Imperial Image Classicist Views Flashcards

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Hadrill on Actium and propaganda

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Actium was a propaganda battle, a battle for hearts and minds

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Edwards on Augustus autocracy

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Augustus made Rome into an autocracy disguised at as republic

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Beard: Augustus found Rome

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Augustus found Rome as a city of brick and left it a city of marble

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Beard: Augustus was able to

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Beard: Augustus was able to transform himself from a brutal thug to a wise statesman via cultural propaganda

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Edwards: Augustus put emphasis on

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Edwards: Augustus put emphasis on a return of ancestral virtue

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Edwards: the Augustan period was

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Edwards: The Augustan period was a time to repair a broken nation

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Edwards: Augustus was careful to

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Edwards: Augustus was careful to maintain the dignity of the state

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Edwards (Augustus as a role model)

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Augustus attempted to be a role model for all romans

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Zanker on Apollo as Augustus’ patron god

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Augustus was keen to promote the idea of Apollo being his patron god

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Goldsworthy on divi filus

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Augustus stood with one foot over the divine line

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Bradley on the building projects

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Augustus’ building projects were a form of propaganda

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Galinsky on res gestae

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The Res Gestae is a self-serving text which omits all sins and wrong doings

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Beard on Augustus’ relationship with Julius Caesar

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Beard: Julius Caesar was Augustus’ passport to power

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Cary and Scullard on succession

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Augustus’ last duty to Rome was to provide it with a successor for his position

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