Augustus and the Roman Triumph: A Study in Creeping Authoritarianism

这一建议旨在对复杂的共和国和民主国家的专制起源产生新的比较见解。为此，它集中在公共胜利仪式的胜利从一个共享的贵族特权到一个持久的帝国垄断的转变，由罗马的第一个皇帝奥古斯都。加强我们对奥古斯都新秩序的兴起和内部运作的了解，将为现代政治学提供一个新的爬行威权主义原型，很容易适用于现代一些最臭名昭著的独裁者和当代变种。因此，该提案将为政府的理论家和实践者以及澳大利亚的中学课程提供大量信息。

This proposal aims to produce novel comparative insights into the genesis of despotism in sophisticated republics and democracies. To this end, it focuses on the transformation of the public victory ritual of the triumph from a shared aristocratic privilege into a lasting imperial monopoly by Augustus, Rome’s first emperor. Enhancing our knowledge of the rise and inner workings of Augustus’ New Order will provide modern political science with a new archetype of creeping authoritarianism, readily applicable to some of the most notorious tyrannies of the modern era and contemporary variants. The proposal will, therefore, substantially inform the field, theorists and practitioners of government, and Australia’s secondary school curriculum.