The Roman Senate’s permanence outmatched short-term officials’ legal power

Evidence

From now on, Rome’s Emperors would count their reigns from the year when they acquired tribunicia potestas. — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 267 (#expands, via linked claim)

Henceforth, I exceeded all men in authority (auctoritas), but I had no greater power (potestas) than those who were my colleagues in any given magistracy. — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 259 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Augustus framed his supremacy as informal authority rather than constitutional power — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 259; Roman emperors dated their reigns from acquiring tribunician power — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 267

Related

• Roman emperors dated their reigns from acquiring tribunician power (similarity 0.88)
• Augustus framed his supremacy as informal authority rather than constitutional power (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Roman emperors dated their reigns from acquiring tribunician power #expands (0.85) — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 267
• Augustus framed his supremacy as informal authority rather than constitutional power #corroborates (0.80) — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 259