The First Men of Rome (I)
A History of Mankind (222)
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Augustus’ accession to the pseudo-Hellenistic hereditary post of first man and protector of the Roman Republic marked the start of the Roman Empire proper, given that his successors preferred the neutral title “Emperor” over any other of those they inherited from the first such emperor.
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