元首制

在元首制下，皇帝拥有最高统治权，大多数皇帝都希望将皇位世袭。

Under the principate , most emperors with the highest authority favored the hereditary system .

元首制巩固时期，元首的各种权力和元老院的地位与作用皆由奥古斯都时期沿袭而来。

In the time of the Principate 's consolidation , all the princeps ' power and the status followed old conventions .

第二章将元老院内部成员的重建，包括元老成员人数、选举条件、来源及经济支出等，作为元首制下元老院重建的重要内容之一进行探讨。

The second chapter investigates the senators ' reconstruction which includes the study on the electoral condition , quantity , origin , and expenditure of senate members .

第一章对共和晚期的时代背景进行了简要的介绍，突出这一时期是罗马帝国元首制和罗马军队职业化的成型时期，酝酿着此后数百年间罗马帝国的政治和军事制度。

There are three chapters , the first chapter introduces the background of Rome in the Late Republic . It is an important era which the professional Roman army and the Principate system were coming into existence .