Principate

The Principate was the form of imperial government of the Roman Empire from the beginning of the reign of Augustus in 27 BC to the end of the Crisis of the Third Century in AD 284, after which it evolved into the Dominate.^[1]^[2] The principate was characterized by the reign of a single emperor (princeps) and an effort on the part of the early emperors, at least, to preserve the illusion of the formal continuance, in some aspects, of the Roman Republic.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Loewenstein, K. (1973). The Governance of Rome (p. 370), ISBN 9789024714582. Springer Science & Business Media.
^ Goldsworthy, A. (2010). How Rome Fell Death of a Superpower. (p. 443). Yale Univ Pr. “From Diocleitan onwards, emperors prefered to be called dominus, which meant lord or master”
^ "Principate – government". britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11.
^ A history of Rome, M. Cary & H.H. Scullard, ISBN 0333278305^{[page needed]}
^ SPQR; Mary Beard, ISBN 9781846683800^{[page needed]}

[1] Loewenstein, K. (1973). The Governance of Rome (p. 370), ISBN 9789024714582. Springer Science & Business Media.

[2] Goldsworthy, A. (2010). How Rome Fell Death of a Superpower. (p. 443). Yale Univ Pr. “From Diocleitan onwards, emperors prefered to be called dominus, which meant lord or master”

[3] "Principate – government". britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11.

[4] A history of Rome, M. Cary & H.H. Scullard, ISBN 0333278305^{[page needed]}

[5] SPQR; Mary Beard, ISBN 9781846683800^{[page needed]}

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