…orbem terrarum ... subiecit: Cesar Augustus

Livy Titus historical man

Caius Cesar Augustus emperor

Augustus: Why this very laudatory title? Orbem terrarum, is very exaggerated.

Livy: Because this book, or your memories., are going to read during centuries, hence for history, and the knowledge of your figure is important for future, and how the policy has taught, every imperator have to used the his history as political propaganda, both he was during the live and after the death, it is policy.

Augustus: Do you want teach me the policy?

Livy: No certainly, you have took from example of Cesar, that although he not was your father, you have took his political rule, and also the decision making power capacity, as he beyond the Rubicon he said: “Alea jacta est”, this is the dice is thrown, and he ordered the peace in Rome and Empire.

Augustus: I recognize my decisional make capacity because, in fact, I have took an army through the veterans of Cesar and Anthony, near to Apollony, now Valona, Albany, where I was waiting the call of Cesar for military campaign against the Party people, and when I known the death of Cesar, I organized this army, but it is was illegal, but the political context imposed it, therefore this capacity I have in me.

Livy: Why some body as the consul Anthony wanted deny the heredity of Cesar to you?

Augustus: Simple because he wanted become imperator, but without qualities.

Livy: Qualities that the Senate in Rome has recognized to you because…

Augustus(interfering him): because the Senate has admixed me as a member, and allowed  to me of speak and it given me the military power, and ordered to me to provide so that the Empire hasn’t damns.

Livy: You have gained it, through you courage.

Augustus: The same courage that has leaded Cesar, my stepfather, when he crossed the Rubicon and he imposed the peace in Rome, and unified the social classes.

Livy: In fact I have said that your courage is similar to Cesar, and I see very similarity between you and Cesar.

Augustus: The philosopher Aristotle written in one his book: “The friendship be born alone between equal, η φιλία γεννιέται μεταξύ ίσων”, it is the truth, the human truth, hence Cesar seen to me a future emperor, or a chief very similar to him.

Livy: Why do you have together an army?

Augustus: Because the Empire was oppressed from a tyranny of a faction, this is the enemy of Cesar and friendship of Pompey, but so that it was possible, this is to free Rome and Senate from this oppression was necessary that I used the illegal, as a composition of an army as Cesar, that came to Rome for take the power, I have made the same thing, without importance and army that has had Cesar, but the result is similar; I have imposed the my order.

Livy: But also you have to fight to Anthony in Azo.

Augustus: Certainly and after I have founded the my power on faithful of armies and senators, and I have kept the political republican form, but under my authority. The tyranny was that of Anthony that has removed the power on the province of Gaul, actual French, that Anthony wanted take and above all its armies, necessary to attack Rome, the Senate has given through a law the senatus consultum ultimum, that given the power to consuls during the context very serious, and the Senate has piched me for the free the Empire from tyranny.

Livy: But do you have the power?

Augustus: Yes, I have had it because the Roman people has elected me consul, because during the war were died the two consuls Gaio Pansa and Aulo Irzio, and hence I was alone and took the power on army I came to Rome, where the people welcomed me with acclamations, and there the people elected me consul, so that I could reorder the Empire(he smiled).

Livy: Why do you are smiling?

Augustus: Because I remembered the De amicitia of Cicero, this is the About the friendship; WHEN Cicero said that when you are necessary everybody worships you, but after the danger nobody knows you.

Livy: Why this think?

Augustus: Because after the Senate has avoided the danger of Anthony, everybody senators has left me.

Livy: You have also declared Brutus and Cassius, this is the killers of Cesar, as enemy of Empire.

Augustus: And in that occasion I recognized the importance of Cesar to Rome, because the Senate for the law lex Pedia de interfectoribus Caesaris, that wanted the exile and punishment of killers of Cesar; a law that has had the principal enemy the killers of Cesar, never for a homicide has been made it.

Livy: Where your political nature?

Augustus: I Off with them to exile these killers, and I have punished them through the processes, and I wined them one time in Philippi in b. Ch. 42 year.

Livy: Your politic nature?

Augustus: I have fought much wars and as winning I have saved the life of defeated, when they asked pardon…

 

Livy: Yes but my question was other, what is…

Augustus(interfering): Why is has been so generous?

Livy: No clue.

Augustus: Because after the pardon you can have one or much friendships, because they will be faithful to you, it is policy.