The constitutional reforms of Augustus were a series of laws that were enacted by the Roman Emperor Augustus between 30 BC and 2 BC, which transformed the Constitution of the Roman Republic into the C
Portrait of Augustus as pontifex maximus on the Via Labicana Augustus sculpture, a Roman artwork of the late Augustan period, last decade of the 1st century BC
Pater Patriae
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Pater Patriae was an honorific title in ancient Rome. The title was granted by the Roman Senate. During the Roman Republic, it was awarded only twice: to Camillus and Cicero. Under the Roman Empire, i
Constitutional reforms of Augustus
…began when Augustus defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, and ended when the Roman Senate granted Augustus the title "Pater Patriae" in 2 BC. Eschewing the open anti-elitism exhibited by Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, Augustus modified the political system in this settlement, making…
The inscription on Trajan's Column includes Pater Patriae as one of the titles of Trajan.