Augustus' senatorial commission or one instrument which had a success
- Autores: Francesco Amarelli
- Localización: Ius romanum, ISSN-e 2367-7007, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 97-105
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The article analyzes the way Emperor Augustus successfully created the first prototype of what would later be reformed into the so-called „Emperor's Council" or Consilium principis. By making the Senate elect a small legislative council with entirely advisory functions among its own members, Augustus practically created a new organ, which allowed him to get in advance any information he needed concerning the Senate's opinion about his own political and legislative ideas. By doing so, he was then able to act accordingly and successfully impose his policies. As a result, Augustus managed to gradually decrease the Senate's actual power, while transferring this power to himself and thus establishing the foundations of the future political system in Rome, which was centered primarily on the figure of the Princeps.
