Augustus and the Resettled Roman World

Question 1

what does Augustus mean?

Answer 1

revered one

Question 2

what title was he offered? did he accept it? what title does he accept instead?

Answer 2

He is offered the title of Romulus He rejects this and accepts Augustus instead.

Question 3

what were Octavian’s 4 titles?

Answer 3

• Caesar Augustus
• Octavian
• Pontifex Maximus – High Priest
• Principate – First citizen

Question 4

who was Livia?

Answer 4

Livia – was the wife of Augustus
She was seen as virtuous because she spins all his clothes
Patrician and pro-republic
Marries Augustus at 20
She has a son, Tiberius, from a previous marriage
Octavian doesn’t want to raise Tiberius
Tiberius has a bother, Gaius Dursus
She never has kids with Augustus
She Una Vera status – wife of one husband(which was not true)
They were actually romantic.

Question 5

who was Agrippa?

Answer 5

Married to Julia (Octavian’s Daughter)
Old friends with Octavian(his best friend)
Agrippa was a military mastermind
Ideal supporter
He doesn’t want the glory
He gets a triumph
Never aspires to rise to political power
Surrenders the glory to Octavian
He is temporarily made Augustus’s heir, while they wait for a biological heir

Question 6

who was julia?

Answer 6

Julia was Octavian’s daughter.
adulterous Tart
Married off to multiple men at multiples times
Augustus is forced to exile Julia because of the adultery

Question 7

Praetorian Guard

Answer 7

The secret service of the emperor that can kill anyone they like.