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

在母亲的怂恿下，他年纪轻轻就登上了元首之位。

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，元首也就不再有必掩掩。

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，也就是说共和国的背后，由一个人，独掌权，统治着整个帝国。