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1) No, I was not an "Emperor", even do Senat did grant me a title of the Imperator. I was merely the first citizen, my rule was known as principate, from the word "princeps" which means the most eminent, the first.

I was legally elected by the people to hold several Republican offices. I wished to embody the spirit of Republican virtue and norms.

Why did I felt compeled to do what I did? Because of all the civil wars that happened before me coming to power, my people needed peace, and I gave them just that, Pax Romana.

2) Restoring morality to the public, stoping civil wars that teared Rome apart in the previous years were my main goals.

I made series of laws relating to marriage and morals. Like Lex Iulia. One law punished adultery with banishment. Fathers were permitted to kill daughters and their partners in adultery.

Other law didnt allow men who are not married to inherit anything from the will, and those couples that didnt have children could only inherit half of the wealth from the will.

I reformed many things, my public revenue reforms had a great impact on the subsequent success of the Empire. This reform greatly increased Rome's net revenue from its territorial acquisitions, stabilized its flow, and regularized the financial relationship between Rome and the provinces.

An equally important reform was the abolition of private tax farming, which was replaced by salaried civil service tax collectors.

Was I succesful? Well it seemed Romans were happy with my laws, and my laws were respected.

And most imortantly Romans did not fight other Romans during my rule.

3) I conquered Egypt, after defeating Marcus Antonius and his sorceress Cleopatra in combat (the battle of Actium), northern Hispania (modern Spain and Portugal), the Alpine regions of Raetia and Noricum (modern Switzerland, Bavaria, Austria, Slovenia), Illyricum and Pannonia (modern Albania, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, etc.), and I extended the borders of the Africa Province to the east and south. Judea was added to the province of Syria when I deposed Herod Archelaus.

And armies of my Generals conqured most of Germania, but after fool Varus lost 3 of my legions and suffered a defeat in Teutoburg forrest, so I had to stop further expansion to the North.

4) Rarely, but I did personally inspect Egypt after conquering it, and led an army in subduing the Cantabri in Spain, in the second civil war I also participated personally, together with my then ally Antony.

Although my Generals did most of the work following my orders.

5) My wife didnt bore me any sons, so my succesor was Tiberius, my wifes son. I had one of my daughters exiled because she slept with half of the Senate (she broke one of my laws, so I respected the law like any ordinary Roman, and I exiled her). Other then that family relations were great.

Praetorians were loyal to me, but my descendents had problems with their loyalty.

6) What Christians, there are no Christians in 14 AD when I died. Jews may worship what they like, as long as they pay taxes. Druids? If they are not formenting revolts against Rome, they may do as they please, but if they try to agitate their people against Rome it will not end good for them.

7) That was my right, I am the descendent of Venus, Heir to Caesar, and Caesar was proclaimed God by the Senate. But, to talk honestly, even if it was not true, it did help to hold my Empire together, and plebians seemed to enjoy it.

8) I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

I also built the Temple of Caesar, the Baths of Agrippa, and the Forum of Augustus with its Temple of Mars Ultor.

Other projects were either encouraged by me, such as the Theatre of Balbus, and Agrippa's construction of the Pantheon,

To celebrate my victory at the Battle of Actium, the Arch of Augustus was erected. For that same purpous I built Oltar to Victory in the Senate house.

I even brought one of those Egyptian obelisk things to Rome to show greatness of Rome.

Source:

Suetonius, Divus Augustus

Suetonius, Res Gestae Divi Augusti

Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus

Cassius Dio, Roman History

Tiberius - able administrator,but retreated to a life of luxury in Capri and left favourites to rule in Rome.Remote and regarded as a tyrant,due to the actions of these overly ambitious favourites,in particular Sejanus. Caligula - mad,bad,and dangerous to everyone.Nearly bankrupted the Roman treasury,and his excesses led to his assassination. Claudius - very able administrator whose sensible policies replenished the treasury,rebuilt confidence in the imperial system,and expanded the empire with the invasion of Britain.Had he lived and ruled longer,his reputation as emperor could well have equalled that of Augustus. Nero - every bit as bad as caligula for the same reasons.Committed suicide rather than be captured by rebellious generals that were marching on Rome to depose him. Nero was the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty founded by Augustus.Overall,none of them was good a leader as Augustus. The next few emperors after Nero were all generals who seized the throne by force,or the sons of such generals.

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