Significant events
What year was Gaius Octavius born?
What is 63 BCE.
Who was Octavian?
What is Augustus.
Who was Augustus' Uncle?
What is Julius Caesar.
Augustus brought in the minting of gold and silver what which were seen as a type of propaganda?
Name 3 areas where Augustus implemented reforms.
Either political, social, moral, legal, religious or administrative.
Instead of following Caesar's example, making himself dictator, Octavian in 27 BCE founded what?
What is a Principate
The Aeneid was written to praise Augustus by drawing parallels between him and the legendary story of Aeneas, a famous Trojan. Some argue it was written as propaganda to increase Augustus' reputation. Who wrote this text?
What is Virgil.
What was Augustus' daughter's name?
The gigantic work of reorganization that Augustus carried out in every field of Roman life and throughout the entire empire not only transformed the decaying republic into a new, monarchic regime with many centuries of life ahead of it but also created a durable Roman peace, based on easy communications and flourishing trade. What is the name given to this period of peace?
What is the Pax Romana.
Augustus was a 'revolutionary conservative', whose attempts to reform morals was not successful. True or false?
What is true.
Which battle marked the beginning of the empire as Octavian became the 'sole and undisputed master of Rome'?
What is the Battle of Actium
Lead by Brutus and Longinus, Caesar was killed on this day, known as the what?
What is the Ides of March.
Augustus organised for his autobiography, the Res Gestae, to be released to the Senate on this particular day. What day was it?
What is the day of his death.
What is the full Latin title of the official autobiography written by Augustus?
What is the Res Gestae Divi Augusti.
Name 3 ways that Augustus reformed religion.
Old shrines restored; limit on foreign cults; staged the Secular Games in 17 BCE; new temples built; revived sacred colleges and festivals; made himself intermediary between Gods and men; revival of cults: Lares, Penates and Vesta; worship of Augustus and Rome permitted in the provinces; Augustus became Pontifex Maximus in 12 BCE.
Hand picked veterans of the Roman army who served as bodyguards to Augustus, accompanying him on active campaigns, as well as serving as secret police, were known as the what?
What is the Praetorian Guard.
Who wrote 'De Vita Caesarum - Divus Augustus' ('The life of Caesars - The life of Augustus') in quite a positive manner, painting Augustus as a man living a modest life?
What is Suetonius.
Which family member did Augustus send into exile because of their betrayal of his moral reforms?
What is his daughter Julia.
The Tellus Panel depicts a goddess amid a scene of fertility on what monument? In Latin and English.
What is the 'Ara Pacis', Altar of Peace.
What are 3 moral legislation brought in by Augustus?
Guilty people exiled; privileges for those married with children; penalties for not marrying and having children; divorce made harder; enforce early marriages.
What is the name of the man who died in 12 BCE enabling Augustus to finally succeed him as the official head of the Roman religion, the chief priest (pontifex maximus), and acting as the first step in expanding Roman territory?
What is Lepidus.
Name the two significant advisors to Augustus during the Age of Augustus.
What is Agrippa (a general) and Maecenas (statesman and patron of literature)
Suetonius describes Augustus' appearance in quite a detailed manner, noting that he was "unusually handsome; exceedingly graceful; with clear, bright eyes; slightly curly hair inclining to golden." What are 3 specific descriptions Suetonius includes though, that are negative observations?
What is numerous callous places resembling ringworm; abscesses of the liver; limped slightly; birthmarks scattered over his breast and belly, corresponding in form, order and number with the stars of the Bear in the heavens.
What is the name given to the famous statue by Polykleitos portraying Augustus as the ideal human?
What is the Prima Porta Statue.
What was the title of the Administrative reform established for discharged soldiers in 6 CE?
What is Aerarium militare.