adopted as his heir. Immediately this sparked controversy and many‚ including Caesar’s close friend Mark Antony‚ accused Octavian of having sex with Caesar to encourage his adoption (Cawthorne 48). When Octavian defeated Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium‚ he renamed himself Augustus and became the first emperor in the new Roman Empire. While emperor‚ Augustus put in the books several laws to create a more moral Rome. Augustus did all he could to encourage marriage and fidelity in his laws even going
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The late Roman Republic‚ from Gracchi through Augustus Rome: almost complete control of Mediterranean Senate: * 300 members * Nobiles: control power in Senate * Novus homo: new member of Senate Senator Ideologies: 1. Optimates: senators in favor of status quo (conservative-keep senate in power) 2. Populares: senators who wanted support of peoplepower is in Council of Plebs/Tribunes Reasons for the Land Problem * The backbone of the Roman state and army was the small
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Many works in the earliest days of Greek and Roman literature focused primarily on the military aspect of life. Through battles‚ vivid descriptions of armor and other battle utilities‚ and specific actions regarding wartime affairs‚ timeless authors were able to characterize their heroes‚ as well as enhance the plotline. Two of the great works of all time‚ Homer’s The Iliad and Virgil’s The Aeneid‚ are no exception‚ as both tales used detailed descriptions of shields and battle actions to both
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Establishment of the Principate: Booklet 1 Impact of the death of Caesar Government of Rome‚ under the republic: ⇒ Senate governed Rome ⇒ Corsus Honorum- political ladder of offices Consul → Praetor → Political offices voted for by public Aedile → Quaestor → Army services- 10 years Impact on Octavian: • Treated him like a son‚ groomed him as heir‚ military experience • Danger to O after death‚ assassinated for his dictatorial behaviour • When he found
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The ancient Greeks and Roman civilizations both began their histories with the emergence of city states. Both of these civilizations made contributions to the Middle East. The Greeks had made a wild spread of discoveries on several fields. This included astronomy by Ptolemy‚ geometry by Euclid‚ and the philosophy of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius of his Stoic philosophy. Because the Greeks were widely known as a creative and prestigious race‚ the Romans were influenced by the Iliad (Homer’s legendary
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Founding of Rome: The story of Romulus and Remus and the story of The Rape of the Sabine Women * res publica- “people’s business”; Republican Period- 509 – 44/31 BCE Location of Rome: perfectly placed between the Etruscans‚ the Latins‚ and the Greeks * gave access to cultural advancement; Romans borrowed many things from the 3 groups * Rome was far enough inland to avoid direct assault from the sea but had access to water and its port city Ostia from the Tiber River Struggle of the
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Political influence‚ love it or hate it‚ determines the way that society functions. The morals‚ values‚ folkways‚ and core principles of a culture greatly effect politics‚ especially through media. Today we see mass media affecting politics on a grand scale‚ however in the middle ages and antiquity‚ where no televisions could be found‚ literature filled this political gap. In the middle ages‚ songs and epics brought fame and fortune to crusader heroes‚ but Dante’s The Divine Comedy on the other hand
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"It was the boiling point when Octavian declared war on Cleopatra‚ and off the coast of Greece in the Adriatic Sea they met in one of the most famous battles in history: Actium." In this battle Cleopatra and Mark Antony were defeated‚ opening the way for a roman invasion of Egypt. Octavian waited for a year before he claimed Egypt as a Roman province. He arrived in Alexandria and easily defeated Mark Antony outside the
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Suetonius’ Depiction of Augustus’ Attitudes Towards Family and Religion Lives of the Caesars- Diefied Augustus‚ was written by Gauis Suetonius Tranquilius. It was basically a biography on the life of Augustus‚ which was written towards the general public in 121 AD (during the reign of Emperor Hadrian). Diefied Augustus has many references to Augustus’ connection to his family and his approach to religion. Suetonius begins by telling us that Augustus (born Gauis Octavius Thurinus) was the son
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Q. In what way is Antony and Cleopatra a departure from classical tragedy? The term tragedy is usually applied to literary‚ and especially to dramatic‚ representations of serious actions which eventually end in a disastrous conclusion for the protagonist. Precise and detailed discussions of the tragic form begin and as M.H. Abrams clearly points out; they should not end with Aristotle’s classic analysis in his 4th century work Poetics wherein he defined tragedy as “the imitation of an action
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