41. The city was damaged by Vandal ravages but later recovered and became the seat of an independent Lombard principate . 42. For instance, what is a Principate , an Imperial name, a Dominate, Becoming Emperor, etc? 43. As had been the case during the Republic, the legions of the Principate era recruited Roman citizens exclusively. 44. Having risen through the ranks of the cursus honorum, he was awarded the ennobled during Augustus s Principate . 45. During the Principate , the surrounding Italian countryside only provided ten percent of the total grain imports into Rome. 46. The Senate's control over some of the Roman provinces helped maintain a republican fa�ade for the autocratic Principate . 47. This style of government lasted for 300 years, and is thus called the " Principate " era. 48. From the Principate onwards, the triumph reflected the Imperial order and the pre-eminence of the Imperial family. 49. Octavian's ally Gaius Maecenas forestalled a conspiracy allegedly organised by Principate as the first Roman " emperor ". 50. The beginning of the principate of Augustus also signaled the rise of new cities in Mysia, Lydia and Phrygia.
