Public Flashcards
1
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Cassius dio
Augustus
A
Speech to married and unmarried men
2
Q
Suetonius
Augustus
A
-In number, variety, and magnificence his public spectacles surpassed all former examples
- treated people with games amount his own account
- stationed guards to stop robbers
- chariot race, foot race , Trojan war enactment
3
Q
Suetonius
Caligula
A
- began new taxes
- no class of men in which he did not impose some form of tax
- All food, lawsuit, daily wages
4
Q
Cassius dio
Claudius
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- Taxes introduces by gains were slowly abolished by Claudius
5
Q
Juvenal
A
- same price to by excellent house in Italy and rent small place in Rome for one year
- everyone now wear togas (unlike rest of Italy )
- live in a state of pretentious poverty
- nothing can be had in Rome for nothing
6
Q
Tacitus
Tiberius
A
- senate - uneasiness against luxury that had broken all bounds
- gluttony and intemperance
Tiberius
- can I assent them? If I can’t I’ll lose dignity
- main concern is food and water not what people wear
7
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Suetonius
Vespasian
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- extravagance had flourished without restraint
