SUET senate + augustus

• It was suggested that he take the name Romulus but Augustus a "more original and honourable title"

  • Augere
  • Anything done by the augurs called "augusta"
• Augustus “twice considered restoring the Republic” - after the death of Ant and after a period of illness from which the 2nd Settlement sprung from
• Benevolent in exercising power

  • He was “horrified at being called ‘my lord'”
  • Augustus was sociable, attending birthday celebrations
  • Subject to “spiteful or insolent jokes” but “vetoed a law that would have suppressed freedom of speech ”
  • Would “cast a vote” in the traditional way
  • Did not evict people from their homes to make space for the Forum - was “narrower” than intended
• “Spontaneous initiative” to name him Pater Patriae
• Augustus wished for this “unanimous approval” the Senate granted him until the end of his days