Imperial Image Classicist Views

Question 1

Hadrill on Actium and propaganda

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Edwards on Augustus autocracy

Answer 2

Augustus made Rome into an autocracy disguised at as republic

Question 3

Beard: Augustus found Rome

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Beard: Augustus was able to

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Edwards: Augustus put emphasis on

Answer 5

Edwards: Augustus put emphasis on a return of ancestral virtue

Question 6

Edwards: the Augustan period was

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Edwards: Augustus was careful to

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Edwards (Augustus as a role model)

Answer 8

Augustus attempted to be a role model for all romans

Question 9

Zanker on Apollo as Augustus’ patron god

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Goldsworthy on divi filus

Answer 10

Augustus stood with one foot over the divine line

Question 11

Bradley on the building projects

Answer 11

Augustus’ building projects were a form of propaganda

Question 12

Galinsky on res gestae

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Beard on Augustus’ relationship with Julius Caesar

Answer 13

Beard: Julius Caesar was Augustus’ passport to power

Question 14

Cary and Scullard on succession

Answer 14

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