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The complete Romanization of Portugal, intensified during the rule of Augustus, took three centuries and was stronger in Southern Portugal, most of which were administrative dependencies of the Roman city of Pax Julia, currently known as Beja. The city was named Pax Julia in honour of Julius Caesar and to celebrate peace in Lusitania. Augustus ...
From the beginnings of the principate, the emperor had had the power to legislate, although no law is known that formally recognized his right to do so; by Antonine times, legal textbooks stated unequivocally that whatever the emperor ordered was legally binding.
Jan 23, 2024 · One of Augustus' greatest accomplishments was the Pax Romana (Roman Peace): 200 years of relative peace (27 BCE to 180 CE), ending after the 'five good emperors', with the onset of the reign of Commodus (r. 177-192 CE). It was a golden age of stability, economic prosperity, and Roman imperialism.
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Jun 17, 2024 · The Roman conquest of Lusitania, the former name for the central and southern regions of present-day Portugal, was a remarkable period that began in the 2nd century B.C. This conquest was part of Rome’s wider ambition to dominate the Iberian Peninsula, a region known for its fierce indigenous tribes and its strategic importance.
Mar 20, 2024 · Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was Braga. But this city, although rather small, makes up for its size with phenomenal sites that are well worth a day trip to, at the very least. Here is why you should visit the Rome of Portugal on your next trip to Europe's trendiest country:
Jun 30, 2021 · In the ensuing years Brutus and his successors had to combat not only tribal insurrections and defections among the auxiliary troops but a wavering political support from Rome where rival patrician factions in the Senate caused civil unrest which depleted State resources .
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His autocratic regime is known as the principate because he was the princeps, the first citizen, at the head of that array of outwardly revived republican institutions that alone made his autocracy palatable.