AUGUSTUS
The Constitutional Settlements





The FIRST SETTLEMENT, January, 27 B.C.

Personal constitutional power:

Hispania Tarraconensis
Hispania Baetica
Tres Galliae
Gallia Narbonensis
Syria
Cyprus
Cilicia Campestris

Personal influence:



The SECOND SETTLEMENT, June-July, 23 B.C.

the right ot a seat on the Consuls' platform at the front of the Senate House
-the right of speaking first at a Senate Meeting ( ius primae relationis )
-the right to summon a meeting of the Senate
-the cura annonae, care of Rome's grain supply (which brought patronage over the Plebs)

-the right to govern his own provinces and armies
-the right to interfere in any other governor's province when Augustus deemed it necessary (cf. the Cyrene Edicts)

 

January 24, 2010 3:16 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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