Author: Hächler, Nikolas
Title: Augustus’ Rejection of the cura legum et morum maxima potestate and the Political Legacy of Cicero
Review/Collection: Historia – Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 75, 1
Year edition: 2026
Pages: 80-98
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Histoire - Storia - History, Politique - Politica - Politics
Description: In 19, 18 and 11 BCE, Augustus rejected the extraordinary position of a curator legum et morum maxima potestate. According to his own statement in Res gestae divi Augusti 6.1, he instead took care of the commonwealth’s pressing issues at the time through his tribunicia potestas, while allegedly being checked by his peers in power. [Author]
Works:
Author initials: Hächler 2026
Title: Augustus’ Rejection of the cura legum et morum maxima potestate and the Political Legacy of Cicero
Review/Collection: Historia – Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 75, 1
Year edition: 2026
Pages: 80-98
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Histoire - Storia - History, Politique - Politica - Politics
Description: In 19, 18 and 11 BCE, Augustus rejected the extraordinary position of a curator legum et morum maxima potestate. According to his own statement in Res gestae divi Augusti 6.1, he instead took care of the commonwealth’s pressing issues at the time through his tribunicia potestas, while allegedly being checked by his peers in power. [Author]
Works:
Author initials: Hächler 2026
