Augustus was able to twist the image of this former republic to his own benefit by allowing himself only to operate within its constitutional boundaries while all the time usurping the authority of previously popularly elected bodies. ... His largest road building projects seem to be in the provinces of Spain and Asia Minor which were important sources of grain, wine, lead, and gold as well as olive oil and timber, and to whose distant territories Rome exported its culture through goods such as pottery, textiles, and coinage. ...

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