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In one way or another, these slave stereotypes supported the dominant Roman ideology of auctoritas (mastery, authority), which denoted the "actual power" (versus ascribed status) a householder possessed to command obedience and devotion from his subordinates and respect and admiration from his peers. 3) "Per quinque porro et viginti annos fere nulli maior auctoritas in curia, nullius maior in sententia dicenda gravitas, ut quoius ipse auctor fuisset, iam tum constaret multorum in eam pedibus itum iri. Possessing the highest dignitas and auctoritas ("dignity and authority") in society, the emperor laid claim to honorary titles such as Imperator Caesar Augustus, and also controlled the imperial property (patrimonium Augusti), as well as his own private property (res privata). |
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