Answer: I would advise Augustus to not reduce the program.
Explanation: This would cause and uprising within his city and also compromise his trading with Eqypt and Spain. There could be a compromise whereby the grain could be less reduced, however, to shut it down would be a massive uprising.
Historians often rely on both primary and secondary sources when supporting an argument, since it's important to use secondary sources to put the argument in context, and primary sources in order to make an original point.
