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In the 40 years Augustus Ceasar, previous to 27 B.C. know as Octavian, held power in Rome he was able to establish a firm foundation for emperors to come by changing laws and enacting still others. Octavian beleaved firmly that Romian laws had proven to weak under the Roman Rebublic and that they needed a strong leader. the Senate aproved and appointed him consul, tribune, and comander and cheif for life. Then is when he gave …

…accomplishment during the period was the start of the Pax Romana, or Roman Peace, which extended over a period of 200 years, in which the only major problems occured during the years which new emperors came to power, because though Augustus chose his own sucessor he did not create any law for the selection of future emperors. Ceasar, in his own words, had "found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble."