In chapter I, I survey the constitution of the senate in the Augustan age, and thus explain that in appearance the senate still occupied the supreme status, but indeed it had been subordinated to iheprinceps.

• 第一部分：着重考察了奥古斯都时期元老院的建制，并以此说明表面上元老院仍享有至高无上的尊贵地位，但事实上已沦为元首的附庸。