The Significance of Octavian's Willingness to Abandon His Power in 27

question 72

Multiple Choice

The significance of Octavian's willingness to abandon his power 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 it never happened; his admirers later created this myth.
• E) his belief that the Senate would proclaim him as king.

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