CLAS 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ara Pacis, Golden Shield Project, Res Publica
29 Jan 2016
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Livy is important because we can see how an emperor begins to intervene with history. Augustus had just refused crassus from religious authority because he was a tribune (29 bce) Aeneid: ca 25-19 bce (sorry missed this part) No summa manus or ultima lima ovid, trstia (1. 7. 28, 30) Varius smoothed out the beginning by subtracting first lines. Doesn"t want to be a dictator but is given the title nevertheless. Golden shield of virtue: valor, clemency, justice, piety 27 bce. Augustus control over half the provinces (other half of senate) National holiday whenever augustus returns to rome (augustalia) (19bce) Father is head of house hold, power over family, wife, household. Tmeple of apollo for actium next to his house. Augustalia national holiday whenever he comes back to rome. Restores ludi saeculares (secular games) marks end of cycle (e. g. golden age) every 100 yrs. Forum augustum and temple of mars ultor ( avenger )
