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Tacitus, Annals, 1.3.5

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Germ with 8 legions in Germany 13 CE

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Tacitus, Annals, 1.7.2-3

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Allegiance to Tiberius: consuls, then Praetorian guard, then senate, army , people

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Tacitus, Annals, 1.12

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Negotiation with Senate, called out by Asinius Gallus

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Tacitus, Annals, 1.52

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Germ successful in Germany and Tiberius annoyed

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Tacitus, Annals, 1.55.1

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Germanicus’ triumph (17 CE)

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Tacitus, Annals, 1.78.1

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Spain temple of Augustus = precedent

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Tacitus, Annals, 2.64.1

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Triumphal arches around Ultor

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Tacitus, Annals, 3.2.6

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Supressing mourning for Germanicus

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Tacitus, Annals, 3.54

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Wine produection letter 22 CE

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Tacitus, Annals, 4.37

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Shrine to Tib and Livia (as Aug allowed one in Pergamum)

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Suetonius, Gaius, 7

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Brothers (Nero and Drusus) executed for treaon by Tiberius

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Suetonius, Gaius, 13

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Popular after Tiberius’ death

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Suetonius, Gaius, 14

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‘universal consent’, absolute power with ‘public rejoicing’

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Suetonius, Gaius, 15

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Claudius as co-consul (in 37? Claudius’ brother = Germanicus)
Adopted cousin Tiberius Gemellus and makes him princeps iuventutis (dies soon after)

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Suetonius, Gaius, 16

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Fulfilled legacies of Tib’s will (anulled most of it)

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Suetonius, Gaius, 18

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Games, theatre, circuses

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Suetonius, Gaius, 21

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Temple of Aug and restored Pompey’s theatre (unfinished by Tib), aqueduct begun near Tiber (finished by Claud), repaired Syracuse’s walls

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Suetonius, Gaius, 22

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the ‘monster’: ‘Caesar Optimus Maximus’, placed his portrait on statues of gods, vestibule through Temple of Castor and Pollux, Temple to himself with cult statue

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Suetonius, Gaius, 23

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Banned the commemoration of Actium

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Suetonius, Gaius, 26

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Closed granaries

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Suetonius, Gaius, 44

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Reduced reward for completion of military service by half

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Suetonius, Gaius, 45

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Faked militery victories

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Suetonius, Gaius, 49

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Forbade the Senate from coming to meet him as he returned from Germany

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Suetonius, Gaius, 58

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Assassinated by Cornelius Sabinus and Cassius Chaerea

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Suetonius, Tiberius, 6
He and Marcellus on horses of Augustus' quadriga
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 9
War against the Raeti, Pannonians and Germans
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 14
Omens: 1st eagle in Rhodes on his house
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 15
Aug adopts Tib; Tib adopts Germ
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 16
Revolt in Illyricum dealt with
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 20
Gave people money from Illyricum spoils
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 22
Rumours he ordered death of Agrippa in 14 CE
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 25
Mutinies in Germany and Illyricum
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 26
No portraits without prior permission
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 28
Tolerant of free speech
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 30
Refers stuff to Senate to maintain their 'dignity and power'
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 37
Builds Praetorian camp Rarely goes to war, if so through generals
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 41
Neglect?????? Let Parthians have Armenia and Dacians sack Moesia
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 47
No games organised Rarely attends them
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 52
Angry at Germanicus - especially in Alexandria Rumours of involvement in Germ's death
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 55
Killing top statesmen
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 61
No freedom in later reign - books burnt, people killed without reason to sieze property
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Cicero, Officiis, 2.55-7
Good favours = those to peers
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Cicero, Officiis, 1.150-1
Good job for free man = agriculture
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Cicero, Officiis, 1.138
Gn. Octavius' house brings him honour and helps him canvass for consulship
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Cicero, Officiis, 1.140
Lucullus' house = excessive - his 'foible'
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Cicero, Letters to Quintus, 3.1
Tour of his and bro's villas (luxury, pleasure, not production - although he does report that one has good agricultural prospects)
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Plutarch, Lucullus, 39
deep sea ponds, levelling mountains, building on sea
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Seneca, Epistles, 86
Scipio's modest villa
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Pliny, Letters, 3.19
Debate to buy villa, maybe too close to other (distribution of property and purpose (agriculture))
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Pliny, NH, 18.35
Latifundia ruining Italy >:(
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Dio, 51.20.6-8
Augustus permits temples of Rome and Caesar in Ephesus and Nicaea (worshipped by Romans in these places too) Allowed the locals to build precincts to himself but not in Rome/Italy (only after death) - continued practice after Augustus
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Vitruvius, ahhhhhhhh
Hates 3rd style
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Varro, de Rustica, 1.41-2
Aim of villa is profit and pleasure
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Varro, de Rustica, 3.3.6-10
Extravagances of modern villas vs modesty of old w/ e.g.s (ornithones vs chicken coops)
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Petronius, Satyrica, 29
Mural with Trimalchio being helped directly by the gods
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Petronius, Satyrica, 30
Fasces and rostra on doorposts to Trimalchio's dining hall!!
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Sherk 101
Fabius Maximus on beginning calender on Augustus' birthday in Asia Minor
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Tabula H and S???
Honours for Germanicus
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Pisan decrees
Honours for Lucius and Gaius
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Cicero, Letters to Quintus, ???
Tiro's freedom
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Res Gestae, 1
Raised army on his own and 'liberated the state' People 'appointed me consul' in 43
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Res Gestae, 2
Use courts to exile and the 2 battles to defeat Caesar's assassins
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Res Gestae, 3
Settled 300 000 in colonies or in land in their home towns
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Res Gestae, 4
3 triumphs, imperator 21 times; consul 13 times, tib. pot. 37
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Res Gestae, 5
Does not accept dictatorship
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Res Gestae, 6
No magistracy taken that 'contravened ancestral custom'
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Res Gestae, 7
Pont. Max. augur, 15 in charge of sacred rites, 7 of feasts, Arvals bros, fraternity of Titius, fetial priest
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Res Gestae, 8
Revives ancestral practices [like Lupercal, ludi saeculares] and was censor with Tib
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Res Gestae, 10
Name included in the Salian hymn Pontifex Maximus in 12BCE - Lepidus not named
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Res Gestae, 13
Temple of Janus closed 3x
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Res Gestae, 14
Honours for Gaius and Lucius (princepes iuventutis, will be consuls when 19/20
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Res Gestae, 15
Money to people
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Res Gestae, 19
Temples built - 12 in this passage
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Res Gestae, 20
82 teples restored in 28 and Forum Iulium completed
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Res Gestae, 22
Gladiator games, athletic games, Ludi Saeculares, hunting shows
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Res Gestae, 25
Whole of Italy makes oath to Augustus for Actium
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Res Gestae, 26-7
Campaigns and expanding territory (details?)
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Res Gestae, 28
Colonies in Africa, Sicily, Macedonia, Spain, Achaea, Asia, Gaul, Psidia, 28 colonies in Italy
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Res Gestae, 29-30
More campaigns and defence Tiberius against Pannonians
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Res Gestae, 31
India, Scythia, Albanians, Medes, etc envoys
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Res Gestae, 34
Power over everything by everyone's agreement but transferred back to the people in 27 Given "Augustus", corona civica above door, clipeus virtutis, laurel trees by door Power now through 'influence'
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Res Gestae, 35
Pater patriae by Senate, equites and people

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