Authoritas

Japanese: auctoritas
Authoritas

In 23 BC, he declined the consecutive years of the consulship on the grounds of the restoration of the republican system, but he was granted the tribuneship and the right of acting senior consul for life, and in 19 BC he was given the powers of consulship and the honorary rights that came with it for life, thus completely establishing his position as the most powerful man in the entire state. Augustus was given authority (auctoritas) that surpassed all others because of his achievement of eliminating the catastrophe of civil war and bringing the peace that everyone desired to the state, and he became the first person (princeps) in the state itself. This is why the state of the state was established by him.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "auctoritas" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前23年には共和政の国制遵守の回復を理由に統領(コンスル)への連年就任を辞退したが,護民官職と上級統領代行権が終身付与され,また,前19年には統領の権限とこれに伴う栄誉権をも終身のものとして与えられ,ここに国家全体における卓越した実力者の地位を完全に確定したのである。アウグストゥスは内戦の破局を除去し,万人の求める平和を国家にもたらした功績によって,万人を凌駕する権威(アウクトリタスauctoritas)を与えられ,国家における第一人者(プリンケプス)そのものになった。彼によって元首政が成立したというゆえんである。…

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