Lindsay Powell

So he's able to play this game of, I'm Augustus, I have lots of influence, and I can say, I really don't like that piece of legislation. And people would go along with it. But in 23, they said, we're now going to actually officially call you Tribune. So you have these very interesting turning points where things that people saw were happening were officially recognized.

So he's able to play this game of, I'm Augustus, I have lots of influence, and I can say, I really don't like that piece of legislation. And people would go along with it. But in 23, they said, we're now going to actually officially call you Tribune. So you have these very interesting turning points where things that people saw were happening were officially recognized.

So he's able to play this game of, I'm Augustus, I have lots of influence, and I can say, I really don't like that piece of legislation. And people would go along with it. But in 23, they said, we're now going to actually officially call you Tribune. So you have these very interesting turning points where things that people saw were happening were officially recognized.

And there are, like I said earlier, there are assassination attempts against him. So if everything is so secure, I wonder whether that's the case. There are no major problems in terms of someone coming forward with an army and challenging him. And you could argue that that was partly because he had these Praetorians there, right?

And there are, like I said earlier, there are assassination attempts against him. So if everything is so secure, I wonder whether that's the case. There are no major problems in terms of someone coming forward with an army and challenging him. And you could argue that that was partly because he had these Praetorians there, right?

And there are, like I said earlier, there are assassination attempts against him. So if everything is so secure, I wonder whether that's the case. There are no major problems in terms of someone coming forward with an army and challenging him. And you could argue that that was partly because he had these Praetorians there, right?

I mean, who's actually going to do that when there's potentially 3,000 troops on the doorstep? And wherever he goes, there's a whole retinue. Oh, and by the way, there were these big burly Germans. And so by the time you get to Tiberius, what's interesting, again, there is no title emperor. So what's happening is he is already assuming he's given powers.

I mean, who's actually going to do that when there's potentially 3,000 troops on the doorstep? And wherever he goes, there's a whole retinue. Oh, and by the way, there were these big burly Germans. And so by the time you get to Tiberius, what's interesting, again, there is no title emperor. So what's happening is he is already assuming he's given powers.

I mean, who's actually going to do that when there's potentially 3,000 troops on the doorstep? And wherever he goes, there's a whole retinue. Oh, and by the way, there were these big burly Germans. And so by the time you get to Tiberius, what's interesting, again, there is no title emperor. So what's happening is he is already assuming he's given powers.

So by 14, to all intents and purposes, he has the tribunal power. He has a whole series of consuls that he can clock up in his history. He has military commands more than anybody else. So he effectively was emperor even the time of Augustus was dying. It was just that Augustus was alive. So people would have looked at it, I think, differently. And again, there's no magistrate.

So by 14, to all intents and purposes, he has the tribunal power. He has a whole series of consuls that he can clock up in his history. He has military commands more than anybody else. So he effectively was emperor even the time of Augustus was dying. It was just that Augustus was alive. So people would have looked at it, I think, differently. And again, there's no magistrate.

So by 14, to all intents and purposes, he has the tribunal power. He has a whole series of consuls that he can clock up in his history. He has military commands more than anybody else. So he effectively was emperor even the time of Augustus was dying. It was just that Augustus was alive. So people would have looked at it, I think, differently. And again, there's no magistrate.

There's no position where you can vote for emperor. And it evolves. And what's interesting is the Praetorian cohorts evolved. are, in a sense, the catalyst that makes it more and more like that, because they get to choose this guy in the end. And then Imperator becomes more what we think of. So my take on that, which I discuss in one of my books, is really we have the benefit of hindsight.

There's no position where you can vote for emperor. And it evolves. And what's interesting is the Praetorian cohorts evolved. are, in a sense, the catalyst that makes it more and more like that, because they get to choose this guy in the end. And then Imperator becomes more what we think of. So my take on that, which I discuss in one of my books, is really we have the benefit of hindsight.

There's no position where you can vote for emperor. And it evolves. And what's interesting is the Praetorian cohorts evolved. are, in a sense, the catalyst that makes it more and more like that, because they get to choose this guy in the end. And then Imperator becomes more what we think of. So my take on that, which I discuss in one of my books, is really we have the benefit of hindsight.

We can look back and we can try and draw conclusions and patterns. But at that time, things look very different. They look quite precarious. And what we don't have in the histories, because none of them are really contemporary, are the minutes of meetings. So we don't know what issues are discussed.

We can look back and we can try and draw conclusions and patterns. But at that time, things look very different. They look quite precarious. And what we don't have in the histories, because none of them are really contemporary, are the minutes of meetings. So we don't know what issues are discussed.

We can look back and we can try and draw conclusions and patterns. But at that time, things look very different. They look quite precarious. And what we don't have in the histories, because none of them are really contemporary, are the minutes of meetings. So we don't know what issues are discussed.

I mean, for example, when Augustus becomes Augustus in 27, before that, he was kind of angling to be called Romulus. And there was a feeling, well, no, that sounds a bit too close to a call for comfort. He was recognized as the second founder of the city.

I mean, for example, when Augustus becomes Augustus in 27, before that, he was kind of angling to be called Romulus. And there was a feeling, well, no, that sounds a bit too close to a call for comfort. He was recognized as the second founder of the city.