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inghispersonalauthorityandfindinganideologicalbasisforhis
newregimethroughrootingitintherepublicantradition,hedid
notforgetthatarulershouldsecurehisreignoverthevastmasses
ofsociety,especiallyinRomejthecityofakeysignificancefor
thelegitimizationofpower.
Oncethecivilwarswerefinished,Augustusdidnotsetanewor-
deratoncebutwascreatingitbytrialanderror.Heacceptedmany
functionsandentitlementswhichprovedthebasisforhislater
power.Tus,variousinstitutionsrelatedtotheadministrationof
Romewereconcentratedinthehandsoftheemperor.;;Havingre-
turnedtothecapitaloftheEmpirefromalongstayintheEastin29
B.C.,Augustushadapersonalopportunitytotakecareofthesafety
withinRomewiththehelpofthePraetorianGuard.;9Tesituation
changedwhenhewouldleavetheCity.Tenheappointedhisper-
sonalreplacementwiththetitleofaprefectoftheCity(praefectus
urbi).Augustuslefttheprefectwiththeassistanceofsomemilitary
troops,mostprobablyapartofhisguard,whichwascommanded
byaprefectduringhistimeinpower.Tisiswheretheoriginsof
thelaterurbancohorts(cohortesurbanae)canbelookedfor.How-
ever,onceAugustusreturnedtoRome,everythingwouldbeback
tothepreviousstate.90Akindofchangeinthissystemoccurredin
2B.C.,whentheprefectsofthePraetorianGuard(praefectipraeto-
rio)wereappointedforthefirsttime;theoretically,therewasno
longeraneedtoappointaspecialcommanderoftroopswhich
weretobeleftintheCityjthistaskwouldbeentrustedtothe
prefectoftheguard.91Nevertheless,duringthereignofTiberius,
;;Kienast(2009)78-150;cf.Eck(1986)=(1995-8)i83-102.
;9ForthePraetorianGuard,seeDurry(1938);Passerini(1939);Rankov(1994);Keppie
(1996)=(2000)99-122;Bingham(1997);(2013);Bédoyère(2017).
90Ruciński(2009)46-55;ontheurbancohorts,seeFreis(1967);Mench(1969);Ru-
ciński(2009)158-74.
(1939)51-2,216-17;DeLaet(1943)84-5;(1944)503;Meise(1969)5-34;Levick(1972)
806-7;Syme(1980b)64=(1979-91)iii1276;(1986b)300;Brunt(1983)60;Keppie
(1996)113=(2000)111;Swan(2004)105;Sablayrolles(1999)360-1;Eich(2005)212;
Kienast(2009)135,329.
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