c. 34.
In my sixth and seventh consulships, when I had put an end to the civil wars, after having obtained complete control of affairs by universal consent, I transferred the commonwealth from my own dominion to the authority of the senate and Roman people.[151] In return for this favor on my part I received by decree of the senate the title Augustus,[152] the door-posts of my house were publicly decked with laurels, a civic crown was fixed above my door,[153] and in the Julian Curia was placed a golden shield, which, by its inscription, bore witness that it was given to me by the senate and Roman people on account of my valor, clemency, justice and piety.[154] After that time I excelled all others in dignity, but of power I held no more than those also held who were my colleagues in any magistracy.[155]