augustus

The age of Augustus (31 B.C~A.D.14) During the Conflict of Orders, the lower class Romans, or plebians, forced the upper class Romans, known as patricians, to give them more rights and liberties (Hadas 1969). The Republican government in Rome was established to satisfy the plebians, while still leaving a majority of the control with the patricians. Octavian Augustus (63 B.C. ~14 A.D.) is known as the first, and one of the greatest, Roman Emperors …

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