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#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

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So the state, the republic, appears to continue as it always has. Each year, they hold the same elections. They elect the same number of people. Notionally, those people are in charge. But floating off to the side, you have this guy, Octavian, who has equivalent power not just to any one magistrate or official, but to all of them.

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