 She always enjoyed the status of privileged counselor to her husband, petitioning him on the behalf of others and influencing his policies, an unusual role for a Roman wife in a culture dominated by the pater familias.After Mark Antony's suicide following the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Octavian returned to Rome triumphant; on 16 January 27 BC, the Senate bestowed upon him the honorary title of "Augustus" ("honorable" or "revered one").Augustus rejected monarchical titles, instead choosing to refer to himself as "Princeps Civitatis" ("First Citizen of the State") or "Princeps Senatus" ("First among the Senate").