Pater Patriae Flashcards
Res Gestae 35 quote (Title given)
”..the Senate and the equestrian order and the whole people of Rome gave me the title of pater patriae..”
Res Gestae 5 quote (Population freed)
“I freed the whole population from fear and immediate danger, at my own cost and effort.”
Res Gestae 8 quote (Also for Culture Hero and Augustus)
“I brought back many examples of ancestral practices … and I myself handed on many exemplary practices … that could be imitated.”
Res Gestae 13 quote (Also for Imperator)
”..while I was first citizen, the Senate voted three times that [the Gates of Janus Quirinus] should be closed.”
Res Gestae 15 quote (Grain rations)
”..I personally bought grain and distributed twelve rations of it to each man..”
Res Gestae 16 quote (Money paid out)
“I paid out money to the towns for the lands that were given to soldiers during my fourth consulship.”
Suetonius 53 quote (The streets of Rome)
”..he habitually walked through the streets of Rome quite openly..”
Suetonius 53 quote (Social with senators)
“He exchanged many social calls, and always attended birthday celebrations..”
Suetonius 58 quote (Saluted as Pater Patriae)
“‘The Senate are in accord with the people of Rome in saluting you as Father of the Country.’”
(Reported speech from a senator)
Suetonius 57 quote (Token silver denarius)
”..he simply took a token silver denarius himself from each pile, as a matter of form.”
(When many people were offering money to help rebuild his house struck by lightning)
Horace Ode 3.14 quote (Safe and sound)
”..the mothers of virgins and youths, now safe and sound.”
Horace Ode 4.4 quote (Fatherly feelings)
“They came to realise what a mind … nurtured … by Augustus’ fatherly feelings … could do.”
Horace Ode 4.4 quote (Protecting the state)
“With Caesar protecting the state, no civil disturbance will banish the peace..”
Propertius Elegy 4.6 quote (Country freed from fear)
“‘Free your country from fear … relying on you as its protector..’”
(Apollo speaking to Octavian)
