Settlement of 23 BC

(see C&F B30; Jones 54ff)

1. number of praetors raised from 8 to 10

2. Augustus voted tribune for life, with full powers (veto, right to propose legislation, right to summon the Senate and to request senatorial decrees)

3. Augustus given title of 'proconsul' for life

4. also given 'maius imperium' (lit. 'greater command'), the right to give orders to other proconsuls (provincial governors) and to enter their provinces at will