Divi Filius

Question 1

Res Gestae 2 quote (Exile of Brutus and Cassius)

Answer 1

“I drove into exile those men who had murdered my father, avenging their deed..”

Question 2

Res Gestae 15 quote (Julius Caesar’s will)

Answer 2

”..to each of the Roman plebians, I paid out from my father’s will three hundred sesterces..”

Question 3

Res Gestae 21 quote (Gifts to Divine Julius and Mars Ultor)

Answer 3

“I dedicated gifts … in the temples of the Divine Julius and in the temple of Mars the Avenger..”

Question 4

Res Gestae 29 quote (Also for Imperator and Culture Hero)

Answer 4

“I compelled the Parthians to return to me the spoils of three Roman armies … I deposited these standards in the inner shrine of the temple of Mars the Avenger.”

Question 5

Suetonius 10 quote (Also for Imperator)

Answer 5

“The motivation for [Mutina] was that Augustus considered it his duty to avenge Caesar’s death..”

Question 6

Suetonius 29 quote (Vowed Mars Ultor)

Answer 6

“It was during the Philippi campaign, to avenge Caesar, that he made the vow to build the Temple of Mars..”

Question 7

Suetonius 31 quote (Calendar)

Answer 7

“He also restored the calendar, reformed by Julius Caesar..”

Question 8

Suetonius 68 quote (Homosexuality)

Answer 8

”..Mark Antony accused him of having unnatural relations with Julius Caesar..”

Question 9

Suetonius 95 quote (Sun disc omen)

Answer 9

”..after Caesar’s assassination, a halo formed around the sun’s disc as [Octavian] entered the City..”

Question 10

Ovid Metamorphoses quote (No greater achievement)

Answer 10

“There is no greater achievement among [Julius] Caesar’s actions than that he stood father to our emperor.”

Question 11

Ovid Metamorphoses quote (Needed to be made a god)

Answer 11

”..in order for the emperor not to have been born of mortal seed, Caesar needed to be made a god.”
(Wording of ‘needed to’ could imply veiled criticism, but this is a stretch)

Question 12

Ovid Metamorphoses quote (Omens of imminent disaster)

Answer 12

”..though [the gods] could not break the iron rules of the ancient sisters, nevertheless gave no uncertain omens of imminent disaster.”
(Julius’ assassination was written into Fate)

Question 13

Ovid Metamorphoses quote (Jupiter speech)

Answer 13

“‘You, and Augustus … will ensure that he ascends to heaven as a god..’”
(Speaking to Venus)

Question 14

Ovid Metamorphoses quote (The deified Julius)

Answer 14

"’..take up Caesar’s spirit … and change it into a star so that the deified Julius may always look down … on our Capitol and forum.’”
(Also speech from Jupiter)

Question 15

Ovid Metamorphoses quote (Most courageous avenger)

Answer 15

"’..the most courageous avenger of his father’s murder..’”
(Also speech from Jupiter)

Question 16

Ovid Metamorphoses quote (Deeds greater than his father’s)

Answer 16

”..Caesar acknowledges [his son’s good works] are greater than his own, and delights in being surpassed by him.”

Question 17

Propertius Elegy 3.4 quote (Aeneas)

Answer 17

”..let it be eternal, this head that survives from Aeneas’ line.”
(Divi F. not thanks to association with Julius Caesar, but Venus)

Question 18

Propertius Elegy 4.6 quote (Speech from Julius Caesar)

Answer 18

”..his ‘father’ marvelled, and spoke … :’I am a god: and this shows evidence of my race.’”