A cewar H. H. Scullard, duk da haka, ikon Octavian ya dogara ne akan aiwatar da "ikon soja mai rinjaye kuma... hukuncin karshe na ikonsa ya kasance karfi, duk da haka an ɓoye gaskiyar. " Majalisar Dattijai ta ba da shawara ga Octavian, wanda ya ci nasara a yakin basasa na Roma, cewa ya sake karɓar umurnin larduna. Shawarar Majalisar Dattijai ta kasance amincewa da ikon Octavian na kundin tsarin mulki. Ta hanyar Majalisar Dattijai, Octavian ya iya ci gaba da bayyanar tsarin mulki mai aiki. Da yake nuna rashin yarda, ya yarda da nauyin shekaru goma na kula da lardunan da aka yi la'akari da rikice-rikice.
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