All Emperors Senate Flashcards

1
Q

In this way the power of both the people and senate

A

Passed entirely into the hands of Augustus, and from his time there was, strictly speaking, a Monarch

Dio 53

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2
Q

His real purpose was that by this arrangement

A

The senators will be unarmed and unprepared for battle, while he alone had arms and maintained soldiers.

Dio 53

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3
Q

He twice…

A

Thought of restoring the Republic

Suet 28

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4
Q

The proceedings…

A

Of the Senate should not be published

Suet 36

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5
Q

He organised the state,

A

Not by instituting the monarchy or a dictatorship, but by creating the title of first citizen.

Tacitus 1.9.1

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6
Q

Full and absolute power…

A

Was at once put in his hands by the unanimous consent of the Senate and of the mob

Suetonius 14

Gaius

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7
Q

Of many high honours

A

He accepted only a few of the more modest

Suet 26

Tiberius

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8
Q

He exercised

A

great caution In everything

Dio 26

Claudius

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9
Q

He gave a verdict…

A

According to his own inclination, as if it were the view of the majority

Suet 15

Nero

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10
Q

Many regulations were

A

Framed by the free decision of the Senate

Tacitus 13.5

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