Principate
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The Principate was the early phase of the Roman Empire characterized by emperors who maintained the facade of republican institutions while holding ultimate authority.
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| instanceOf |
historical period
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phase of the Roman Empire → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Roman Empire
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| describedBySource |
Cassius Dio
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Suetonius → Tacitus → |
| endTime |
AD 284
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| followedBy |
Dominate
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| follows |
Roman Republic
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| hasCharacteristic |
Praetorian Guard as imperial bodyguard
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centralized administration → coexistence of local traditions with Roman institutions → concentration of power in the emperor → cultural Romanization of provinces → development of Roman law and jurisprudence → economic integration of Mediterranean world → emperor as first citizen (princeps civitatis) → emperor as princeps senatus → emperor held proconsular imperium → emperor held tribunician power → emperor held ultimate military command → emperor’s authority often based on multiple powers rather than a single office → expansion of imperial bureaucracy → gradual erosion of republican forms leading toward Dominate → gradual extension of Roman citizenship → growth of imperial bureaucracy staffed by freedmen and equestrians → ideology of restoring the Republic → imperial cult → increasing autocracy over time → increasing role of the army in imperial succession → legal authority concentrated in emperor’s rescripts and edicts → monarchical rule with republican facade → preservation of traditional republican offices in form → professional standing army → provincial administration under imperial and senatorial provinces → relative internal peace (Pax Romana in early Principate) → senate retained formal authority but reduced power → senatorial and equestrian orders as elite classes → succession often hereditary but not legally codified → urbanization and monumental architecture → |
| hasPart |
Crisis of the Third Century
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Flavian dynasty → Julio-Claudian dynasty → Nerva–Antonine dynasty → Severan dynasty → Year of the Four Emperors → |
| namedAfter |
title princeps
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| partOf |
Roman Empire
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| startTime |
27 BC
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Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Julio-Claudian dynasty
("Principate of Augustus")
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Julio-Claudian dynasty ("Principate of Tiberius") → Julio-Claudian dynasty ("Principate of Claudius") → Julio-Claudian dynasty ("Principate of Nero") → |
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Temple of Peace
("Pax Romana")
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celebrates |
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Trajan
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era |
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Late Roman Republic
("Principate of Augustus")
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followedBy |
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Flavian dynasty
("Roman Principate")
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governmentForm |
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Praetorian Guard
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historicalPeriod |
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Nerva–Antonine dynasty
("Pax Romana")
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knownFor |
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Regio VIII Forum Romanum
("Imperial Rome")
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Julio-Claudian dynasty
("Pax Romana")
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notableEvent |