Discuss the nature of the Roman imperial state. How did Caesar Augustus establish the Dominance of the Emperor?

Augustus
Caesar, formerly Octavian, established
the dominance of the emperor in several ways. In the wake
of Julius Caesar's
assassination, Octavian, Caesar's nephew and adopted son, entered into the

"triumvirate," a power-sharing arrangement with Marc Antony and Marcus
Aemlius
Lepidus. In short order, however, Octavian consolidated his power,
with Antony, defeated by
Octavian's forces, famously committing suicide
alongside Cleopatra in Egypt and Lepidus fading
from power. Octavian took the
title of "Augustus," which referred to his power and
majesty. Still a very
young man, Augustus went about establishing himself as a dynastic,
imperial
ruler--the Emperor of Rome. Paradoxically, one aspect of his work in this respect
was
his appeal to the traditions of the Roman Republic. He did not disband
the Senate, for example,
but rather used it to promote his own legitimacy,
for example, it was the Senate who conferred
the title of "Augustus" on him
in the first place. More importantly, he advocated a
return to traditional
Roman values, but created within this ideological system a new cult of the

emperor, one which essentially called for him to worshiped as a deity, the embodiment of
the
Roman Empire. Idealized statues of Augustus appeared everywhere
throughout the empire, temples
were built in his honor, and he took on the
additional title of "Caesar" to underscore
the familial connections between
himself and his adopted father. In time, this name would become
a title for
all emperors. He also undertook massive infrastructure projects, building roads
and
public buildings to strengthen the Roman state and to give a majestic air
to the cities of the
empire, which increased dramatically in size during his
reign. Crucially, he established a
dynastic line of succession by naming his
stepson Tiberius as his
successor.

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