus, etc. Because it goes back to when he cheekily took that as his first name. So effectively, he chose it to be his and prevented other people from using it. So I want to make that point. So we think of emperor, they thought of commander in chief. So there's a military overtone in that.

The other aspect of it is, is that really this guy's referred to either as princeps, which is to say like the first, and that can be the first man in Rome as opposed to the Roman Empire, but it also means the first man in the Senate, and that gives him the ability to convene the meetings and speak first and so on. So this idea really of him being unassailable

The other aspect of it is, is that really this guy's referred to either as princeps, which is to say like the first, and that can be the first man in Rome as opposed to the Roman Empire, but it also means the first man in the Senate, and that gives him the ability to convene the meetings and speak first and so on. So this idea really of him being unassailable

The other aspect of it is, is that really this guy's referred to either as princeps, which is to say like the first, and that can be the first man in Rome as opposed to the Roman Empire, but it also means the first man in the Senate, and that gives him the ability to convene the meetings and speak first and so on. So this idea really of him being unassailable

I think is flawed because it's very clear all the way when you actually look at the way that the activities and responses, they point to a sense of precariousness about it. So what you have to also remember is going back to 23 B.C., not 80, but B.C., where his powers came together were he had already been declared Augustus, which had no any particular significance other than the meaning revered.

I think is flawed because it's very clear all the way when you actually look at the way that the activities and responses, they point to a sense of precariousness about it. So what you have to also remember is going back to 23 B.C., not 80, but B.C., where his powers came together were he had already been declared Augustus, which had no any particular significance other than the meaning revered.

I think is flawed because it's very clear all the way when you actually look at the way that the activities and responses, they point to a sense of precariousness about it. So what you have to also remember is going back to 23 B.C., not 80, but B.C., where his powers came together were he had already been declared Augustus, which had no any particular significance other than the meaning revered.

But what it hinted at to people was that this man had influence, auctoritas is the latter name, authority. And just by him being there, things could get done. There didn't need to be a necessary power for that basis of activity and action. In 23... The game was up in the sense that the Senate gave him the official title of Tribune of the People, which meant that he could overrule everybody.

But what it hinted at to people was that this man had influence, auctoritas is the latter name, authority. And just by him being there, things could get done. There didn't need to be a necessary power for that basis of activity and action. In 23... The game was up in the sense that the Senate gave him the official title of Tribune of the People, which meant that he could overrule everybody.

But what it hinted at to people was that this man had influence, auctoritas is the latter name, authority. And just by him being there, things could get done. There didn't need to be a necessary power for that basis of activity and action. In 23... The game was up in the sense that the Senate gave him the official title of Tribune of the People, which meant that he could overrule everybody.

The Tribune was a special role to protect the interests of the plebeian members of society. The bulk of the population was plebeians with the senatorial group at the top. And there had been a war centuries before where the plebeians had felt that they were being abused. and they wanted something changed.

The Tribune was a special role to protect the interests of the plebeian members of society. The bulk of the population was plebeians with the senatorial group at the top. And there had been a war centuries before where the plebeians had felt that they were being abused. and they wanted something changed.

The Tribune was a special role to protect the interests of the plebeian members of society. The bulk of the population was plebeians with the senatorial group at the top. And there had been a war centuries before where the plebeians had felt that they were being abused. and they wanted something changed.

And the way of dealing with that was to create these, I think there were seven or nine of them, who had the ability to offer veto power. Veto meaning, I forbid. So if there was a piece of legislation coming through, they could say, veto. And these men actually defended them. The trick was that Augustus wasn't supposed to have that. So what they gave him without the title were the powers.

And the way of dealing with that was to create these, I think there were seven or nine of them, who had the ability to offer veto power. Veto meaning, I forbid. So if there was a piece of legislation coming through, they could say, veto. And these men actually defended them. The trick was that Augustus wasn't supposed to have that. So what they gave him without the title were the powers.

And the way of dealing with that was to create these, I think there were seven or nine of them, who had the ability to offer veto power. Veto meaning, I forbid. So if there was a piece of legislation coming through, they could say, veto. And these men actually defended them. The trick was that Augustus wasn't supposed to have that. So what they gave him without the title were the powers.