Quotes/Ideas that didn't fit anywhere else Flashcards
Suetonius 28 quote (the Republic)
“Augustus twice considered restoring the Republic..”
(Suetonius was writing in 121 AD and was well aware he in fact established an Empire, despite all the propaganda.)
Suetonius 28 quote (Speech from Augustus)
"’..I may be called the creator of the best of governments..’”
Suetonius 29 quote (Buildings for family)
”..the colonnade and basilica of his grandsons Gaius and Lucius (dedicated 2 BC); the colonnades of his wife Livia (dedicated 7 BC)..”
(Imperial family as propaganda)
Suetonius 64 quote (Gaius and Lucius adoption)
“Gaius and Lucius he adopted into his House (in 17 BC), ‘buying’ them from Agrippa..”
Suetonius 65 quote (The Julias)
“The two Julias … being corrupted by every form of vice, he banished (in 2 BC and 8 AD).”
Suetonius 65 quote (Gaius and Lucius death)
“Lucius and Gaius he lost within the space of eighteen months..”
Suetonius 68 quote (Sodomy)
“‘See, how this sodomite’s finger rules the orb!’”
(Reported speech from someone at the theatre, applauded by the audience)
Suetonius 69 quote (Adultery)
“Not even his friends denied he was given to adulterous behaviour..”
Horace Ode 1.37 quote (Cleopatra’s bravery)
”..she … showed no sign of womanish fear at the sword..”
Horace Ode 4.4 quote (Drusus as an eagle/lion cub)
“Like the winged agent of the bright lightning-bolt … or like a lion-cub … such was Drusus..”
Horace Ode 4.4 quote (Drusus’ ancestry)
”..the ferocious golden eagles don’t produce shy doves..”
(The ferocious eagles being the Neros)
Horace Ode 4.4 quote (Hannibal speech)
“‘There is nothing that Claudian power can’t achieve..’”
(Invented speech from Hannibal praising the whole imperial family)
Propertius Elegy 3.11 quote (Cleopatra’s obscene husband)
”..Cleopatra … who demanded the walls of Rome … as a reward from her obscene husband..”
Propertius Elegy 3.11 quote (Rome scared of Cleopatra)
“The city … that directs the whole Earth, was terrified of a woman’s power..”
Propertius Elegy 4.6 quote (Bacchus)
“Bacchus, you are used to being an inspiration to your Apollo.”
(Does likely mean both the literal gods and Antony and Augustus)
