31. The senatorial order of the 4th century was thus the equivalent of the equestrian order of the Principate . 32. The army of the Principate underwent a significant transformation, as a result of the chaotic 3rd century. 33. Greek influence in the South was dominant until Latinisation was completed by the time of the Roman Principate . 34. Neratius Marcellus was a friend of Pliny the Younger and their letters discussing the Roman Principate are recorded. 35. The death of Vitellius and subsequent ascendance of his successor ended the worst year of the early principate . 36. During the Principate roughly two thirds of all archers were on foot and one third were horse archers. 37. During the 3rd century, infantry helmets tended to adopt the more protective features of Principate cavalry helmets. 38. Chaerea was sympathetic to his fellow conspirators in the Senate, and wanted the destruction of the Principate . 39. Plutarch reveals the constitutional principles of the Principate in the time of the civil war after Nero s death. 40. By its very nature the " Res Gestae " is propaganda for the principate that Augustus instituted.
