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Thank you to everybody who took the time to respond to my question. Of course, we have not yet reached an answer, but I very much appreciate the responses so far. Yours sincerely, Adam

By "biography of Augustus" do you mean classical biography? I have no trouble with the meaning of the phrase - it being fairly simple Latin. But I have had no luck finding when it was first used. I wonder if it might be a post-Roman phrase? Yours, Adam

Thank you very much for your help in this matter. Does anybody else have any thoughts. Adam

Dear all: I wonder about the origin of the phrase "primus inter pares." Is it classical? I know that Augustus is often referred to as having been "primus inter pares." I have had no luck finding the origin of the phrase. Yours, Adam