What are bad thing Augustus did?

Answer 1

he banished his daughter to an island near Rhegium because of her licentious behaviour and when she died there, would allow no funeral honours to be paid to her.

Answer 2

Augustus, the first Roman emperor, engaged in several controversial actions during his reign. Some of the negative aspects of his rule include the establishment of a system of informants to maintain control, the suppression of political opposition through exile and execution, and the manipulation of laws to consolidate his power. Additionally, Augustus expanded the Roman Empire through military conquests, which resulted in widespread violence and loss of life.

Answer 3

Probably his agreement in the triumvirate with Antony and Lepidus in 43 BCE to kill off rich Romans to raise the money for an army to defeat the killers of Julius Caesar - Cassius, Brutus, Casca etc.

They each agreed to kill and pillage a set number of them and sieze their assets. As a mark of good faith, rather than killing each other's friends, each had to include a quota of his own friends in his list.

Answer 4

The real only bad thing he could be accused of doing was he was easily swayed by ambitious women. However this was only in his later life and it never affected his politics as it did with other emperors. But, as a young man, when he was striving for complete power he was quite cruel and cooly turned his back on those who could not advance him politically. He freely took part in the proscriptions, Cicero, his one time mentor, being one of his victims.

Answer 5

Some of Augustus' critics say that he trashed the republic and set up authoritian rule. However this is unfounded because the republic was already dead and had been since the time of Julius Caesar. Overall, he did nothing bad for Rome, in fact he improved, consolidated, reformed, and beautified the city. He ushered in the Golden Age of Rome and the Pax Romana.

Answer 6

he shat himself in bed