CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Vestal Virgin, Augustus, Imperium

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 103
• Professor: M Barbara Reeves

Document Summary

Name is octavian as a child, when julius was trying to take over, and octavian was trying to rule the state. Augustus is the first emperor, someone trying to establish peace. Last time we saw him, julius had been murdered by senatorial elite (brutus) He would have supreme imperium over the whole state. Republican people saw it as him wanting to be a king. Had good motives for the assassination of julius caesar. Issued coin with libertas, goddess of liberty, on one side and his name and followers on the other. Had to think of family tradition of getting rid of tyrants. They had no idea what to do after caesar"s death. Of course, had everything had been strong-willed individuals using their armies to gain power. So brutus and the liberators created a power vacuum. People would be dressed up as deceased individuals, body,