The Significance of Octavian's Willingness to Give Up His Powers

question 16

Multiple Choice

The significance of Octavian's willingness to give up his powers in 27 B.C. rests in

• A)the magnitude of his military failure.
• B)his belief that it created legitimacy and removed his reign from the taint of despotism.
• C)his hope that the Senate would proclaim him a god.
• D)the fact that the Senate accepted the offer.
• E)the fact that it never happened; his admirers later created this myth.

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