Ascending to the principate at a young age, through the manoeuvring of his mother, he

在母亲怂恿下，他年纪上了元首之位。

Yet, the crisis of the third century had so crippled the Roman world that the elaborate pretences of the principate were no longer necessary.

然而，第三世界危机已经使马世界陷入瘫痪，元首也不再有必要遮遮掩掩。

Augustus Caesar had by the time of Christ started something called the principate. The principate was basically one man rule cloaked in the window dressing, the fa? ade if you will, of the Republic.

奥古斯都，凯撒开创了一种帝国君主政体，也是说共和国背后，由一个人，独掌大权，统治着整个帝国。