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The age of Augustus

The age of Augustus. CC200 The Classical World April 25, 2012. D. Shotter , Augustus Caesar , chs . 1-3: “Roman Republic,” “The crisis of the Republic,” “Octavian”. Kristin , Amari, Sarah B., Brennan, Tyler, Ellie

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The age of Augustus

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  1. The age of Augustus CC200 The Classical World April 25, 2012

  2. D. Shotter, Augustus Caesar, chs. 1-3:“Roman Republic,” “The crisis of the Republic,” “Octavian” Kristin, Amari, Sarah B., Brennan, Tyler, Ellie • What were the traditions and tensions in the Republic, from its founding in 509 to its collapse at Actium in 31 BCE? • What were Augustus’ powers? Did he really restore the Republic, which we associate with coinage of the period claiming that respublicarestituta? • What did the settlements of 27 and 23 do and mean? What exactly did he mean when he spoke about his auctoritas in the Res Gestae?

  3. D. Shotter, Augustus Caesar, chs. 4-6:“The powers of Augustus,” “Auctoritas, patronage and the administration,” “The Respublica of Augustus” Katherine, Tim, Kyle, Carolyn, Sarah N., Mark • What did Augustus patronize, and why? What did it mean to his clients when he served as their patron? • How did Augustus reorganize the administration of the empire? What features of that reorganization were positive or negative? • How did he unify the empire, and what role did religion play in that unification?

  4. D. Shotter, Augustus Caesar, chs. 7-9“The empire and the Augustan peace,” “The city of marble,” “The succession”” Katie, Michelle, Katrina, Jake, Kathryn, Marion • How and why did Augustus reorganize the armed forces and the provinces of the empire? How did Augustus balance the idea of peace – pax Augusta – with the security of the borders? What long-term impact did the presence of Roman legions have on the far reaches of empire? • What does the famous aphorism – “he found a city of brick, and left a city of marble” – attributed to Augustus by Suetonius mean? Why does Shotter describe Augustan architecture as a “tasteful compromise”? • How did Augustus’ attempts at succession either underscore or undermine the relationship between libertas and the dominatioof the principate? What would his successors need to succeed?

  5. D. Shotter, Augustus Caesar, ch. 10“The legacy of Augustus” Everyone • What were the principal Augustan values and how did they manifest themselves in Roman society in the Augustan age? • How did Augustus succeed at promoting traditional, Republican values and yet impose innovative solutions to age-old problems? • Why were the people so enamored with Augustus that they could proclaim his “the restorer of the Republic” and even want to worship him as a living god on Earth? • What was Augustus’ legacy, and why was it hard to fill his shoes?

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