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Augustus's Republic: Improving The Republic

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While Augustus claimed to have restored the republic through constitutional means, the historical evidence and opinion dominant at this time is that Augustus established a military monarchy by his intimate alliance with and support from the military to enforce and legitimize his rule, and accounts describe that he "...enticed the soldiers with gifts, the people with grain, and all men with the allurement of peace and gradually grew in power, concentrating in his own hands the functions of the senate, the magistrates, and the laws" Tacitus DOC
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