Nerva and Trajan: Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 3 Part 2

Whatever we may think of the model created by Augustus - it had staying power. Augustus reigned from 27BC. There was an emperor on the throne continually until 479AD - just over 500 years.

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