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

7309.695 - 7334.915 Gregory Aldrete

It really is one man controlling the state, even if notionally it's still continuing as a republic. They are electing magistrates, but the magistrates only do what the emperor tells them, right? But it's this sort of formal versus informal power. The formal structure is a republic. The way things really work informally is it's a monarchy, right? Now, if you asked Augustus, what did he do?