The Development of State Structure in the Principatus From Tiberius to Diocletianus (AD 14–284)
The Development of State Structure in the Principatus From Tiberius to Diocletianus (AD 14–284)

Summary/Abstract: The state apparatus established by Augustus created new public law relations in Rome. After the initial period, the autarchy nature of principatus increased evidently. Because Augustus tried to cover this as a political precaution, the imperial power’s standard concept did not evolve, so the political system of principatus was not based on a well-founded legal institutional system, but rather it was the collection of different competences kept together by one person. Due to that, the descendants of Augustus had the possibility to put emphasis on the imperial power’s certain elements by choosing the one or the other according to their tastes and the era’s challenges.

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