... he understood this as a result of being Julius adopted son. As a result of this he made sure that the plebians were kept employed and made sure corn was cheap enough for them to buy. In this way Augustus remained popular. He ruled fairly and wisely. Nero achieved brilliant success abroad. King Parithia and the Roman leaders fought over the country of Armenia for many years but in AD 66 Augustus came up with an agreement and for 50 years peace was kept for long after Nero died. Food was ever so cheap and even sometimes free making him very popular. After the Great fire that presumably he caused (But that comment came from one of his enemies so it may not be true) but he replanned Rome and rebuilt it so why on earth would he burn Rome if he knew he would have to rebuild it? Augustus ...

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