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Augustus's intended system of adopting the most competent relative so imperial power passes to the best man.
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Adoptive succession
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"a great emperor but the second emperor had to be had to be great as well and so his solution was this his solution..."
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"then Germanicus would inherit the throne, and he'd be a good emperor, and as a good emperor, you would then be able to find..."
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Rome does not hand Octavian power because he is the best general, the most charismatic speaker, or the obvious heir.
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