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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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18
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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

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He and Marcellus on horses of Augustus’ quadriga

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Suetonius, Tiberius, 9

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War against the Raeti, Pannonians and Germans

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Suetonius, Tiberius, 14

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Omens: 1st eagle in Rhodes on his house

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Suetonius, Tiberius, 15

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Aug adopts Tib; Tib adopts Germ

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Suetonius, Tiberius, 16

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Revolt in Illyricum dealt with

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30
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 20

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Gave people money from Illyricum spoils

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Suetonius, Tiberius, 22

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Rumours he ordered death of Agrippa in 14 CE

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32
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 25

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Mutinies in Germany and Illyricum

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33
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 26

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No portraits without prior permission

34
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 28

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Tolerant of free speech

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Suetonius, Tiberius, 30

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Refers stuff to Senate to maintain their ‘dignity and power’

36
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 37

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Builds Praetorian camp
Rarely goes to war, if so through generals

37
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 41

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Neglect?????? Let Parthians have Armenia and Dacians sack Moesia

38
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 47

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No games organised
Rarely attends them

39
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 52

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Angry at Germanicus - especially in Alexandria
Rumours of involvement in Germ’s death

40
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 55

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Killing top statesmen

41
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Suetonius, Tiberius, 61

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No freedom in later reign - books burnt, people killed without reason to sieze property

42
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Cicero, Officiis, 2.55-7

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Good favours = those to peers

43
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Cicero, Officiis, 1.150-1

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Good job for free man = agriculture

44
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Cicero, Officiis, 1.138

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Gn. Octavius’ house brings him honour and helps him canvass for consulship

45
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Cicero, Officiis, 1.140

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Lucullus’ house = excessive - his ‘foible’

46
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Cicero, Letters to Quintus, 3.1

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Tour of his and bro’s villas (luxury, pleasure, not production
- although he does report that one has good agricultural prospects)

47
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Plutarch, Lucullus, 39

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deep sea ponds, levelling mountains, building on sea

48
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Seneca, Epistles, 86

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Scipio’s modest villa

49
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Pliny, Letters, 3.19

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Debate to buy villa, maybe too close to other (distribution of property and purpose (agriculture))

50
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Pliny, NH, 18.35

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Latifundia ruining Italy >:(

51
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Dio, 51.20.6-8

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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

52
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Vitruvius, ahhhhhhhh

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Hates 3rd style

53
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Varro, de Rustica, 1.41-2

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Aim of villa is profit and pleasure

54
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Varro, de Rustica, 3.3.6-10

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Extravagances of modern villas vs modesty of old w/ e.g.s (ornithones vs chicken coops)

55
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Petronius, Satyrica, 29

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Mural with Trimalchio being helped directly by the gods

56
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Petronius, Satyrica, 30

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Fasces and rostra on doorposts to Trimalchio’s dining hall!!

57
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Sherk 101

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Fabius Maximus on beginning calender on Augustus’ birthday in Asia Minor

58
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Tabula H and S???

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Honours for Germanicus

59
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Pisan decrees

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Honours for Lucius and Gaius

60
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Cicero, Letters to Quintus, ???

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Tiro’s freedom

61
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Res Gestae, 1

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Raised army on his own and ‘liberated the state’
People ‘appointed me consul’ in 43

62
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Res Gestae, 2

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Use courts to exile and the 2 battles to defeat Caesar’s assassins

63
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Res Gestae, 3

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Settled 300 000 in colonies or in land in their home towns

64
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Res Gestae, 4

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3 triumphs, imperator 21 times; consul 13 times, tib. pot. 37

65
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Res Gestae, 5

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Does not accept dictatorship

66
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Res Gestae, 6

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No magistracy taken that ‘contravened ancestral custom’

67
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Res Gestae, 7

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Pont. Max. augur, 15 in charge of sacred rites, 7 of feasts, Arvals bros, fraternity of Titius, fetial priest

68
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Res Gestae, 8

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Revives ancestral practices [like Lupercal, ludi saeculares] and was censor with Tib

69
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Res Gestae, 10

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Name included in the Salian hymn
Pontifex Maximus in 12BCE - Lepidus not named

70
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Res Gestae, 13

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Temple of Janus closed 3x

71
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Res Gestae, 14

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Honours for Gaius and Lucius (princepes iuventutis, will be consuls when 19/20

72
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Res Gestae, 15

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Money to people

73
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Res Gestae, 19

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Temples built - 12 in this passage

74
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Res Gestae, 20

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82 teples restored in 28 and Forum Iulium completed

75
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Res Gestae, 22

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Gladiator games, athletic games, Ludi Saeculares, hunting shows

76
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Res Gestae, 25

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Whole of Italy makes oath to Augustus for Actium

77
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Res Gestae, 26-7

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Campaigns and expanding territory (details?)

78
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Res Gestae, 28

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Colonies in Africa, Sicily, Macedonia, Spain, Achaea, Asia, Gaul, Psidia, 28 colonies in Italy

79
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Res Gestae, 29-30

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More campaigns and defence
Tiberius against Pannonians

80
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Res Gestae, 31

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India, Scythia, Albanians, Medes, etc envoys

81
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Res Gestae, 34

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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’

82
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Res Gestae, 35

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Pater patriae by Senate, equites and people

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