Why was Augustus unopposed as he concentrated power?

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king.void. · Answer

This would be a great help:) http://www.unrv.com/fall-republic/why-was-augustus-so-successful.php

djjo · Answer

I have to answer this question and I don't know the answer, I can use this text as help, but I don't understand it:

"Augustus won over the soldiers with gifts, the populace with cheap grain, and all men with the sweetness of peace, and so grew greater by degrees, while he concentrated in himself the functions of the Senate, the magistrates, and the laws. He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription, while the remaining nobles, the readier they were to be slaves, were raised the higher by wealth, and promotion, so that, aggrandized by revolution, they preferred the safety of the present to the dangerous past. Nor did the provinces dislike that condition of affairs, for they distrusted the government of the Senate and the people, because of the rivalries between the leading men and the rapacity of the officials... At home all was tranquil, and there were magistrates with the same titles; there was a younger generation, sprung up since the victory of Actium, and even many of the older men had been born during the civil wars. How few were left who had seen the Republic."

wwhitlock · Answer

He cave the people what they wanted. Your text is full of examples.
Soldiers got gifts
People got cheap food prices
War weary people got peace
Nobles got more money and more titles
They all traded freedom for safety and security.
There weren't many that remembered the Republic and it's freedoms because the younger generation never knew it and the older generation either had died or were just glad the fighting was over. "So what if Augustus takes all the power? At least I'm happy."