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Using Suetonius and Res Gestae, assess how effective Octavian was in enlisting Senatorial Support for his new administration in the period 30 to 19 BC.
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Using Suetonius and Res Gestae, assess how effective Octavian was in enlisting Senatorial Support for his new administration in the period 30 to 19 BC. Octavian was the son of Gaius Octavius, a senator, but was the adopted son of Julius Caesar. Essentially Octavian, or Augustus as he became known as in 27BC, was a conservative republican. This is shown by Res Gestae Divi Augusti (literally 'the achievements of the Divine August') paragraph 8: "I brought back into use many exemplary practises of our ancestors which were disappearing in our time." And also by Suetonius' "The Twelve Caesars, Augustus," chapter 93: "Augustus showed great respect to all ancient and long established foreign rites." The Republican system was based on a democratic Timocracy (the rule of the rich) and Octavian needed to keep it this way. However, Octavian learnt many things from his adoptive father, Julius Caesar. Octavian believed that for...
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