All Emperors Senate Flashcards
In this way the power of both the people and senate
Passed entirely into the hands of Augustus, and from his time there was, strictly speaking, a Monarch
Dio 53
His real purpose was that by this arrangement
The senators will be unarmed and unprepared for battle, while he alone had arms and maintained soldiers.
Dio 53
He twice…
Thought of restoring the Republic
Suet 28
The proceedings…
Of the Senate should not be published
Suet 36
He organised the state,
Not by instituting the monarchy or a dictatorship, but by creating the title of first citizen.
Tacitus 1.9.1
Full and absolute power…
Was at once put in his hands by the unanimous consent of the Senate and of the mob
Suetonius 14
Gaius
Of many high honours
He accepted only a few of the more modest
Suet 26
Tiberius
He exercised
great caution In everything
Dio 26
Claudius
He gave a verdict…
According to his own inclination, as if it were the view of the majority
Suet 15
Nero
Many regulations were
Framed by the free decision of the Senate
Tacitus 13.5