This political stability increased the prosperity and pride of the ruling classes as well as the military, and helped reinforce the general belief in Augustus as a symbol of the Roman peoples" favor in the eyes of the gods. ... 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. ... Julius Caesar's seeming disregard for Roman tradition, as well as its constitution, helped Augustus" cosmetic reinstitution ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

These factors included an economic crisis, barbarians, the weak military, lost battles, and political decay. ... People started caring less and less about politics. ... The Praetorian Guard ran politics from 218 A.D. until 268 A.D. and appointed fifty generals as emperor in fifty years. ... He secured the boundaries, doubled the army, increased the taxes, stopped inflation increased the prestige of emperor, and restored the old Gods. ...

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His belief in the need for education among the Frankish people was to bring about religious, political, and educational reforms that would change the history of Europe. ... As King or Emperor, one of Charlemagne's primary responsibilities was to regulate laws and trade within the boundaries of the Franks. ... People of privilege--ranking officials in the political, juridical, or religious communities were accorded special protection by the king, and had the ability to have their court cases heard in the palace court. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lepidus was forced to give up politics by Octavian. ... He was then able to control politics and the military. ... The boundaries of Rome's territory went from Spain to Syria and from the Rhine and Danube Rivers to Egypt and the Sahara Desert (Miller, ed. 153). ...

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• Grade Level: High School