Augustus Returns to Rome in 19 B C

In 19 b c, when he's back at rome, how secure is his position by this time? A good question because we tend to think that once we get to 27 b c, he becomes augustus and there are no opponents. That's it. We have effectively an emperor. Although he didn't call himself an emperor, although his first name was im perato, so he kind of called himself emperor er. But by that point, he claimed to have returned the government of the roman state to the senate and the people they held the office of consul. And in that year, he appears to have been actually ill. He goes through the motions of effectively preparing

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