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The Augustan settlements were two consitutional compromises between Octavian and the Roman Senate that led to the establishment of the Roman Principate, or Empire.

First Settlement (27 BC)
On 13 January, 27 BC, Octavian informed the Senate that he was renouncing his authority to the Roman Senate and public. 28 BC had been deisgnate the year afetr which the authority of the Second Triumvirate expired. This disturbed the Senate, which, in turn, created the First Settlement so that Octavian remained in control.

Octavian was granted the cognomen "Augustus". He was also given the ability to appoint procurators, military tribunes from the equites, and the authority to declare and settle wars. For a ten year period, Augustus was ceded imperial control of the provinces of Egypt, Gaul, most of Spain, and Syria, over which he could appoint governors.

In return, Augustus affirmed and the independence and power of the traditional magistracies and consular elections. Furthermore, he agreed that the following territories were "senatorial provinces":
 * Africa (consular)
 * Asia (consular)
 * Baetica
 * Bithynia and Pontus
 * Crete
 * Greece with Epirus
 * Illyricum
 * Libya and Cyrene
 * Macedonia
 * Numidia
 * Sardinia and Corsica
 * Sicily