Octavian Becomes Augustus and Establishment of the Principate

Timeline

1. -27Rome · RomeOctavian announced before the Senate that he was returning the extraordinary powers of consul and tribune accumulated during the civil wars, restoring the appearance of the republic while retaining effective control of the legions and provinces.
2. -27Rome · RomeThe Senate granted Octavian the title 'Augustus' and conferred upon him proconsular imperium over the provinces of Spain, Gaul, Syria, Egypt, and others, establishing his supreme status as first citizen.
3. -27Rome · RomeThrough tribunicia potestas, military command, and fiscal control, Octavian established a personally dominated Principate while retaining the republican institutions in name, becoming the institutional prototype of later Roman imperial rule.