How Did Augustus Improve The Internal Administration Of The Roman Republic

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, was the first, and arguably the most influential emperor of ancient Rome, making him and his reforms extremely important to our understanding of the ancient world. As emperor, Augustus saw the last of the true Roman republic as it dissolved into monarchy; he forever changed the internal administration of Rome by instituting himself as a princep, a first citizen with hidden autocratic power, who held a deceiving front that power was shared with the senate in order to make his monarchy acceptable to republican Romans. Augustus’ rule saw a near end to the overtly expansive policy held by the empire, closing a remarkable era of conquer and rule seen by the subjects of the Rome for centuries.