principate
Speech parts
1. principate - Noun
2. principate - Adjective
Meaning
Principality; supreme rule.
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As Tacitus wrote, the younger generations alive in AD 14 had never known any form of government other than the Principate.
As the Republic wore on, the term of military service increased from ten to the sixteen years formalised by Augustus in the Principate.
Mackay (2004), 186. Eck (2003), 129. Stability and staying power A final reason for the Second Settlement was to give the Principate constitutional stability and staying power in case something happened to Princeps Augustus.
Joseph II, however, by creating a powerful imperial officialdom directed from Vienna, undercut the dominant position of the Milanese principate and the traditions of jurisdiction and administration.
Everett (2006), 217. Almost as importantly, the Principate now had constitutional stability.
From the Principate onwards, private citizens could hold munera and own gladiators only under Imperial permission, and the role of editor was increasingly tied to state officialdom.